Post Orgasmic Chill

Really enjoyed the emotional lyrics and incredible vocals. Especially loved "You'll follow me down"

Weird album that mashes up nu-metal, electronica, and pop. It's interesting and adventurous, but while I'm not familiar with the band the overall impression is one of a transitional album. A band with an creative vision, but one that really doesn't resonate with me.

5, all day long. I previously reviewed this 6 months ago, but I'll review it again. Having listened to SA throughout my teens, this is far from new to me. Each of the songs are amazing, nothing is below greatness. "Charlie Big Potato" is a massive hit with big sounds and thought provocative lyrics. Just that song alone is enough to obtain a 5. Can't go wrong with this album!

4/5 mainly because I think Stoosh (or maybe paranoid and sunburnt if I was going by pure personal preference) should’ve been the skunk anansie album on the list, it’s good idk maybe just too long I think???

I was pretty stoked when this popped up, didn't expect them on here! Only knew the songs from their previous albums when they would show videos on MTV and also knew some of Skin's solo songs - this was a great opportunity to hear a full album. Pretty good, and I'd rate it 4 or 4.5, but I'm giving it a 5 because some of the other reviews are insufferable and also we need a more varied artist list on here instead of the same Neil Young drivel.

6/10 Favourite: Charlie Big Potato Least Favourite: On My Hotel T.V.

I love clit rock

Quite liked this though didn’t need 2 hours of it.

Good voice and powerful songs. Another day I may have been much more in to this but today it feels good but not great. Some songs I wouldn't mind listening to again but its probably nothing I would seek out.

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!

I forgot they existed and I was glad to be reminded

3 1/2 Stars: The reason I'm listening through this project. Skunk Anansie was a band I've heard of forever, but hadn't ever heard a single song from. Honestly, it's just a band that never got radio play in the U.S. Glad I finally got this introduction. Excellent late 90's alt-rock sound with a fantastic lead vocalist. I'm excited to explore more.

I am a little bias as I love Skunk Anansie, but this is a cracking album. Skin's voice is amazing for both the tender and the raging and this album is full of emotion.

This was a bit weird but interesting.

Angry and upbeat. Loved it

Interesting voice but ultimately rather boring and hard to make it through the whole album.

Bellissimo, già lo conoscoevo. Voce incredibile

British late 90s rock. Metal and hard rock elements. Lead singers voice is delicate contrast to the hard fast rock.

i thought she had a good voice and i enjoyed some of the album more than i thought i would 2.5

This is one case where the clear leaning to the UK is completely justified. That this band didn't hit big in the US is a god damn crime. Every album in the discography is a banger. Skin is electric! Front to back amazing. I love this album and this band. Candidate for best album on the list and I am confident saying it only 400 albums in.

This scared me!! I was driving alone in the woods in the pitch black of 6pm and a small animal was crossing the street. I really don’t know what it was. It moved slowly and strangely and looked like it didn’t have any skin. But it was cute and I watched it! And it was also weird and creepy and this music was on and it was so dark and I really could not continue on listening. So maybe this is very good, but just not for the woods in the dark with a little no skin thing on the road

oooookkkkkk Skunk Anansie! I've always avoided listening to this band because I (unjustly) lumped them in with the corny, 90s slickly produced metal scene of Creed and Evanescence and the like, and the first track was a little bit in that territory. BUT I WAS WRONG. this is soooo much cooler and maybe like the real deal and not the watered down radio edit that those bands were? Anyway I wish I was cool enough in the 90s to have been into this because FUCK YEAH CLIT ROCK I'M SORRY I DIDN'T APPRECIATE YOU SOONER. truly terrible album cover though.

Сочный и эклектичный фьюжн из панка, альт-метала и трип-хопк с мощным фем-вокалом? Да... Сюда.

Definitely not what I expected, but it was pretty good. Probably one and done for me though.

Very interesting. Rocks hard. This is what im doing this for.

🤦🏻

Irritating when they try to be heavy, boring when they try to be emotional.

This makes no sense. Nobody cares about these guys. Nobody.

Putting this album in the challenge is what I call a "strong wrong".

Honestly I didn't hate it. I don't like heavier rock all that much, and this album certainly leaned toward that, but having a good singer that isn't just screaming really makes a difference. I think The Skank Heads was my favorite.

At first I liked this a lot more than I though but towards the end I found myself clicking 'next' to move through the songs to get to the end.

Listened before, a long time ago. Back then I liked it more. it has good songs but overall it bored me today. only three stars.

prima volta che li ascolto e beh, che dire...

Completely new to me. Very enjoyable.

This is a band that had not reached my American ears until now. It fits in that angry nu metal or hard rock genre that is distinctly Y2K, but the black feminist lyrics actually have feeling and meaning behind them. The American analog to this sound would be Evanescence, but with politics and social meaning. Does it work? Not for me. I find it extremely grating or annoying, though maybe that's the point. There is something about the production where the vocals sound too polished, too sterile, disconnected from the rest of the band. It's like a bad Bjork impression. I can envision this all being a lot of fun live, but it falls kind of flat over my headphones. All of it slides off my ears, like so much barrages you that nothing really sinks in. I appreciate the risks involved here, that it is trying to be unique, and it has a lot of interesting choices. But it just doesn't work for me, and I won't seek it out again.

I thought "Hedonism" was okay, but I had a hard time getting through the rest of the album.

I've heard of Skunk Anansie but what is it? First track is like nu metal instrumentals with a decent singer (soul vocals). Ooh, some proggy jazz chords too! Nice 2nd track follows the same formula, but more funk rock. Some grungey (Black Hole Sun) style guitars. I quite like it, surprisingly. But not much is totally standout catchy. Strong start but the effect wears off. Best track - Charlie Big Potato 3 stars

Not as chill as the name might suggest... But not unenjoyable. It became a little softer in the second half and there were some decent songs here.

Not all that enamored with this one. By description alone i should be but thats not the case. Its fine just not great. I have a hard time seeing the real appeal though. Its not heavy or aggressive enough to live up to the vibe its trying to give. But its not mellow enough in concept to pull off that side either. Its a strange record that I didnt have a bad time listening to but on the other hand I didnt enjoy what it did either.

Not something I think I'll come back to.

I am pleasantly surprised by this record. I enjoyed the blues-influenced tracks on here a lot, and I appreciated the alt-rock/metal tracks too. Favourite Track(s): Tracy's Flaw, The Skank Heads Least Favourite Track(s): On My Hotel TV

I'd never heard of this self-described "clit-rock" group, but I always like hearing bands that are huge elsewhere but not well known in the U.S. That's a little surprising to me, because Skunk Anansie would fit in well among various American/Canadian hard-rock acts doing the second-tier festival circuit. You know, the ones with other bands I don't like. While I found some parts of this interesting—and I always like seeing non-white dude-bros in this space—I was ready for Post-Orgasmic Chill (the album, not the phenomenon) to be over before it was.

A very pleasant surprise from a band I've never heard of. This could have been generic riffage but it was not. The riffage was in fact prime. And the vocals and melodies top notch. Probably not something I'd add to the rotation but I'm glad I know Skunk Anansie.

there were some good songs but I wasnt a fan.

I'm just not a punk guy, really

A pleasant surprise! 3.75

Never heard of this band and I wanted to like it, but it felt a bit like Evanescence by way of the 90s to me.

I listened to this post orgasm, I don't know if that affected my experience but I didn't care much for it.

