Skindred doesn't seem to consciously want the reinvention tag; it has simply tapped into the same lack of pretension that fueled Korn and Living Colour's Vivid -- records that were made visionary by an unadulterated honesty in both delivery and craft.
Who knew two very different genres (Reggae and Metal) would sound so good combined together!
Best Song(s): Set It Off, Pressure, Sicker, Selector, Babylon, Bruises, Together, World Domination, Nobody
Worst Song(s): Kiss and Make Up
Yeah also the tracklist is messed up. Kiss and Make Up is an unreleased song :)
Really enjoyed this one. My first time listening to a skindred record start to finish. Really unique sound and solid production for a debut record.
I was checking out some albums I should listen to since I like Nu Metal through Linkin Park, and found this album. Album art immidiately looked tuff asl so I decided to take a listen.
From the first song I was in tears like "wtf is this dawg 😭😭😭", weirdly enough it was still pretty addicting for me to be able to sit thru the entire thing, halfway through the album I was HOOKED.
This is a mix of "reggae" and "metal" and somehow, is genuinely a really good ... read more
| 1 | Set It Off 3:11 | 83 |
| 2 | Kiss and Make Up 3:42 | 77 |
| 3 | Pressure 3:31 | 87 |
| 4 | Sicker 4:00 | 82 |
| 5 | Selector 2:26 | 83 |
| 6 | Babylon 3:39 | 85 |
| 7 | The Fear 3:49 | 73 |
| 8 | Bruises 2:43 | 87 |
| 9 | Together 3:22 | 82 |
| 10 | World Domination 2:24 | 81 |
| 11 | Nobody 8:18 Contains hidden track "Vampire Killa" | 94 |