Hard Volume

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Hard Volume
Rollins Band Hard Volume.jpg
Studio album by
Rollins Band
Released1989 (original)
1999 (remaster)
RecordedJuly–December 1988
GenrePost-hardcore, alternative metal, noise rock
Length71:03 (original)
76:34 (remaster)
LabelTexas Hotel (original)
Buddah (remaster)[1]
ProducerTheo Van Rock
Rollins Band chronology
Life Time
(1988) 		Hard Volume
(1989) 		Turned On
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[2]
Alternative Press5/5 stars p.97-8, 4/00
The Austin Chronicle3/5 stars[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide3/5 stars[5]
Punknews.org5/5 stars[6]
Spin Alternative Record Guide5/10[7]
Sputnikmusic5/5[8]

Hard Volume is the second album by the Rollins Band, released in 1989.[9][10][11] It was reissued with new tracks in 1999.[12]

The original CD release contained a 32-minute jam on the Velvet Underground outtake "Move Right In," titled "Joy Riding with Frank." The track was recorded live in Linz, Austria, during the band's 1988 tour. The 1999 remastered edition replaced this track with six studio tracks: three from the album session at Echo Sound in Los Angeles on December 1988, and three from a demo session recorded in July 1988 at Graphic Studios in New Jersey.

Critical reception[]

Trouser Press wrote that Rollins "sinks into an existential funk on the seven-song Hard Volume ... Oddly, the rest of the band seems unaffected by his moods, and the music — a well-organized rock juggernaut — thunders along happily."[1] Dave Thompson, in Alternative Rock, called the album "a funked-up swagger that is moody and electrically eclectic."[13]

Track listing[]

All tracks composed by the Rollins Band, except where indicated.

Original release[]

  1. "Hard" – 4:06
  2. "What Have I Got" – 4:58
  3. "I Feel Like This" – 4:26
  4. "Planet Joe" – 4:18
  5. "Love Song" – 6:22
  6. "Turned Inside Out" – 6:24
  7. "Down and Away" – 8:20
  8. "Joy Riding with Frank" - 32:04

Remastered version (1999)[]

  1. "Hard" – 4:06
  2. "What Have I Got" – 4:58
  3. "I Feel Like This" – 4:26
  4. "Planet Joe" – 4:18
  5. "Love Song" – 6:22
  6. "Turned Inside Out" – 6:24
  7. "Down and Away" – 8:20

Session outtakes[]

  1. "Tearing" – 4:58*
  2. "You Didn't Need" – 5:11*
  3. "Ghost Rider" (Martin Rev, Alan Vega) – 7:23*

Demo: July 1988[]

  1. "What Have I Got" – 4:33*
  2. "Thin Air" – 8:21*
  3. "Down and Away" – 7:14*

Personnel[]

Rollins Band
Others
  • Theo Van Rock – producer, mixing
  • Rae DiLeo – mixing
  • George Marino – mastering (1999 remaster)
  • Wally Traugott – mastering (1989 original)
  • Jeff Aguila – design

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Rollins Band". Trouser Press. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Hard Volume - Rollins Band | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ "Henry Rollins and Rollins Band". www.austinchronicle.com.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 7: MUZE. p. 122.CS1 maint: location (link)
  5. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 953.
  6. ^ "Rollins Band - Hard Volume". www.punknews.org.
  7. ^ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 335–336.
  8. ^ "Review: Rollins Band - Hard Volume | Sputnikmusic". www.sputnikmusic.com.
  9. ^ "Rollins Band | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  10. ^ "Henry ROLLINS biography". The Great Rock Bible.
  11. ^ Buckley, Peter (December 30, 2003). "The Rough Guide to Rock". Rough Guides – via Google Books.
  12. ^ "Artist News". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. November 15, 1999 – via Google Books.
  13. ^ Thompson, Dave (December 30, 2000). "Alternative Rock". Hal Leonard Corporation – via Google Books.
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