Man of Colours Rock chart, and "Electric Blue" (#7 Hot 100, #10 Mainstream), the album "Man of Colours" reached #43 on the "Billboard" 200. "Man of Colours" was lauded in Australia during 1988. The album won two ARIA Awards, 'Album of the Year' and 'Highest Selling Album'; the associated song "Electric Blue" won 'Most Performed Australasian Popular Work' at the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) Music Awards for its writers Davies and Oates. The cover artwork, designed by Davies and Kretschmer, depicts a human figure holding three different coloured flowers. Different versions of the album have been released, the initial Australian release by
The Colours of Life low art, and instead seeks a true synthesis of all those silky textures." Critic Patric Fallon suggests that there are two stories on "The Colours of Life." One involves a beach someone is transported to through synesthesia, as suggested by the ocean wave sound effects, pan flutes and xylophones in the piece. Another story is suggested by the titles of each of the movements, such as "Departure," "The Pyramid," "A Real Dream," "Imagination" and "Return." These names and the sounds of their respective tracks suggest a sort of unordinary, metaphysical adventure. The artwork for "The Colours of Life" was designed