''Shifting Skin'' is the debut album by

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' first post-

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project, ON.

Track listing

All songs written by

; except "Avalanche" written by Andrews and Jeff Trott. #"C'mon Collapse" – 3:11 #"Slingshot" – 2:53 #"Soluble Words" – 4:35 #"If I Get to Feel You" – 3:21 #"Shifting Skin" – 2:59 #"Perfect Imposter" – 4:21 #"Avalanche" – 4:38 #"Feel at Home" – 4:16 #"Paper Thin Soul" – 3:12 #"Building..." – 4:43 #"Pick Up" – 3:56

Miscellanea

*The first single, "Soluble Words," was released several months before the album, in late 1999. A second song, "Slingshot," was serviced to radio around the time of the album's release, but no single was ever released for purchase. *"Paper Thin Soul" contains

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sounds that were

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from

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's huge 1979 hit "

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". * Album liner notes fielding the assertion of patrilineal kinship with syndicated columnist Dave Berry did not go to final press.

References

2000 debut albums Epic Records albums Albums produced by Ken Andrews {{2000s-alt-rock-album-stub