Shades of Purple

Shades of Purple
Studio album by M2M
Released	7 March 2000[1]
Recorded	1999–2000
Genre	Pop
Length	51:07
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Jimmy Bralower Robert "Esmail" Jazayeri Dane DeViller Full Force Sean Hosein David Kreuger Per Magnusson Max Martin Matt Rowe Peter Zizzo[2]
M2M chronology
Synger Kjente Barnesanger (1996) Shades of Purple (2000) The Big Room (2001)
Alternative cover
Asian edition cover
Singles from Shades of Purple
"Don't Say You Love Me" Released: 11 October 1999 "Mirror Mirror" Released: 22 February 2000 "Girl In Your Dreams" Released: May 2000, limited release in Asia "Pretty Boy" Released: 4 August 2000 "Everything You Do" Released: 5 December 2000 "The Day You Went Away" Released: 1 January 2001

Shades of Purple is the debut studio album by Norwegian pop duo M2M. It was released in the US on 7 March 2000 by Atlantic Records. It reached No. 7 in Norway, No. 89 on the US Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the US Top Heatseekers chart. The single "Don't Say You Love Me", which had already been released as the lead single of the Pokémon: The First Movie soundtrack in October 1999, appears on the album. A further two singles, "Mirror Mirror" and "Everything You Do" were released throughout 2000.

The album received a positive critical response. Robert Christgau gave the album an 'A−', praising the duo's singing. Michael Paoletta from Billboard said it was "poised to be the soundtrack of spring/summer 2000." Shades of Purple sold over 1.5 million units worldwide and was nominated for best pop album at the 2000 Spellemannprisen awards.