Weight (album)

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Weight
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Studio album by
Rollins Band
ReleasedApril 12, 1994
RecordedDecember 1993
StudioEcho Creek Ranch (Meyers, California)
Genre Alternative metal [1]
Length53:26
Label Imago
Producer Theo Van Rock
Rollins Band chronology
The End of Silence
(1992)		Weight
(1994)		 Come In and Burn
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide Rating-Christgau-dud.svg [3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 8/10 [4]
Entertainment Weekly A− [5]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
MusicHound Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 7/10 [9]

Weight is the fourth studio album by American rock band Rollins Band, released on April 12, 1994. It featured the band's biggest hits, "Liar" and "Disconnect". The band recorded the album during a snowy December 1993 in Echo Creek Ranch, in Meyers, California.

Contents

Appearances in other media

The video for the single "Liar" gained further popularity after appearing on a 1994 Beavis and Butt-Head episode titled "Liar! Liar!". [10] Another video from the album, "Disconnect", appeared twice on the series, first in the 1995 episode "Top o' the Mountain", then as part of the episode "Shortcuts" in March 1997 (coincidentally the same month the band's follow-up Come In and Burn was released). The song "Civilized" was also used as the closing theme for Dennis Miller Live from 1994–2002 on HBO.

Reception and legacy

The album received positive reviews from critics, and had sold 423,000 units in the United States as of 1996, making it their most commercially successful release. [11] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave it a four-star rating, and labelled it "their most impressive album to date". In 2016, Metal Hammer included it on their "10 essential alt-metal albums" list. [1]

Track listing

All songs are credited to the Rollins Band.

  1. "Disconnect" – 4:57
  2. "Fool" – 4:26
  3. "Icon" – 3:41
  4. "Civilized" – 3:54
  5. "Divine" – 4:01
  6. "Liar" – 6:34
  7. "Step Back" – 3:58
  8. "Wrong Man" – 4:19
  9. "Volume 4" – 4:39
  10. "Tired" – 3:46
  11. "Alien Blueprint" – 3:45
  12. "Shine" – 5:26

Accolades

YearPublicationCountryAccoladeRank
1994 Metal Hammer United Kingdom"Albums of the Year"7 [12]
1994 Melody Maker United Kingdom"Albums of the Year"34 [13]
1994 Sounds Germany"Albums of the Year"47 [14]
1995RAWUnited Kingdom"90 Essential Albums for the 90s"* [15]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Personnel

Rollins Band

Production

Charts

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