# Skelliconnection

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Skelliconnection
| type       = [Album](/source/Album)
| artist     = [Chad VanGaalen](/source/Chad_VanGaalen)
| cover      = Chad_vangaalen_skelliconnection.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = August 22, 2006
| recorded   = 2002–2006
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Rock](/source/Rock_music)
| length     = 39:06
| label      = [Flemish Eye](/source/Flemish_Eye)<br />[Sub Pop](/source/Sub_Pop)
| producer   = Chad VanGaalen
| prev_title = [Infiniheart](/source/Infiniheart)
| prev_year  = 2004
| next_title = [Soft Airplane](/source/Soft_Airplane)
| next_year  = 2008
}}

{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r847522|pure_url=yes}}</ref>
| rev2 = Dusted Magazine
| rev2Score = (favorable)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/3104|title=Dusted Reviews: Chad VanGaalen - Skelliconnection}}</ref>
| rev3 = [Pitchfork Media](/source/Pitchfork_Media)
| rev3Score = 7.5/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/38035/Chad_VanGaalen_Skelliconnection|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828183730/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/38035/Chad_VanGaalen_Skelliconnection|archive-date=2008-08-28|title=Chad VanGaalen: Skelliconnection}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}

'''''Skelliconnection''''' is the second [album](/source/album) by [Canadian](/source/Canada) [musician](/source/musician) [Chad VanGaalen](/source/Chad_VanGaalen). It was released on August 22, 2006 on [Flemish Eye](/source/Flemish_Eye) (Canadian distribution) and [Sub Pop](/source/Sub_Pop) (U.S. distribution).  In addition to writing and recording the album, VanGaalen performed almost all of the instruments and drew the album artwork.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r847522|pure_url=yes}} |title=Skelliconnection |last=Brown |first=Marisa |publisher=[Allmusic](/source/Allmusic) |accessdate=2007-01-23}}</ref>  Like VanGaalen's debut album, ''[Infiniheart](/source/Infiniheart)'' (2004), ''Skelliconnection'' comprises material from hundreds of homemade recordings.<ref name="Dusted">{{cite news |url=http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/3104 |title=Dusted Reviews&nbsp;— Chad VanGaalen |last=Kelly |first=Jennifer |work=Dusted Magazine |date=2006-09-03 |accessdate=2007-01-23}}</ref>

On July 10, 2007, ''Skelliconnection'' was announced as a finalist for the [Polaris Music Prize](/source/Polaris_Music_Prize), alongside such other acts as [The Dears](/source/The_Dears), [Julie Doiron](/source/Julie_Doiron), and [Miracle Fortress](/source/Miracle_Fortress).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/arcade-fire-feist-on-polaris-short-list-1.636638?ref=rss|title=Arcade Fire, Feist on Polaris short list |access-date=July 10, 2007 | work=CBC News | date=July 10, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.com/Music/2007/07/10/4328574-cp.html|title=Feist, Fire get Polaris noms|access-date=July 11, 2007   }}{{dead link|date=April 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chartattack.com/news/43988/arcade-fire-feist-and-the-dears-among-polaris-nominees|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221221217/http://www.chartattack.com/news/43988/arcade-fire-feist-and-the-dears-among-polaris-nominees|url-status=usurped|archive-date=December 21, 2008|title=Arcade Fire, Feist And The Dears Among Polaris Nominees|last=Love|first=Noah|date=2007-07-10|publisher=[Chart](/source/Chart_(magazine))|accessdate=2008-11-20}}</ref> The winner, announced on September 24, 2007, was ''[Close to Paradise](/source/Close_to_Paradise)'' by [Patrick Watson](/source/Patrick_Watson_(band)). Many fans believe that the lyrics in the track "Red Hot Drops" are pertaining to intravenous drug use. The song "Gubbbish" was used on the hit television show ''[The O.C.](/source/The_O.C.)''

==Track listing==
# "Flower Gardens"&nbsp;– 2:28
# "Burn 2 Ash"&nbsp;– 2:51
# "Red Hot Drops"&nbsp;– 3:15
# "Rolling Thunder"&nbsp;– 1:54
# "Viking Rainbow"&nbsp;– 1:46
# "Gubbbish"&nbsp;– 3:32
# "Dandrufff"&nbsp;– 0:27
# "Wing Finger"&nbsp;– 3:05
# "See-Thru-Skin"&nbsp;– 2:46
# "Wind Driving Dogs"&nbsp;– 2:46
# "Mini T.V.'s"&nbsp;– 2:48
# "Graveyard"&nbsp;– 3:50
# "Dead Ends"&nbsp;– 3:50
# "Sing Me 2 Sleep"&nbsp;– 3:12
# "Systemic Heart"&nbsp;– 0:30

==References==
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{{Chad VanGaalen}}

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Category:2006 albums
Category:Chad VanGaalen albums
Category:Flemish Eye albums
Category:Sub Pop albums

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