Under the Skin
Studio album by Lindsey Buckingham
Released	October 3, 2006
Recorded	1995–2004
Studio	L.B.'s house Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California)
Genre	Acoustic Rock
Length	45:01
Label	Reprise
Producer	Lindsey Buckingham; Lindsey Buckingham and Rob Cavallo on Tracks 9 & 10.
Lindsey Buckingham chronology
Out of the Cradle (1992) Under the Skin (2006) Gift of Screws (2008)
Singles from Under The Skin
"Show You How" Released: September 2006

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Blender	[2]
Classic Rock	[3]
The Music Box	[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]

Under the Skin is the fourth solo album by American musician and Fleetwood Mac vocalist/guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, released on October 3, 2006. The album, long delayed by Fleetwood Mac's reunion tour in the 1990s and 2003 album Say You Will, was his first solo release in 14 years.^[6] Under the Skin peaked at number 80 on the Billboard 200 album chart in October 2006.^[7] "Show You How" was also released as a single but failed to chart.

Music

Predominantly an acoustic album, the album does not feature many instruments besides acoustic guitar and percussion. "Down on Rodeo" and "Someone's Gotta Change Your Mind" are the only two songs on the record with contributions from outside musicians, John McVie on bass and Mick Fleetwood on percussion and drums. Those two songs, along with "To Try for the Sun", were originally recorded ten years prior at Ocean Way Studios in Hollywood, which would have appeared on Buckingham's aborted 1990s solo album Gift of Screws.^[8] Other songs from this unreleased project appeared on Fleetwood Mac's Say You Will and Buckingham's 2008 solo release Gift of Screws.^[9]

Buckingham recalled that the album received a lukewarm response from Warner Brothers, who expressed a lack of interest in promoting the album. "When I turned in Under The Skin, their general response was 'Yeah we'll put it out, but don't expect us to do too much.' But Under The Skin was an approach I'm very interested in, which is to take the kind of energy that a single guitar and voice have and apply the manner in which they succeed on stage in a studio situation."^[10]

Track listing

All songs composed by Lindsey Buckingham except where noted.

Personnel

Main Performer

• Lindsey Buckingham – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, percussion

Additional personnel

• John McVie – bass (9)
• Mick Fleetwood – drums (9, 10), percussion (9, 10)
• David Campbell – orchestration (10)

Production

• Lindsey Buckingham – producer, recording (1-8, 11), mixing (1-8, 11), additional photography
• Rob Cavallo – producer (9, 10)
• Ken Allardyce – recording (9, 10)
• Mark Needham – mixing (9, 10)
• Brian Gardner – mastering
• Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California) – mastering location
• Frank Ockenfels III – photography
• Stephen Walker – art direction
• Tony Dimitriades – management
• Robert Richards – management

Music promo videos

Three promotional music videos were shot for Under The Skin, these included "It Was You", "Show You How" and "Shut Us Down. Both "It Was You" and "Show You How" are available for digital download via iTunes, but the video for "Shut Us Down" remains unavailable.

Charts

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