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
Man of Colours CD version released by For Life Records had two different tracks added. In 2002, Warner Music Australia re-released "Man of Colours", with Davies and Ryan Scott digitally remastering, including five bonus tracks. In Australia, the album was also offered on three limited edition coloured vinyl pressings, which were the colours of the flowers that the human figure on the cover was holding. Songwriters according to Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). [* Denotes 1987 CD bonus tracks] [** Denotes bonus tracks on Australian 2002 remastered version] [* Denotes CD bonus tracks] [* Denotes remix version on 1997 CD by For Life