Meh hard girl rock, unimpressive

The songs and vocals are pretty epic. The singer has some incredible range and ability to sing softly and beautifully, but also to rage and scream with the best of them. It kind of reminds me of like an Evanescence with a numetal sound. I think I might like their early more punk or alternative stuff because they sound like they can really excel in those genres. Musically they are talented, but this album just didn't really do it for me. I think the hard rock, numetal sound is just something I'm not that into.

This is one of those albums that makes me glad I'm doing this project. Because I've never heard of this band. And even the first sound didn't hook me, but just minutes into the album and I get it. Their sound is amazing, mostly clean vocals with a bit of rage on high quality metal tracks. No idea how I hadn't found them sooner.

It definitely took time to get into this album from this band I’ve literally never heard of before today. Sort of like a mix of Soundgarden, Radiohead, and Alanis Morisette. I wasn’t really feeling the first few songs, but by the end I started to get into it. The more ballad-type songs are pretty good.

Okay, not for me

Well that was unexpected. The sound is very much middle of the road rock from 1999, but the vocals are amazing. I wish she fronted a better band. Good. Not great. Funny how something like this never translated to America

Quite varied. Enjoyable overall. 3.5

Very impressed! Never heard of this band, and the mix of heavier and softer songs on this album makes for a wide, enjoyable range of music! Will listen to them some more

Amazing discovery! I'd never heard of Skunk Anansie before but I love their sound! The album tapers off in the part that wasn't in the original tracklist but I won't judge it by that. Very solid album.

I knew of Skunk Anansie's work before I started listening. I'm not a fan of Skin's yelling singing style. Track one started and I was pleasantly surprised. Then came the inevitable screaming and I'm out. I made it three tracks in, but I doubt I'm going to find anything I like on this album, and even if there is, I'm not wading through the unlistenable to get to it. I'm usually happy to sit through many an album to find one or two tracks I'd like. The only comparison I can think of is that I'd happily rifle through a bucket of soil to find a fiver, but not a bucket of dog shit.

This was pretty good 90s alt rock when the girl with the nice voice wasn't yelling at me.

Nope

It's taken me a while to really appreciate Skunk Anansie. I'm not sure what it is but maybe their very punk look had me imagining something a bit grittier or more distorted. Skin's vocals, while impressive, are almost too perfect for this kind of music. But multiple exposures have help me to appreciate their music for what it really is. It's less punk/metal and more hard alt rock with poppy overtones. Nothing wrong with that but it's necessary to adjust your expectations going in.

Great rang of post punk rock from the UK. Great respect to skin for her fantastic voice and control. The band has great range and make some surprising songs blurring genres.

7,9/10

Dirty, cinematic, this is definitely one of my favorite albums I've been suggested thus far. General production of this is a highlight but the vocals being so powerful and often times haunting had me coming back to this album repeatedly.

"Are we almost done yet?" No, 48 minutes left...

Caught me off guard - very good! Heavy. Evanescence before they existed :)

I actually enjoyed this. First song was killing me, but on my way to be rejected by my doctor and then hung up on by the PT he referred me to because I got in a car accident it hit me... Not the other car, the music. I liked "Secretly" a lot and a few others like "Lately" and really the entire back half of the album. I prefer the relaxed rock and roll of... Skunk... more than some of the other hard rock crap that's been fed to me lately. I think this album is superior to the Todd Rundgren I heard which I wouldn't expect, and far superior to the likes of Sonic Youth. I was shocked by the content of one song but I didn't listen too closely. They had not imported Parental Advisory by this point in the UK or there would be a lil sticker. It's also so fucking funny that their names are Skin, Cass, Ace, and Mark Richardson.

**An ok album, 27 tracks, a mix of easy listening and no music (just screaming and banging instruments)

cool album, i like her voice and the general style of the band

Apple Music had this tagged as Indie, so my expectations were way down going in, but this album went hard. It’s the best mix of trip-hop, post-grunge, punk, and hard rock all rolled together. It’s got attitude, groove, and just enough weirdness to keep things interesting. The guitars hit heavy, the vocals are strong, and the production gives it this dark, cinematic feel that fits perfectly with the sound. And honestly, any Western album that opens with a sitar is going to get props from me. That was an unexpected but awesome touch. Overall, Post Orgasmic Chill was a really good surprise. It hits hard, keeps the energy up, and proves that labels don’t always know what they’re talking about. Favorite song: We Don't Need Who You Think You Are

love the vocals but half the songs don’t do much for me

Typical Skunk. Heavy, mildly aggressive, and confrontational. Skin's voice is great and the power in her delivery adds to the vibe. It's less in your face than previous offerings but it is still an album that doesn't want to be ignored. It's a bit long, which about 25 years ago I didn't mind, but Skin's forthright politic gets a bit wearing to my old ears.

I get they are British but that doesn’t mean they belong on the list. The vocals are horrible and the instruments ok at best.

Let me guess they got on here because they are British

This is another one of those albums where musically I really like what they're doing, love the drive, the oomph, sounds great, love it. But do not like Skin's vocals on the softer, quieter parts of the album at all (she's great on the loud and intense parts). Also the lyrics on about 5 of the songs were kinda stupid. And a lot of the songs went in one ear and out the other without doing anything. It's also 50 minutes long. Albums just don't need to be that long if you aren't gonna do anything with the album over that time frame. "Cheap Honesty" is a really solid song.

oh goody-another British group I've never heard of before. and like soooo many others on this this....there's a reason for that. irritating vocals, mediocre sound. meh

Impressive album!

Powerful would be the best word to describe this one. The first 2/3s of the album is straight up head-banger after head-banger, with ripping guitars and soaring vocals. A good chunk of the album is utterly superb, but the second half slows down slightly and the change of pace doesn’t do it quite as much for me. There are still strong moments in this back half but it does hold the album back as an entire collection for me. Still extremely enjoyable though.

mediocre 90s rock at best

This had a lot more high moments than low moments. The lead singer's voice can get a bit shrieky at times, but in a good way for the most part. I liked the emotion. The guitar riffs and music was kind of generic, but fit nicely. 3.38 / 5 stars

not sure what to make of it

Alt title for this album is Post Nut Clarity. This album is kinda like 2 different 6 song albums stitched together where you have harder and softer songs mixed that fit well together.

really good and a really dynamic album, very close to a 5.

Jeg er nok egentlig mest skuffet. Det er en solid start, men det ender med at være ensformigt, og jeg fik lyst til at springe de sidste 2 numre totalt over. Jeg gik tilbage og hørte deres hits, og de holder stadig! Men det var ikke den klare 5er som jeg havde forudset.

Et album der lægger hårdt ud med en håndfuld gode numre, men desværre mister pusten og bliver lidt lang i spyttet på sidste halvdel af pladen.

90s British rock again. Who could've guessed. This one's alright. I'll give it this. This is not a redundant inclusion. It's not like this list is swimming in female-fronted alternative-metal albums as it is for something like male-only post-punk albums. However, Skunk Anansie are still one of those acts that really show off this album list's strong UK bias. I guess you had to be there in late 90s Britain to even have a clue who these guys are. Are they good? Kinda? They're not bad. They've got some undeniably good elements. I think lead vocalist Skin has a good voice. Plus, it's always nice to hear a woman singing in a rock band for a change, women of color especially. The instrumental talent is also there. It's not outstanding, but there are musical moments to appreciate. However, I feel like they don't mix together the best. Maybe? Something about the balancing on songs like "Charlie Big Potato" just feels a bit... off? I don't know. I'm also not huge on the writing. Songs like "On My Hotel TV" just don't do it for me in this regard. There are good songs, I swear. "Secretly" is nice. It's one of the songs where the balance between the vocals, writing, and music actually works pretty well. I can tell that there's talent behind this band, but I can't help but feel that Post Orgasmic Chill is a bit lacking in overall cohesion. It's a respectable endeavor, but not one that I see myself revisiting much. 3/5.

