Skin on Skin (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Skin on Skin
| type = studio
| artist = Vanity
| cover = Skin on Skin.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1986|05|24}}
| recorded = 1985–1986
Fiddlers Recording Studio
Soundcastle Recording Studio
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = R&B
| length = {{duration|m=34|s=38}}
| label = Motown
9-6102
| producer = {{hlist|Skip Drinkwater|Tommy Faragher}}
| prev_title = The Last Dragon
| prev_year = 1985
| next_title = Action Jackson
| next_year = 1988
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Skin on Skin
| type = studio
| single1 = Under the Influence
| single1date = April 12, 1986
| single2 = Animals
| single2date = September 5, 1986
}}
}}
Skin on Skin is the second and final studio album by Canadian singer Vanity, released on May 24, 1986, by Motown Records.{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=vanity|chart=all}} |title=Vanity Music News & Info |publisher=Billboard.com |date= |accessdate=2012-03-09}} This out of print recording was originally released on LP (6167ML) and cassette (6167MC) through Motown Records and distributed in Europe by RCA/Ariola. The album features the R&B singles "Under the Influence" and "Animals".
Critical reception
{{music ratings
|rev1 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
|rev1score = {{rating|1|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=733}}
}}
The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that "Under the Influence" "masks her vocal limitations enough to seem listenable."
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side 1
| title1 = Under the Influence
| writer1 = {{hlist|Robbie Nevil|Tommy Faragher|Tony Haynes}}
| length1 = 5:08
| title2 = Manhunt
| writer2 = {{hlist|J.P. Charles|Mark Holding}}
| length2 = 4:08
| title3 = Romantic Voyage
| writer3 = {{hlist|David Paul Bryant|Gardner Cole}}
| length3 = 4:50
| title4 = Confidential
| writer4 = {{hlist|Mark Mueller|Robbie Nevil|Tommy Faragher}}
| length4 = 4:20
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side 2
| title5 = Animals
| writer5 = {{hlist|J.P. Charles|Mark Holding}}
| length5 = 4:46
| title6 = Skin on Skin
| writer6 = {{hlist|Gary Osborne|Johnny Warman}}
| length6 = 4:11
| title7 = Gun Shy
| writer7 = {{hlist|Mark Holding|Tommy Faragher}}
| length7 = 3:44
| title8 = Ouch
| writer8 = {{hlist|Dennis Herring|Michael E. Dunlap|Tommy Faragher}}
| length8 = 4:17
| title9 = In the Jungle
| writer9 = {{hlist|Jay Gruska|Paul Gordon}}
| length9 = 5:24
}}
Personnel
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
- Vanity – lead vocals
- Robbie Nevil – guitar (tracks: 1, 4)
- Gardner Cole – synthesizer (tracks: 3)
- Paulinho Da Costa – percussion (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5)
- Alfie Silas – backing vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 8, 9)
- Dee Dee Bellson – backing vocals (tracks: 2, 3, 5)
- Donna DeLory – backing vocals (tracks: 2, 5, 6)
- Jean Johnson – backing vocals (tracks: 2, 4, 8)
- Von Faggett – backing vocals (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 7)
- Carl Anderson, Joe Pizzulo, Phyllis St. James – backing vocals (tracks: 9)
- Rege Burrell – backing vocals
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;Technical
- Dave Bianco – engineer
- Dennis Mackay – engineer
- Keith Seppanen – engineer
- Greg Fulginiti – mastering
- Matthew Rolston – photography
- Janet Levinson – design
- "The Buck" – executive producer
- Skip Drinkwater – producer
- Tommy Faragher – producer
{{col-end}}
Recorded in California at Fiddlers Recording Studio, Hollywood; Preferred Sound, West Hollywood; Baby 'O Recorders, Hollywood; Summa Studio, West Hollywood; Soundcastle Recording Studios, Los Angeles; & Yamaha Research & Development Studio, Glendale.
Mixed at Yamaha Research & Development Studio except "Under The Influence" mixed at Soundcastle Recording Studios.
Mastered at Artisan Sound, Hollywood, California
Charts
=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable" |
| Chart (1986)
! Peak |
|---|
| US Billboard 200{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=vanity-p21236/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}}|title=Vanity > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums|author= |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=2012-03-09}}
| style="text-align:center;"|66 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)
| style="text-align:center;"|18 |
Singles
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
!Title !width="40"|US !width="40"|US !width="40"|US |
|---|
| rowspan="2"|1986
| style="text-align:center;"|56 | style="text-align:center;"|9 | style="text-align:center;"|6 |
| "Animals"
| style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— |