Post Orgasmic Chill

I remember this album and particularly Charlie Big Potato and its surreal video being pushed heavily on MTV Nordic back when this came out. Looking back, it's quite bizarre to imagine the amount of money labels would put into something that, by today's standard, isn't really mainstream in the slightest. Or perhaps they do? I really have no idea what's going on in the mainstream these days. Anyway, someone in the reviews said this album sounds "perfect" and I can agree with that, and their viewpoint on it too. Meaning that, despite being seemingly perfect – not a single unwanted note or sound on the album, everything being exactly as polished as it should be – that's actually what makes the album more dull and boring. Overproduced might be a better, if not a bit misleading word for it. There has to be some cool gimmick or little trick in every song and every single part they could possibly ram on in. The kind of thing you'd think would make the album more interesting (and some "objective" reviewer rejoice, no doubt), but is mostly just tiring to me. Everything is very compressed in the mix; couldn't get a snare and bass drum sounding more "millennium" even if you tried. Like said, it sounds perfect in a way, but really not at all at the same time, if you know what I mean. The songs themselves are perfectly fine, even good but I wish I could hear a bit more natural or less polished versions of these songs. Yeah, can't really hate it, just far too overproduced to my taste. Still, 3/5.

It's not that this album is too cleanly recorded or over-produced, it's just that it's missing a few sonic textures to really elevate it to something elite. Some reverb effects to back those insanely good vocals would more effectively convey the scale and intensity of this project. A record scratch sound effect or some hi-pass/lowpass filters would more easily transition a verse to a chorus, sometime those things feel very glued together in these songs. A good example is "Tracy's Flaw". Everything sounds a bit dry and smaller than it should. The composition is all there, the instrumentation is there, the vocals are there. There's just no sonic sense of depth, no rough texture to pair with the gritty vocals. But those are all nitpicks. The lead singer Skin is one-of-a-kind. I love how her rage flows over the near-nu-metal aesthetics of these tracks. "On My Hotel TV" had me blown away. "The Skank Heads" had a true punk sound and soul for it's verses, then a very sleek chorus that made it one of the more memorable tracks for me. And finally, a post-chorus with some intensive guitar pedals and effects giving the song a sense of speed. Then "Lately" follows up with something much more accessible, a sing-songy top-line with little screaming and a heavy reliance on melody. "You'll Follow Me Down" is a slow, sticky, suspenseful jam that makes up for the few songs that drop the ball a bit in quality preceding it. I ADORE the crickets and faded voices tacked onto the outro here. Outside of a few nu-metal records adjacent to it (Linkin Park, Evanescence), this is a very unique record, especially in the context of this list. 4/5, there's a stellar amen break passage right at the beginning what do you expect from me

lot of glaze on this album... it's so brit rock ok. Like evervesance and Radiohead and 90's flare. I should like it more but it was a hard listen

Not great, but not necessarily that bad.

This was a tough one. Not my cup of tea generally, but they did a good job of it. Asking if I'd ever listen to this again, the answer is no, this is a 2 pushing 1. But I think it has to get to a 3 because I can see how others would love it. If my kids put this on, I would be annoyed but I would give a nod of respect as I asked them to turn it down. :)

I like secretly and lately. Its a 3 star album for me. Cheap honesty is good

I'd give this three stars if it was anyone else singing on it but for Skin I can afford an extra. She's really cool and I'm glad to have been introduced to her

"Charlie Big Potato" might be their best song ever and the rest of the album is fine, too. Still it is a weird choice to include this as the only SA album, because that should naturally be "Paranoid and Sunburnt".

I’d never really listened to Skunk Anansie before today and, if I’m being fair, I’d never particularly felt the need or desire to. So I went into Post Orgasmic Chill without many expectations. Let’s see what it’s all about! I actually enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. It’s unmistakably late 90s, but there’s plenty going on musically, with elements of alternative rock, hard rock and more melodic moments all thrown together. It has far more variety than I was expecting. The lyrics were probably the most interesting part for me. There’s loads of pain, anger and frustration running through the album, which is right up my street, and Skin’s vocals are powerful enough to really sell it. At its best, there’s a real intensity to the music and you can feel the emotion behind it. That said, there were moments where the anger felt a little teenage and the whole thing started to sound quite dated. Some of the slower tracks also began to blend into one another towards the end. It’s very much an album of its era, and I’m not sure everything has aged brilliantly. Overall though, this was a pleasant surprise. I went in expecting very little and came away enjoying quite a lot of it. I’m not suddenly going to become a massive Skunk Anansie fan, but there’s enough here to make me understand their appeal and I’d certainly be more interested in hearing more from them than I was before. Favourite tracks: “Tracy’s Flaw” and “Lately” were both really good tracks. Least favourite tracks: Some of the slower songs, particularly “Secretly”, started to blend together and became a little samey. Album artwork: Dark and moody. It suits the sound and atmosphere of the album really well.

1. potato - 2 2. hotel - 0 3. think - 1 4. flauu - 0 5. zkank - 0 6. lately - 1 7. zecretly - 2 8. come - 1 9. cheap - 2 10. follouu - 1 11. nothing - 0 12. afraid - 1

Great band, great vocalist, great album. Brilliant!

Never heard of this band before. The singer is awesome, the songwriting is solid, but the instrumentals and arrangements sometimes veer towards being a bit too nu-metal or 90s MTV-core alt rock for my taste. Despite that, I like enough of these tracks well enough to give this a 3.5 rounded up to 4.

4,5

I had never heard of this band before and that's really sad. The female vocalist here is one of the best female rock vocalists I've ever listened to, she has an incredible power and clarity and convey emotion very well. I don't know how really to describe the actual music but it feels very familiar to things I now from other bands I like and yet like something completely different. The genre here is some kind of alternative rock I guess, but there's also some very clear punk inspiration especially on some of the tracks. I've gotten vibes ala. Billy Tallent; Mindless Self Indulgence; CKY; Muse; Radiohead; Halestorm; Three Days Grace. It sounds like so many different things at different times and yet manages to stay distinct and coherent. I don't know who inspired who or if there's any connections at all - but I'm sad that it has taken me this long to discover Skunk Anansie Standouts Charlie Big Potato On My Hotel TV Secretly Cheap Honesty You'll Follow Me Down 5/5

Glad I was exposed to this. I would have loved it when it came out. Though I enjoyed the ride there wasn't much to remember by the end... Maybe it deserves a 2nd listen... We'll see.

I had never heard of this band. Sort of an interesting project but I just couldn’t connect. Perhaps too much of its time.

I was not familiar with this band. The name sounds vaguely familiar but I have definitely never heard their music. I liked the first few tracks OK, but it got kind of old. This was fine. I definitely did not need to hear it before I die. (For what it's worth, I also listened to the third disc of the Expanded Anniversary Edition of this album and found that I liked their live tracks from Roskilde '99 more than I liked the studio versions.)

The musicianship of the band appeals to me, but I find that the songs end up being over-dramatic and over-produced. It's a bit much.

Surprisingly enjoyable (not a fan of hard rock).

