Post Orgasmic Chill
Skunk Anansie
1999
Album Summary
Post Orgasmic Chill is the third studio album by British rock band Skunk Anansie, first released in 1999. Two album covers exist: the European version with the band lounging in an oceanside apartment, and the American version with the band standing on the Atlantic City boardwalk. It was a complete departure from their previous two albums, which had elements of punk rock and alternative rock by moving to a new harder sound with elements of hard rock and alternative metal. It took eleven years for the group to release their next album, Wonderlustre.
WikipediaIn general, I liked it a lot, it has that touch of the nineties and those choirs that remind me a little bit of the African-American churches in the United States.
So I discovered this band last year. I don't know how I slept on them. Instant love and this album is great.
A great album by one of the most underrated bands of the 90s. Classic.
It seems Skunk Anansie is REALLY big across the pond but I'd never heard of them. Though not terrible, the album is largely forgettable today. The doom-laden sound juxtaposed with Skin's undeniably strong voice surely worked well in the mid-to-late '90s. And though I appreciate the unique tempos, thick bass and boundless energy, this isn't something that I'd willfully turn on today. If I had discovered this at the turn of the century, I probably would have listened and enjoyed this on more than one occasion. And, if I were to do the 90's all over again, Post Orgasmic Chill would be right next to Ednaswap's Wonderland Park in my Sony 6-disc CD changer.
Great album. Really likes the music but the name of it was misleading haha.
Never heard of this band, but they rock pretty hard. They remind me of Foo Fighters in that the style can change a lot between songs, but it sound like the same band still.
Best Song: On my Hotel TV. The intensity of the lyrics caught me off guard, and the vocals were phenomenal. Worst Song: I'm Not Afraid. Not terrible, but weak compared to the rest of the album. Overall: Good instrumentation and sampling turned great by the addition of powerhouse vocal performances on every track. This album lives entirely on the strength of that killer voice, where each song is sung with a passion and intensity that is uncommon.
Wow! Another point for the 1001 list. I had never heard about "Skunk Anansie," but I'm glad to discover this fantastic voice and great songs! Awe-inspiring work!
Absolutely solid rock record. They have a really nice variety of tempos and energy and definitely finds it vibe throughout the album. There are a few tracks that are the higher energy / staccato delivery that don't do as much for me, but We Don't Need and Tracy's Flaw are great. Really enjoyed.
Whoa. What a fascinating mix of genres and styles. Love feeling the pain and anger. Really enjoyed this.
Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Skunk heads, Lately, We don’t need who you think you are,
good alt rock album, doesn't bore out and uses tempo alot to keep the listener interested
Weird at 1st, but I actually liked this album. I got some Paramore vibes from some of it.
Unique, technically proficient, interesting message. A big surprise for me.
Amazing vocals and guitar riffs. Had never heard of this band before, but I love their sound. Also love the album cover. Fave track(s): Tracy's Flaw, The Skank Heads, Lately, Cheap Honesty
Perfection, a band I have seen live a bunch of times, including at a Radio 1 Roadshow around the release of this album.
A really interesting album, even if it's hard rock it never abuses the sounds of that peculiar style, instead it uses a lot of electronic sounds and mixes really beautiful and natural instruments and artificial sounds. The voice is strange, it isn't something you would expect from that kind of style but definitely give it a lot of uniqueness
The slower cuts from the four-piece were hit or miss; More the former, but lacking a cohesive application of sounds and effects. The faster songs were carried by the energy, and I found their punches far more jarring than expected. Some of that is unfamiliarity, I'm sure, but I'm absolutely ready to go through Skunk Anansie's discography in full and on a proper stereo system.
