Skin (Flume album)

Skin premiered via a Facebook live stream on 26 May 2016, which also included video segments of Phil Taggart interviewing Flume at the album listening party in London.{{cite web|url=http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/flumes-entire-new-album-skin-is-available-to-stream-in-full/|title=Flume's Entire New Album 'Skin' Is Available To Stream in Full, On Facebook|work=Music Feeds|author=Sam Murphy|date=26 May 2016|access-date=26 May 2016|archive-date=28 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528172740/http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/flumes-entire-new-album-skin-is-available-to-stream-in-full/|url-status=live}} "Never Be Like You" featuring Canadian singer Kai, was released as the album's lead single on 15 January 2016.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/never-be-like-you-feat-kai-single/1072161849|title=Never Be Like You (feat. Kai) – Single by Flume on Apple Music|publisher=iTunes Store|accessdate=4 April 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210404041334/https://music.apple.com/gb/album/never-be-like-you-feat-kai-single/1072161849|archive-date=4 April 2021}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/6843991/flume-kai-new-song-skin-never-be-like-you-stream|title=Flume Asserts Himself on New Single, 'Never Be Like You': Listen|magazine=Billboard|last=Stutz|first=Colin|date=15 January 2016|accessdate=4 April 2021|archive-date=5 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505150902/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/6843991/flume-kai-new-song-skin-never-be-like-you-stream|url-status=live}} "Smoke & Retribution" featuring American rapper Vince Staples and Australian singer Kučka, was released as the album's second single on 28 January 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2016/01/flume-vince-staples-smoke-and-retribution-new-song-stream/|title=Flume and Vince Staples Toss Up 'Smoke & Retribution'|website=Spin|last=Carley|first=Brennan|date=28 January 2016|accessdate=4 April 2021|archive-date=19 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819001421/https://www.spin.com/2016/01/flume-vince-staples-smoke-and-retribution-new-song-stream/|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/6859168/flume-smoke-and-retribution-vince-staples-kucka-listen|title=Listen to Flume's 'Smoke And Retribution' With Rapper Vince Staples|magazine=Billboard|last=Rishty|first=David|date=28 January 2016|accessdate=4 April 2021|archive-date=3 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603014553/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/6859168/flume-smoke-and-retribution-vince-staples-kucka-listen|url-status=live}} "Say It" featuring Swedish singer Tove Lo, was released as the album's third single on 20 April 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2016/04/flume-tove-lo-say-it-new-song-stream/|title=Flume Enlists Tove Lo to Masterfully 'Say It' for Him|website=Spin|last=Carley|first=Brennan|date=20 April 2016|accessdate=4 April 2021|archive-date=8 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208231835/https://www.spin.com/2016/04/flume-tove-lo-say-it-new-song-stream/|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/7340834/flume-tove-lo-say-it-dance|title=Flume Teams Up With Tove Lo for New Single 'Say It'|magazine=Billboard|last=Brown|first=Lisa|date=20 April 2016|accessdate=4 April 2021|archive-date=3 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603015329/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/7340834/flume-tove-lo-say-it-dance|url-status=live}}

{{Album ratings

| ADM = 6.8/10{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/8048/Flume-Skin.aspx|title=Skin by Flume reviews|publisher=AnyDecentMusic?|access-date=31 October 2016|archive-date=1 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101102827/http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/8048/Flume-Skin.aspx|url-status=live}}

| MC = 75/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/skin/flume|title=Reviews for Skin by Flume|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=20 June 2016|archive-date=14 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614045344/http://www.metacritic.com/music/skin/flume|url-status=live}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/skin-mw0002935990|title=Skin – Flume|publisher=AllMusic|last=Phares|first=Heather|access-date=29 November 2019|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321135144/https://www.allmusic.com/album/skin-mw0002935990|url-status=live}}

| rev2 = Consequence

| rev2Score = B{{cite web|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/album-review-flume-skin|title=Flume – Skin|date=27 May 2016|work=Consequence|last=Staples|first=Derek|access-date=29 November 2019|archive-date=4 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504175225/https://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/album-review-flume-skin/|url-status=live}}

