''Black Traffic'' is a fifth studio album by English

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band

Skunk Anansie Skunk Anansie are a British rock band whose members include Skin (lead vocals, guitar), Cass (bass, guitar, backing vocals), Ace (guitar, backing vocals) and Mark Richardson (drums and percussion). Skunk Anansie formed in 1994, disbanded in 2 ...

. It was released on 17 September 2012 through 100% Records, earMUSIC and

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. The first single from the album is "I Believed in You" which is about people being disappointed in their politicians. In 2012 it was awarded a silver certification from the

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, which indicated sales of at least 20,000 copies throughout Europe.

Track listing

All tracks written by Skunk Anansie.

Personnel

;Skunk Anansie *

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- vocals; keyboards on "Spit You Out" and "This is Not a Game" *Martin "Ace" Kent - guitar *Richard "Cass" Lewis - bass; keyboards on "Spit You Out", "This is Not a Game" and "Drowning" * Mark Richardson - drums with: *François "Frah" Charon, Samaha Achoun - additional voices and guitar on "Spit You Out" *Erika Footman - backing vocals on "Our Summer Kills the Sun" *Anthony Leung - keyboards, programming *Isaac Aryee - keyboards on "Drowning" *

Wil Malone Wil Malone (born 1952, in Hornsey, North London) is a British music producer and arranger, who has worked with artists including Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Todd Rundgren, The Verve, Massive Attack, Depeche Mode and Italian rocker Gianna Nannini ...

- string arrangements and conductor on "I Hope You Get to Meet Your Hero" and "Drowning"

References

2012 albums Skunk Anansie albums Warner Records albums Carosello Records albums Albums produced by Chris Sheldon {{2010s-alt-rock-album-stub