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Rating: "You were a dream to me
Now you’re nothing but a heart
that bleeds
I’ll wash you off and carry on"
A wound to the heart, an intimate, invisible pain, to be overcome with that inner strength that resides in the core of every living being. An inner healing to be executed with care. A cure to restart with new strength and a new life.
Skin, the vocalist of Skunk Anansie, starts again from her wounds, "exposed" in the title of her debut solo album. A new look for the black singer, less tank-girl and more Grace Jones, to be admired on the album cover while the tracks of the new album play slowly.
Yes, slowly. This might be the sore point of the CD. The powerful voice of Deborah Anne Dyer gets a little lost in the slow pace of the melodies, which didn’t happen in the days of SA with songs like "Charity" or "Brazen". In the slow passages, it becomes almost hoarse, dragged, in short, it doesn’t fully convince.
Written in collaboration with her companion in effort Len Arran and recorded in Belgium, bringing along from Skunk only the bassist Cass, the album was recorded away from the bustling sounds (and tabloids) of the United Kingdom.
A Skin laid bare and defenseless in the opening song of the album "Faithfulness”:
"Common sense
Can slap me in the face
And yet I calm disent
Embarrassed by your obvious
Indifference
Disgusted at the same time by it all
Watching as my ego breaks your fall"
The single that is now all over the radio "Trashed" is a beautiful ballad, the ideal track to attract "the curious" to the album. It is indeed also the best track on the album, at least musically.
I also really like “Lost” and “Till Morning” which concludes the album.
Overall, the album does not convince and for long stretches, it bores. I preferred her collaborations with Maxim (Carmen Queasy).
Yawning.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Faithfulness (04:03)
Faithfulness
Distracts me from my ever changing
Tastefulness
My mouth upon the richest tongues
I run for this
Static at the same time by it all
Common sense
Can slap me in the face
And yet I condescend
Embarrassed by your obvious
Indifference
Digusted at the same time by it all
Watching as my ego breaks your fall
Don't you know that I've
Been running from your heart
And I feel like you've been running too
Don't you know that I've
Been lying from the start
And I feel like you've been lying too
Leave you now
Can't convince myself
That you're the one somehow
To free me from this smile
I call my loneliness
Stuck inside this need to feel complete
Now I've left you standing on your feet
Don't you know that I've
Been running from your heart
And I feel like you've been running too
Don't you know that I've
Been lying from the start
And I feel like you've been lying too
Faithfulness is just a little rule
We break
Still pretending lust was just a fool
We faked, me made
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah......
Don't you know that I've
Been running from your heart
And I feel like you've been running too
Don't you know that I've
Been lying from the start
And I feel like you've been lying too
Don't you know that I've
Been running from your heart
And I feel like you've been running too
Don't you know that I've
Been lying from the start
And I feel like you've been lying too
Don't you know that I've
Been running from your heart
And I feel like you've been running too
Don't you know that I've
Been lying from the start
And I feel like you've been lying too
02 Trashed (04:23)
I'm like a soldier
With no cause to fight
Playing with bar boys
To test you just right
I watch your features
I check for a sign
Of some kind of failure
Then I feel sublime
Now I know I have to live without you
I can only bend so far
Guess it's time to make some moves without you
Now you've gone and trashed my heart
Solid demeanor
I look good a feat
Still I'm too vicous
To take on defeat
Now I know I have to live without you
I can only bend so far
Guess it's time to make some moves without you
Now you've gone and trashed my heart
Yes I hear
You don't feel this any more
I see
There's nothing to believe in anymore
Just two snitches on heat
Still avoiding the grief
Because it felt so hard
Now I know I have to live without you
I can only bend so far
Guess it's time to make some moves without you
Now you've gone and trashed my heart
Now I know I have to live without you
I can only bend so far
Guess it's time to make the moves despite you
Now you've gone and trashed my heart
03 Don't Let Me Down (03:30)
You always say
I want too much
Is it such a crime
to want more than your lust?
Oh baby
why have you frozen now?
I can't conceive
the way this feels
you've grown so cold
like your counting the tears
Oh baby
why have you frozen now?
chorus:
And you say it doesn't matter
We'll always be
the best of friends
Still I need you
to stay right here
so don't let me down
I've always said
I can't abuse
your lust for life,
And the choices you choose,
Oh baby
why have we broken now
chorus
09 I'll Try (03:54)
I don't understand nothing less than this bitter release
You standing firm and won't talk to me, makes it harder to hold on
But I'll try I'll try I'll try
Tell me how you feel and I'll try
I don't know what you want from this, don't know nothing at all
Just this vision that I can't leave makes it harder to go on
But I'll try I'll try I'll try
Tell me how you feel and I'll try
We'll fight this regret and smother the doubt, we'll conquer this
But I'll try I'll try I'll try
Tell me how you feel and I'll try
Titolo Tradotto: Io Proverò
Non capisco niente
tranne questo triste rilascio
sei fermo nelle tue convinzioni, ma non me ne parlerai
rendi più difficile resistere
Ma io proverò
proverò
proverò
Dimmi come ti senti, ed io proverò
non so cosa vuoi da questo
Non so proprio niente
Solo questa visione, che io non posso lasciare tutto
rende ancora più difficile andare avanti
Dimmi come ti senti e proverò
Combatteremo questo rammarico
e soffocare il dubbio
11 'til Morning (04:48)
Take these sore eyes
I've no use for them
Now I feel there's
Nothing left to see
Take your moment
It's not important
It's destined for my
Fading memory
My baby
'Til then sleep so completely
So discreetly
In my arms
'Til then lie
So convincingly
Stll I'll stay here
'Till the morning comes
Take your satisfaction
If it makes it worth it
And take your little tricks
When you leave
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