Get Skintight

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Get Skintight
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 8, 1999
RecordedToast, San Francisco, California
Genre Punk rock
Length38:06
Label Lookout!
Producer Jeff McDonald, Steve McDonald
The Donnas chronology
American Teenage Rock 'n' Roll Machine
(1998)
Get Skintight
(1999)
The Donnas Turn 21
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly B [2]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
NME 7/10 [4]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Village Voice A− [7]

Get Skintight is the third studio album by the American rock band The Donnas, released in 1999 (See 1999 in music) on Lookout!.

Contents

As of 2005 it has sold 58,000 units in United States according to Nielsen SoundScan. [8]

Track listing

All songs written by Brett Anderson, Torry Castellano, Maya Ford and Allison Robertson except as noted.

  1. "Skintight" – 2:36
  2. "Hyperactive" – 2:15
  3. "You Don't Wanna Call" – 4:01
  4. "Hook It Up" – 2:36
  5. "Doin' Donuts" – 1:36
  6. "Searching the Streets" – 2:58
  7. "Party Action" – 2:22
  8. "I Didn't Like You Anyway" – 3:57
  9. "Get Outta My Room" – 2:21
  10. "Well Done" – 2:35
  11. "Get You Alone" – 2:21
  12. "Hot Boxin'" – 2:31
  13. "Too Fast for Love" (Nikki Sixx) – 3:29
  14. "Zero" – 2:28

Personnel

Production

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