A little too edgy for me. I didn’t enjoy this. At all. And I wonder how this was selected to be included in such a list.

2 stars. It wasn't bad, it was well done, polished, but just not my thing. To me it sounded a lot like the rock of that era.

# Album Name: Post Orgasmic Chill # Artist: Skunk Anansie # Rating: 3/5 # Comments: A very mid album. Average at best. Didnt hit any highs, didnt hit any lows. A low 3. # Top Tunes: Charlie big potato / Secretely # Would I listen to it again? No

At this point in the list, some 630 albums deep, I find it hard not to scoff at an album whenever I look it up on Wikipedia and see: 1) the band who made it is British, and 2) its entire "Legacy" section is just "it was in this book." It's like, I get it, Mr. Dimetry and company. You like British acts that most people on this side of the globe have never heard of before. I mean, if there's anything I know about Serious Music Critics™, it's that they damn **love** British music. After all, why do you think the only "country of origin" makers in this thing are "US," "UK" and "other?" And of course the Brits made a lot of good music — need I mention many more names than The Beatles? But there comes a point where the Randomizer's flashed so many up in your face, seemingly at the expense from more albums from "other," that you really hafta start wondering if the music of merry ol' England is really **that great** or not. Didn't those guys also produce "Fast Food Song" by Fast Food Rockers? Ah, but I shouldn't pre-emptively judge an album just because the band's nationality happens to be a little overrepresented (**two** albums from the "Bitter Sweet Symphony" guys!). That wouldn't exactly be fair, now would it? And I'm really glad I didn't let that happen here, 'coz goodness me, I **really** enjoyed this album. Maybe not on track one; it was a bit too "drum n' bass" and restrained for my taste... But by track two, gawd, this album just fuckin' **floors it**. Let me tell you right here and now: Skin's vocals are the star of this album. They are just... Phenomenal. I've always loved it when women sing over metal guitars, and now that I've heard a **black woman** doing it? Oh, I need to hear this **more**. It's great, honestly. But it's not all metal, no. I was sort of expecting this thing to be akin to Rage Against The Machine, but you've got a couple of tracks in here that lean in way more to hard rock and alt. rock. And y'know what? They're great, too! I was going "OH FUCK YEAH" to these songs as much as I was the metal ones, but goodness if I didn't enjoy them nearly as much. And the strings — the songs with the **strings**. Oh, wowie wow. Can't tell me this band doesn't know their way around a power ballad either, goodness. Really, I feel like if I have any problems with this album, it's that I wish it could've been a **bit** more metal towards the end... Again, the ballads and alt. rock stuff is very good, but damn, I don't think anything topped the high of launching into "On My Hotel TV". Plus, there's a review that states this album might be a **bit** too perfectly produced for its own good, and even not having this group's other albums, I might hafta agree a little? Which, hey, if it gets me curious to check out their other stuff, that ain't a bad thing at all. So, yeah, another day, another British album pretty obscure to most Western audiences. But it's a damn good album nonetheless. Maybe Western audiences should've been a bit more aware of this, and I can only think it's for the best that I am now. Way to go, UK.

Pretty good 90's alternative, but not much else to say. Solid 4 Stars.

I’m at a 4.5 that I think I’ll bump up to a 5 on the “I just enjoyed it, what can I say?” criteria. It really is that simple; sometimes, I just happen to really like an album. Oh, there’s flaws here, don’t get me wrong, but as a 50 minute package, I’m just surprisingly pleased by how much I enjoyed it. Much like seemingly the entire rest of the site, I have never heard of “Skunk Anansie” until this moment, but I’m glad this album’s in the list to at least give them a showcase. This album jumps around from style to style; in the broadest definition, I would say it’s what would happen if Alanis Morissette had gotten to lead an Evanescence album, but that undermines some of the vocal & instrumental variety here. There are some genuinely softer ballads here that feel a bit more adjacent to Janis Joplin’s ability to shift the power of her vocals on a dime, though with an R&B touch that’s slightly understated, but very present. Instrumentally, there’s some tracks that feel like Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Garbage (yes, the band), and occasionally, Radiohead, as weird as that sounds. The variety that’s present here keeps the album fresh, and while it’s mostly lead by the power of her vocals guiding the emotional lean of each track as opposed to a real instrumental showcase (only a handful of really strong solos), I think the band is more than serviceable to capture the mood. So, what exactly are the “flaws” that have me hesitating to give it a flat 5? For one, a few tracks have disconnected outros that don’t really seem to add anything to the album, since there’s not really an overarching narrative here. Secondly, I just think the band’s “serviceability” starts to really show for the final 2 tracks – they’re technically sound, but it’s clear that her vocals & the lyricism are guiding the tracks a bit more than they are. It makes the album end on a slightly flatter note, since the passion just doesn’t feel reciprocated (ironically, probably the overarching theme of the album) and while that’s not the worst thing, signs of it start to pop in by “Good Things Don’t Always Come To You”, so the last 4 tracks do slowly let off the gas on their way to the finish line, though I did enjoy all of the tracks here. In all, even with a slight “genericism” lingering over the whole album (which I think the top review is trying to get at, albeit in a mildly pretentious way framed as trying to achieve perfection), I think this is the sort of female-led rock album that just appeals to a lot of my musical sensibilities. The floor here is a 3; if the “genericism” feels more overwhelming to the ears, then I wouldn’t blame someone for going there. If you can fully buy into what they’re selling (which I think is rather easy), then it’s probably somewhere between a 4 and a 5, and I just think I enjoyed it too much to want to bump it down, even with the flaws this thing has. It’s far from perfect, but I found it surprisingly enjoyable, and I think it earns a 5.

April 6 2026. Easter Monday. It’s a day for celebrating miracles, not enacting them – but here we are. Fifty-five albums down against our daily target: time to roll the rock and let the reviews into the light. Review one of the Easter blitz, Skunk Anansie. Growing up in the early 00s, the idea that head-banging killed brain cells was the urban myth-slash-public health preoccupation for teenagers du jour (masturbating causing blindness being the de facto champion in all other eras). The best bits of this record – Skin controlling the Korn-inspired, Soundgarden inflected nu metal grooves with her reinforced concrete howls – show scant regard for your brain cells, while the worst bits – the ballads, the brief flirtations with RHCP-like funk – are total wank. Equally blinding and stultifying.

I remember getting a cassingle of Skunk Anansie when I was younger. I don’t get it. Listening now I kinda’ do, and now I can have the added bonus of saying I have indulged into ‘clit rock’ (Spotify’s term, not mine). At a time when women were not huge in the rock/metal scene I appreciate what Skin was attempting. Key songs were Secretly and Charlie Big Potato. I do confess that if the album is called Post Orgasmic Chill and represent such edge musically I question what kind of weird S&M sex they were having….

Random thoughts: * First track has a weird techno intro and then moves into a heavier rock. * Is this Evanescence? * Never heard of this band. Skunk Anise? :) * "Secretly" is prototypically late 90s/early 2000s alternative track. * Ok, this is more late 90s alternative rock, might even have tints of Jeff Buckley, at least the last track "I'm Not Afraid" does. * I'm not sure this warrants 1001 consideration but it is a good album and I bet this was someone's favorite back in 1999.