# In-Depth Review: Skunk Anansie – *Post Orgasmic Chill* (1999) Skunk Anansie’s third album, *Post Orgasmic Chill*, is a fascinating and often contradictory document of a band at a crossroads. Released in 1999, it arrived at the tail-end of a decade that had seen the band rise from the British underground with a ferocious, politically charged sound. Fronted by the iconic Skin, the band was known for blending hard rock, punk, and metal with an unapologetically confrontational lyrical stance. With *Post Orgasmic Chill*, they made a deliberate and bold departure, trading much of their raw aggression for a more introspective, sonically diverse, and surprisingly ballad-heavy sound. The result is an album that is both a artistic success and a flawed, challenging listen that has only grown more intriguing with age. ## Lyrics: Confrontational, Vulnerable, and Open to Interpretation Lyrically, the album marks a significant evolution for the band. While past works were often overtly political, tackling racism and social injustice head-on, *Post Orgasmic Chill* delves deeper into the personal and the psychological. The title itself refers to the comedown and introspection following the high of touring and fame, setting a thematic tone for the entire record. The album’s lyrical content is best understood through its key singles: * **"Charlie Big Potato":** This is arguably the album's thematic skeleton. It's a dark, powerful, and ambiguous track that explores the psychology of an abusive relationship. Skin's haunting croon over sharp orchestral strings creates an urgent, unsettling atmosphere as she sings about washing blame from her knees. The lyrics are intentionally obscure, weaving a narrative that could be interpreted as incest, domestic abuse, or even political victimisation, showcasing the band's desire to provoke thought rather than offer simple answers. * **"Secretly":** A stark contrast to the album's heavier moments, this is a ballad about unrequited love and desire from a distance. At a time when Skin's sexuality was a frequent topic in the press, the song's power lies in its ambiguity, allowing for a universal connection with anyone who has experienced hidden longing. * **"You'll Follow Me Down":** This song is a raw exploration of self-destruction and toxic relationships. It's a desperate scream of pain and a lament about dragging loved ones into a personal "tunnel without forgiveness". This aligns with the album's overarching theme of emotional fallout and the struggle to forgive oneself. The album also tackles prejudice, as seen in **"We Don't Need Who You Think You Are"**, an anti-racism screed that channels Skin's powerful outrage as a Black queer woman in the rock industry. The lyrics throughout the album demonstrate a sophisticated approach to songwriting, but some tracks, like **"Good Things Don't Always Come To You"**, have been criticised for relying on clichés, suggesting the band didn't always hit the mark. ## Music and Production: A Polished, Genre-Bending Sound Musically, *Post Orgasmic Chill* is the band's most diverse and ambitious effort, a noticeable departure from the aggressive punk-metal of *Paranoid and Sunburnt* and the industrial-tinged *Stoosh*. The band—Skin (vocals, theremin), Ace (guitar), Cass Lewis (bass, programming), and Mark Richardson (drums)—expanded their sonic palette significantly. The album's production, helmed by the legendary Andy Wallace, was a key factor in its distinctive sound. The recording process was meticulous, capturing the band's performances on analog tape at Bearsville Studios in New York. This organic approach was then layered with advanced production techniques. Wallace added layers of reverb and harmonies to Skin's already powerful vocals and worked with arranger Wil Malone to incorporate orchestral strings, which add a dramatic, cinematic quality to tracks like "Charlie Big Potato". This combination results in an album that "bursts with nervous energy and jarring contrasts" yet is "as straight-ahead a hard rock album as Skunk Anansie is likely to create". The musical approach is one of stark contrasts. The staccato guitar and drum rhythms of **"On My Hotel TV"** and **"Charlie Big Potato"** hit with immense force, but they are polished with string flourishes that make them sound "intelligent" and "subtle". Tracks like **"The Skank Heads"** unleash torrents of alt-metal, but even here, there's an instrumental interlude that sounds like "the Police in space-age dub". Other tracks, like **"Lately"**, incorporate electronic flourishes and drum'n'bass influences, while seven of the twelve songs are slow-burners, including the soulful **"Secretly"**. This constant genre-bending is a double-edged sword, making the album an exhilarating journey for some listeners but a disjointed mess for others. ## Pros and Cons of *Post Orgasmic Chill* ### Pros * **Skin's Vocals:** Skin is the undeniable star of this album. Her vocal range is nothing short of remarkable, moving effortlessly from "shrill screams and growls" to "sad, passionate purrs". Her performance is consistently powerful, emotive, and utterly captivating, often cited as the album's main draw. * **Musical and Lyrical Ambition:** The album is a brave artistic statement. By expanding their sound with orchestral strings, electronic flourishes, and a more introspective lyrical focus, the band proved they were unwilling to be pigeonholed. * **Powerful Singles:** Tracks like "Charlie Big Potato", "Secretly", and "You'll Follow Me Down" remain some of the band's most enduring and powerful songs, showcasing the album's strengths at its peak. * **A Polished Production:** Andy Wallace's production gives the album a shiny, "radio-friendly polish" without losing the band's aggressive edge, making it a more accessible entry point for new listeners. ### Cons * **Inconsistent Songwriting:** The album's biggest weakness is its inconsistency. Alongside its masterpieces are tracks that feel "boilerplate" and "unspectacular". Some of the ballads have been criticised for being less convincing or relying on lyrical clichés. * **A Pace and Mood Problem:** With seven slow-burners out of twelve tracks, the album can feel like a heavy and uneven listen. The energy dips significantly in the second half, leading some to feel the album ends on a "flatter note". * **Sacrificing Raw Power:** While the band's evolution is commendable, the move towards a more polished, ballad-heavy sound meant sacrificing some of the raw, explosive energy that defined their earlier albums. The album is more "somber and introspective" than genuinely angry, which might disappoint fans of their earlier work. ## Themes and Influence The central themes of *Post Orgasmic Chill* are exhaustion, introspection, and the search for meaning amidst chaos. It's an album about the emotional fallout of success, the pressures of fame, and the complex, often painful, nature of intimate relationships. It also continues the band's legacy of tackling prejudice and social injustice, but frames it within a more personal and psychological context. While it didn't break the band in America (a "god damn crime" according to one fan), the album's influence lies in its fearless genre-bending and the powerful, unapologetic presence of a Black queer woman fronting a hard rock band. It stands as a testament to a band that refused to be defined by a single sound or image, paving the way for other alternative acts to experiment with their formula. In 2024, a 25th-anniversary expanded edition was released, cementing its status as a significant release of the era. Ultimately, *Post Orgasmic Chill* is an album defined by its highs and lows, but its highlights are so powerful and its ambition so bold that it remains an essential, if imperfect, piece of late-90s alternative rock.

It's really cool

4 stars. Wasn't sure about this but, what a great voice

8.5/10 - I thought this was fantastic. Most metal or punk music that I have heard has not had a woman as a frontman and I thought Skin was excellent. It was combative and full of rage, but her ability to transition from yelling to singing was really impressive. An album I would keep in heavy rotation. I really liked this album and found it interesting. The first Hard R caught me way off guard.

I feel misled by the title of the album, it was anything but chill. Some cool moments and genre fusions, but nothing I would come back to. 5/10

I don't really enjoy listening to more than one of their songs at a time as Skin's voice is not for me. However, I can appreciate how much they added to music when they appeared.

The best parts are reminiscent of Living Color.

