Vivid (Living Colour album)

Vivid is the first studio album by Living Colour, an American rock band. It was released on May 3, 1988. It was released by Epic Records. Vivid was one of the most popular albums of 1988. It went to number six on the Billboard 200, a music chart. It was certified platinum by the RIAA.

A song from the album ("Cult of Personality") won a Grammy Award. Critics liked the album. They said that it was an important part of Black rock music. The album talks about many problems, such as racism.

 Musical style 
Vivid is primarily a hard rock, heavy metal, alternative metal, funk metal and funk rock album. There are also elements of soul, jazz, pop, hip-hop, arena rock, punk rock and avant-garde jazz.

 Track listing 

Personnel
Living Colour
 Corey Glover – vocals
 Vernon Reid – guitars
 Muzz Skillings – bass
 Will Calhoun – drums

Additional personnel
 Mick Jagger – harmonica on track 8, backing vocals on track 9
 Chuck D – rapping on track 6
 Flavor Flav – social commentary on track 6
 The Fowler Family – additional backing vocals on tracks 2 and 5
 Dennis Diamond – carnival barker on track 8

Production
 Ed Stasium – producer and engineer on tracks 1–8 and 10, mixing on tracks 9 and 11
 Mick Jagger – producer on tracks 9 and 11
 Ron St. Germain – engineer on tracks 9 and 11
 Paul Hamingson – engineer on tracks 1–8 and 10, mixing
 Danny Mormando, Debi Cornish, Stephen Immerwahr, Mike McMackin, Tom Durack, U.E. Natasi – assistant engineers
 Greg Calbi – mastering

Charts


Weekly charts
 Chart (1988–1989) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) 52

Year-end charts
 Chart (1989) Position New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) 26 US Billboard 200 13

Certifications

 References 

Category:1988 albums