The Skill

{{Infobox album

| name = The Skill

| type = studio

| artist = The Sherbs

| cover = Sherbs_the_skill.jpg

| alt =

| released = October 1980

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Rock, pop

| length = 45:31

| label = Atco, Infinity, Festival

| producer = Sherbs, Richard Lush

| prev_title = Track Record

| prev_year = 1979

| next_title = The Sherbet Phenomenon

| next_year = 1980

| misc = {{Singles

| name = The Skill

| type = studio

| single1 = Never Surrender

| single1date = February 1980

| single2 = I'm OK

| single2date = May 1980

| single3 = Juliet and Me

| single3date = August 1980

| single4 = I Have the Skill

| single4date = November 1980

| single5 = Crazy in the Night

| single5date = March 1981

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000051305|first=Doug|last=Stone}}

}}

The Skill is the eighth studio album by the Australian band Sherbet but also the first under their new name, The Sherbs. It was released in October 1980 and reached at number 85 on the Kent Music Report.[http://www.australianmusicdatabase.com/recordings/the-skill-by-sherbet Australian Music Database - The Sherbs - The Skill]

The title track single, "I Have the Skill" peaked at No. 61 on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts in early 1981. It also peaked as high as No. 14 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Charts.

Reception

Cash Box wrote: "The revitalised fivesome plays a nifty brand of modern power pop that should please both Top 40 and AOR programmers. Best cuts are 'I Have the Skill' and 'Cindy's Waiting'".{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1981/CB-1981-01-31.pdf|title=Album Reviews|magazine=Cash Box|via=World Radio History|page=11|date=31 January 1981|access-date=3 December 2021}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Side A

| title1 = I Have the Skill

| length1 = 3:46

| writer1 = Daryl Braithwaite, Garth Porter, Tony Mitchell

| title2 = Back to Zero

| writer2 = Braithwaite, Porter, Mitchell, Harvey James, Alan Sandow

| length2 = 3:22

| title3 = Cindy is Waiting

| length3 = 4:16

| writer3 = Porter

| title4 = Crazy in the Night

| length4 = 3:50

| writer4 = Porter

| title5 = I'll Be Faster

| length5 = 3:43

| writer5 = Braithwaite, Porter, Mitchell, James, Sandow

| title6 = Never Surrender

| length6 = 3:47

| writer6 = Braithwaite, Porter, Mitchell, James, Sandow

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side B

| title1 = No Turning Back

| length1 = 5:30

| writer1 = Braithwaite, Porter, Mitchell, James, Sandow

| title2 = Love You to Death

| length2 = 4:08

| writer2 = Braithwaite, Porter, Mitchell, James, Sandow

| title3 = Into the Heat

| length3 = 3:14

| writer3 = Braithwaite, Porter, Mitchell, James, Sandow

| title4 = I'm OK

| length4 = 3:31

| writer4 = Braithwaite, Porter, Mitchell, James, Sandow

| title5 = Juliet and Me

| writer5 = Braithwaite, Porter, Mitchell

| length5 = 4:16

| title6 = Parallel Bars

| writer6 = Porter, Mitchell

| length6 = 4:08

| total_length = 45:31

}}

Personnel

Tony Mitchell – bass guitar
Garth Porter – keyboards
Daryl Braithwaite – vocals
Alan Sandow – drums
Harvey James – guitar

Charts

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" \|Chart (1980) ! scope="col" \|Peak position
scope="row" \|Australia Kent Music Report{{cite book\|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992\|last=Kent\|first=David\|publisher=Australian Chart Book\|year=1993\|isbn=0-646-11917-6\|location=St Ives\|page=271\|author-link=David Kent (historian)}} \| style="text-align:center;" \|85
scope="row" \|US Billboard 200{{citation needed\|date=November 2021}} \| style="text-align:center;" \|100

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

! scope="col" |Chart (1980)

! scope="col" |Peak
position

scope="row" |Australia Kent Music Report{{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|publisher=Australian Chart Book|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|location=St Ives|page=271|author-link=David Kent (historian)}}

| style="text-align:center;" |85

scope="row" |US Billboard 200{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

| style="text-align:center;" |100