New Colours is a 1971 album by UK pop group The New Seekers

The New Seekers

The New Seekers are a British-based pop group, formed in 1969 by Keith Potger after the break-up of his group, The Seekers. The idea was that the New Seekers would appeal to the same market as the original Seekers, but their music had rock as well as folk influences...

. It was their first album released on the Polydor

Polydor Records

Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone...

 label.

Overview

In the UK, The New Seekers had failed to gain mainstream success until mid 1971 when the single "Never Ending Song of Love" reached #2 in the charts. This album was released while the single was still in the top 20, but that song had actually appeared on the group's previous album, Beautiful People

Beautiful People (album)

- Never Ending Song of Love :By mid 1972, the group had achieved major success in the UK with two more top two hits; "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" and "Beg, Steal or Borrow" as well as a #2 album We'd Like to Teach the World to Sing...

. Possibly due to this, New Colours failed to chart at the time of release. Some months later however, as the group found themselved at #1 with the single "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing

I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing

"I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing " is a popular song which originated as a jingle in the groundbreaking 1971 "Hilltop" television commercial for Coca-Cola. The song, produced by Billy Davis and performed by The New Seekers, portrayed a positive message of hope and love sung by a multicultural...

," this album then managed to break into the UK top 50 by peaking at #40 and spending four weeks on the chart. Only one single was released from this album, the uptempo track "Good Old Fashioned Music," but didn't find success.

New Colours was released in the US with a slightly different tracklist. Two singles were released there; "The Nickel Song" and "Tonight." The album initially failed to chart, but some months later it was re-released under a new title, We'd Like to Teach the World to Sing

We'd Like to Teach the World to Sing

- UK version :With a line-up of newly recorded tracks, the group released an album under the same name in the UK and Europe in March 1972. As well as featuring the single "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing", which had reached #1 in the UK, it also featured their then current single, "Beg, Steal...

. With one track added (and "Move Me Lord" omitted) it became their biggest-selling album there by peaking at #37.

Reviewer John Wells writing for the New Musical Express said of New Colours: "A good album, well produced and...superb harmonies from one and all." The album was released on vinyl

Gramophone record

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, cassette

Compact Cassette

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 and 8-Track cartridge. The songs were later released on Compact Disc

Compact Disc

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 in 2003.

Track listing (UK)

Side One

1. "Doggone My Soul (How I Love Them Old Songs)" (Mickey Newbury
   Mickey Newbury
   Mickey Newbury was an American songwriter, a critically acclaimed recording artist, and a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.-Biography:...
   
   ) 2.58
2. "Evergreen" (Kerr/Peel) 2.58
3. "Something in the Way He Moves" (James Taylor
   James Taylor
   James Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000....
   
   ) 3.04
4. "Sweet Louise" (Paul Layton) 2.50
5. "Good Old Fashioned Music" (Gary Sulsh, Stuart Leathwood) 2.54
6. "Move Me Lord" (Doyle) 3.05

Side Two

1. "No Man's Land" (Thompson) 2.02
2. "Child of Mine" (King) 3.19
3. "Tonight" (Wood) 2.54
4. "Lay Me Down" (Doyle) 2.46
5. "Too Many Trips to Nowhere" (Britten) 3.02
6. "Boom Town" (Doyle) 4.24

Track listing (US)

Side One

1. "Tonight"
2. "Too Many Trips to Nowhere"
3. "Wanderer's Song" (Poulsen) 2:42
4. "Boom-Town"
5. "Evergreen"
6. "Move Me Lord"

Side Two

1. "The Nickel Song" (Safka) 3:22
2. "Lay Me Down"
3. "No Man's Land"
4. "Sweet Louise"
5. "Good Old Fashioned Music"
6. "Child of Mine"