''Fake Chemical State'' is the second solo album by
Skunk Anansie
Skunk Anansie are a British rock band whose members include Skin (lead vocals, guitar), Cass (bass, guitar, backing vocals), Ace (guitar, backing vocals) and Mark Richardson (drums and percussion).
Skunk Anansie formed in 1994, disbanded in ...
lead vocalist
Skin
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Other cuticle, animal coverings, such as the arthropod exoskeleton, have diffe ...
. Released on 20 March 2006, the album was produced by
Gordon Raphael and Skin herself, except for the first single "Alone in My Room" which Skin produced with former
Mansun
Mansun were an English alternative rock band, formed in Chester in 1995. The band comprised vocalist/rhythm guitarist Paul Draper, bassist Stove King, lead guitarist/backing vocalist Dominic Chad, and drummer Andie Rathbone.
It was annou ...
lead vocalist
Paul Draper. The track "Take Me On" features Italian music group
Marlene Kuntz with whom Skin previously collaborated on the track "La canzone che scrivo per te" for their album ''Che cosa vedi''.
The album was re-released in Italy on 17 November 2006. This release contained new artwork and a bonus DVD with the 4 singles' music videos and a 30-minute
Electronic Press Kit
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.
Track listing
All songs were written by Skin and
Paul Draper, except where noted.
#"
Alone in My Room" – 2:38
#"She's On" – 3:16
#"Movin'" (Skin) – 3:58
#"
Just Let the Sun
"Just Let the Sun" is the second released from Skin's second album ''Fake Chemical State''. Like her previous single, " Alone in My Room", the song was co-written with Paul Draper from Mansun. This was the first single from the album to be ava ...
" – 3:46
#"
Purple
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" (
Gary Clark, Skin) – 3:42
#"Don't Need a Reason" (
John Blackburn,
Ben Christophers, Elliot King, Wayne Riches, Skin) – 3:47
#"Nothing But" (Skin) – 3:50
#"Take Me On" – 4:06
#"Fooling Yourself" (
Len Arran, Skin) – 3:09
#"Falling for You" (Arran, Skin) – 3:41
Bonus tracks
iTunes Store
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#
"I Can Dream" ive– 2:58
Japanese edition
#"Cheating on Myself" – 3:47
Personnel
*Skin - vocals, guitar (track 8), production
* Luca Bergia – drums (track 8)
* John Blackburn – bass guitar (tracks 2 to 6 and 8 to 10)
* Ben Christophers – guitar (tracks 3, 6, 9 and 10)
* Paul Draper – production, guitar, bass (track 1)
* Joshua Freese – drums (track 7)
*Cristiano Godano
Cristiano Godano (born 1966, Fossano, Cuneo, Italy) is an Italian musician and author, known mostly as the frontman of the Italian band Marlene Kuntz. He obtained an MSc in Economics.
He played as a guest with the Afterhours at the 2009 San R ...
– guitar (track 8)
*Elliot King – guitar (tracks 2 to 7 and 9 to 10)
*Mark Kulke - guitar
*Linda Perry
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– bass, Mellotron
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(track 7)
* Gordon Raphael – production (tracks 2 to 10), Hammond organ
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, synthesizer (track 4)
* Mark Richardson – drums (tracks 9 and 10)
*Wayne Riches – drums
* Riccardo Tesio – guitar (track 8)
;Technical
*Alan Moulder
Alan Moulder (born 11 June 1959) is an English record producer, mixing engineer, and audio engineer.
Early life
Moulder was born on 11 June 1959 in Boston, Lincolnshire. He was educated at Boston Grammar School. He had an interest in music ...
- mixing
*Derrick Santini - photography
Charts
References
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Skin (musician) albums
2006 albums
V2 Records albums
Albums produced by Gordon Raphael