Odd album. It was trying to d to much but thats what people like.

Ok but not my thing

Nothing really captiivated me. Was better than i was expecting though

Like many albums that were a little heavier, took me a few songs to get into but once I locked in it wasn't bad at all. However, I was listening on pretty bad audio quality, and my mother wasn't really a fan of Skins vocals, so I didn't get to have a good listen - the result - a qualified 3.

I was initially enjoying this but was a bit bored roads the end. Better than anticipated. Admittedly I’d only ever heard some singles before. It’s a solid 3 but not a 4.

Can't say I enjoyed much of this - no more screaming vocals, please. Other than that, just okay.

A huge part of this band's appeal rests on the shoulders of the frontwoman Skin who is PHENOMENAL. Charlie Big Potato sets the stage but On My Hotel TV really kicks the ante up, with provocative yet pensive lyrics about the power the media has on creating public perception around race, gender, sexuality, etc. We Don't Need Who You Think You Are is heavy and Skin's vocal are fantastic in this one. Tracy's Flaw serves as an anthem for toxic relationships. Skank Heads is rather forgettable. Lately provides some softness in the album's runtime. Secretly manages to be operatic but alternative and might be the best song on this album. The rest of the songs are all good but this genre isn't for me. The first half goes hard though. Give this album a listen if you're into conscious alternative music.

Different but not bad

GOD DAMN. That is absolutely not what I expected to hear from this album - or even on this list. This is a wild discovery. Such a good album I played it again the same day. The vocalist is full of energy and has quite a good range but the instrumental part makes it so good. Groovy alt metal riffs and sick basslines are all over this album. A little bit of Deftones feel here and there. That is a band I will be getting into very soon. I'd really recommend anyone to check out this album.

Surprenant! Wow de la musique très intelligente avec des rythmes et mélodies variées, je n'en reviens pas que l'album date de 1999, ça sonne encore très actuel.

Wow, quelle surprise! Je n’avais jamais entendu parler d’eux avant. Les voix étaient incroyables et la mélodie absolument géniale. 5/5

Not a fan of this one. All over the place and boring.

This reminded me of Alice In Chains except more political. Not bad but don’t need to hear it again.

Never heard of this group before! Very 90s/00s alternative

Know the hits(although it could be that some of those are also Skin's solo work), but never followed this band's output. I really enjoy this album. Skin's voice is great, musically they can hits hard if they want, but they also have almost ballads. Very diverse and highly enjoyable.

Another day, another British rock band I hadn't heard of before. Skunk Anansie hail from London, and are largely categorized as a mixture of hard rock and alternative metal, with influences from dub and reggae, and a powerhouse vocalist in Skin. I was genuinely curious how this group and their record, Post Orgasmic Chill, hold up against the large swathe of heavier alternative bands that have found success. There was some initial excitement from the opening run of "Charlie Big Potato" through "We Don't Need Who You Think You Are", and yet the kinetic energy of the band felt weirdly restrained upon closer examination. The more I listened to this album, the more I was reminded of a similar group that would emerge decades later here in the States - Halestorm. After all, both groups combine hard rock with alternative metal, with powerhouse female vocalists who are their respective bands' largest appeal. Sure, Skin has a more distinctly black British dialect, but the parallels between her and Lzzy Hale are there. Unfortunately, these parallels also extend to my issues with this album. The songwriting doesn't quite offer enough nuance or detail to give these songs that extra weight or flavor. The subject matter tends to oscillate between relationship issues and self-empowerment, with little else to offer aside from specific Britishisms, such as on "Charlie Big Potato" and "The Skank Heads". Even more indicting is the polished production from Andy Wallace. He may be competent enough to push Skin in front of the mix as necessary, but his production style doesn't elicit that distinct crunch or heaviness the band is craving for. The closest this album gets to explosive delivery is on "The Skank Heads", and even then, this sound could have been pushed farther, especially given how ballad-heavy tracks are towards the middle. It hurts me to say, but I'm admittedly a bit disappointed. I imagine that, like with Halestorm, Skunk Anansie works better as a live act, and I would probably enjoy them a lot more in that unrestrained environment than in the studio. Because, as it is, Post Orgasmic Chill is a serviceable hard rock record tailor-made for the radio, but it could have been more than that.

Different for sure. Didn't hate it, but didn't really enjoy.

#124/1001. For some reason I get a lot of 90's grunge or post-grunge and rock based stuff in a row. (ok, also 2001). Well, what can I do. I can say that yes, she has a great voice, I remember them from Strange Days, most of the album is boring, next.

Very refreshing album, I hadn't heard anything like this in the list yet. It's a really strange but effective combination of Metal, Electronic and Pop. The lyrics are really heavy for an artist that got played on mainstream pop stations. I think this would've benefitted from 1 or 2 of their big hits being on it though. It's close to a 4 but there aren't any real memorable songs off this for me.

I’m glad they got off but I never did. 2/5

Really good album, it had a lot of good songs and it does sound like the quintessential hard-ish rock album. Id put it on and theres definitely some songs that are now on my playlist.

So bad

Very nice

Hard no

Pretty good.

Very interesting album: great vocalist, great lyrics, I enjoyed listening. It does drag a bit though, could've been a nice 40 minute adrenaline rush.

Fair warning to anyone going into this album blind; the title is incredibly misleading. However, this is an exceptionally well-crafted, genre-bending, meticulously produced record that keeps the listener engaged for its entire hour-long runtime. And while the sound is mostly rooted in the 90s, it does feel somewhat ahead of its time given the amount of experimentation happening in each track. I had a blast with this, and am excited to go back and pick up on things I missed the first time.

Lacking in post-nut clarity.

the vocalist has a very nice voice. at times it verges on tina turner, particularly on the slower stuff. I liked the slower stuff on here better than the harder stuff, but ultimately found this pretty middling.

занятный альбом. местами тетя ну очень агрессивная и громкая, а местами это звучит очень органично и круто неплохое

I'm not even sure if I've ever heard of these guys but wow what a glorious surprise. Seems like something I need to get a little more familiar with.

When the singer yelled “turn it off” in the 2nd track, I wish I’d taken her advice.

Great punk album. I have never heard of this before, but I am really enjoying it.

What a great album!! Raw music

not something i would have otherwise listened to and difficult to get through. i found myself asking: what is this emotion, exactly? and why are you so screamy?

Day 1. Not sure London underground heavy metal is gonna be my new fave genre. Rough start to this.

Quite enjoyed this; made for interesting driving music

Heard of these guys before. But didn’t expect this, really enjoyed it on a run. She had a great voice and it really complimented the heavy guitar. Simpsons: No

Didn't like the start of it,, but it did grow on me. favroute track was "You'll Follow Me Down".

Somehow this felt a bit heartless. There were some bits i quite liked though.

didnt do nothing for me

This was interesting. Oddly, this band sounds like a predecessor to Halestorm, but if they were influenced by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I liked it enough to check out more by them. 3.9

Fuck me. Haven’t listened to this in decades. To say I was surprised to see this one come up is to put it mildly. Skunk Anansie is one of those bands we forgot about very quickly as the new century rolled around. This is urgent, propulsive and full-on hard rock. When ‘Secretly’ came up I started belting along through tears. ‘You want to do someone else/ So you should be by yourself/ Instead of here with me/ Secretly’. Floored by these lyrics, this arrangement, this bruised and angry performance. Thank you Cruel Intentions music supervisors, your work continues to be appreciated in 2025. Secretly is the highlight but it’s surrounded by pointed, observant and just great late 90s rock music. Skin is an incredible vocalist. We did her so wrong.

i rate this a 1; it not a genre i listen to much of and the album just did not resonate with me

Oh my God. I am so into this. You have no idea. I will definitely check out more Skunk Anansie.