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Based on the cover/title I was expecting a trip hop or EDM album, but I was dead wrong which is great because this is exactly the kind of thing I'm here for. Metal bands with female singers are pretty uncommon, but one with a black female singer is even more uncommon. She seems pretty badass and has a solid voice. There's also some cool genre-blending here. Such a unique record all-around. I'll definitely be revisiting these guys. Favorite track: Tracy's Flaw

First time hearing this band. Wow, can this lady sing. This album got better for me with each listen. I also feel like it hits so many genres from Punk to head banger to some soulful sounding sounds. This lady has some range. Several songs stand out. First 2 , Charlie Big Potato and On MY Hotel TV. Think my personal favorite was The Skank Heads, but really enjoyed And This is Nothing That I thought. Solid from beginning to start and when I saw the album, totally not what I was expecting. Surprised in a good way and really enjoyed my listens. I have will check out more. Looking forward to Skunk popping up in my random plays on Spotify. 4

3 After a stretch of obscure, strangely-named albums like Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (who?), Purple Rain (it’s not), and Back in Black (totally ripped off Amy Winehouse), it’s nice to see Post Orgasmic Chill by Skunk Anansie, a no-brainer for this list and something I’m sure we can all agree was an inevitable inclusion. Okay, despite the name, the music actually isn’t quite as out there as I was anticipating. As soon as I put this on, the first artist that came to mind (and one I’m sure I’ll see many others reference as well) is Evanescence, a group that, despite their resurgence in recent years, I’ve always found kind of corny. However, for me, what separates Skunk Anansie from Evanescence is their singer, Skin. No disrespect meant towards Amy Lee, but I find Skin so much more compelling as a frontwoman, with her brand of sociopolitical angst being something that I think really elevates the group above many of their nu metal peers. Hell, even some of the slower tracks like Secretly and I’m Not Afraid really weren’t bad either and helped diversify the sound of the album. Still, musically, this doesn’t feel like anything I haven’t heard before. I’m by no means an expert on nu metal, but if you took Skin away, this would probably blend in with some of the most middle of the pack offerings of the genre. There was never a moment I found myself disliking what I was listening to, but I also have not found myself in any particular hurry to return to it as of yet, either. If you told me to pick one song to add to a Favorites playlist, I honestly would have no idea what to even go with. However, in all fairness, I think that’s less attributable to the band (who all seem technically talented enough) and more attributable to the production - this would have benefitted largely from a little less polish to match the ire of the lyrics. Shoutout to Skin - sorry the production kind of let you down here. I couldn’t really find much as to what she’s up to lately, but I hope she’s still out there fighting the good fight, especially in these turbulent times. It’s about all we can do.

This was awful. I couldn't finish the album because it gave me headaches. I'm not who sure this is for or what genre it is, but each song seemed worse than the next. No idea how it made this list.

A couple of tracks just slightly off the mark but overall a very good album.

I once saw a video of a pair of jeans being made. The jeans were a regular looking pair of jeans, nothing wrong with them, then someone took this machine kind of like a wood planer and scraped it over the front of the jeans, turning them into torn jeans. Back in the day, I remember we'd do it by hand - a stanley knife, sandpaper, etc. But now it's a production line, each piece perfectly damaged for maximum edge. That's how I feel about this item. It's rustic furniture where every dent and scratch is placed intentionally. Its clothes designed to look edgy and unique but made by an employee designer and produced en masse, ready to be discarded next season when the edgy fashion cycle goes back to black crisp lines. And it all just leaves me... Completely ambivalent. This was nothing. Just strategic grit polished to meaninglessness.

Skunk Anansie are one of those bands that I've been aware of for a long time, but have never actually listened to until now. This album certainly has a presence, much of it a result of Skin's compelling vocal performance. The songs are fine, but nothing special. Slightly electronic, slightly metal, and sounding entirely of its era. Not sure I'll ever revisit it, but now I know.

I vibed best with the heavier staccato riff funky songs.

Not my thing

Sum not greater than parts

Intrigued – and a little whiplashed – by the violent vibe shifts

I’d hate to see their orgasms

Solid 90s melange of grunge and hardcore. What makes them standout is an electric, eccentric female singer, whose range from snarls and vulnerable beauty is quite striking.

I really liked it. At its best moments it made me think of how could sound a female led and more conventional tool but at its worse it made me think of a very generic nu metal band and that range it's too wide. Still I'm glad I discovered this band. Almost a month within this project this is the first new album I discovered that I really enjoyed

I don’t love this, but Skin is so cool, such a power house.

2,6/5

Amazing album, really need to add this group to the rotation. This album at the least was great start to finish, loved just about every song. Really cool mix, production and vocals great. Somehow very beautiful and elegant with a lot of raw energy and heavy when they wanted to be. Gave metal vibes in a great way. So cool.

This album started off STRONG. I was not expecting it to go so hard. I'm currently about 2/3 in though and it's starting to fall off. You'll Follow Me Down is currently boring me and I hope the last tracks go back to the energy we had earlier. Update: yeah buddy we're right back in it now with And This Is Nothing That I Thought I Had. Love these guys' energy.

This was the coolest album so far in this list that I had never heard of before. Need to check out more by this artist but top to bottom this was an awesome album. The style was unique but felt familiar to other genres I have loved over the years. They had their own flair with insane transitions and vocals. This album was what I was hoping to find by doing this list.

DNF

7/10

I've known about this band for a long time. I've heard a lot of great songs by them on my stream. However, this is the first album of theirs that I've listened to in its entirety. I really like it. I should listen to more Skunk Anansie. 4/5

A slightly boring album with moments of great playing and singing. The overall sound of the album was good. Not quite 3/5 but solid 2/5.

killer

There are some bands I should really like more than I do - they ought to be in my essential category, but aren't. Skunk Anansie are one of those bands. I really like and admire Skin's work. It's the material itself that doesn't quite grab me, it has a nu-metal feel to it that doesn't really grab me. "Post Orgasmic Chill" is a good, solid album and undeniably polished, but there's simply nothing in the songs that knocks my socks off. Three stars. 1 "Charlie Big Potato" (3/5) 2 "On My Hotel T.V." (3/5) 3 "We Don't Need Who You Think You Are" (3/5) 4 "Tracy's Flaw" (3/5) 5 "The Skank Heads" (4/5) 6 "Lately" (4/5) 7 "Secretly" (3/5) 8 "Good Things Don't Always Come to You" (3/5) 9 "Cheap Honesty" (3/5) 10 "You'll Follow Me Down" (3/5) 11 "And This Is Nothing That I Thought I Had" (3/5) 12 "I'm Not Afraid" (3/5) Total - 38 Average - 3.2 406/1001 210/406 albums reviewed were new to me.

Some decent songs, but as a whole not for me. Production wasn't great, the mix was off to me with vocals being far too loud.

Second half of a bad record better than first half but not very good.

Interesting vocals and good music

A pleasant surprise

This got into my head

Tiene fuerza pero no es mi estilo , sobre todo para escucharlo entero.

I don't know what to make of this. The genre should be my jam - I love the harder stuff. But this leaves me with a case of the 'mehs' in general. Okay, not great.

I hated this. It was British female-led hard rock. It was not good.

clit-rock

I was surprised by how heavy this was. I liked it, didn’t love it

The music is great but transitory, somehow; none of the songs, save ‘Secretly’, have stuck with me at all. I remember enjoying the album, but I couldn’t tell you a second song. Still pretty great though.

Another strange album name and band that actually has pretty decent songs

That ended up in a much different direction than it started. I enjoyed the ride.

