| The Skill | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | The Sherbs |
| Cover: | Sherbs_the_skill.jpg |
| Released: | October 1980 |
| Genre: | Rock, pop |
| Length: | 45:31 |
| Label: | Atco, Infinity, Festival |
| Producer: | Sherbs, Richard Lush |
| Prev Title: | Track Record |
| Prev Year: | 1979 |
| Next Title: | The Sherbet Phenomenon |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
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.[1]
The title track single, "I Have the Skill" peaked at No. 61 on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts in early 1981. It also peaked as high as No. 14 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Charts.
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'".[2]
| Chart (1980) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia Kent Music Report[3] | 85 | |
| US Billboard 200 | 100 |
| 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 |