Surprisingly good!!!

alternative rock is not my thing

Woah - I'd never heard anything about this album before but I'm quite blown away. Tiny bit Alanis Morissette towards the end, but overall the vocals are incredibly powerful and versatile. Instrumentation and textures are killer as well. A wild mix of heavy electronics and modern rock. Will return to this one for sure.

This is a talented and tight band, and I agree with the other review that this album suffers from being over-produced.

Decent hard rock record

Seemed to get better as the album went along. It’s fine, not great.

Interesting, but not noteworthy. 3 *

It’s OK

Дивний альбом. Гурт я особливо ніколи не зміг розуміти. В мене часто місматч між музичною та вокальною частиною. Багато стилістичних нашарувань, але якимось чином такі погані пісні як перша є не альбомі. На одну пісню, яка мені норм, йде дві пісні, які сильно повз. Ріфи часто дуже дефолтні. Був навіть на їх концерті на Зігеті, здається. Харизма є, але я наживо тоді теж не зацінив

Ніколи цей гурт не викупав.

It's alright

Powerful voice, love it. Interesting band, but not my cup of tea.

Angry, novel. Very British. Sounds like British Invasion punk/alt.

Really cool. Surprised me

Skunk Anansie are an often overlooked band in the British 90's rock canon. This is a nice Alt Rock record, very airy and accessible, although I don't know why it landed on this list, it doesn't do anything all that different. Skin's vocals are quite refreshing for the genre though and she released a couple of very good solo albums in the 00's, that was when first heard of her and this band. Key tracks: Charlie Big Potato Tracy's Flaw Lately You'll Follow Me Down

Some good moments, but they kind of mixed the least appealing parts of alternative rock (the whiny bits) with some very run-of-the-mill metal riffing that is mostly forgettable. 2.5/5.0: Mixed

never heard of this band but ill have to check out their other stuff. this was a jam

I don't know what I'm missing that everyone else is finding. Felt forgettable. The messaging was better than the music but even that it felt like a band to see live vs listen to.

It makes sense that this would no longer be on the list. It's fine, but the wikipedia article is bare bone. The sound has that 1990s and 2000s lack of dynamics. They would probably do well as a local bar band.

Powerful!

Never heard this before. My knowledge of Skunk Anansie was "Weak" from their first album and a couple of tracks from Stoosh, their second. Post Orgasmic Chill is a bit harder, a punky, funky, metal, pop mix which is very listenable. Lead singer Skin is the band's biggest asset, her lyrics railing and raging against sexism, misogyny, racism, an underlying anger in her voice even when she sings at her most melodic, although her default is a growling and biting delivery. Musically a lot of the album is RATM/Manic Street Preachers-lite. Some of the songs stand out, particularly in the first half - "Charlie Big Potato", the opener, starts with a drum and bass riff which morphs into the sort of poppy prog-metal sound that Muse would adopt several years later; "On My Hotel TV" is scathing and bitter; "The Skank Heads" - although things are a little mellower in the second half of the record. The production takes a little of the hard edge off and it could have benefitted from a bit more rawness.

Hello! Fuck yeah! I had seen Skunk Anansie in here, but would have thought this is surely the album with "Weak" or "Hedonism" on it (from two different albums, actually) just thrown in because of those two surely nice enough hits, which also sum up what I had consciously heard of this band. Wait, scratch that. I've heard "Lately" and "Secretly" before, in passing. Anyways. This caught me by surprise, in the most pleasant of ways. Filthy, angry, deep and rich. And a wonderful throwback to 90s post grunge rock sounds, again, in the best of ways. Superb. Enjoyed this a ton.

A cool album, but a little abstract and aggressive to be brought on as just a normal record.

This is awesome

Not my genre at all. Nothing to appeal from this, except how great it was when Skunk called out the Stormzy Glasto headlines for saying he was the first black artist to play the pyramid stage

It's a banger, your honor. Starts much stronger than it ends but I like it a lot

Not all that chill but pretty good

hey this was pretty cool... kinda doin every genre haha

Brand new band for me, so these thoughts might not represent the group as a whole. Album is definitely front-loaded with the stronger tracks in my opinion. I do appreciate that 90s crunch of the guitar and the absolute soul put into some of the lyrical delivery. They are all good tracks at the end of the day, but admittedly towards the end it starts to get a bit muddled for me where I find myself questioning when exactly in my life I'd want to throw them on. I also am not a huge fan of when albums have interludes before/after songs on the same track. Not that I wish to impose my will upon an artist's vision, but to me they hardly ever go anywhere meaningful so I just find myself reaching for the skip button. That first half though? Pretty solid. Favorites: Charlie Big Potato, On My Hotel TV, The Skank Heads Flops: N/A

I did not need to hear this

Interesting

I had high hopes for this, but it just didn't work for me. Formulaic and not very engaging,

As I listened to the first track, Charlie Big Potato, I thought what kind of music is this? It starts techno, then its heavy metal, new wave, some reggae, maybe No Doubt meets Evanesence (which came along later)? It's like they tried to cram everything they could into one track. Then, after listening to the rest of the album, I realized this hodgepodge of a song reflected the whole album--made by a talented group of musicians making bold sounds and a bold statement that they won't be defined by a genre, that they can and will do what they want, and we, the listeners, get to enjoy the ride. On the second track they smack us with On My Hotel TV, lyrics filled with rage and a driving energy sound, then surprise on the next track We Don't Need Who You Think We Are, which begins like a ballad and then resumes the energy drive with more rage and anger. Suddenly they switch to Tracy's Flaws (with hints of Janis Joplin emotion). Liked that? great, now we switch gears again with The Skank Heads, a head-on power rock that would appeal to RHCP fans. Liked that power drive? Then there's Lately, which could be a Top 40 Kelly Clarkson hit; Secretly, a power ballad to rival any 80's & 90's hair band; followed by Good Things Don't Always Come to You, and later You'll Follow Me Down, and I'm Not Afraid--emotional tracks that display the range of the lead singer. Then back to the driving heavy metal energy with And This Is Nothing That I Thought I Had. The album ends with a bonus title track which again drives home the power of this group. I'd never heard of Skunk Anansie before, and now I can't stop listening to them. That's the best part of this 1001 album roulette.

Totally not what I was expecting. The first 30 seconds, I thought it was going to be more electronica, and then the metal and vocals kick in and holy CRAP. Hardcore, man. Real hardcore. I had listened to Saul Williams a while back, and as much as I enjoyed it, there was a lot of use of the N-word, which took me out of it a little. This happened here with this band. I still liked the music, though, but I'm not going to sing along. They started to calm down a bit later on into the album, but MAN. They hit hard. Top tracks: "Charlie Big Potato," "On My Hotel TV," "We Don't Need Who You Think You Are"

I discovered this group about 5 years ago, starting with their rocker I Can Dream off their debut album, and wondered how the hell their sound never made it over to North America. It's awesomely intense. The only friend who knew about them was my Irish buddy, who thought they were Skunk and Nancy as a kid. I'm kind of surprised we're getting their third album because the first two are just as good and not all that different in my opinion - and contrary to wikipedia that says they completely changed their sound. They were always some kind of new metal or hard rock, with softer undertones at times, permitted because of Skin's incredible voice. And their lyrics were always just as fierce as their sound. Oh well, at least we got one of their albums, so others besides me can discover a new band with an awesome sound. On this album, the best in your face rockers are Charlie Big Potato, On My Hotel TV, The Skank Heads, Cheap Honesty, and And This is Nothing that I Thought I Had. The best softer tracks are Tracy's Flaw, Lately, Secretly, and I'm Not Afraid. The album isn't perfect (a couple songs are just okay) and there's too many unnecessary add-ons at the end of songs, but it's still very, very solid. Somewhere between 4 and 4.5.