Worst one yet LOL absolute dogshit

The opening track is a tense one - the listener is left dreading that it's a little bit too much like evanescence, but the second track pivots into hard rock and all is forgiven. Overall this is the sort of music I would have been sympathetic to, but not a fan. It's be on the periphery of what I would have listened to. It's all a bit too dramatic and vocal centric. I think it could have benefited from more instrumentals, but that's what I think about everything. This is a solid 3. It has its own style and opinion, competent at what it does, but doesn't quite reach the "definitive" label of what it's going for. It would work well as a soundtrack to a Matrix inspired film.

If this were my kind of music, I'd like it. But it's not. :(

When your album summary is 75% about a boring band album cover. Ooff. Never heard of this band. Liked it more than I thought I would. Likely will not listen to it again.

With the album title and the opening bars of the first song, I thought this was going to be trip hop. But, no: nu metal. I can see how this album was important at the time, as it spans a few genres, but it isn't good.

Some songs were maybe ok. Not that exciting.

Skin’s incredible voice is let down by the songwriting

Not bad, but not very memorable

Other than being North American Scum, I ought to be the demographic to gratefully receive this record and yet I'm left wondering how an album so tuned to appeal to my tastes falls so flat. Of course, that's the answer right there — it's too heavily produced and polished. They're trying too hard to control just how hard they go. Any real bite or weirdness has been pushed aside in favor of reaching for broad radio-ready reception. One of the tracks that best exemplifies this boilerplate mid approach to the music is "Lately" — bless your heart if you love it — but I hear nothing new or inspiring in the track, just an expression of 90s "major label alternative" competence. You could drop Alanis Morissette right in there. It all feels so interchangeably samey. Other tracks, while being slightly less cookie cutter, still suffer from reaching for common chords and arrangements. For a band that has an abundance of failed poetry with their words, e.g. "Post Orgasmic Chill," "Skunk Anansie," I'd actually like to hear some dissonance and failure within the music so that I could hang my ear on something. This record mostly passes right through like processed, low-fat jello. Shame because the potential for something remarkable is clearly there in their idea of themselves and what the band should be and yet it continually falls short.

This is the first Skunk Anansie album I really like and think is actually very good. It has a great mix of styles, dynamics, and artistic expression. It fulfills the "promise" of the first two albums and really supplants those albums with the first album to recommend and the first one any one needs to listen to by doing what the first two albums do but only much better.

skin's voice is so good! i enjoyed this a lot

Skunk Anansie – Post Orgasmic Chill (1999) On Day 217, I experienced something completely unexpected: trip-hop mixed with heavy metal, and it actually worked exceptionally well. This was my very first introduction to Skunk Anansie, and I wasn't disappointed in the slightest. Sonically, the production capability all around was crazy—one minute it's quiet and groovy, and the next, it feels like the whole world is coming crashing down around you. The vocals were easily a major highlight. Skin has an incredible vocal range; the chick can truly sing. "Charlie Big Potato" easily takes the cake as the absolute standout, it couldn't possibly be a greater opener for a record like this. Other major highlights across the session included "On My Hotel TV," "Good Things Don't Always Come To You," "Cheap Honesty," and "I'm Not Afraid." A fantastic, heavy, and soaring 90s alt-rock discovery. A solid 4/5.

boring and monotone, felt like they were going for some epic shit but it just felt watered down version of stuff i've already heard before

This was a pleasant experience lead singer has a great voice for these rock n punk numbers. She's a heart feel singer.

Interesting but not great.

I don't think I know any black, British rock so this was a nice perspective to encounter. Not really for me but I cannot deny an objective quality.

Definitely not music I like. Looking up the band made me appreciate their ethos and mission statement, but it doesn't improve the music for me. It comes off as slick, trite, and pretentious.

It’s fine but nothing too amazing. There’s a few songs that I thought definitely sucked but others that were pretty good. Most the album was just inbetween though. Definitely not the worst thing I’ve listened to, but definitely not the best. Rounding up from a 2.5/5.

Meni je dobar ovaj album! Nije nešto što sam si tipa često puštala, ali ima ovdje vrhunskih stvari i posebni su oduvijek bili. 3/5, 6/10

Okay this blew me away. Super heavy. Super emotional. Virtuoso playing. Tight. And if you like guitar effects (like I do) you will find this VERY SATISFYING. Haven't enjoyed an album this much since Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter. Skin has vocal chops FOR DAYS. Confrontational. Heartfelt. Epic, glossy, a true work of art that I wish I had heard at the time and absolutely deserves its place on this list. Pleased to have discovered it.

Color me surprised! Had never heard of this band. Listening to the first track, I thought it would be all very heavy. But I was wrong. I dug songs like You’ll Follow Me Down, Tracy’s Flaw, Secretly. And the vocalist is bad ass. This isn’t my typical thing, but something about it is hard to deny.

1012. The riff from On My Hotel TV sounds like a riff from a Clutch song. Texan Book of the Dead maybe? Also, the name Charlie Big Potato is a good name for a song, probably in any context in any genre. 4/5: I like it.

My initial thoughts were, this sounds cool,I was quickly corrected. There are a few songs that start pretty strong, unfortunately they deteriorated just as quick

Honestly surprised I've never heard of them before, this is very good.

They are sonically at their best when they are the most aggrieved.

excited gasp when this showed up UNEXPECTEDLY none of my saved skunk anansie songs were in here, this album went a little over my head or I forgot listening through it? I think I forgot I think I preferred the album "stoosh" when I went through their stuff, but I'd have to relisten to remember might listen again to - tracy's flaw there also appears to be an extended version of this album, which I might listen to *** according to my rating scale, this is only ~3 stars but it seems a little low for how much I have enjoyed some of skunk anansie's stuff. They're kinda underrated. Then again, I also gave Jeff Buckley only 3 stars bc I am considering the full albums and my personal taste. I'm very happy skunk anansie are included in this list. Imo they should have picked a different album

This was… not good.

I mean I didn’t like it, but I enjoyed listening to it riding home on a summer night. It’s kitschy…

On paper I should love this album. Unfortunately, it sucks.

The songs on this album either made me annoyed or uncomfortable or both. There were a few instances that were actually quite beautiful, which made me annoyed the rest wasn’t like that.

Not really my style but it might be for other people

Surprisingly good sounds from this band. Parts of different tracks were amazing but hard to find an entire track I loved. Favorite track was Charlie Potato

Weird

Looking at the album cover I was worried I was in for more 90s techno, but phew! It's actually just Paramore in disguise. Or NiN. NoFX. Fooeys? Evanescence... It's fun but not memorable

Dated in a not good way. Dissapointing

I hated this at the start, but it grew on me. The singer has a good voice, but the style of music is a bit too shouty/aggressive for my tastes. Definitely could have trimmed down the length of the album too, but overall it's ok

Afloat in a weird screamo chill sea. Never knew what was next but none of it stuck either.

The aesthetic is stone cold and I fuck with it heavy. I thought the music was cool but one note.

