Post Orgasmic Chill

Post Orgasmic Chill is the third studio album by British rock band Skunk Anansie, first released in 1999. Two album covers exist: the European version with the band lounging in an oceanside apartment, and the American version with the band standing on the Atlantic City boardwalk ^{[citation needed]}. It was a complete departure from their previous two albums,^[2] which had elements of punk rock and alternative rock, towards a new harder sound with elements of hard rock and alternative metal. It took eleven years for the group to release their next album, Wonderlustre.

Post Orgasmic Chill
Studio album by Skunk Anansie
Released	22 March 1999
Recorded	1998–1999
Studio	Clinton (New York City) Bearsville (Bearsville, New York)
Genre	Alternative rock[1] hard rock[2] alternative metal[2]
Length	50:50
Label	Virgin
Producer	Andy Wallace
Skunk Anansie chronology
Stoosh (1996) Post Orgasmic Chill (1999) Smashes and Trashes (2009)
Singles from Post Orgasmic Chill
"Charlie Big Potato" Released: 1 March 1999 "Secretly" Released: 10 May 1999 "Lately" Released: 26 July 1999 "You'll Follow Me Down" Released: October 1999

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
NME	8/10[3]

Two-disc 25th Anniversary Expanded Edition was released in 2024.

Etymology

The album title resembles the title of the 13th song, a Japanese bonus track called "Post Orgasmic Sleep".

Legacy

The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.^[4]

Track listing

All tracks written by Skunk Anansie; except where indicated

Post Orgasmic Chill track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Charlie Big Potato"		5:32
2.	"On My Hotel T.V."		3:34
3.	"We Don't Need Who You Think You Are"		4:21
4.	"Tracy's Flaw"	Skin, Ace, Len Arran	4:30
5.	"The Skank Heads"		3:11
6.	"Lately"		3:53
7.	"Secretly"	Skin, Len Arran	4:45
8.	"Good Things Don't Always Come to You"	Skin, Ace, Len Arran	5:25
9.	"Cheap Honesty"	Skin, Len Arran	3:47
10.	"You'll Follow Me Down"	Skin, Len Arran	4:01
11.	"And This Is Nothing That I Thought I Had"		3:04
12.	"I'm Not Afraid"		4:48
13.	"Post Orgasmic Sleep" (Japan bonus track)		5:17

Personnel

Skunk Anansie

• Skin – vocals, theremin, vibraphone
• Cass – electric bass, acoustic bass, programming
• Ace – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Mark Richardson – drums, percussion

Other personnel

• Wil Malone – strings, arrangement, conductor
• Michael Nash Associates – design
• Clif Norrell – engineering
• Chris Laidlaw – assistant engineering
• Howie Weinberg – mastering
• Steve Sisco – assistant mixing
• Andy Wallace – production, mixing

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Post Orgasmic Chill Chart (1999) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 56 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] 6 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7] 6 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[8] 25 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[9] 10 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[10] 12 French Albums (SNEP)[11] 19 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 5 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[13] 27 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[14] 8 Scottish Albums (OCC)[15] 24 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[16] 31 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] 10 UK Albums (OCC)[18] 16

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Post Orgasmic Chill Chart (1999) Position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[19] 49 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[20] 47 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[21] 47 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[22] 57

Certifications

Certifications for Post Orgasmic Chill

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[23]	Gold	25,000*
Italy (FIMI)[24]	3× Platinum	300,000[25]
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[26]	Gold	25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[27]	Gold	100,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[28]	Platinum	1,000,000*
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.