Well to start with ... gotta love the album title. When "Charlie Big Potato" started, I was not a fan. But by 60 seconds in, the deep driving base (reminiscent of NIN) broke in and made for a fun sound. Hated the 2nd track -"On My Hotel TV". Junk. Was getting concerned. But then the album got its sound, its flow, its personality. "Tracy's Flaw" started nice and slow, and then built and built and BUILT. "I'll come running. I'll come running back to you" ... Huge voice. Huge power. Goosebumps. And then in launched into "The Skank Heads". Not sure there are more hard, clean, driving songs than this one. "Lately" is a great arrangement with solid drums and 80's sounding guitar wailing. "Secretly" had the most plays on Spotify. Was OK, but did IMO did not warrant that top position. All in all, a SOLID album. Added to playlist.
7/10 I don’t care too much for this style but the vocal performance was very good
With a name like Skunk, I didn't think I'd like this. Because, you know, the connotation is that it would stink. I apologize and promise to do better. This sounds really good. I want to listen to more.
Interesting beats. Good sound. My head is banging. Good when you give it some time, and the title makes sense cause it isn't quite orgasmic. 4
fun album, not really my genre but still had some neat, enjoyable parts, 7/10
Cool, calm, collected chaos is the best way to describe this. I’d never heard of this band before but walked away a fan. Loved the entire vibe of this one.
Toimii meikälle vaikka aika on purassut soundipuolel. Hieno energia tässä on! 4/5
This is the first Skunk Anansie album I've heard (I listened to a couple of songs when I was about 14 and it wasn't really my vibe at the time) and I enjoyed this a lot. The music was a lot more varied than I expected and Skin is a powerhouse of a vocalist
I experience a moment of dread every time a British band that I've never heard of from the 90s-00s comes up on this list, because the author of the list seems to have a particular weakness for dogshit of that vintage. This album was a nice surprise. I don't know that it's something I'm ever going to listen to again, but I can at least understand why someone would point me to this album and tell me that I should listen to it. The music isn't unique, but it's a blend of a couple genres and it's well executed. There is also some kind of alchemy present when female vocalists front metal bands. It just works and I'm not sure why. There's a decent amount of variety in the album as well 4/5
Drugi dio albuma mi je jako dobar. Necu se vise vracat albumu al hocu pjesmi Secretly. Malo me podsjecaju na manje hc mars voltu.
Sehr coole Atmosphäre und Klangkulisse. Insbesondere die experimentelleren Sounds!
I enjoyed this more than I expected too. Some quite varied track, and vocals. pretty decent.
A stunning mix of harshness and delicacy. One of the few places that I'll allow the drop-D bass tuning. Skin is like no one else.
Didn't know much about the band before, but really I liked this album. It mixes all the music genres that were popular in the 90s in a way that doesn't feel forced or pretentious.
una bomba, è glam pop metal generazione post 2000 che di solito non amo, ma questo è figo. vario la cantante bravissima, le melodie riconoscibili e non banali. di carattere.
canzoni abbastanza originali, album complesso, voce della cantante fantastica. da riascoltare
Only clue I’d previously had of this band’s existence was from the great underrated cyberpunk thriller Strange Days. This was really great, much smarter than average hard rock with nice speed/metal edges and a unique and pleasing sound and sensibility.
You know, I don't think I've listened to this album for nearly twenty years. Stoosh is such a good album that any time I want to hear Skin belting something out with her - let's be fair now - absolutely incredible pipes, I'll go straight to that. That's not to say that this isn't a good album. It is a good album. But as I listen to it, I hear some little production issues that put me off a little. Skin sounds like she's in a room just slightly too small for her. There's some late 90s compression going on too, where the recording doesn't do justice to the material. It feels flatter than it should be, and that's a shame. Because Skin's voice is able to be beautiful, fragile and indeed angelic in the quiet moments. And like a furious angel, she can tear the flesh from your bones with it during the loud parts. But there's not enough to difference in this recording to capture that, which is almost a crime.
