Skank (album)

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| name = Skank

| type = studio

| artist = Skank

| cover = Skank_Skank.jpg

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| released = 1992

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| genre = Dancehall, reggae, ska

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| label = Sony BMG

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| next_title = Calango

| next_year = 1994

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Skank is the self-titled debut album by Brazilian rock band Skank. Released independently in 1992 with 3,000 copies, the album sold 1,200 in 45 daysRevista Bizz, 1993 [http://bizz.abril.com.br/tunel/tunel_150360.shtml O Brasil vai dançar] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020005014/http://bizz.abril.com.br/tunel/tunel_150360.shtml |date=2007-10-20 }} and drew the attention of Sony BMG,{{cite web| last =Cravo Albin| first =Ricardo|title =Dicionário Cravo Albin de Música Popular Brasileira - Skank| url =http://www.dicionariompb.com.br/detalhe.asp?nome=Skank&tabela=T_FORM_E&qdetalhe=his| access-date =2007-04-26}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}

who re-released the album on its new Chaos label. The album sold approximately 250,000 copies.{{cite web

|title=Skank é atração nacional do aniversário de Gravataí

|publisher=Prefeitura de Gravataí

|date=2007-03-29

|url=http://www.gravatai.rs.gov.br/noticias/noticias.php?id=7948

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|url-status=dead

|archive-date=2007-08-15

|access-date=2007-04-26

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Skank had the hits "Tanto" (a Portuguese-language version of Bob Dylan's "I Want You"), "O Homem Que Sabia Demais", and "In(dig)nação".