Date: 07/16/2026 Artist: Skunk Anansie Album: Post Orgasmic Chill Year: 1999 Style: Alternative Rock, Vocal, Funk Metal, Soul Number: 194 Familiarity: None (1) Rating: 4 Before: ======= I recognize the album cover but that's it. One of the songs probably came up on my Discover Weekly list or something like that. During: ======= 5 Charlie Big Potato 5 On My Hotel T.V. 3 We Don't Need Who You Think You Are 4 Tracy's Flaw 4 The Skank Heads 4 Lately 3 Secretly 3 Good Things Don't Always Come To You 3 Cheap Honesty 2 You'll Follow Me Down 5 And This Is Nothing That I Thought I Had 3 I'm Not Afraid After : ======= It's either a high 3 or low 4. Hmm. I liked the more rockin tracks but not the other suff. I did add 4 songs to my favorites of 1999 list. I guess I'll be generous and give it a 4.

Cool

Never listened. Expectations: None - Verdict: Alright - I think I have this CD in my collection somewhere but I can't remember ever listening to it. The opener is all over the place, I thought it was going into a DnB type vibe before the guitars hit, very cool. I don't know what it is because it's clearly very different but it reminds me a bit of SOAD. The vocals on We Don't Need Who You Think You Are are genuinely amazing. Throughout the album they are very powerful actually. The heavier side seems to decline a bit as the album goes on and moves away from a metal sound to more of an alt-rock vibe. Good Thing Don't Always Come To You is a good track but I do feel the second half is firmly weaker than the first.

Schrecklich

Per GPT's description of this this might be really good. Says that "Musically, this sits somewhere between alt-rock, hard rock, post-grunge, glam darkness, and dramatic 90s arena-sized emotional release." That's my kinda shit! I like the title too. Post Orgasmic Chill lol. Okay this first track starts out pretty cool. Not sure about the drum and bass though. Oh okay here's the distorted guitar. And damn the voice! Nice. Dude this is so cool! On My Hotel Tv, has some nice funky bass, almost RHCP vibes. I love that agressive sound. This chicks voice is sick! "God licks your face" lol. I love that she just casually drops the nigger word all through out. British alternative quartet Skunk Anansie played what their lead singer, Skin, called clit-rock --LOVE this!! I love this lady's voice she can go from sweet and caressing to growly screamo in the same sentence. Both are penetrating! This was great! 5 stars.

Would I listen again: no It was weird like one minute screamo and the next kinda chill

Had no expectations and it blew me away. Dope

This may top the list for “album titles to hide from people on the train.” Quips aside, I think there’s one song I had positive feelings towards. The rest were pretty neutral to me. It feels like there could be another album of theirs that I’d like.

solid and underappreciated record from Skunk Anansie, a British rock band fronted by the extraordinary Skin — one of the most powerful vocalists of her era. The album leans harder into electronic and trip-hop textures than their earlier work, without abandoning the abrasive rock energy that made them. It's not a perfect record, but it's ambitious and emotionally raw in ways that hold up. It was their commercial and critical peak in the UK, and it deserved more attention than it got.

Not my fave

Could only stomach 3-4 songs.

aaah weirde 90er rock. ich ha s gfühl ich ha die scho vier mol am paleo gseh aber mag mich nöd erinnere wies gsi isch. es isch soooo 90er holy shit. he s hitted gad nöd. aso s isch no cool aber ich glaub s sött mich mega inezie eigentlich aber mmmmeh. tracy's flaw isch bitz sanfter und finds meega schön gad. wie isch das kei single gsi findi am geilste bis etz. secretly isch huere schön, sie singt seeehr geil. bin am wärmer werde.

mannn so es geils intro mit chli breakbeat und denn isch die flach gitarre iwie mega underwhelming (und s riff ah sich isch nüt speziells) okee sie het na e cooli stimm aber allgemein findis chli wack? weiss nöd wiso ehrlich gseit iwie wetts abgah aber villes isch echli z flach? ich CHEGGS IWIE NÖD jz au the skank heads, es gaht ab und sie schreit halbe GET OFF ME aber trz erreichts nöd das, wo sie glaub wennd ja kei ahnig. es 1 isches nöd will aie macheds nöd schlecht aber es isch iwie sooo langwilig gsi??

Bra! Detta band lyssnade jag mycket på för en massa år sedan och gillade då och gillar nu. Detta album lyssnade jag dock inte så mycket på. Secretly var ju en hit och den gillar jag fortfarande. Även Charlie Big Potato och Lately är bra. Skin är cool och musiken är befriande rockig.

Think it’s the first time I’ve ever listened to a whole album of their material. I found this a good listen.

Cool album. Pink style before Pink hitbit big.

If I could give a zero I would give less

Great! Punk with a lady singer, I don’t usually like punk but there’s some great anger emotions here

I did not enjoy this very much. It sounds like every other late 90s early 00s band trying to do rock and roll. 2.5/10 Top song Secretly

Hated Skunk Anansie first time round. Can't quite believe how much I enjoyed this

It's good it's really good

New one for me somehow, surprised I hadn't (knowingly) heard any of this before. I actually really enjoyed this album - the vocals are definitely the highlight, but the backing is generally fairly solid too. I think people are mistaken on the comparison to Evanescence because I don't think the vocals or the music are all that similar. I'd actually say it's more like a metal version of P!nk. Overall, enjoyed the energy, particularly of the first half of the album. The second half slows down a lot but the vocals remain consistently good throughout. Based on this album alone I'd say I like Skunk Anansie so ... 4.

I liked her voice a lot but it's carrying this album hard from the kinda dull instrumentation... never had a moment that gripped me.

Never heard of this album. It was decent. The singer has some pipes for sure. Nothing moved me too much though.

Surprisingly I liked this at the start, strong opening. But it quite quickly, and unfortunately, slips into exactly what i was expecting.....

Thought I’d like it more than I did, vocals were a blocker for me

4.5

Couldn't make it through the first few songs... rare for me on this journey.

This sounded like total shit to me. Idk, this may just not be my type of genre

A waste of time. 1

I usually have a 3 song minimum when trying new albums. I didn't make it here.

Skunk Anansie are not a good band, this is not a good record.

Gear: 64 Audio Duo Artwork: 🏨🏖️📸 Production (25th Anniversary Expanded Edition): 🔊🫠👍 Music: 🎙️🎸💪 Rating: 🥴🥴🥴/5

Really cool album. Love her voice with the nasty riffs. The guitar in this album is really cool.

I feel like the "here's another boring British band" complaints are somewhat overdone on this site, but I'll make an exception here. Not even in the 3rd tier of late-90s Britpop adjacent bands.

This was an album I'd never heard before, but I'm glad this list brought to my attention. Elements of punk, hard rock, metal and more converge with strong vocals.

Surprisingly great

ни голос, ни содержание не для меня, спасибо

Charlie Big Potato 4 On My Hotel T.V. 3.8 We Don't Need Who You Think You Are 4.1 Tracy's Flaw 3.7 The Skank Heads 3.8 Lately 3.4 Secretly 3.3 Good Things Don't Always Come to You 3.4 Cheap Honesty 3.7 You'll Follow Me Down 3.6 And This Is Nothing That I Thought I Had 3.4 I'm Not Afraid 3.2 Post Orgasmic Sleep 3.6 Score: 3.615384615

I'm way, way more chill post nut. This broad has some anger but I like it. My neighbor loves evanescence and this reminds me a lot of that. Unsure if I will ever break this out again.

fine I guess? 3/5

punk rock und alternative rock. gfallt ma scho gut tbh. 4/5 tracy‘s flaw gfallt ma besonders gut, secretly auch

My fave suggestion so far on day 10. Really cool all the way through, made me feel nostalgic.

