Babylon (Skindred album)

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Babylon
Skindred - Babylon.jpg
2002 release cover
Studio album by
Released3 July 2002
Studio
Genre
Length51:06
Label
Producer Howard Benson
Skindred chronology
Babylon
(2002)
Roots Rock Riot
(2007)
Babylon
Skindred Babylon (Lava).jpg
2004 release cover.
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Set It Off"SkindredSkindred3:03
2."Kiss and Make Up"SkindredSkindred3:43
3."Pressure"SkindredSkindred3:22
4."Sicker"SkindredSkindred4:00
5."Selector"SkindredSkindred2:23
6."Babylon"SkindredSkindred3:34
7."The Fear" (contains elements sampled from "London Calling")Skindred3:46
8."Bruises"SkindredSkindred2:42
9."Together"SkindredSkindred3:31
10."World Domination"SkindredSkindred2:24
11."Nobody
  • "Vampire Killa"
SkindredSkindred8:18
Total length:48:17
2003 edition.
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Set It Off"SkindredSkindred3:03
2."Nobody"SkindredSkindred3:56
3."Babylon"SkindredSkindred3:34
4."Selector"SkindredSkindred2:23
5."Firing the Love"SkindredSkindred3:37
6."Pressure"SkindredSkindred3:31
7."Bruises"SkindredSkindred2:42
8."The Fear" (contains elements sampled from "London Calling")Skindred3:46
9."Falling Down"SkindredSkindred3:12
10."Kiss and Make Up"SkindredSkindred3:43
11."World Domination"SkindredSkindred2:24
12."Together" (contains the hidden track "Brainkiller".)SkindredSkindred7:44
Total length:43:55
2004 edition. a
No.TitleLyricsMusicProducerLength
1."Intro" 
  • Ginge
  • Benji
  • Dan
  • Jason Bieler
  • Skindred
0:28
2."Nobody"SkindredSkindred Howard Benson 3:56
3."Pressure"SkindredSkindred Howard Benson 3:31
4."Start First"SkindredSkindred
  • Jason Bieler
  • Skindred
2:49
5."Interlude 1" (featuring Herbius Darussalam)  
  • Jason Bieler
  • Skindred
0:16
6."Selector"SkindredSkindred Howard Benson 2:23
7."Bruises"SkindredSkindred Howard Benson 2:42
8."We Want"SkindredSkindred
  • Jason Bieler
  • Skindred
3:01
9."Interlude 2" (featuring Jatoman Busha)  
  • Jason Bieler
  • Skindred
0:28
10."Set It Off"SkindredSkindred Howard Benson 3:03
11."Firing the Love"SkindredSkindred Howard Benson 3:37
12."Tears"SkindredSkindred
  • Jason Bieler
  • Skindred
3:00
13."World Domination"SkindredSkindred Howard Benson 2:24
14."The Fear" (contains elements sampled from "London Calling")Skindred Howard Benson 3:46
15."Interlude 3" 
  • Ginge
  • Benji
  • Jason Bieler
  • Skindred
0:26
16."Babylon"SkindredSkindred Howard Benson 3:34
17."The Beginning of Sorrows" (an acoustic version of "Pressure" appears as a hidden track)SkindredSkindred
  • Jason Bieler
  • Skindred
11:06
Total length:51:06

Personnel

Information taken from AllMusic. [26]

Musicians

Additional personnel

Notes

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