No longer in the 1001 - 90s hard rock alternative vibe, primarily made unique by Skin's vocals, which are outstanding. The major problem is too many of the songs are generic sounding - the first three or four tracks were pretty unique and made me think I was going to rate this album highly, but then the rest of the album (except And This is Nothing That I Thought I Had) is all basic/generic alt rock. I'd call the album a 3.5 but I'm rounding down because it was less interesting on a close listen than in the background, and that's never a good sign. Favorite tracks: Charlie Big Potato, We Don't Need Who You Are, And This is Nothing That I Thought I Had.

Some of the best alt metal ever.

Admittedly, I was not very familiar with Skunk Anansie before listening to this record. But this is a great addition to this list, really a fantastic album. The lead singer has a powerful voice and sings everything with conviction. Great feeling when you discover a band that you've managed to overlook for so long. Looking forward to exploring more of their catalog.

Not my favorite. I think "We Don't Need Who You Are" far exceeds the quality of the other tracks on the album.

Liked but not loved

This band describes themselves as clit rock and that rules. Very epic, evanescence predating-overly symphonic metal opener. Hotel tv switched it up to better results for me. Great riffs. Skin is a really good vocalist. We don’t need who you think you are is not great. Still a great vocalist, just back in the what pre nu metal nonsense is this. This run of “what?” continues for the next two tracks, but if you close your eyes and really focus it sounds like P!nk is singing on Tracy’s flaw. Secretly is not a good song, but it’s the first in a while that I might listen to again. Good things feels like evanescence again. Cheap honesty is great until about halfway through where it loses me and she starts to sound like Michael Jackson. You’ll follow me down is a fine ballad. And this is nothing is easily the best song on here by a mile, it really feels like the realization of everything they’re trying to do on this album and it rocks. Then they end this thing on a terrible soft rock radio anthem where buddy hits the worst country music awards guitar solo of the year. I think this a good band with good ideas but they just keep missing the mark on everything. Needle dropping through their older discography they can definitely do it right, and the penultimate track on here proves it too. This album is just so average. I can’t imagine ever revisiting it.

Enjoyed this album a lot more than I thought that I would (had very low hopes). Post Orgasmic Chill is a hilarious album title. I enjoyed the heavier stuff on this album than the more melodic songs. Probably won't listen to again, but definitely would listen to this over Linkin Park. On My Hotel TV and Cheap Honesty are good songs. 3

If this could find a unified direction, this would be a great album rather than some really good songs wrapped in some of the lamest ballads. Surprise enjoyment from this one, best played loud. Strong 3/5

1/5 not for me

Not my style.

This was all over the place. Not a cohesive album, they couldn’t even decide on a sound. I’m not against changing your sound but you have to establish a sound to begin with. A talented group but I found the album to be disjointed and a bit overproduced.

I appreciate being introduced to this band, and the music is raw, aggressive, and full of justice. But not anything I’d look forward to repeated playings of.

She be sounding like Michael Jackson sometimes fr

This was not my thing. It’s very 90s sounding and 90s production and tropes are things I have a somewhat lower tolerance for, I don’t dislike 90s rock but I don’t love most of it and many of the more popular groups of the decade I dislike. This album was on the better end but it falls into one particular trap of 90s and to a lesser extent 80s music where they feel the need to make every song 4-5 minutes when they would’ve been good at 2. Then they stick 12 songs on the album so it’s a 60 minute album when I’ve signed up for 40-45 minute albums usually. It’s ok I guess there wasn’t anything I outwardly disliked here just broadly found much of it fairly uninteresting.

"Post Orgasmic chill" it's just for girls. For the boys is "Post Jerk Off Depression"

Brilliant album, loved that.

A lot of the earlier album songs weren't great, instrumentals were too repetitive and vocals were not working for me. We Don't Need Who You Think You Are was the first one that really all worked together, dynamic instrumentals, varied vocals. Tracy's Flaw was a nice change of pace, the vocals were solid and the instrumental range was nice. The vibes with Lately were good, nice beat. Secretly also solid. Basically, not a complete knock out, but good enough that I might listen to their other stuff now.

Voz impresionante. El bajo desprende potencia en cada canción. Un aura realmente oscura. 4/10

I wanted to like this because of the album name, but I can't get there.

Pretty good and she has a very immpressive voice at times however this album is about 30 minutes too long not overly catchy but similar to Garbage by Garbage in my mind

2.5 rounded up.

Pretty interesting. Another one of those albums with a few really high-highs, and many low-lows. At its best, there's a real gritty, alternative, powerful edge that's awesome to listen to. At its worst, it's more like Linkin Park, or Alanis Morissette: melodramatic, desperately-hit-radio-single junk. I also feel like Skin is kind of all this band has going for it. Fave songs: - On My Hotel TV - The Skank Heads - And This Is Nothing That I Thought I Had

This one had a *really* promising start! But alas, it kinda lost steam after that for me. I remember liking the other Skunk Anansie album I've heard, and probably I could get really into them if I listened a bit more? Time will tell, I suppose...

This just works for me.

5/10, not bad, some good songs, not as heavy as I thought it would be which is a good thing

Favorite Song: Lately

I once saw skunk anansie at reading festival as a teenager. I remember them having a ton of energy. The energy of that comes across in this album, but I think I prefer the debut one

Skunky

Never heard of the band before but I will definitely be checking out more from them. Really enjoyed this one, the singer especially really stood out. Top Track - Lately

Never heard of them before and really enjoyed.

The Good: We are in a post orgasmic state! The Bad: We didn’t get to experience the orgasm… The Ugly: Wondering why we’d want a skunk to get us to a post orgasmic state… Ahhh, the late ‘90s, the end of a millennium, and more so the end of consistent great music. I was in a phase where the music I was listening to all involved female vocalists: Macy Gray, Sarah McLachlan, and Skin were the main ones. This album, for me, was perfect as it mixed a lot of the “modern” sounds, like drum & bass, as well as house, into a straight forward rock concept. I had a colleague years later who tried to convince me that Skin did not know how to carry a tune, and that she was always singing behind, or in front of, the beat… go figure. While going through a phase of over a week where this 1001 list spurned out nothing but shit, I went into my own CD collection as started listening to albums I hadn’t listened to in a while… and this album was one of them. Thus, a big smile presented itself when the album cover presented itself as the album of the day! I am, however, conflicted as to what score I should give this album… and I know that, though I really love the album, it isn’t 5*… So I will downgrade 4 1/2* into a more than solid 4*

This album seemed pretty derivative and indistinct, though some of the music was fine, if unremarkable. The singer really can sing, so it's unfortunate there's so much unlistenable screamy shouty stuff going on. It made me skip a bunch of songs. This one leaving me scratching my head as to why it's on the list

Weirdly good?

Never heard of these guys before. I like them.

Before I looked at the year I thought “90s Brosnan Bond meets The Matrix soundtrack & 90s alt-rock like Eve 6. 1999 release, I was spot on. Self described as “clit-rock,” heavy metal meets black feminist rage…. Yeahhhhhh this shit hits.