| rev3 = Evening Standard

| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/music/flume-skin-review-does-much-more-than-get-feet-moving-a3258236.html|title=Flume – Skin, review: 'does much more than get feet moving'|date=27 May 2016|work=Evening Standard|last=Smyth|first=David|access-date=19 September 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528163024/https://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/music/flume-skin-review-does-much-more-than-get-feet-moving-a3258236.html|archive-date=28 May 2016}}

| rev4 = The Independent

| rev4Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/flumes-skin-is-the-audio-equivalent-of-ecstasy-a7073486.html|title=Flume's 'Skin' is the audio equivalent of ecstasy|date=3 June 2016|work=The Independent|last=Carissimo|first=Justin|access-date=11 June 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613112419/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/flumes-skin-is-the-audio-equivalent-of-ecstasy-a7073486.html|archive-date=13 June 2016}}

| rev5 = The Irish Times

| rev5Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/flume-skin-album-review-a-galaxy-of-collaborators-with-grooves-to-match-1.2676797|title=Flume – Skin album review: a galaxy of collaborators with grooves to match|date=10 June 2016|newspaper=The Irish Times|last=Carroll|first=Jim|author-link=Jim Carroll (journalist)|access-date=29 November 2019|archive-date=13 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613214916/http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/flume-skin-album-review-a-galaxy-of-collaborators-with-grooves-to-match-1.2676797|url-status=live}}

| rev6 = The Observer

| rev6Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/may/29/flume-skin-review-raekwon-alunageorge-little-dragon-vince-staples-harley-edward-streten-never-be|title=Flume: Skin review – guest-heavy dance with broad horizons|date=29 May 2016|work=The Observer|last=Thompson|first=Ben|access-date=14 October 2016|archive-date=18 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018124053/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/may/29/flume-skin-review-raekwon-alunageorge-little-dragon-vince-staples-harley-edward-streten-never-be|url-status=live}}

| rev7 = Pitchfork

| rev7Score = 6.4/10{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21921-skin/|title=Flume: Skin|date=2 June 2016|work=Pitchfork|last=Anderson|first=Stacey|access-date=7 June 2016|archive-date=6 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606150207/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21921-skin/|url-status=live}}

| rev8 = Rolling Stone

| rev8Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/flume-skin-20160617|title=Skin|date=17 June 2016|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Harris|first=Keith|access-date=14 October 2016|archive-date=18 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018224356/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/flume-skin-20160617|url-status=live}}

| rev9 = Slant Magazine

| rev9Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/flume-skin|title=Flume: Skin|date=25 May 2016|work=Slant Magazine|last=Wroble|first=Jonathan|access-date=26 May 2016|archive-date=28 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528141551/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/flume-skin|url-status=live}}

| rev10 = The Sydney Morning Herald

| rev10Score = {{Rating|4|5}}

}}

Skin was met with generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 75, based on 11 reviews. Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 6.8 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.

Heather Phares of AllMusic said, "While it could have benefitted from some editing, Skin still shows a lot of growth--it's more mature, and more memorable, than Flume". Kahron Spearman of The Austin Chronicle said, "Skin goes Technicolor and bigger, effectively standing on the shoulders of Disclosure and giant stars including Skrillex, Diplo, and album collaborator/reinventor Beck".{{cite web|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2016-09-30/friday-acl-fest-record-reviews-flume/|title=ACL Fest 2016 – Review: Flume|date=30 September 2016|work=The Austin Chronicle|last=Spearman|first=Kahron|access-date=14 October 2016|archive-date=16 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016041630/http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2016-09-30/friday-acl-fest-record-reviews-flume/|url-status=live}} Derek Staples of Consequence said, "Gearing up to be the next EDM crossover talent, Flume's sophomore effort, Skin, showcases a producer at ease with all of the sounds moving tickets at America's major festival events: hip-hop, indie pop, and EDM". The Independent{{'}}s Justin Carissimo gave the album a very positive review, stating that the album was "the audio equivalent of ecstasy". David Smith of the Evening Standard gave a similarly positive review, stating that "this is music that can do much more than get feet moving". Luke Fowler of Pretty Much Amazing said, "Skin is the sound of Flume reaching for great heights and almost grasping what he seeks there".{{cite web|url=http://prettymuchamazing.com/reviews/flume-skin|title=Review: Flume, Skin|date=31 May 2016|work=Pretty Much Amazing|last=Fowler|first=Luke|access-date=14 October 2016|archive-date=8 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008112549/http://prettymuchamazing.com/reviews/flume-skin|url-status=live}}

