Wonderlustre

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Wonderlustre
Skunk Anansie Wonderlustre.jpg
Studio album by
Released13 September 2010
Recorded2010
Studio21 Studio, London
Genre
Length41:03
Label
Producer
  • Skunk Anansie
  • Brio Taliaferro
  • Jeremy Wheatley
Skunk Anansie chronology
Smashes and Trashes
(2009)
Wonderlustre
(2010)
Black Traffic
(2012)
Singles from Wonderlustre
  1. "My Ugly Boy"
    Released: 15 August 2010
  2. "Talk Too Much" / "Over the Love"
    Released: 8 November 2010
  3. "You Saved Me"
    Released: 24 January 2011
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
BBC (favourable) [2]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg[ citation needed ]

Wonderlustre is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Skunk Anansie. It was the band's first full studio album since Post Orgasmic Chill in 1999. It was released on 13 September 2010 in Europe on V2 Records, earMUSIC and Carosello Records and was preceded by the single "My Ugly Boy", which was released on 16 August 2010. The album is available digitally, as a single CD, a 2 CD tour edition set, a CD/DVD digipack and as a 12" double LP.

Contents

In 2012 it was awarded a silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association, [3] which indicated sales of at least 20,000 copies throughout Europe.

Track listing

All tracks written by Skunk Anansie; except where indicated

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."God Loves Only You" 3:48
2."My Ugly Boy" 3:27
3."Over the Love" 3:27
4."Talk Too Much"Skin, Elliot King3:20
5."The Sweetest Thing" 3:38
6."It Doesn't Matter" 2:46
7."You're Too Expensive for Me"Skin, Elliot King, Wayne Riches2:29
8."My Love Will Fall" 3:56
9."You Saved Me" 3:38
10."Feeling the Itch" 3:06
11."You Can't Always Do What You Like" 3:31
12."I Will Stay But You Should Leave" 3:58
13."Would You?" (Digital Bonus Track) 2:58
14."Over The Love (Shoreditch Version)" (Tour Edition Only) 3:26
15."You Saved Me (Shoreditch Version)" (Tour Edition Only) 3:20
16."Tracy's Flaw (Shoreditch Version)" (Tour Edition Only) 3:25
17."I Will Stay But You Should Leave (Shoreditch Version)" (Tour Edition Only) 3:50
18."God Loves Only You (Shoreditch Version)" (Tour Edition Only) 4:04
19."Because Of You (Acoustic Version live at 3FM, Holland)" (Tour Edition Only) 3:37

DVD

No.TitleLength
1."The Making of Wonderlustre"10:09
2."Skunk Anansie on the Road – Festivals 2010"11:47
3."My Ugly Boy – Video"3:27
4."The Making of My Ugly Boy"8:39

Personnel

Skunk Anansie

with:

Technical

[4]

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart [5] 33
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) [5] 19
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia) [5] 47
Dutch Albums Chart [5] 12
European Albums Chart [6] 20
French Albums Chart [5] 67
Italian Albums Chart [7] 1
Polish Albums Chart [8] 9
Swiss Albums Chart [5] 11
UK Albums Chart 58

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI) [9] Gold30,000*
Poland (ZPAV) [10] Gold10,000*
Portugal (AFP) [11] Gold10,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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