I didn’t love this album but it’s exactly what I wanted from this list - an album full of songs that I’ve never heard from a band I’ve never even heard of.

A bit wild for my age. Interesting though.

tutto giusto, niente speciale

I couldn't take it anymore. The singing is god awful and shrieky. The music is annoying. I don't know why I needed to hear this at all before I die. 1/5

Wow, absolute banger. Didn’t quite get there, but the highest 4 I could give.

This really surprised me. Tracy’s flaw, lately and secretly the standouts. Just snuck a 4

I'm not a melodramatic goth, so this one isn't for me

very good. 3.5

FINAL REVIEW i dont have time to write one now. 4/5 NOTES 5:58 pm - ive head this band name before, but i dont know much other than they are punk? two punk albums in a row, let's go for it. 6:05 pm - only one song in, but this seems more metal than punk? i like it a lot!!! 8:39 pm - after taking a break to eat dinner and take a nap, i've finished the album!! it's really great, very much that 00s hard rock sound, but with it's own unique twist. the main vocalist is really amazing too. i definitely preferred the fast/harder songs, but the slower ones were great too. 4/5 so far.

So many bangers. Crazy how all the Americans on this site don't know who they are and how influential they were

Not everything is for everyone, and this isn't for me. It's not bad though.

2.75

Don't really have much to say about this. Liked some of it. Some of it I liked less.

Quite an odd mix of genres but well played and rather enjoyable.

Adding this to my music rotation. Loved it.

Boy, does this ever sound like 1999. Shades of Evanesence, angsty nu-metal, on-the-nose lyrics. I wasn't into this vibe 26 years ago and I'm still not today. 2/5

Bordering metal! Great songwriting makes for interesting tracks. Vocals are absolute fire. This type of rock doesn’t hit the mainstream anymore…

🔥 Post Orgasmic Chill is like getting slapped with eyeliner and feelings. This album is all loud whispers and soft screams. Skin’s vocals? She could sing a lullaby and make you cry and punch a wall. The production is clean but gritty, emotional but composed—like if Alanis Morissette fronted a metal band during Mercury retrograde. Rating: 4.5/5 Favorite Track: “Charlie Big Potato” – It opens like a Bond villain entrance and ends in full collapse. Consistency With Me: 9.2/10 Why: Because it’s dramatic, jagged, vulnerable, and not trying to impress anyone.

i can see the appeal of this sort of stuff, but ultimately wasn't a huge fan of the vocalist's tone. musically i appreciate it, and lyrically i appreciate the earnestness and aggressive passion of the lyrics and uniqueness of the song structures

It’s alright, I liked some of it

Seemed pretty good but didn't _really_ grab me. Definitely very late-'90s.

Obviously of its era, but really liked it.

Talented, but songwriting is just okay

Very intense, sometimes a bit uncomfortable to listen to, but I guess that's part of the appeal.

Starting with a casual shot at writing their own "Kashmir", gamely blasting out a handful of tracks that nod to The Jesus Lizard, and throwing down a few auditions for James Bond theme, this was much more fun than expected.

Skin is a great vocalist but there isn't enough variety outside the nu metal/power ballad dynamic to keep me around. This album sounds the same as the previous two to me, I don't get the alleged distinction. Decent singles band though!

A really cool listen, was indeed a post orgasmic chill.

I had a absolute joy listing to this and I'm so glad to discover them as it's right up my alley.

It’s a vibe

Not really my type of music

Not my vibe, loud but boring.

lol cmon man

Nothing really about it, some cool riffs here and there, but it goes in one ear and out the other. I'm on the last song and i've literally already forgotten everything about this album.

Couldn’t finish. REALLY not my cup of tea

ouf

Pourrait certainement être sélectionné pour le livre "1001 Albums That Might Prove Life Is Not Worth Living."

Цей альбом - це вочевидь найкраще, що робив цей гурт. Тут вони досягли найкращого балансу між соуловим вокалом, фанковим інструменталом та зрештою популярним на той час альтернативним металом, що часом схилявся рифами до ню-металу. І часом цей “ню-метал” дійсно буває тут у тему та додає ваги пронизливим крикам Skin, як наприклад у We Don’t Need Who You Think You Are. Хоча у переважній більшості він тільки “додає альбому років” та змушує звучати занадто вже у дусі кінця 90-х. Це насправді вагомий мінус, адже вбиває в музиці Skunk Anansie ту саму пресловуту аутентичність та перетворює її швидше на “побічний продукт епохи”. Але попри це, суто музично, мікс жанрів не дає занудьгувати впродовж усього прослуховування. Тим не менш, попри такі мінуси, як невлучні ню-метал/бат-рок-рифи та інколи занадто сильну жанрову розпорошеність, що ледь не “рве цю роботу на шматки”, я дуже люблю цей альбом, адже він завжди влучно підходив під будь-яку ситуацію, а хукові пасажі між приспівами ніколи не залишали мене байдужим.

I had zero knowledge of Skunk Anansie before today and at this point I have a mix opinion. This album was not good, at all. The vocal were rough, the music was ok but nothing special, just typical alternative 90s sounds. But after the album ended Spotify played me more of there music and I actually really liked it. The lead singer's voice was more refined on their older stuff oddly enough. She seemed very angry on this album, which I can get behind, but it did not come across in a creative and/or enjoyable way. 3.1/10 84/1001

I really expected this to be another ki d of lame 90s electronica album given the band and album names. But surprsingly, this was an absolutely incredible hard rock album. The singer is highlight throughout as the album dabbles in metal and some slightly lighter sounds, and I think the song that really pulled me into the fact that this was something special was Tracy's Fear, but make no doubt, this whole album is great. Not sure if they will have more representation on this list, but I will definitely check out more by Skunk Anansie at some point.

This was a real surprise! Like a metal Portishead? Post-grunge, but not really nu-metal. A lot to take in all at one time.

loved it

90’s Brit Alt Indie. Clean and tight. Not shabby. Too produced for me.

I’m not usually a fan of hard rock / metal but when a black woman is speaking, I sit my white ass down and LISTEN.

Liker best når tempoet senkes litt.

I used to own Stoosh on tape. A forgotten band. Not listened to these guys for years..... It's not dissimilar to QOTSA in some of the guitars. Some rocking stuff on here. Half the ballads are good, especially Lately, half are not as good . If they'd gone all out rock with Lately in the middle I reckon this'd be remembered more fondly.

Favorite Track: Lately

Альтернативный металл не люблю всё одно.

This was good overall. It’s got a wide range of styles and influences, from funk, to rock and metal, to even some techno. I didn’t know what to expect but I was very surprised by what I found.

Not for me

I think this was a great example in which the execution of a genre you enjoy just wasn't great or at the very least your cup of tea and how it can affect the enjoyment. Skunk Anansie may have some level of a following, however their vibe and lyrics did very little to impress with the one saving grace being that at least Skin was vocally talented. I would not listen to this album again, nor any song individually for that matter so it will receive a 2/5.

This one didn't do much for me. Some of the vocals were nice but I didn't particularly enjoy the overall vibe of the album. 2.5/5

Never heard of the band before so had high hopes going in. Didn’t grab me. Was expecting something heavier and grittier. Lead singer has a clean vocal and overall this is quite polished. 2.5/5. Raising to a 3.

Skunk anansie This band sounds really good after the modern lovers and mudhoney. I dug it!

Kind of a vibe, some cool riffs. Some songs reminded me of 90s bond movies. Arrangements and delivery were cool, not sure it was memorable enough to come back to but a fun listen

I thought this was super cool. Love her voice with these almost metal vibe.

