Black Traffic

Black Traffic is a fifth studio album by English alternative rock band Skunk Anansie. It was released on 17 September 2012 through 100% Records, earMUSIC and Carosello Records. The first single from the album is "I Believed in You" which is about people being disappointed in their politicians.[6]

Black Traffic
Studio album by
Skunk Anansie
Released17 September 2012
GenreAlternative rock, hard rock
Length37:50[1]
Label
ProducerChris Sheldon, Skunk Anansie
Skunk Anansie chronology
Wonderlustre
(2010)		 Black Traffic
(2012)		 Anarchytecture
(2016)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic55/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
musicOMH[4]
NME[5]

In 2012 it was awarded a silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association,[7] which indicated sales of at least 20,000 copies throughout Europe.

Track listing

All tracks written by Skunk Anansie.

No.TitleLength
1."I Will Break You"3:12
2."Sad Sad Sad"2:57
3."Spit You Out" (featuring Shaka Ponk)3:30
4."I Hope You Get to Meet Your Hero"3:44
5."I Believed in You"3:12
6."Satisfied?"3:22
7."Our Summer Kills the Sun"4:14
8."Drowning"4:11
9."This Is Not a Game"3:21
10."Sticky Fingers in Your Honey"2:33
11."Diving Down"3:48

Personnel
Skunk Anansie
  • Skin - 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 - string arrangements and conductor on "I Hope You Get to Meet Your Hero" and "Drowning"

[8]

References
  1. "Black Traffic". Amazon Germany.
  2. Black Traffic at Metacritic
  3. Black Traffic at AllMusic
  4. Young, Martyn. "Skunk Anansie - Black Traffic". musicOMH. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  5. Cashmore, Pete (14 September 2012). "Skunk Anansie - 'Black Traffic'". NME. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  6. "Brit Rockers Skunk Anansie Back on the Road".
  7. "13/12/12: More Independent Artists Take European Gold, Silver and Platinum Awards Than Ever Before | Impala". Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  8. "Skunk Anansie - Black Traffic". Discogs.


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