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
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