The album was okay, not my style and I will not return to it. Still an okay listening experience. 3/5

I know Skunk Anansie from well before, but honestly, I couldn't recall any of their songs. After a quick session with Post Orgasmic Chill I can see what might be the reason - it seems like every song on this album is at least great. More than 25 years later this record sounds as fresh as in 1999. Amazing vocal work, with pretty hard rock instruments in the background, just underlining how great Skin is. One of the better contemporary albums on this list, straight to the record shop I go.

3.0 - Ok

Enjoyable listen. Never heard of them before and I enjoyed this album.

Really liked it.

A real mix of punk rock and more radio friendly pop rock of the era. Almost Primus like in places. Loved the vocals. Some real anger in there. Id be interested to hear more of their punky stuff. Surprised to have not heard of these.

Good

Definitely not my vibe, however I definitely enjoyed the slow songs, she has a great voice and I feel like they could definitely showcase that more. Also in their Spotify bio they said they created a new genre called “clit-rock” which is CRAZY lmfao.

Dislike..... I had high hopes going into it, but immediately was disappointed. Instead of the lyrics "Get off me" it should say "turn this off".

This chick can sing

Never heard of this band. Immediately loved that there was a lead female vocalist, and she is amazing.

Very interesting, kind of weird. However, I did enjoy I think 1 or 2 of the songs

Actually liked this album. Never heard of this band before. Very interesting vocals and song writing with a good rock band behind them

Why have I never heard of these guys before? Within 30 seconds, I went from "ah man, not gonna like this" to "holy shit, this chick can sing". I loved hearing this album for the first time. Passionate, emotional, politically driven, and angry. I'm guessing this had a major influence on evanescence, flyleaf, etc. "On my hotel TV" reminds me of Rage against the machine and is probably my favorite track, but I enjoyed all of them. I also maybe hear some influence by In Living Color. Also, maybe Tracy Chapman? "We don't need who you think you are" and "Tracy's Flaw" were right up there as favorites, too. The album has multiple radio friendly hits - I'm so baffled how these guys aren't/weren't massive. Great listen from front to back. I'll definitely check out their other stuff now.

Besides the incredibly hard to listen to song 2 on the album, I actually really enjoyed this grunge/r&b album

That was cool as hell, passion and raw energy, goes hard

Sick af unique kinda nu metaly

Not great

This feels like 1999. Too much like 1999. (Source: was there) Also, quick shout-out to some classic albums from 1999 that were excluded from the book: Keep it Like a Secret - Built to Spill The Roots - Things Fall Apart Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun MF DOOM - Operation: Doomsday

A change in sound from their earlier stuff … not sure it was for the better.

A ce jour, je résumais Skunk Anansie à deux dates. Août 1995 et leur premier concert en France qui m'avait fait l'effet d'une véritable baffe en plein visage. Ceci essentiellement dû à l'énergie brute et la connexion palpable entre les membres du groupe et le public, qui depuis ont contribué à forger la légende de Skunk Anansie sur scène. Septembre 1995 et leur premier album "Paranoid and Sunburnt" qui m'avait apporté une réelle déception après ce que j'avais vécu quelques semaines auparavant (peut être un effet "Post Orgasmic"). Depuis cette date, j'avais simplement refermé la parenthèse Skunk Anansie. Aujourd'hui, mon 204ème album à écouter est leur 3ème album "Post Orgasmic Chill" sorti en 1999. Album complexe et mature, "Post Orgasmic Chill" s'éloigne quelque peu de l'agressivité brute de leurs précédents opus, car cet album explore une palette sonore plus large et des thèmes plus introspectifs. Dès les premières notes, on retrouve la voix de Skin, toujours aussi puissante, et qui est capable de passer d'une douceur caressante à une rage incandescente en l'espace d'une syllabe. Sa présence magnétique est le fil conducteur de l'album, naviguant avec aisance à travers des paysages musicaux variés. Les riffs de guitare d'Ace, tantôt tranchants et incisifs, tantôt mélodiques et atmosphériques, tissent une toile sonore riche et captivante. La section rythmique, assurée par la basse de Cass Lewis et la batterie de Mark Richardson, est d'une solidité à toute épreuve, conférant à l'ensemble une pulsation viscérale et entraînante. "Post Orgasmic Chill" se distingue par sa volonté d'explorer de nouvelles sonorités. Si l'on retrouve bien sûr l'énergie rock alternative qui caractérise le groupe, des influences funk, électroniques et même des touches de ballades plus mélancoliques viennent enrichir la proposition. L'album aborde des thématiques profondes et souvent sombres. Les paroles, majoritairement écrites par Skin, explorent les complexités des relations humaines, la douleur de la trahison, la quête d'identité et la critique sociale. Il y a une honnêteté brute qui se dégage des textes, une volonté de mettre à nu les émotions les plus intenses. La "détente post-orgasmique" du titre peut être interprétée de multiples façons : le calme après la tempête émotionnelle, la lucidité qui suit une période de chaos, ou encore une réflexion sur les conséquences de nos actes et de nos désirs. À sa sortie, "Post Orgasmic Chill" a reçu un accueil critique globalement positif, beaucoup saluant la maturité et l'audace du groupe. Il a également connu un succès commercial notable, se classant bien dans les charts européens et consolidant la position de Skunk Anansie comme l'un des groupes de rock alternatif les plus importants de la fin des années 90. Au final, ce sera un beau 4 sur 5 pour un album essentiel de la discographie de Skunk Anansie à découvrir et même s'il ne pourra jamais valoir une de leur prestation scénique.

Not my style.

I did not know what to expect here. I am over the moon happy this album exists and is on the list. This is what the list is about. I likely would not have heard about this band through other discovery systems. Amazing album, soup to nuts. I'll be diving deep into their catalog, face first and full depth. The right amount of anger and soul. Calling them "clit-rock" feels a bit reductionist, though. They're a rock band. Full stop. My rating: 5/5

3.5

I thought I was going to enjoy this quite a bit, but some of tracks in the second half really lost me and kinda put me off revisiting the start. Still, it was cool to give it a try.

3.5 very good

I didn't like this at all. It was too different from what I usually listen to.

Good music.

This grew on me a surprising bit. I wasn’t sure about it in the beginning because it felt a little too much like all the other British albums this author throws on the list, but the more I listened, the more the vocals grew on me, the more the lyrics hit, the more the instrumentation started grooving. I was really into it by the last track. I went back and skimmed through it and I must say, pretty darn good. Only complaint would be that it feels a bit aimless. No sense of direction, but ultimately a very quality album. I enjoy it. 4/5

This album is a surprise, in a good way! I'm going 3/5 because I wouldn't say there are any bangers, but I enjoyed it.

This is rubbish unfortunately. Not offensive enough for a 1 but I was immediately wishing for it to be over.

I came away unsure how to feel about this album. I felt like the album never really gave an idea of what the personality or identity of the band was supposed to be. A lot of the same sound throughout that never really clicked with me. It wasn’t bad, just in the end it's kind of forgettable.

Meh

At times this had an almost showtune vibe that I kind of liked. But, most of it was somewhat grating operatic metal that I never got into.

This delivers some standout moments — but not every punch lands. “Charlie Big Potato” and “Tracy’s Flaw” are moody highlights, and “You’ll Follow Me Down” charmed me with unexpected sweetness. Skin brings power and attitude; angry like Alannis, soulful like Brittany... stormy, and sometimes stirring — but not a full-body chill.