Stacey Anderson of Pitchfork said, "["Wall Fuck" is] short and snappy, gone too fast in an album that could've been streamlined to let moments like it shine. But maybe it's the sound of floodgates opening". Keith Harris of Rolling Stone said, "Restless versatility is all over the LP, generating the emotional crests and sensory overload a festival crowd demands, but with a nuance that'll make it work even if you aren't shirtless in the desert". Jonathan Wroble of Slant Magazine said, "If the burden on electronic producers is to establish personality beyond a dense network of light displays and computer processing, this album gets Flume halfway there: It shows him as unquestionably human (overeager, alternately flashy and timid, sometimes more in awe than in control), but still a bit faceless". The Sydney Morning Herald{{'}}s Craig Mathieson gave the album a positive review, stating that "the record is intoxicating and eclectic".{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/review-flumes-new-album-skin-is-intoxicating-and-eclectic-20160527-gp5113.html|title=Flume's new album Skin is intoxicating and eclectic|last=Zuel|first=Bernard|date=27 May 2016|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=19 September 2016|archive-date=30 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630083033/http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/review-flumes-new-album-skin-is-intoxicating-and-eclectic-20160527-gp5113.html|url-status=live}} Jim Carroll of The Irish Times felt that several tracks seemed to emphasize "showing off textures rather than providing the breathing room for an actual song to emerge". Ben Thompson of The Observer said, "Distinguished guests—UK nearly siren AlunaGeorge, rapper Vince Staples--are ushered respectfully through a series of viable electronic hinterlands, where a couple of them, notably perennial cameo supplier Little Dragon and Wu Tang vet Raekwon, manage to put down roots in actual songs".

All tracks produced by Flume.

{{Track listing

| headline = Skin track listing

| total_length = 60:34

| title1 = Helix

| writer1 = Harley Streten

| length1 = 3:30

| title2 = Never Be Like You

| note2 = featuring Kai

| writer2 = {{hlist|Streten|Alessia De Gasperis-Brigante|Geoffrey Earley}}

| length2 = 3:54

| title3 = Lose It

| note3 = featuring Vic Mensa

| writer3 = {{hlist|Streten|Victor Mensah}}

| length3 = 3:45

| title4 = Numb & Getting Colder

| note4 = featuring Kučka

| writer4 = {{hlist|Streten|Laura Jane Lowther|Earley}}

| length4 = 5:08

| title5 = Say It

| note5 = featuring Tove Lo

| writer5 = {{hlist|Streten|Ebba Nilsson|Daniel Johns}}

| length5 = 4:23

| title6 = Wall Fuck

| writer6 = Streten

| length6 = 3:09

| title7 = Pika

| writer7 = {{hlist|Streten|Will Johnson}}

| length7 = 1:55

| title8 = Smoke & Retribution

| note8 = featuring Vince Staples and Kučka

| writer8 = {{hlist|Streten|Vince Staples|Lowther}}

| length8 = 4:01

| title9 = 3

| writer9 = Streten

| length9 = 3:04

| title10 = When Everything Was New

| writer10 = Streten

| length10 = 2:27

| title11 = You Know

| note11 = featuring Allan Kingdom and Raekwon

| writer11 = {{hlist|Streten|Allan Kyariga|Corey Woods}}

| length11 = 3:22

| title12 = Take a Chance

| note12 = featuring Little Dragon

| writer12 = {{hlist|Streten|Yukimi Nagano|Erik Bodin|Fredrik Wallin|Håkan Wirenstrand}}

| length12 = 5:28

| title13 = Innocence

| note13 = featuring AlunaGeorge

| writer13 = {{hlist|Streten|Aluna Francis}}

| length13 = 6:18

| title14 = Like Water

| note14 = featuring MNDR

| writer14 = {{hlist|Streten|Amanda Warner|Peter Wade Keusch}}

| length14 = 3:13

| title15 = Free

| writer15 = Streten

| length15 = 2:56

| title16 = Tiny Cities

| note16 = featuring Beck

| writer16 = {{hlist|Streten|Beck Hansen}}

| length16 = 3:56

}}

Notes

• "Say It" features additional vocals by Daniel Johns
• "Pika" features vocals by Wills

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