Skin (Melissa Etheridge album)

Skin
Studio album by Melissa Etheridge
Released July 10, 2001
Recorded 2000-2001
Genre Rock
Length 38:40
Label Island
Producer Melissa Etheridge,
David N. Cole
Melissa Etheridge chronology
Breakdown
(1999)Breakdown1999
Skin
(2001)
Lucky
(2004)Lucky2004
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 album by singer/songwriter Melissa Etheridge, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music). During the singer's split from Julie Cypher, her companion of 12 years, Melissa Etheridge retreated to her home studio to write songs about her searing pain and confusion. Skin peels back layers of Etheridge's pain and addresses her personal melodrama, as she takes the listener through the stages of grief and recovery. "Heal Me" features background vocals by Laura Dern and Meg Ryan. Etheridge plays almost all the instruments and penned all the songs.

Track listing

All songs by Melissa Etheridge

  1. "Lover Please" – 3:26
  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" – 3:34
  8. "Please Forgive Me" – 4:43
  9. "The Different" – 4:06
  10. "Heal Me" – 3:39

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

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (2001) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] 30
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] 35
Canadian Albums Chart[8] 18
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[9] 30
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] 10
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 65
US Billboard 200[8] 9

Singles - Billboard (North America)

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

References

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