{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Black Traffic | type = studio | artist = Skunk Anansie | cover = Black Traffic.jpg | alt = | released = 17 September 2012 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Alternative rock, hard rock | length = 37:50<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.de/dp/B009624KVI/ref=dm_rogue_digital|title = Black Traffic|website = Amazon Germany}}</ref> | label = {{hlist|100%|earMUSIC|Carosello}} | producer = Chris Sheldon, Skunk Anansie | prev_title = Wonderlustre | prev_year = 2010 | next_title = Anarchytecture | next_year = 2016 }} '''''Black Traffic''''' is a fifth studio album by English alternative rock band Skunk Anansie. It was released on 17 September 2012 through 100% Records, earMUSIC and Carosello Records. The first single from the album is "I Believed in You" which is about people being disappointed in their politicians.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/brit-rockers-skunk-anansie-back-on-the-road-10471750|title = Brit Rockers Skunk Anansie Back on the Road}}</ref>
In 2012 it was awarded a silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.impalamusic.org/node/163 |title=13/12/12: More Independent Artists Take European Gold, Silver and Platinum Awards Than Ever Before | Impala |access-date=2017-11-02 |archive-date=2018-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718084112/http://www.impalamusic.org/node/163 |url-status=dead }}</ref> which indicated sales of at least 20,000 copies throughout Europe.
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | ADM = | MC = 55/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/black-traffic/skunk-anansie|title=Metacritic Review|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=25 November 2025}}</ref> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic |class=album |id=mw0002390838|last=O'Brien|first=Jon|access-date=25 November 2025}}</ref> | rev2 = ''musicOMH'' | rev2Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name=OMH>{{Cite web |url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums/skunk-anansie-2_1012.htm |title=Skunk Anansie - Black Traffic |work=musicOMH |last=Young |first=Martyn |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015144906/http://www.musicomh.com/albums/skunk-anansie-2_1012.htm |archivedate=15 October 2012 |accessdate=25 November 2025}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Louder Sound'' | rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/skunk-anansie-black-traffic|title=Louder Sound Review|work=Classic Rock|last=Martin|first=Gavin|date=15 August 2012|access-date=25 November 2025}}</ref> | rev4 = ''MusicOMH'' | rev4score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224144620/http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/skunk-anansie-black-traffic|url=http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/skunk-anansie-black-traffic|title=MusicOMH Review|work=MusicOMH|last=Young|first=Martyn|date=17 September 2012|archive-date=24 December 2013|access-date=25 November 2025}}</ref> | rev5 = ''NME'' | rev5Score = {{Rating|0.5|5}}<ref name=NME>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-skunk-anansie-13673-323845 |title=Skunk Anansie - 'Black Traffic' |work=NME |date=14 September 2012 |last=Cashmore |first=Pete |accessdate=25 November 2025}}</ref> | rev6 = ''PopMatters'' | rev6score = 4/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/164296-skunk-anansie-black-traffic/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025002109/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/164296-skunk-anansie-black-traffic/|title=PopMatters Review|website=PopMatters|last=Chiola|first=Enio|date=23 October 2012|archive-date=25 October 2012|access-date=25 November 2025}}</ref> }}
''Black Traffic'' was met with "mixed or average" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 55, based on 6 reviews.<ref name="MC"/>
==Track listing== All tracks written by Skunk Anansie. {{Tracklist | title1 = I Will Break You | length1 = 3:12 | title2 = Sad Sad Sad | length2 = 2:57 | title3 = Spit You Out | length3 = 3:30 | note3 = featuring Shaka Ponk | title4 = I Hope You Get to Meet Your Hero | length4 = 3:44 | title5 = I Believed in You | length5 = 3:12 | title6 = Satisfied? | length6 = 3:22 | title7 = Our Summer Kills the Sun | length7 = 4:14 | title8 = Drowning | length8 = 4:11 | title9 = This Is Not a Game | length9 = 3:21 | title10 = Sticky Fingers in Your Honey | length10 = 2:33 | title11 = Diving Down | length11 = 3:48 }}
==Personnel== ;Skunk Anansie * Skin - vocals; keyboards on "Spit You Out" and "This is Not a Game" * Martin "Ace" Kent - guitar * Richard "Cass" Lewis - bass; keyboards on "Spit You Out", "This is Not a Game" and "Drowning" * Mark Richardson - drums with: * François "Frah" Charon, Samaha Achoun - additional voices and guitar on "Spit You Out" * Erika Footman - backing vocals on "Our Summer Kills the Sun" * Anthony Leung - keyboards, programming * Isaac Aryee - keyboards on "Drowning" * Wil Malone - string arrangements and conductor on "I Hope You Get to Meet Your Hero" and "Drowning"
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3887174-Skunk-Anansie-Black-Traffic|title = Skunk Anansie - Black Traffic|website = Discogs}}</ref>
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+Chart performance for ''Black Traffic'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2012) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Austria|28|artist=Skunk Anansie|album=Black Traffic|rowheader=true|access-date=25 November 2025}} |- {{album chart|Flanders|30|artist=Skunk Anansie|album=Black Traffic|rowheader=true|access-date=25 November 2025}} |- {{album chart|Wallonia|55|artist=Skunk Anansie|album=Black Traffic|rowheader=true|access-date=25 November 2025}} |- {{album chart|Netherlands|32|artist=Skunk Anansie|album=Black Traffic|rowheader=true|access-date=25 November 2025}} |- {{album chart|France|72|artist=Skunk Anansie|album=Black Traffic|rowheader=true|access-date=25 November 2025}} |- {{album chart|Germany|33|id=203898|artist=Skunk Anansie|album=Black Traffic|rowheader=true|access-date=25 November 2025}} |- {{album chart|Italy|2|artist=Skunk Anansie|album=Black Traffic|rowheader=true|access-date=25 November 2025}} |- {{album chart|Scotland|42|date=20120923|rowheader=true|access-date=25 November 2025}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|7|artist=Skunk Anansie|album=Black Traffic|rowheader=true|access-date=25 November 2025}} |- {{album chart|UK2|42|date=20120923|rowheader=true|access-date=25 November 2025}} |- {{album chart|UKDigital|67|date=20120923|rowheader=true|access-date=25 November 2025}} |- {{album chart|UKIndependent|9|date=20120923|rowheader=true|access-date=25 November 2025}} |}
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