Soldiering on after the departure of guitarist Jonathan Montoya, Saliva stay the course on their seventh album, Under Your Skin.
The album finds the band continuing with the more expanded sound they started to develop on Cinco Diablo, moving away from pure heaviness to explore bigger, more plaintive pastures.
Despite the mellower excursions, there’s still plenty of tough, fist-pumping post-grunge for their longtime fans.
The opening track, “Badass,” comes right out of the gate swinging, as if to let people know that while there may be some ballads on the album, Saliva aren’t here to be pushed around, and they come back with a reminder of this later with the rap-rock rager “Burn It Up.” The album’s real strength comes from its sense of flow.
The heavier moments and ballads are distributed in a way that helps to keep the album from getting monotonous, creating a nice series of hills and valleys for the listener to navigate through.
While the album doesn’t find the band making any truly bold changes, it does enough to keep things fresh, making Under Your Skin an album that’s sure to please Saliva devotees.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BadassBobby Huff, Josey Scott, Wayne Swinny | Saliva | Play | 03:05 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 2 | Better DaysDave Bassett, Paul Crosby, Dave Novotny | Saliva | Play | 03:40 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 3 | NothingPaul Crosby, Bobby Huff, Dave Novotny | Saliva | Play | 03:07 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 4 | Hate MePaul Crosby, Zac Maloy, Dave Novotny | Saliva | Play | 04:02 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 5 | Prove Me WrongDave Novotny | Saliva | Play | 03:30 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 6 | Burn It UpPaul Crosby, Bobby Huff, Dave Novotny | Saliva | Play | 02:57 | 6 MB | 22 MB |
| 7 | Toxic SuicideDave Novotny | Saliva | Play | 02:45 | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| 8 | Turn the Lights OnDave Bassett, Paul Crosby, Dave Novotny | Saliva | Play | 03:49 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 9 | SpotlightZac Maloy, Dave Novotny | Saliva | Play | 03:11 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 30 mins | 69 MB | |||||
| 30 mins | 223 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Ahern | Booking |
| 2 | Keith Armstrong | Mixing Assistant |
| 3 | Dave Bassett | Composer |
| 4 | Howard Benson | Hammond B3, Keyboards, Producer, Programming |
| 5 | P.R. Brown | Art Direction, Design, Photography |
| 6 | Tara Bryan | A&R |
| 7 | Lynne Bugai | Stylist |
| 8 | Carol Corless | Package Production |
| 9 | Tony Couch | Management |
| 10 | Paul Crosby | Composer, Drums |
| 11 | Paul DeCarli | Digital Editing |
| 12 | Steven Defino | Artwork |
| 13 | Jimmy Fahey | Assistant Engineer |
| 14 | Stephen Ferrera | A&R |
| 15 | Bobby Huff | Composer |
| 16 | Hatsukazu Inagaki | Engineer |
| 17 | Ted Jensen | Mastering |
| 18 | Nik Karpen | Mixing Assistant |
| 19 | Chris Lord-Alge | Mixing |
| 20 | Zac Maloy | Composer |
| 21 | Bill McGathy | Management |
| 22 | Jon Nicholson | Drum Technician |
| 23 | Dave Novotny | Bass, Composer, Keyboards, Programming, Vocals (Background) |
| 24 | Ron Opaleski | Booking |
| 25 | Mike Plotnikoff | Engineer, Mixing |
| 26 | Paul Resta | Marketing |
| 27 | Saliva | Primary Artist |
| 28 | Andrew Schubert | Mixing |
| 29 | Josey Scott | Composer, Vocals |
| 30 | Lenny Skolnik | Keyboards, Programming, String Arrangements |
| 31 | Wayne Swinny | Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals (Background) |
| 32 | Brad Townsend | Mixing |
| 33 | Marc VanGool | Guitar Technician |
| 34 | Kristen Yiengst | Art Coordinator, Photo Coordination |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |