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Track Listings
| 1. Lover Please |
| 2. The Prison |
| 3. Walking On Water |
| 4. Down To One |
| 5. Goodnight |
| 6. It's Only Me |
| 7. I Want To Be In Love |
| 8. Please Forgive Me |
| 9. The Different |
| 10. Heal Me |
Product Description
Amazon.com's Best of 2001
During the dark days of the singer's split from Julie Cypher, her companion of 12 years, Melissa Etheridge retreated to her home studio to pen songs lit from within with her searing pain and confusion. From those heart-wrenching sessions comes arguably Etheridge's finest work. She vents and rages and all but spits on her Tony Llama boots, giving these 10 songs a depth and grit that she only hinted at in her prior six albums. And those early albums were plenty gritty. But early tunes such as "Come to My Window," and "Yes I Am" don't approach the naked vulnerability heard here--even though the breakup was hinted at in "Stronger Than Me," on 1999's Breakdown. Skin peels back layers of Etheridge's pain and addresses her personal melodrama in such a compelling way that her despair is transmuted into true art, as she takes the listener through the stages of grief and recovery. And what a journey, beginning with the bristling "Lover Please" ("Didn't I love you right / Then tell me where are you going dressed to kill tonight? / Oh, this one's gonna hurt like hell") and ending with the stirring "Heal Me," which features background vocals by famous pals Laura Dern and Meg Ryan. That's almost all the help she has on the record; Etheridge plays almost all the instruments and penned all the songs. But, ultimately, Skin is the sound of one heart breaking. --Jaan Uhelszki
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Etheridge's most honest effort,
By Jake Z "holden84" (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Skin (Audio CD)
This is a really extrodinary album from Melissa Etheridge. There are so many emotions, the songs are painfully real and vivid with detail. Of course this album came on the heels of her breakup with longtime girlfriend Julie Cypher. It is an incredibly vulnerable and at the same time, a brilliant record. The songs range from dispair, disappointment, hope, and other emotions. The album opens with the wonderful rocker "Lover Please", which is an instant hit upon listening to it. I really like "The Prison", a song I can very much identify with, about feeling stuck in a situation or a place, state of mind, whatever. Great song! "Walking On Water" is a great song, just very blunt and obvious. "Down To One" is simply heartbreaking, another great song. The first single was "I Want To Be In Love", an epiphany of sorts, a nice pop/rock song with a positive sound and message, about knowing what you want and doing whatever you can to get it. The album closes with "Heal Me", a positive song about renewel and starting over. This is a really good album, very deep in terms of lyrics. She wrote all the songs and played a number of instruments on all of them. She really brings the revealing lyrics alive with her raw vocals, she truly sounds like she poured her heart all over this and wore it on her sleeve for all to see. A very impressive Melissa Etheridge album that does not disapoint in the least.
5.0 out of 5 stars
SKIN...... oh my...!!!!,
By Sportscarblonde "Vroom, Vroom...." (Houston, Texas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Skin (Audio CD)
I have always been one for deep and meaningful music. I have always enjoyed Melissa Etheridge. When I heard SKIN for the first time, I honestly thought I had died and gone to heaven! Her emotional ballads, such as The Prison, had me in tears. I not only enjoyed the 'tunes' but the words as well. Her music inspires me to be happy, but sad at the same time, thinking of lost loves, very emotional but very satisfying, if you can understand that.
5.0 out of 5 stars
DarkBard,
By A Customer
This review is from: Skin (Audio CD)
Simply put, one of the greatest albums made. Compelling, true, and provoking. You will not be disapointed and it will not fail to bring something into your life.
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