Really cool, angry female lead vocals, switches through multiple styles quickly, trippy, dark, some tasteful string sections, some quieter songs that don't do much, overall very unique, will come back
Not what I was expecting, although I'm not quite sure what I was expecting. A solid, creative rock/metal album, the vocals are great
Another one whose rating I'm sure won't have faired well off first-track impressions. Also another one that has a lot to give if you let it settle in for a couple of tracks. Need to think of a term for these albums, have something about a troll at the bridge where riches abound if you get past him and to the other side. I'll get back to you.
Great album Band sounds like a mix of Pixies, Foo Fighters, & Poison Excellent sound. Sounds like classic hard rock/metal mixed with ballad rock/hair metal Overall composition sounds great with tight instrument sounds with a hint of punk & emo at times
This album started out sounding like early Evanescence but didn't stay there. Absolutely sublime singing and enjoyable enough music. Not what I expect but definitely a fun ride for me.
4/5 I couldn't wrap my head around this album. It was very choppy in terms of styles. It got racial and i don't know what to think about that cause i didn't understand all the lyrics. She can sing though. I definitely enjoyed her voice, the music and once again female voices are a major plus to me.
I definitely like this album more now than I did back in the day. Now I am from the age of dj’s playing from an extensive cd collection in regular bars. The bars I frequented back then were of the alternative scene variety and the dj’s on average were huge fans of this kind of music and very into playing the non hits. I knew a lot more of this album than just Lately and Secretly. Like most of the nineties album a throwback to a simpler time in my life. Secretly is my favourite on this album.
Really glad I didn’t give up after the opening track. Powerful vocals, lots of energy. Will definitely be re-listening and checking out more of their discography.
This is angry Skin, really angry. And if you are looking for post orgasmic chill this is perhaps not the album for that moment. But if you want to picked up and shaken around, yeh, this is due you.
For the first 30 seconds, I thought this was going to be a very different album than it turned out to be. I dig the harder rock sometimes veering into punk sounds. Lead vocals are powerful and I like the strings on Secretly. Actually, the parts of the album (Secretly in particular) reminded me of Evanescence. They are similarly melodramatic, they both incorporate hard rock with orchestral elements, and they have powerful lead vocalists....too bad I can't understand any of Skunk Anansie's lyrics. Even reading them, they are gibberish ("skinny kack para, para dutty dykie nigga") so even if I want to scream along, I wouldn't know what to say. The lyrics leave this one at 3 stars but there were some pleasant surprises with this one.
According to Wikipedia, this album was a "complete departure" from their earlier work, which was more punk and alternative whereas "Post Orgasmic Chill" had "a new harder sound with elements of hard rock and alternative metal." Someone forgot to tell half of this album about this radical shift. The harder stuff is interesting. The more alternative stuff however doesn't stand out from their contemporaries. Songs that melded the two sounds showed the promise of the new direction, but overall there are too many forgettable tracks. Their lead singer, Skin (because Deborah doesn't sound cool enough for a rock singer?), has definite vocal talent, but is kind of all over the place in her approach. Also interesting was the drum-and-bass intro on the first track and outro on "Good Things Don't Always Come to You." Creating more of a mash-up of alternative metal and drum-and-bass would have been really interesting, but unfortunately they did not explore it beyond these very tacked-on segments. Naming your band after the trickster spider-god Anasi is pretty cool, but adding on skunk to ""make the name nastier" draws a pretty big eye roll and almost loses them a star. And as long as we are looking at their questionable naming conventions, a lot of this album seems distinctly unsuited for "Post Orgasmic" chilling.
Molto carattere, con passione. Mi diverte. La tipa sa davvero il fatto suo!
I didn’t hate it, I didn’t love it. The lead vocals were powerful and enjoyed the black centric lyrics that are damn near absent from alternative metal. However, I just didn’t find much to this album that was terribly innovative musically especially in 1999
Quand un producteur decide de faire des hits avec un band Des tounes correct, production a1, musicien a1, qu’est ce que je peux dire de plus. 3.75.
