Paranoid & Sunburnt

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Paranoid & Sunburnt
Skunk Anansie Paranoid and Sunburnt.jpg
Studio album by
Released18 September 1995
Recorded1994–1995
Studio Great Linford Manor (Milton Keynes, England)
Genre
Length44:10
Label
Producer
Skunk Anansie chronology
Paranoid & Sunburnt
(1995)
Stoosh
(1996)
Singles from Paranoid & Sunburnt
  1. "Selling Jesus"
    Released: 13 March 1995 [1]
  2. "I Can Dream"
    Released: 5 June 1995 [2]
  3. "Charity"
    Released: 21 August 1995 [3]
  4. "Weak"
    Released: 15 January 1996 [4]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Austin Chronicle Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Christgau's Consumer Guide Rating-Christgau-neither.png [7]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
NME 8/10 [10]
Select 3/5 [11]

Paranoid & Sunburnt is the debut studio album by British rock band Skunk Anansie, first released in 1995 via One Little Indian Records. It was re-released in 2005 with a DVD featuring the videos to the singles. This album was recorded with the band's original drummer, Robbie France, but he is not featured on the cover. The album, featuring a mix of controversial protest songs (mainly about politics and religion), peaked at number 8 in the UK Albums Chart.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Skin and Len Arran; except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Selling Jesus" 3:45
2."Intellectualise My Blackness" 3:45
3."I Can Dream" 3:51
4."Little Baby Swastikkka" 4:04
5."All in the Name of Pity" 3:23
6."Charity" 4:33
7."It Takes Blood & Guts to Be This Cool But I'm Still Just a Cliche" 4:12
8."Weak"Skin, Ace, Richard Lewis, Robert France 3:34
9."And Here I Stand"Skin, Ace, Richard Lewis, Robert France5:14
10."100 Ways to Be a Good Girl" 3:58
11."Rise Up" 4:05

Singles

Five singles were taken from Paranoid & Sunburnt, four of which were commercially released.

Single
"Little Baby Swastikkka" was the first release from the album. It was not a commercial release, however. It was a radio single and only 2,000 copies were pressed.
"Selling Jesus" was the first commercial single release from the album. Released in March 1995, it peaked at No. 46 in the UK Singles Chart. It also appeared on the Strange Days soundtrack.
"I Can Dream" was the follow-up single, released in June 1995, and charted at No. 41.
"Charity" was the third single, released in August 1995, and charted at No. 40. It was re-released in 1996 (see below).
"Weak" was the fourth single, released in January 1996, and charted at No. 20.
"Charity" was re-released in April 1996 and its peak chart position was higher than the original release. It peaked at No. 20.

Personnel

Technical

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Paranoid & Sunburnt
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Netherlands (NVPI) [23] Platinum100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [24] Platinum300,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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