Skunk Anansie - Paranoid and Sunburnt

Skunk Anansie's debut album ran contrary to the grain. While everyone around them was celebrating the resolutely white boy, hedonistic, traditional 1960s-based sounds of Britpop, these four Londoners released a multi-racial, politically- charged album that owed as much to the funk visions of Sly and The Family Stone and Living Colour as it did to the metal mightiness of prime Black Sabbath. On songs such as Intellectualise My Blackness and 100 Ways To Be A Good Girl, vocalist Skin directly confronted people's prejudices and threw them straight back in their faces. Elsewhere, tracks like Selling Jesus and I Can Dreamshowcase her voice pretty much at the height of its power... indeed, this whole album captures the band in top form, with hardly a weak track present. The album was recorded with the band's original drummer, Robbie France, but he was not featured on the cover. The album, featuring a mix of controversial protest songs (mainly about politics and religion), peaked at number 8 in the UK Albums Chart.

TRACKLISTING

A1. Selling Jesus
A2. Intellectualise My Blackness
A3. I Can Dream
A4. Little Baby Swastika
A5. All In The Name Of Pity
B1. Charity
B2. It Takes Blood And Guts To Be This Cool But I Am Still Just A Cliche
B3. Weak
B4. And Here I Stand
B3. 100 Ways To Be A Good Girl
B4. Rise U

PRODUCT DETAILS

Artist:  Skunk Anansie
Label:  One Little Independent
Condition:  New 
Genre:  Indie Rock & Alternative
Format:  Vinyl LP
Cat Number: TPLP55
Released:  20th October 2024