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Skin (Melissa Etheridge album)

Skin
Studio album by
Melissa Etheridge
ReleasedJuly 10, 2001
Recorded2000–2001
StudioThe Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California
Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, California
GenreRock
Length38:40
LabelIsland
Producer
Melissa Etheridge chronology
Breakdown
(1999) 		Skin
(2001) 		Lucky
(2004)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(73/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[3]
PopMatters[1][4]
Q[1]
Rolling Stone[5]

Skin is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge, released by Island Records on July 10, 2001. The album explores the pain, confusion, grief, and recovery Etheridge went through following her split from Julie Cypher, her companion of 12 years. "Heal Me" features background vocals by Laura Dern and Meg Ryan. Etheridge plays almost all the instruments and penned all the songs.

Skin peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard 200, and the lead single "I Want to Be in Love" earned Etheridge a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.[6]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Melissa Etheridge

No.TitleLength
1."Lover Please"3:27
2."The Prison"4:59
3."Walking on Water"3:04
4."Down to One"3:56
5."Goodnight"3:33
6."It's Only Me"3:40
7."I Want to Be in Love"3:43
8."Please Forgive Me"4:43
9."The Different"4:06
10."Heal Me"3:39
Total length:39:20

There is one known outtake titled 'Whispers in the Heart' 'My Heart' or 'Heart Whispers'

Personnel

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Production

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Charts

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Chart (2001) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 30
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] 35
Canadian Albums Chart[9] 18
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10] 30
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11] 10
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 65
US Billboard 200[13] 9
European Albums (Eurotipsheet)[14] 38

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
2001 "I Want to Be in Love" Adult Top 40 20[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. ^ AllMusic review
  3. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  4. ^ PopMatters review
  5. ^ "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved September 5, 2007.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ "Melissa Etheridge". The Recording Academy. Archived from the original on August 24, 2022. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  7. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Melissa Etheridge – Skin". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  8. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Melissa Etheridge – Skin" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  9. ^ "Skin – Melissa Etheridge Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
  10. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Melissa Etheridge – Skin" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  11. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Melissa Etheridge – Skin" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts.
  12. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Melissa Etheridge – Skin". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  13. ^ "Melissa Etheridge Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  14. ^ "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Eurotipsheet. Vol. 19, no. 33. August 11, 2001. p. 8. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
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