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1980 studio album by The Sherbs
The Skill Released October 1980 Genre Rock , pop Length 45 :31 Label Atco , Infinity , Festival Producer Sherbs, Richard Lush
"Never Surrender" Released: February 1980
"I'm OK" Released: May 1980
"Juliet and Me" Released: August 1980
"I Have the Skill" Released: November 1980
"Crazy in the Night" Released: March 1981
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [1]
The Skill is the eighth studio album by the Australian band Sherbet but also the first under their new name, The Sherbs. It was released in October 1980 and reached at number 85 on the Kent Music Report .[2]
The title track single, "I Have the Skill" peaked at No. 61 on the
Billboard Mainstream Rock
Charts.
Reception
Cash Box wrote: "The revitalised fivesome plays a nifty brand of modern power pop that should please both Top 40 and AOR programmers. Best cuts are 'I Have the Skill' and 'Cindy's Waiting'".
[3]
Track listing
Side A Title Writer(s) 1. "I Have the Skill" Daryl Braithwaite , Garth Porter , Tony Mitchell 3:46 2. "Back to Zero" Braithwaite, Porter, Mitchell, Harvey James , Alan Sandow 3:22 3. "Cindy is Waiting" Porter 4:16 4. "Crazy in the Night" Porter 3:50 5. "I'll Be Faster" Braithwaite, Porter, Mitchell, James, Sandow 3:43 6. "Never Surrender" Braithwaite, Porter, Mitchell, James, Sandow 3:47
Side B Title Writer(s) 1. "No Turning Back" Braithwaite, Porter, Mitchell, James, Sandow 5:30 2. "Love You to Death" Braithwaite, Porter, Mitchell, James, Sandow 4:08 3. "Into the Heat" Braithwaite, Porter, Mitchell, James, Sandow 3:14 4. "I'm OK" Braithwaite, Porter, Mitchell, James, Sandow 3:31 5. "Juliet and Me" Braithwaite, Porter, Mitchell 4:16 6. "Parallel Bars" Porter, Mitchell 4:08 Total length: 45:31
Personnel
Charts
Release history
Country
Date
Label
Format
Catalog
Australia
October 1980
Festival
LP, Cassette
L 37394
United States
January 1981
Atco
LP
K 50783
Australia
5 July 1999
Festival
CD
D20087
United States
14 March 2000
Renaissance
CD
RMED-00171
References
Dennis Laughlin
Gunther Gorman
Tony Leigh
Sam See
Danny Taylor
Doug Rea
Bruce Worrall
John Watson
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