Stoosh | ||||
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Released | 7 October 1996 | |||
Recorded | 1996 | |||
Studio | Great Linford Manor (Milton Keynes, England) | |||
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Length | 47:33 | |||
Label | One Little Indian, Epic | |||
Producer | GGGarth | |||
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Singles from Stoosh | ||||
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Stoosh is the second studio album by British rock band Skunk Anansie, released on 7 October 1996.
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Entertainment Weekly | B [5] |
Music Week | [6] |
Robert Christgau | [7] |
Rock Hard | 9.5/10 [8] |
Sputnik Music | 3/5 [9] |
AllMusic's Tom Demalon retrospectively stated: "Skunk Anansie's full-frontal charge can be wearing at times, but for a good dose of aggressive, hard rock with better-than-average lyrics, Stoosh succeeds more than it fails." [1] Tom Sinclair of Entertainment Weekly wrote that the record "finds Skunk Anansie trading their debut's polite Pat Benatar-ish rock for a bigger, more confrontational sound that flirts with metallic overkill even as it embraces folk and pop", adding that "they've toughened up with Stoosh." [5]
In 2005, Stoosh was ranked number 367 in Rock Hard magazine's book The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time. [10] In 2020, PopMatters's Enio Chiola featured the record on its list for "15 Overlooked and Underrated Albums of the 1990s." [2]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Yes It's Fucking Political" | Skin, Cass, Ace | 3:51 |
2. | "All I Want" | Skin, Cass, Ace | 3:52 |
3. | "She's My Heroine" | Skin, Len Arran | 5:03 |
4. | "Infidelity (Only You)" | Skin, Cass, Ace | 6:00 |
5. | "Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)" | Skin, Len Arran | 3:29 |
6. | "Twisted (Everyday Hurts)" | Skin, Len Arran | 4:13 |
7. | "We Love Your Apathy" | Skin, Cass, Ace | 5:11 |
8. | "Brazen (Weep)" | Skin, Len Arran | 4:38 |
9. | "Pickin' on Me" | Skin, Len Arran | 3:18 |
10. | "Milk Is My Sugar" | Skin, Cass, Ace | 3:48 |
11. | "Glorious Pop Song" | Skin, Cass, Ace | 4:18 |
Skin gave a track-by-track guide to Select :
The album contains a number of hidden tracks and surprises for the listener. The first is hidden before the start of track 1, it is an instrumental mix of the song "100 ways to be a good girl" taken from the first album. After track 3, 7 and 9 there is a short jam (lasting between 0:35 and 1:30; altogether 3:39) which can be accessed directly by rewinding from tracks 4, 8, and 10 respectively. Technically it exists in the pause between the end of one track and the beginning of another. CD players can sometimes be seen counting down to zero while they play these hidden tracks. Some rippers will often append these hidden tracks to the end of the previous song.
The final track, "Glorious Pop Song", ends at 3:43 and is followed by two seconds of silence followed by a recorded conversation which is mostly laughter that lasts for around 30 seconds.
Chart (1996–1997) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [12] | 37 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [13] | 6 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [14] | 14 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [15] | 22 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [16] | 5 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [17] | 11 |
French Albums (SNEP) [18] | 31 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [19] | 11 |
Italian Albums (FIMI) [20] | 17 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [21] | 8 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [22] | 18 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [23] | 8 |
UK Albums (OCC) [24] | 9 |
Chart (1997) | Position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [25] | 28 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [26] | 87 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [27] | 93 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [28] | 28 |
German Albums Chart [29] | 28 |
Italian Albums (FIMI) [20] | 30 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [30] | 100 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [31] | 25 |
UK Albums (OCC) [32] | 33 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Austria (IFPI Austria) [33] | Gold | 25,000* |
Belgium (BEA) [34] | Gold | 25,000* |
France (SNEP) [35] | Gold | 100,000* |
Germany (BVMI) [36] | Gold | 250,000^ |
Italy (FIMI) [37] | 3× Platinum | 300,000 [38] |
Netherlands (NVPI) [39] | Gold | 50,000^ |
Norway (IFPI Norway) [40] | Gold | 25,000* |
Sweden (GLF) [41] | Gold | 40,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [42] | Gold | 25,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [43] | Platinum | 300,000^ |
United States | — | 30,000 [44] |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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