Similar Skin

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Similar Skin
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ReleasedJune 10, 2014
Genre Progressive rock, hard rock, progressive metal
Label Nothing Too Fancy Music
Producer Manny Sanchez, Gre Magers
Umphrey's McGee chronology
Death by Stereo
(2011)
Similar Skin
(2014)
The London Session
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 67/100 [1]
Review scores
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Cokemachineglow(favorable) [4]
PopMatters 7/10 [5]
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Similar Skin is the eighth studio album by American rock band Umphrey's McGee. It was released on June 10, 2014. [7]

Contents

Umphrey's McGee recorded Similar Skin at IV Lab Studios in Chicago, Illinois, and it was the first album on the band's label, Nothing Too Fancy Music. [8] AllMusic says of the album's content: "While still entrenched in the wandering spirit of jam band improvisation, the 11 songs lean heavily on the influence of '80s pop, rock, and even radio metal …" [9]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Linear" Brendan Bayliss, Jake Cinninger 3:48
2."Cut the Cable [10] "Bayliss3:53
3."Hourglass [11] "Bayliss, Joel Cummins 3:23
4."No Diablo [12] "Bayliss4:13
5."Similar Skin"Bayliss, Cinninger, Cummins, Kris Myers, Ryan Stasik6:05
6."Puppet String [13] "Bayliss, Cinninger, Cummins, Andy Farag, Myers, Stasik6:29
7."Little Gift"Cinninger3:14
8."Educated Guess"Bayliss, Cinninger5:48
9."Loose Ends"Bayliss5:01
10."Hindsight"Cinninger3:24
11."Bridgeless"Bayliss, Cinninger, Cummins, Farag, Myers, Stasik9:00

Total Running Time: 54:18

Bonus tracks

No.TitleLength
12."Morning Song"7:23
13."Room to Breathe"5:52

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