The Color Albums

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“We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place
We're colored people, and they call us the human race
We've got a history so full of mistakes
And we are colored people who depend on a holy grace”

~ DC Talk

This is a list of albums named after colors, particularly focusing on the album oriented mashup phenomenon that sprang up around DJ Dangermouse's "The Grey Album."

• The White Album (1968) by the Beatles.
• The Black Album (2003) by Jay-Z.
  • The Grey Album (2004) by DJ Dangermouse mashes the White Album (Beatles) with the Black Album. (Jay-Z)
• The Black Album (1991) by Metallica.
  • The Double Black Album by Cheap Cologne mashes the Black Album (Jay-Z) with the Black Album. (Metallica)
• The Black Album (1980) by The Dammed.
• The Black Album (1987) by Prince.
• White Blood Cells (2001) by the White Stripes.
  • Redd Blood Cells (2002) mashes White Blood Cells (White Stripes) with the bass guitar playing of Steven McDonald. (Redd Kross)
• The Red Album (1962-1966) by the Beatles.
• The Red Album (2007) by Baroness.
• Red (1974) by King Crimson.
• The Red & the Black (2003) by Agent 51.
• Maroon (2000) by the Barenaked Ladies.
• The Orange Album (2006) by Stefy.
• Orange (1972) by Al Stewart.
• Orange and Blue (1994) by Al Di Meola.
• The Yellow Album (1998) by the Simpsons.
• The Yellow Album (2005) by SpongeBob SquarePants.
• The Green Album (1991) by Orbital.
• The Green Album (2001) by Weezer.
• The Green Album (2008) by the Kottonmouth Kings.
• The Blue Album (1967-1970) by the Beatles.
• The Blue Album (1994) by Weezer.
  • The Black and Blue Album mashes the Black Album (Jay-Z) with the Blue Album. (Weezer)
• The Blue Album (2004) by Orbital.
• Blue and Gray (1981) by Poco.
• Purple Rain (1984) by Prince.
  • The Purple Album by DJ QUEST mashes the Black Album (Jay-Z) with Purple Rain. (Prince)
• Purple (1994) by the Stone Temple Pilots.
• The Pink Album (1986) by They Might Be Giants.
• The Pink Album (1995) by Sunny Day Real Estate.
• The Brown Album (1993) by Orbital.

Notable Black Album Derivatives

There have been some great remixes of Jay-Z's "The Black Album" which don't involve other colors but are just as good as the ones that do. These include:

• Jaydiohead mashes with Radiohead.
• The Mako Album mashes with Final Fantasy VII.

See Also

• Concept albums