SKIN

When one listens to the opener and title track, the first option is definitely the one. Fully eighties oriented with dreadful electro sounds. Peter never compromised so far. But maybe it is just an accident (even if it is repeated with "Painting By Numbers").

It sounds so with the next "After The Show" which is all sweetness and atmospheric mood. Even Jackson on sax is so discreet, as if he wouldn't want his instrument to be heard too much. A very pleasant song anyway.

The intimate Hammill (which is a fine facet of this great artist) is back for "Shell". He seems to be in piece with himself. Composition are more harmonious, even light (!) at times. A temporary end to his tortured style maybe?

But apart from these two good songs, few are really of high interest. But Peter is highly emotional during the beautifully cold Four Pails. Again, full of tact and harmony. Immaculate beauty.

It is a great prologue to the closing and epic number. Now Lover. A very touching and profund piece of music. The most (and only) VDGG oriented. The heavy sax, the complex drumming are back. This song is the most intricate of all on Skin, but even so it sounds accessible. And that's how one might consider this album. Accessible. At least in Hammill's standard.

In all, this album is a good one. Still, these two blunders could have been avoided (Skin and Painting).

Three stars.

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