Fleshwounds

Artist: Skin
Label: EMI
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 724358425024
EAN: 0724358425024
ASIN: B00009AHOE

Release Date: 2003-06-09

Fleshwounds

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Tracks:

Faithfulness
Trashed
Don't Let Me Down
Listen to Yourself
Lost
Trouble With Me
I'll Try
You've Made Your Bed
As Long as That's True
Burnt Like You
'Til Morning

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Album Description

Ex-Skunk Anansie frontwoman returns with her debut solo album. Shying away from Skunk's incendiary politicizing towards a more chilled out, melancholy vibe described by the singer herself as 'a cross between Nina Simone & Radiohead', the album features piano, electronics & only the occasional rock guitar. Features 11 tracks including the single 'Trashed'. Copy Controlled. Capitol. 2003.

Album Details

With Skunk Anansie, Skin Sold Over Four Million Albums, Had Eight UK Top 40 Hits and Enjoyed Worldwide Success. One of the Most Charismatic Female Vocalists of her Generation, Skin was Both Controversial and Political, Becoming a Star and an Icon for Women.

Customer Reviews:

dark pop.......2006-05-16

Skin's solo album is fine;it has lots of really impressive and entertaining moments in her well built songs,and i guess no one can say anything bad about her voice.She is talented,the music is not special;but it is mature and of good quality.

Skunk anasie days are mostly over and most of the songs are not anywhere near the definition of "rock" except few of them, but this doesnt mean they are bad at all.

the album works around personal issues without getting too personal and sticks to the common stories of getting over someone, loving someone,losing someone,being the 'other woman' for someone...

You can think of this album as a much darker,much adult version of DÝDO;it is an honest,nice album;will never make you wrapped around itself but also will not disappear for many years.

Still good!.......2006-05-12

I was in shock when I found Skin's solo albums because many years ago I heard about her working on them but never got to see them in the stores. Anyways, I'm happy to have heard at least her first one and yes it's true that the rock energy of skunk anansie isn't present but the soul and warmth of the ballads are!
I've always been a fan of skunk anansie's ballads and so for me this first solo album is something i can appreciate. There are good solid tracks here so don't get fooled by those who said the opposite. It's just that you gotta accept the fact that Skin was more in the mood to record slower songs at least for this album.

If you're a true fan then this is something i'm sure you can appreciate.

skin is better alone. (or atleast, just as good).......2003-12-05

if you're looking for the in-your-face angry vocals of stoosh then, this is probably -not- for you. however, if you know anything about skin, or about what she's about then you'll know that this is probaly one of the best moves she made. yes, this album is laden with emotional baggage, and skin does it with style. there is barely a song on here that doesn't appeal. having seen skin perform most of this album live before buying it, i might be biased - however it's an album that brings out skin's emotional side, she's still the same - bittingly satirical with vocals that could put anyone to shame. from 'trashed', to 'you've made your bed' to 'lost' this album is a real introduction to skin on her own, and she's still got it.

Ear wounds is more like it.......2003-11-28

Being a fan of Skin's former band (Skunk Anansie) i was obviously expecting something, not necessarily completely different, but at least as good as Skin's previous material.
Whatever the case, I wasn't expecting lukewarm and dishwashed ballads, that's for sure.
I dont know (not sure i wanna know either) whether Skin has chosen to walk a different path but I'm quite sure that 1000s of her former fans wont be coming along for the ride, allthough, she is apparently picking up a whole new "clientelle" for her endeavours.
This album is an injustice not only to Skin's past as a singer but to her voice as well. There's literally 100s of albums out there like this one, broken heart ballads we've heard before and, frankly, delivered much better than in "Flesh wounds". Before the release of this album Skin had collaborated with Maxim (Prodigy's DJ) and had done a song with him that gave hardcore evidence she could shift effortlessly from her rock persona to another field without failing to impress. A lot of people hoped this would be her new direction because from a musical perspective it fit her like a glove.
Well, apparently she has thought things over and opted for ballads aimed at teenage girls or broken hearted 40yearolds.
That spells tough luck for the rest of us then.
One way of solving this would be working with musicians that have the appropriate ideas to accompany Skin's remarkable voice. Step 2 would be trying music more elaborate than the boring affair of this LP. Step 3, is insert coin, try again.
Frankly though, I think this is a lost case because Skin might very well be the case of singer who's simply fallen in love with their own voice and everything else takes a secondary plateau to that. Oh well....

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