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Buy it.you won't regret it. One of my favorite Melissa Etheridge albums. The lyrics rock, the music rocks, the vocal rocks.
I personally can relate to all ten of the songs on it. Anyone that is hurting after a bad realationship, is depressed, or just wants to be in love, can relate to this album (even if you havn't been through any of these three things, it's still a terrifc cd). It would be a mistake for any fan to be without this album or anyone that likes good music for that matter. I like every kind of music from rock to rap to celtic to latin. I own over a thousand cds & this is on the top three list of my all time favorites.
I hope she is healed from her cancer scare. Way to go Melissa. Some cds you only like a few songs. I have never owned one melissa cd that had even one song I did not like.
(Almost, obviously. It's that good. I bought it on special after the fact and I almost want to send her a cheque for the difference.
Prior to this one, only her debut would I put on and listen to all the way through, though many of her other albums do have fantastic standout tracks.Having said that, Skin is one of the most completely accomplished albums in my collection (and I have a few). (Please don't take that as any kind of gay versus straight comment, it's just straight people kissing in front of strangers doesn't really compare to gay people doing it).If you're thinking of buying a Lissy and don't know where to start, there's no better place than here. I do like Lissy, and have quite a few of her albums, but when I think about it I think I like her more for what she is (ie when I was 19, the fact she was an out lesbian rocker was enough) than her actual output.
Skin really is an awesome, adult, heart-felt album that will not leave your 'regularly played' selection for years. I'm not a fool). It runs the gamut of human emotion (well, to do with love) and encompasses variation in musical terms.
It's all rock, but there are ballads, pure rockers, folk and even a bit of electronica sneaks on The Different, my fave track from the album.Her naive lyrics are charming and "in front of total strangers won't you kiss me" on I Want To Be In Love, I think, absolutely sums up a gay person falling in love in one succinct line, like I have heard nowhere else, ever.
When a singer goes through trauma, as bad as it hurts, it does bring out beautiful and real music. This album is perfect. I have listened to "Skin" more than often enough; and I find this is a perfect album to play when you're the most depressed; considering the circumstances of Julie Cypher leaving. "Please Forgive Me" personally rips me apart; perfectly detailed to the bone and I can almost feel her emotions on her lips, "It's been so long since I've touched/So long since I've wanted/and you made me laugh/and my heart opened." and "It's Only Me" shows her at her lowest point, "Maybe you can just pretend/that maybe you can love again/oh babe i know better/it's only me/and wherever you are tonight/the satisfaction you invite/nobody knows better/it's only me." This is one of the few albums that I know by heart every word and every chord.
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