Skunkworks was one of three records that had quite the impact on me during a challenging 96, Skunkworks, Soundgarden's Down On The Upside and Powderfinger's Double Allergic. Didn't quite appreciate this at the time because I buried myself in their music, but these three albums now remain significant to me and continue to deliver after all these years.
The beauty of music
That Soungarden album was a big one for me too. Such a great album.
Never a big Powderfinger can but jeez, Pick You Up is such and incredible song. DAF too.
Yeah both great songs although there were some others up there too in Give, Turtles Head, Take Me In and the overlooked but epic Oipic although nothing quite hit as hard as Stitches, a song from their preceeding EP where I discovered the band...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3XZ3LLCHq8And they never again made an album as strong as Double Allergic, followup Internationalist was okay and Odyssey #5 was their peak for quality songs such were My Kind Of Scene, These Days, My Happiness, Waiting For The Sun and more but sadly by then they'd lost their alternative metal edge.
Another 96 album that served well was Horsehead's Onism but arguably not as strong as their debut or Goodby Mothership but I digress
Anyway, Skunkworks right?