Color Me Red – Color Me Red

Color Me Red
Color Me Red
1994 (no label)
Kansas City, Kansas, USA

Phil Brooks – Guitar, BGVs, Drum
Jeanie Brooks – Vocals, bass

Evan Smalley – Keyboards, cello, Violin

Side 1:

1. Press On
2. Praise the Lord
3. Here is My Cross
4. What Kind of Game?

Side 2:

1. Color Me Red
2. Shine
3. Feel the Spirit
4. Heaven and Earth

So the cover makes this totally look like a dance/pop album, or maybe even a pop-leaning Say-So. Nope. They come out shredding from the beginning. This is straight up heavy metal. I know, I know. That doesn’t connect with the picture at all. But it is metal. You keep thinking that the next song will jump back to dance pop, but they never do. I think the drums are programmed on this release. But the shredder guitars will make up for that if that is something that bothers you. The female lead vocals are of the powerhouse/slightly gruff category, somewhere between Barnabas and Warlock. This tape was quite the pleasant surprise.