Skin (16volt album)

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album| | name = Skin | type = studio | artist = [[16volt]] | cover = 16voltskin.jpg | venue = | released = {{Start date|1994|1|13}}<ref name="schwannspectrum">{{cite journal |first=Becky |last=Barnhart |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j8EZAQAAIAAJ |title=Schwann Spectrum |journal=[[Schwann Catalog|Schwann Spectrum]] |publisher=Stereophile, Incorporated |date=2000 |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=240 |isbn=9781575980782 |accessdate=July 20, 2020}}</ref> | recorded = Late 1993 | studio = {{Collapsible list|title=Various|titlestyle=font-weight:normal;font-size:12px;background:transparent;text-align:left|{{Plainlist| * Sound Impressions * {{small|([[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], OR)}} * The Litter Box * {{small|([[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], OR)}} }}}} | genre = [[Industrial metal]], [[industrial rock]] | length = 51:46 | label = [[Re-Constriction Records|Re-Constriction]] | producer = {{hlist|[[Tony Lash]]|[[Eric Powell (musician)|Eric Powell]]}} | prev_title = [[Wisdom (16volt album)|Wisdom]] | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = [[LetDownCrush]] | next_year = 1996 }}

'''''Skin''''' is the second studio album by [[16volt]], released on January 13, 1994 by [[Re-Constriction Records]].<ref name="sonicboom16voltint1">{{cite journal|first=Chris |last=Christian |url=http://sonic-boom.com/interview/16.volt-1.interview.html |title=Interview with Eric Powell of 16 Volt with the help of Marc LaCorte of Black Metal Box at Chicago Trax |journal=Sonic Boom |date=November 24, 1995 |volume=3 |issue=9 |accessdate=July 12, 2020}}</ref><ref name="allmusicbio">{{cite web |first=John |last=Bush |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0000499173/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=16 Volt > Biography |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=July 13, 2020}}</ref>

==Reception== {{Music ratings |rev1 = [[AllMusic]] |rev1score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |first=John |last=Bush |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000124501|pure_url=yes}}|title=16 Volt: ''Skin'' > Review |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=July 12, 2020}}</ref> }}

John Bush of [[AllMusic]] compared the band favorably to [[Skinny Puppy]] and said that "''Skin'' has the same sinister vocals, raucous percussion and samples as [[Dave Ogilvie|Ogilvie's]] band."<ref name="allmusic"/> ''Aiding & Abetting'' called ''Skin'' "a stunning display of musical and creative power" and credited the live sound and diverse compositions as being the high points of the album."<ref name="a&areviews">{{cite journal|first=Jon |last=Worley |url=http://www.aidabet.com/archives/archS2.html#16VOLT |title=16 Volt: ''Skin'' |journal=Aiding & Abetting |date=January 15, 1995 |issue=68 |accessdate=July 12, 2020}}</ref> ''Sonic Boom'' praised ''Skin'' for "utiliz[ing] the guitar work to accentuate the music as opposed to detracting from the electronics and overpowering them" and that "16 Volt is the only other band besides [[Front Line Assembly]] who has successfully used guitars as the primary element of percussion in some of their music."<ref name="sonicboomskin">{{cite journal|first=Chris |last=Christian |url=http://www.sonic-boom.com/review/16.volt-2.html |title=16 Volt: ''Skin'' |journal=Sonic Boom |date=October 1996 |volume=3 |issue=9 |accessdate=July 12, 2020}}</ref> ''[[CD Review]]'' gave the album and six out of six, praising the [[Industrial rock|industrial]] style of the guitar performances.<ref name="cdreview">{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rS09AQAAIAAJ |title=16 Volt: ''Skin'' |journal=[[CD Review]] |publisher=WGE Pub. |date=1994 |volume=11 |issue=7–12 |pages=54 |accessdate=July 12, 2020}}</ref><ref name="sonicboom16voltint2">{{cite journal|first=Chris |last=Christian |url=http://sonic-boom.com/interview/16.volt-2.interview.html |title=Interview with Eric Powell of 16 Volt, La Luna, Portland, OR 2/27/97 |journal=Sonic Boom |date=February 27, 1997 |volume=5 |issue=3 |accessdate=July 12, 2020}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = [[Eric Powell (musician)|Eric Powell]], Jeff Taylor and Von Vinhasa | title1 = Skin | length1 = 3:19 | title2 = Perfectly Fake | length2 = 5:10 | title3 = Uplift | length3 = 3:51 | title4 = Slow Wreck | length4 = 4:47 | title5 = Skin Graft | length5 = 2:41 | title6 = Stitched | length6 = 4:45 | title7 = Built to Last | length7 = 2:59 | title8 = Bottle Rockets | length8 = 3:52 | title9 = Downtime II | length9 = 4:19 | title10 = Flick | length10 = 15:59 }} {{track listing | headline = 2012 Remastered | extra_column = Remixer(s) | title11 = Dead Skin | note11 = "Skin" remix, hidden track at the end of "Flick" in original edition | length11 = 6:19 | title12 = [[Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon]] | note12 = [[Neil Diamond]] cover | length12 = 4:35 | title13 = Skin (Guitarless Mix) | extra13 = [[Hate Dept.]] | length13 = 4:15 | title14 = [[Turning Japanese]] | note14 = [[The Vapors]] cover | length14 = 4:45 | title15 = Stitched (Face-Rip) | extra15 = [[Hate Dept.]] | length15 = 3:46 }}

==Personnel== Adapted from the ''Skin'' liner notes.<ref name="linearnotes">{{cite AV media notes |title=Skin |title-link=Skin (16volt album) |others=[[16volt]] |year=1994 |type=booklet |publisher=[[Re-Constriction Records]] |location=San Diego, California}}</ref>

'''16volt''' * [[Eric Powell (musician)|Eric Powell]] – [[Singing|lead vocals]], [[Sampler (musical instrument)|sampler]], [[synthesizer]], [[Programming (music)|programming]], [[bass guitar]], [[record producer|production]], [[cover art]], [[art direction]] * Jeff Taylor – [[guitar]], sampler, bass guitar, art direction * Von Vinhasa – [[Drum kit|drums]], [[percussion]], programming

'''Addition performers''' * Chris Carey – [[guitar]]

'''Production and design''' * Keith "Fluffy" Auerbach – [[Sound recording and reproduction|recording]] & [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]] (5) * [[Tony Lash]] – [[record producer|production]], [[Music sequencer|editing]], [[Audio mastering|mastering]], [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]] & [[Sound recording and reproduction|recording]] (1–4, 6–10), [[synthesizer]] (9, 10), [[Drum kit|drums]] & [[percussion]] (8)

==Release history== {|class="wikitable" ! Region ! Date ! Label ! Format ! Catalog |- | United States | 1994 | [[Re-Constriction Records|Re-Constriction]] |rowspan="2"| [[compact disc|CD]] | REC-012 |- | Germany | 1995 | [[Off Beat (label)|Off Beat]] | SPV 084 |- | United States | 2012 | [[Metropolis Records|Metropolis]] | CD, [[Music download|DL]] | MET 773 |}

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * {{Official website|https://16volt.com/}} * [https://16volt.bandcamp.com/album/skin ''Skin''] at [[Bandcamp]] * {{Discogs master |master=29904 |name=Skin |type=album}}

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