is just out of control, and I was like, 'God, I want to get on this'. When Deano pulled out that bassline it was like he was leading us into battle." By that time Chris Simms had been added to live gigs as a percussionist. Their third album, Chin Chin, which was co-produced by the group with Magoo (Regurgitator), was preceded by its lead single, "Breathing Through My Eyes" in April. Chin Chin was released in July 1997 to critical acclaim and peaked at No. 34. The Sun-Heralds Peter Holmes described it as "a massive leap forward" from the "clichéd, choppy funk material" of their first two albums, concluding: "Skunkhour's overall feel is heavier, the grooves are deeper and the arrangements a little rockier". The band toured Australian to promote the album, then returned to Europe, frustrated with low album sales and their inability to gain traction on Australian radio. The following year they were dropped by Sony and forced to curtail European touring. Aya told The Sun-Herald it was a setback that almost brought the band to an end. "Chin Chin didn't go as well as we hoped it would and we felt the band's future had been discounted. It brought about a period where we questioned if we wanted to write together any more. We had a year and a half where we faffed around, tried to write, scrapped 15 songs. There'd be months where we didn't even get together to try stuff". At the ARIA Music Awards of 1998 Magoo won Engineer of the Year for his work on Skunkhour's tracks "Another Childish Man", "Breathing Through My Eyes", "Opportunist" and "Pulse"; as well as his work on "White Skin / Black Heart" by Midnight Oil and Unit by Regurgitator. In 1999 the band released a single, "Home", and released it independently to test public reaction, according to Aya, "People really liked the song ... We approached the rest of our writing in a new way". Working with producer Steve James, they began recording songs in studios and kitchens, then signed a deal with Universal Music. In May 2001 their fourth album, The Go was issued, which peaked at No. 54 on the ARIA Albums Chart, No. 10 on the Australasian Albums Chart and No. 8 on the Alternative Albums Chart. It, too, received favourable reviews, with The Sunday Telegraphs Kathy McCabe declaring: "It would be a travesty