Colin James is the debut album by Canadian rock/blues musician Colin James, released in 1988. The album was certified Double Platinum in Canada in 1994. By May 1998, the album had sold 276,338 units in Canada. It is the best-selling album of James' career to date.

Track listing

  1. "Five Long Years" – 4:36
  2. "Voodoo Thing" – 3:38
  3. "Down in the Bottom" (Willie Dixon) – 4:37
  4. "Chicks 'n Cars (And the Third World War)" (Johnny Ferreira, Rick Hopkins, Colin James, Darrell Mayes) – 3:35
  5. "Why'd You Lie" (Morgan Davis) – 5:25
  6. "Hidden Charms" (Willie Dixon) – 3:26
  7. "Bad Girl" (Rick Hopkins, Colin James, Dennis Marcenko) – 3:34
  8. "Lone Wolf" – 3:40
  9. "Dream of Satin" – 4:43
  10. "Three Sheets to the Wind" (Rick Hopkins) – 2:59

Production

  • Tom Dowd – producer
  • Danny Kortchmar – producer, mixing
  • Bob Rock – producer
  • Mike Fraser – engineer
  • Shep Lonsdale – engineer
  • Simon Pressey – engineer
  • Duane Seykora – engineer, assistant engineer
  • Charles Die – assistant engineer
  • Neil Dorfsman – mixing
  • Dan Hersch – mastering
  • Brian Lynch – photography
  • Melanie Nissen – design
  • Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff – art direction
  • Alberto Tolot – photography