''Shifting Skin'' is the debut album by
Ken Andrews
Ken Andrews (born Kenneth Andrew Doty; June 18, 1967) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer. Andrews was born in Seattle, Washington, and attended film school in Los Angeles before his band Failure received a record dea ...
' first post-
Failure
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project,
ON.
Track listing
All songs written by
Ken Andrews
Ken Andrews (born Kenneth Andrew Doty; June 18, 1967) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer. Andrews was born in Seattle, Washington, and attended film school in Los Angeles before his band Failure received a record dea ...
; except "Avalanche" written by Andrews and Jeff Trott.
#"C'mon Collapse" – 3:11
#"Slingshot" – 2:53
#"Soluble Words" – 4:35
#"If I Get to Feel You" – 3:21
#"Shifting Skin" – 2:59
#"Perfect Imposter" – 4:21
#"Avalanche" – 4:38
#"Feel at Home" – 4:16
#"Paper Thin Soul" – 3:12
#"Building..." – 4:43
#"Pick Up" – 3:56
Miscellanea
*The first single, "Soluble Words," was released several months before the album, in late 1999. A second song, "Slingshot," was serviced to radio around the time of the album's release, but no single was ever released for purchase.
*"Paper Thin Soul" contains
drum
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sounds that were
sampled
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from
Electric Light Orchestra
The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1970 by songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood with drummer Bev Bevan. Their music is characterised by a fusion of pop, classical a ...
's huge 1979 hit "
Don't Bring Me Down
"Don't Bring Me Down" is the ninth and final track on the English rock band the Electric Light Orchestra's 1979 album ''Discovery''. It is their highest-charting hit in the United States to date.
History
"Don't Bring Me Down" is the band's s ...
".
* Album liner notes fielding the assertion of patrilineal kinship with syndicated columnist Dave Berry did not go to final press.
References
2000 debut albums
Epic Records albums
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