Skin (Melissa Etheridge album)

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.

Skin
Studio album by
Melissa Etheridge
ReleasedJuly 10, 2001
Recorded2000–2001
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]

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
  • Melissa Etheridge – guitar, harmonica, mandolin, keyboards, vocals, background vocals
  • Kenny Aronoff – drums
  • Mark Browne – bass guitar
  • David Cole – keyboards, programming
  • Abe Laboriel Jr. – programming
  • Meg Ryan – background vocals on "Heal Me"
  • Laura Dern – background vocals on "Heal Me"
  • Gota Yashiki – programming

Production

Charts
Chart (2001) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] 30
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] 35
Canadian Albums Chart[8] 18
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[9] 30
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] 10
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 65
US Billboard 200[12] 9

Singles – Billboard (North America)

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

References
  1. Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. AllMusic review
  3. Entertainment Weekly review
  4. PopMatters review
  5. "Rolling Stone review". Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved September 5, 2007.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  6. "Australiancharts.com – Melissa Etheridge – Skin". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  7. "Austriancharts.at – Melissa Etheridge – Skin" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  8. "Skin – Melissa Etheridge Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
  9. "Dutchcharts.nl – Melissa Etheridge – Skin" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  10. "Offiziellecharts.de – Melissa Etheridge – Skin" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts.
  11. "Swisscharts.com – Melissa Etheridge – Skin". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  12. "Melissa Etheridge Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
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