This has got to be a joke, right?

Cannot get into it

Surprised by how much I enjoyed this, and now I want to listen to more by them.

Fun

Love this album

Pre Listen: Another bunch I've not heard anything from. I can't name a single album from '99 I even like now that I think about it. The artist name, album name and album cover don't fill me with confidence. Unfavorable expectations. Notable Tracks: Charlie Big Potato - Gave me whiplash. Went from what I imagine The Beatles sounds like to Non-Beatles Fans, into Ultrakill, into Heavy Metal, then into Evanescence. Opinion wheel is spinning faster than a pulsar. After finishing the album, I think this one was my favorite. Lately - Fuck I know this song. I don't know where, how, or when I came to know it, but I recognize it. Must've been a long time ago, the memory feels I'm Not Afraid - Least favorite song. This band isn't at it's best with slow songs. This sounds like weak emo country music. It's not awful though, not even bad, just meh. Post Listen: Ah, it's British. I'm starting to understand why people in a lot of reviews call the albums on this project British Propaganda. This album wasn't horrible, but I am starting to struggle grappling with the exclusion of certain universal all-star albums in favor of....this. The vocalist was really great, she has a solid voice. The lyrics on the other hand were mostly pretty silly, but didn't matter very much if you listened for just the sound. The guitar got boring midway through, every other instrument was pretty solid though throughout. First album where my favorite song was the 1st, least favorite song the last, and everything in-between was just alright. 3/5

No. Gross.

This was GREAT. Gritty buzzsaw riffs supporting a belting female vocalists.

Good... Not Great.

Never listened to this band but this was pretty interesting.

Es un Evancence de la salada. De lejos no parece tan mal pero a medida que le prestas atención es mansa copia.

This was a fun album. Like Evanescence with substance. Got repetitive but I wasn’t expecting “Lately” to basically be a Wallflowers song. The drums are basically the same vibe.

I like it at times, maybe like half the songs could be removed.

I've never heard this group or this record before, and probably for a good reason it was just OK

First of all I can't believe I've never heard of this band before. Secondly, this sounds like the type of music that would make me pause + download the whole album if it came up on my Spotify nowadays. Hell yeah baby.

Not a band I'm that familiar with, but a little suprised this was the album that made the list I need to give this a few more listens, but sounds good so far - I rarely say that about the daily suggestions!

What a journey. This really had it all. What a set of pipes on the singer. She sure could wail and belt it out. Not my cup of tea for music. But talented and good production.

Die Liste des Grauens geht weiter. Warum quäle ich mich damit ab? Dieses Geheule geht mir dermaßen auf die Ketten!

Excellent vocals, well written songs, very good band, and this is just from one listen

Really nice!

What a marvelous voice. The whole package is good, but off and on for me. 3.5/5

At first I was a little surprised that they chose the third album by Skunk Anansie and not Stoosh. After a listen through though, I see that this is also a very strong album with many bangers. I love the vocals and the harmony mixing especially in You’ll Follow Me Down, but also many of the other songs. Favourites: You’ll Follow Me Down, Charlie Big Potato, Lately, Secretly, I’m Not Afraid.

Charlie Big Potato, bad song name. Good Song. On My Hotel TV, one of the worst songs I have ever heard. Had some Interesting parts, especially in Lately and Secretly. The vocals are great but I feel it's just missing something.

Eh

So very 90's, but not in a bad way. Incredible vocalist.

I enjoyed some of the slower and calmer songs on this album, but did not enjoy the high energy ones.

Best Track - "Charlie Big Potato"

6/10… angry rock / 90s indie / *1999

Started out with all the cliches of late 90s top 40 metal just British. All the sudden they launch into more original and catchy songs with great hooks. Who knew I needed some "clit rock" in my life.

A powerfull female singer, incredible guitar solos and instrumentals... can someone explain me why I haven't heard of this band before, cause this is dope!!! Edit : I initially gave this album 4/5, but I keep getting back to listening several tracks from it, so I'm upgrading the rating to 5/5.

Jamais écouté avant. Plus qu'un album, Post Orgasmic Chill est surtout un écrin pour le véritable trésor au cœur de Skunk Anasie, l'extraordinaire voix de sa chanteuse, Skin. Qu'il s'agisse de roucouler avecgroove et sensualité sur des ballades ou de cracher sa rage sur un fond de riffs lourds et primaires, elle sait tout faire, avec une intensité viscérale et un charisme ahurissant. Une totale découverte pour moi, et quelle découverte ! C'est presque incompréhensible qu'elle ne soit pas plus célèbre... Malheureusement, le reste du groupe sert principalement de faire-valoir, entre ambiances électroniques atmosphériques et morceaux plus agressifs, dans une veine post-grunge à la limite du metal. L'exécution est propre et précise, mais finalement assez générique et peu inspirée. Ca passe bien sur les morceaux les plus bruts, mais c'est flagrant sur les titres moins énervés, globalement pas transcendants. Top : The Skank Heads Flop : I'm Not Afraid

I liked a couple of their songs, but some of the language definitely puts me off. Great lead vocalist Reminiscent of Halestorm at times

Take a pinch of shitty pop metal, add a dash of 311, a sprinkling of Incubus, a soupçon of U2-style pretension, and a dollop of that classic British blandness and what have you got? A lame band who doesn’t belong in this book.

Not my thing

Life's too short to listen to this band again. Their next album took them another 11 years. Let's hope album number 3 takes another 30.

First band I went to see... In my head they opened with Charlie Big Potato... I remember the energy, excitement and musicianship. As an album, I'm not sure it really stands up over time but great at the time. And Skin OBE has got a great, unique voice.

Didn't really like this album, until I got to Lately. I liked it better once they showed some range, but still not that great.

Just about listenable but didn't do anything for me.

Better as it went along

I thought this album had some moments, but overall I thought it was a little bland. The beginning of the album was definitely better, and towards the end the songs got slower and not as interesting. I feel like this band has potential, and I like the singers voice, but overall it was just meh.

Not terrible.

A lot of it sounds very quintessential 90s, but overall kinda kooky and eclectic. I'm definitely here for it.

I waffle on this. Some of it has a pretty great sound for its time but some of it sounds like generic garage band stuff

Really cool stuff

Something i will be definitely listening to….lately is my favourite track!

It's a great album. The first 2-3 songs didn't do much for me, but as it went on it was only getting better. It missed a 5 star rating by so little. Really good! 4/5

More enjoyable at some times than others, but overall I was happy to have tried it out even if none of the songs ended up on my playlist.

*shrug* I liked it okay.

finally a turn of the century british band with ideas!

Angry, late 90’s punk

4+ Solid, could reach a 5 with a relisten or two. Also there is something very Edward Hopper-ish about the cover.

Cela peut s’écouter

I didn’t really get this

Felt like something they'd play in 'real world' from the Matrix films. Noisy, punky but I weirdly liked it!

I liked some of this but found the rest uninspired

Really enjoyed the first half of this but trailed off. Never heard of them so was a pleasant surprise.

altern. rock, 1999 -> 2

Idk, I don't see the appeal. DEFINITELY not for me.

I sold this one, as I liked the predecessors better.

