Skin (Melissa Etheridge album) 481861 224371215 2008-07-08T15:43:57Z J Milburn Bot 7423137 All Music Guide has now been rebranded to Allmusic {{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | Name = Skin | Type = [[Album]] | Artist = [[Melissa Etheridge]] | Cover = Melissa Etheridge - Skin.jpg | Released = [[July 10]], [[2001]] | Recorded = 2000-2001 | Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]] | Length = 38:40 | Label = [[Island Records|Island]] | Producer = [[Melissa Etheridge]],<br>[[David Cole]] | Reviews = * [[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|3}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:pc2tk6dxrkra~T1 link] * [[PopMatters]] [http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/e/etheridgemelissa-skin.shtml link] *''[[Rolling Stone]]'' {{Rating-5|3.5}} [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/melissaetheridge/albums/album/166194/review/5942512/skin link] | Last album = ''[[Breakdown (album)|Breakdown]]'' <br /> (1999) | This album = '''''Skin''''' <br /> (2001) | Next album = ''[[Lucky (album)|Lucky]]'' <br /> (2004) }} '''''Skin''''' is the seventh [[album]] by [[singer/songwriter]] [[Melissa Etheridge]], released in 2001 (see [[2001 in music]]). During the singer's split from Julie Cypher, her companion of 12 years, Melissa Etheridge retreated to her home studio to pen songs about her searing pain and confusion. Skin peels back layers of Etheridge's pain and addresses her personal melodrama, as she takes the listener through the stages of grief and recovery. "Heal Me" features background vocals by Laura Dern and Meg Ryan. Etheridge plays almost all the instruments and penned all the songs. ==Track listing== all songs by Melissa Etheridge #"Lover Please" – 3:26 #"The Prison" – 4:59 #"Walking on Water" – 3:04 #"Down to One" – 3:56 #"Goodnight" – 3:33 #"It's Only Me" – 3:40 #"I Want to Be in Love" – 3:34 #"Please Forgive Me" – 4:43 #"The Different" – 4:06 #"Heal Me" – 3:39 ==Personnel== *Melissa Etheridge - [[guitar]], [[harmonica]], [[mandolin]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboard]], [[vocals]], background vocals *Kenny Aronoff - [[drums]] *Mark Browne - [[bass guitar|bass]] *David Cole - keyboard *[[Abe Laboriel Jr.]] - [[drum loop]] *[[Meg Ryan]] - background vocals ("Heal Me") *[[Laura Dern]] - background vocals ("Heal Me") *Gota Yashiki - loops ==Production== *Producers: Melissa Etheridge, David Cole *Engineer: David Cole *Assistant engineers: Steve Genewick, Charles Paakkari *Mixing: David Cole, Chris Lord-Alge, Sylvia Massy, Matt Silva *Mastering: Ted Jensen *Drum programming: David Cole *Production coordination: Steven Girmant *Assistants: Charles Paakkari, Matt Silva *Art direction: Rick Patrick *Photography: Dan Winters ==Charts== '''Album''' - [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] (North America) {| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550px" !align="left"|Year !align="left"|Chart !align="left"|Position |- |align="left"|2001 |align="left"|The Billboard 200 |align="left"|9 |- |align="left"|2001 |align="left"|Top Canadian Albums |align="left"|18 |- |align="left"|2001 |align="left"|Top Internet Albums |align="left"|1 |- |align="left"|2001 |align="left"|Australian Albums Chart |align="left"|30 |- |} '''Singles''' - Billboard (North America) {| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550px" !align="left"|Year !align="left"|Single !align="left"|Chart !align="left"|Position |- |align="left"|2001 |align="left"|"I Want to Be in Love" |align="left"|Adult Top 40 |align="left"|20 |- |} {{Melissa Etheridge}} [[Category:Melissa Etheridge albums]] [[Category:2001 albums]]