Forgot about this album - surprisingly poignant even for today and a lovely voice - not skunk anansie s best but a good one
One of those albums that make me wish we were able to give half stars. While Post Orgasmic Chill is far better than most of the albums I have tagged with 3 stars I don't think it is as engaging and memorable as Stoosh or Paranoid & Sunburnt. One reason why I won't argue against its inclusion in this list is how formidable the band and how until listening to this album again I never drew the connection between them and a heck a of a lot of loud/quiet emoesque bands that followed at their heels. I was lucky enough to see Skunk Anansie supporting Garbage on their Australian tour in 1996, just when Stoosh was released. Skin has such a presence as a front woman that she gave Shirley Manson a run for her money that night.
Interesting 90s alt rock. I’m not sure I “get” what was influential or unique about it, but if you like alt rock, it’s worth a listen.
The lead vocalist sounds a little too much like Linda Perry from the 4 Non Blondes. Bumped up a notch for the great playlist Spotify fed me after the album ended. I got some great PJ Harvey, Portishead, Hole, and a little band called the Manic Street Preachers. I'm scaling up a notch for the aforementioned lead singer being named Skin. Actual rating is 2.5.
don't know how i felt about this one. was really nervous about it after the second song, but overall found it pretty enjoyable. definitely weird and has consistent themes throughout
I mean...it was all right I guess? On a personal enjoyment level. I definitely understand why many people could have fallen in love with this album but I didn't. Love the raw anger in the music though. Don't know if you'd exactly classify this as punk or whatnot but it definitely has a pleasing proactive energy. It's just personally not a style I care for. Fave track: On my Hotel TV.
Hmm. An eclectic album for sure. Really loved some of it. Really meh about some of it.
Genre: Alternative Rock 3/5 As much as this album may be named Post Orgasmic Chill, there is very little of that kind of respite felt in this project. An industrial, political, almost nu-metal rock album with plenty of passion and raucous energy, and a female lead vocalist that doesn't hold anything back, this was more enjoyable than I was expecting it to be. The vocals were clearly the star here, which makes the stiffness of the arrangements seem even more stiff, as the backing track is consistently trying to keep up with her. The intro tracks, Charlie Big Potato and On My Hotel TV, were two excellent glimpses into what this band could do well, but the rest of the album struggles to match the energy from the beginning. Again, the female lead vocals, performed by Skin, are top-notch, but she belongs in a group that is as passionate as her. Stale arrangements and industrial/electronic breaks that feel out of place are the reasons this album falls semi-flat. It has a few gems, but nothing to warrant anything higher than a 3.
it was fine, maybe need to go back and give it a more thorough listen.
When this album first came out, it was one of my favorites. But giving it another lesson, it sounds like too many albums and one. Not as enjoyable as it was.
What a supremely strange album. The vocalist sounds like Alanis Morissette doing her best Tina Turner impression and the result is grating. Pair that with a pretty decent nu-metal backing band and you've got a recipe for cognitive dissonance. And just regular dissonance, for that matter. I can't love it. The vocals are too extra. But I can't hate it either. The music is good more often than not. This is case of two opposing vibes earning an album a tepid three-star review.
Veel gedraaid vroeger. Nu vind ik het ofwel poeslief ofwel lomp, zit niet zoveel tussen. Eerste nummer blijft ontzettend goed. Zo hard mogelijk draaien!
Die openingstrack is geweldig. Daar kleven heel wat herinneringen aan. Rest van het album is een beetje hit-and-miss.
Tja, haat-liefde. Debuut vond ik geweldig, daarna werd het hier en daar wat te zoetsappig. Openingstrack vind ik nog steeds heel vet, maar voor de rest vind ik het matig.
Some really nice heaviness at times There were quite a few moments that made me heavily cringe, especially towards the beginning, but overall it was decent. So I guess a low 3/5
Ive never been convinced that Skunk's combination of pop and rock really work. Its all "half decent"