Pretty awesome, incredible vocals. Never heard of them but actually way sick and the tracks ain’t boring. Kinda Evanescence coded

I don’t know how to categorize this exactly, but it doesn’t do it for me

If I didn't know any better, I would have pegged them as a cover band at some bar where there was a $5 cover to get in. They were fine but sounded like they picked a bunch of songs from various genres they like for a set. Inconsistent sound - I like the singer's voice but not the metal influenced songs. Sounds like their earlier albums were more punk oriented so I would have rather heard that. I really see no reason this band is on this list (along with a bunch of other meh sounding bands).

These people must have some chaotic and angry sex if that is their version of chill. I’ll pass.

There are some moments here and the energy and passion is there, but this is firmly not up my alley and I have a wide range of tastes. This is another example of slightly British bias in this list, and a reminder of how nuts it is that a band like Weezer isn’t represented here.

Horrible

Je connaissais uniquement de nom (vite fait), mais je n'avais jamais écouté de Skunk Anansie jusqu'à présent. C'est donc chose faite et honnêtement, je me suis surpris à bien aimer. Du rock alternatif des années 90, je m'attendais à ce que ça soit de l'eau tiède, pour moi, mais en fait pas du tout. Il y a une énergie presque metal, dans cet album, ce qui ne peut que me plaire. C'est un groupe plutôt énervé, qui a l'air assez politisé, mais je n'ai pas fait assez attention aux paroles pour ça. Mais le ton particulièrement énervé de la chanteuse Skin et les guitares rageuses me parlent énormément. Et régulièrement, le groupe ralentit un peu la cadence pour des passages plus posés, tout en atmosphère, de toute beauté ! L'album est peut-être un tout petit peu long, j'accrochais un peu moins sur la fin, mais franchement, c'est une bonne découverte et je me sens de bonne humeur, aujourd'hui, alors ça sera sûrement un 4.

i can see what they were going for, but the combination of rock opera/industrial/whatever this is doesn't really do it for me, sorry.

For whatever reason I missed out on this when it came out (1999 was a Metal Year for me if I recall correctly) and so, coming to this now for the first time, I did this album totally bass-ackwards - reading the lyric sheet first, coming away unimpressed, and steeling myself for an unpleasant hour spent with Skin, Cass, Ace, and Mark Richardson (how come the drummer doesn't get a cool nickname?). As an Oasis fan I should definitely know better than to judge a book by its, uh, book. (I'll listen to *Be Here Now* as penance during my workout later, I promise.) And then I heard Skin's voice - ferocious, raw, and yet technically controlled in a way that *maybe* only Dolores O'Riordan could also pull off in this era - and now I'm a believer. Turns out those endless choruses are a feature and not a bug when it's *her* singing them; on the centerpiece "Secretly" she approaches what I imagine a female Kelly Jones would sound like, which is about the highest compliment I can pay to a Britrock singer. And her bandmates pull their weight also, whether racing forward ("On My Hotel T.V.," "The Skank Heads"), rocking out ("Cheap Honesty," with a riff that would be right at home on *Superunknown*), or finding a perfect midtempo Britpop groove ("Lately," which feels like if Alanis Morissette fronted Feeder). The occasional electronic touches are a bit period-piece-y but never out of place or distracting. Like Elizabeth Bennet, I'm glad my first impressions were wrong about this one.

Rv

Pleasantly surprised

Вокалистка прикольная. Мужчины типичный набор: дебильные шляпы, бородки. Жаль. Тексты и вокал понравились. Но остальное…. Не любитель этих по-американски нормисных гитарных звучаний. Во второй половине как-то поприкольнее пошло без лязга этого. Но в целом не мое. Понравились on my hotel tv, lately и you’ll follow me down. Хоть что-то звучало как бритиш голд.

Вкатило

ровный приятный альбом, но без хитов, 3.5

(18/100)

Man merker at 90-tallet har fått utspille seg og at det nye millenniet står for døren. Aggresjonen fra 90s alt. metal acts blir posert for full maskin og satt sammen med noe som høres farlig nære post-britpop. Flere av låtene har også symphoniske elementer og sammen med vokal bringer det andre tidlig 2000-talls staples som Nightwish og Evanescence til tankene. Det er noen alright øyeblikk imellom slaga, men det er veldig lite som treffer meg.

En CD jeg er glad for at jeg aldri har eid

Quite decent.

Holy fuck 90s experimental psyrock

Not bad but not memorable in anyway either

I enjoyed this one - it’s from someone I otherwise have never heard of and wouldn’t have known about.

Hated this. Overwrought and trying way too hard. This is no Betty Davis.

Not for me, I'm afraid. Never really been a nu-metal fan, but this was just all over the shop stylistically.

Skunk Anansie are decently popular where I'm from and they're a frequent live act. I never really gave them a proper listen, though. Post Orgasmic Chill has a couple of cool moments, mostly at the start, but the songwriting is in most cases either forgettable or corny and it pales in comparison to some of its peers. The hooks are merely acceptable and the super clean mixing leaves a lot to be desired. I do have to give some praise to the vocals and the major themes of the album, which are delivered well. Overall, it's decent, but I doubt I'll come back to it.

7 - Black lesbian aggressive rock. Pretty solid

not bad

I don’t know that the album deserves a 2 but for my preferences, I didn’t care for it. I’ve never enjoyed that 90s alternative post grunge summer rock like stone temple pilots or bush.

not for me

The nineties called. It wants this back

not for me

Feels out of place on this list

Enjoying the second half more. Maybe getting used to their sound. Great voice and I like the heavy riffs then melodic vocals. Thought I would like it heard first few numbers and was wavering however got so much better as progressed.

It was OK, actually it made made go back and listen to a few tracks from stoosh and paranoid and sunburnt.

This was very cool - I liked it a lot more than I expected and had a bunch of songs I would revisit. It’s definitely of its era, but still a cool sound that I could see myself coming back to. Top Songs: Charlie Big Potato, Lately, Secretly, I’m Not Afraid

I only remember hearing of the name but not the music. I liked it, nice harder songs mixed with some more alt.

Cool girl 90s alternative sound

Not as bad as I imagined but still not my cup of tea

Does everything right but not as well as it could be. Loved the intensity from the drums and the overall funkiness, and the vocals were cool at times. Tho I can’t lie at times it gets very bland

Honestly, the album cover is the best part of the album and props to that photographer. For the album itself, the concept of the album is cool, being a more modern British metal album with a powerful voice. I wasn't particularly a fan of her voice, and the album grew more stale the more I listened to it. Glad I listened to it, but not again.

Really enjoyed this , such a distinct voice

Twas alright, nothing more, nothing less

Only really like Weak by this band, which is a great song. This is a bit of a mixed bag, some good high energy songs that rock but the slower songs really don’t work.

I’ve never listened to one of their albums before, and this sounded exactly what I thought one of their albums would. Bit too shouty (which seems odd given she’s got a good voice), generally not doing much interesting musically other than an occasional meaty riff and pretty bland songwriting. Well done me, now let’s get back to not listening to them again.

Has some nasty guitar and bass lines, great vocals. Weirdly smooth while being hardcore, which gives it somewhat of a teflon quality where it sort of enjoyably slips by. This is good but does not quite grab me. The head speaks louder than the heart here

I have to be honest I was a bit worried by the whole 'nu metal' tag that I saw on here but 3 songs in and it's not that bad. I would say it's more hard rock than metal, but what are we going to do dance about architecture next. A few more songs in and it's still not hit 'metal' for me yet but still not that bad. This is not something that I would seek out or listen to again but also not so bad that I would turn it off if it came up in a mix.

Pressed play just as I was starting yardwork.. I almost immediately noped out.. the first ~50 seconds of the first song where NOT what I wanted to listen to blasting in the back yard.. but then.. OHH. EMM. GEE.. Put on your blindfold and hop onto this roller coaster of absolute rocking the F@!# out. It's a brilliant and emotional thrill-ride. More, please.. A raw, genuine ride that blends harder rock with soulful ballads. Spins: 3 Playlist Additions - Charlie Big Potato - Tracy's Flaw - The Skank Heads - Lately - Secretly - Cheap Honesty - You'll Follow Me Down - I'm Not Afraid

5/10: of all the albums on this list, this sure is one of them. There were some good bits particularly at the start but the back end of this really dragged for me. Best song: On My Hotel TV

Sadly couldn't get into it. Clearly some cool politically charged writing going on - but it happens to be over quite boring riffs. Instrumentals mean a lot more to be than lyrics unfortunately.

4/10

Couldnt egt through it

Not my thing, but I see its value. I’m feeling generous.

My God jong, ik kon het niet eens uitluisteren. Letterlijk zero chill en al helemaal niet post orgasmic!

5/10

Not so orgasmic 🦨

I had some anticipatory dread when I got this assignment and read a brief description of the band and its music. Happy to say that my apprehension was completely unfounded. This is a pretty great record. Veers between hard and soft, as well as harsh and melodic. I would definitely be happy to hear more by this group.

I felt like that I could like this album but nothing really stood out for me. I wonder if listening to it 3 times would make me totally sick of it but I might be enjoying it after 10?

Este disco reaparece en mi vida cada dos meses o así, y es brutal. Me costó mucho que me gustase pero siempre supe que era oro puro. La producción no es espectacular, orgánica, garrosa rawr La primera escucha puede no convencer pero juro que es la hostia. 9/10---->5/5

pretty much not for me except I really liked the last song?

Cool! This is what I would imagine future music would sound like as a kid

Before I hit play I had wondered why I had never heard of this band before, but I found out soon after I hit play.

By all accounts, this should be my jam. But it’s missing a good hook in like, all their songs.

Muy buenos temas

This didn't click with me. There's definitely some strong talent here, but the combination of "over singing" , super studio driven production style and somewhat cringy lyrics just aren't my style.

This is an incredibly eclectic mix of genres that mostly comes together really well. A bit hard rock and alt metal, a nod towards psychedelic rock in the intro, and some electronica influenced beats throughout. The only thing I don’t really get on with is her singing; I just don’t really like the dramatic, poppy style of singing with long held notes and vocalizations. It works in a few places, and I like it on the more aggressive songs, but some of the slower and softer moments just sound like corny 90s soft rock. Overall, I am happy to have heard this, but I doubt I’ll return.

Not my thing, none of the songs I heard before

Operatic, full of bangers

Ugh this I never need to hear again

Some listenable tracks but disliked most of it

Slettest ikke det verste. Poppete hard musikk kan fort bli mye pinligere. Kjente en del folk back in the days som kun ga innpass til Skunk Anansie og Marilyn Manson blant hard musikk.

Var skuperskeptisk da denne dukket opp. Er ikke de et one hit-album wonder? Litt råere og mindre kommers enn på Stoosh. Overraskende bra til tider og sistelåta kunne jo vært en BonJovi power ballad. Sterk treer.

Nei og nei, ikke for mæ. Faktisk helt jævlig til tider.

Jeg setter pris på produksjonen og energien/sinnet, men det er lite med dette som treffer meg.

I liked it it hit super hard! It works better when it’s not like an angry annoying white guy

this was an interesting listen! Started off incredibly heavy, with lyrics that were pretty harsh and uncomfortable, but then transitioned into a rock album with a lot of emotion. Really enjoy the vocal performance on this one, but often find the production a bit over-the-top. mid 3

2.5

3.0

Better than expected.

wow, phenomenal voice, very nice

Tells a story, many stories, raw and powerful singing, heavy excellent heavy metal guitar

Where is the praise for this band?!? I swear I’ve never heard of this band before and I’ve never heard anybody talk about this band before, and that feels like a crime. This band should get all of the praise that artist like Lenny Kravitz gets for creating classic rock music, but with a modern flare. That’s literally what this band is doing only way better and much more original (and frankly less religious, which is a massive positive). and when I say original, I really mean original. They’re opening track plays with Powerpuff Girls style intense, electronic drumming. There’s actually so much variety on this album even though I called it a rock album. You could also call an electronic album as well. Seriously where are all the people talking about how fucking cool this band is, I don’t actually know anything outside of this album so maybe they fall off hard and all their other stuff might be low quality, but if it’s anything like this album, I have a lot to look forward to.

goeie muziek, goeie stem, goeie lyrics... mocht net iets meer punch hebben

Not bad but it’s not really my music. I think it’s too close to Nu Metal.

Un retour à mes années 90. Je connaissais pas cet album.

Ça m'a pris 4 jours passer au travers, mais j'y suis arrivé! C'est assez dense quand on n'est pas habituéà ce style. Ça m'a fait penser à du Pearl Jam des bouts dans le côté lourd. Mais il y a des côtés plus pop rock vers la fin de l'album que je trouve qui sont assez magnifiques (you'll follow me down et I'm not Afraid). La chanteuse a une très belle voix.

Quel nom de band affreux. Le cover est très cool par contre. Ensuite la musique je ne suis pas certain. J’aime bien la voix de la chanteuse et certains chansons sont assez lourdes. Mais au final ça ne m’a pas convaincu. Clairement le genre d’album rock qui n’a pas percé de notre côté de l’Atlantique

Didn't know much about Skunk Anansie but this was a pretty good listen. Not the best I've heard from this but all in all a solid album.

Ok

I love that they categorize their music as "clit rock." This was a really good album and made me deep dive into their earlier stuff. Good music all around from their 90s output.

Ok, algunas cosas copadas. Habría que revisitar eventualmente

I really like the vocals, but this genre and theme the album goes for is just not for me. Ridiculously impressive stuff, but lyrically it's just very in your face like we get it. At certain points in the record, the vocals are just way too much and extremely annoying, but there's a beautiful opposite they achieve too. The genres the album explore are all over the place as well. I thought it was metal but now it's funk? Now it's grungey alt rock? Orchestral pop? Just a very strange collection of songs that doesn't have much cohesiveness. However individually, I like the tracks pretty well. I just can't make sense of this album/latch onto anything, and it's making me feel disengaged. Good things don't always come to you is a fucking banger though.

Banger of an album. Their sound still sounds pretty fresh now, almost three decades later. A great combination of punk, alt-rock, electronic, and grunge.

Esse álbum me surpreendeu positivamente. Esperava algo genérico e queimei a língua. Muito legal a mistura de rock alternativo com eletrônico. Muito bem feito. QKZxHBB Khan.

No real thoughts one way or another. No real hit songs.

Not as good as Paranoid and Sunburnt

It was pretty okay. It feels like music and old friend of mine in college would listen to, not quite my cup of tea personally. But I can still respect the music for what it is.