Nice (Rollins Band album)

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Nice
Rollins Band Nice.jpg
Studio album by
Rollins Band
ReleasedAugust 21, 2001
Recorded2000–2001
StudioCherokee Studios, Los Angeles, California
GenreRock
Length44:56
LabelSanctuary
ProducerHenry Rollins
Rollins Band chronology
Get Some Go Again
(2000) 		Nice
(2001) 		A Nicer Shade of Red
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[2]
Pitchfork Media3.0/10[3]
Spin4/10[4]
Sputnikmusic2/5[5]

Nice is a studio album by the American rock band Rollins Band, released in 2001.[6][7] It was their first album released on Sanctuary Records.[8] It was the Rollins Band's final album.

The band line-up was Henry Rollins fronting the blues rock band Mother Superior, whilst retaining the Rollins Band name.[9][10]

Critical reception[]

Spin deemed the album "lukewarm metal oatmeal with funk raisins."[4] The Cleveland Scene called it "looser, calmer, and more varied in its sonic attack."[11] The Hartford Courant wrote that "songs occasionally drift off into quiet blues-guitar passages, but they're inevitably interrupted by Rollins' brutish bellow, which often feels out of place."[12] CMJ New Music Monthly wrote that "it may not be a full return to relevance, but Nice does serve notice that Hank still, somehow, rules."[13]

Track listing[]

  1. "One Shot" – 3:03
  2. "Up for It" – 4:39
  3. "Gone Inside the Zero" – 2:39
  4. "Hello" – 3:04
  5. "What's the Matter Man" – 2:58
  6. "Your Number Is One" – 4:27
  7. "Stop Look and Listen" – 1:48
  8. "I Want So Much More" – 3:42
  9. "Hangin' Around" – 5:25
  10. "Going Out Strange" – 4:51
  11. "We Walk Alone" – 3:59
  12. "Let That Devil Out" – 4:21

Bonus tracks

  2. "Nowhere to Go but Inside" – 3:02
  3. "Too Much Rock and Roll" – 3:49

Australian edition

  2. "Soul Implant" – 4:57
  3. "Marcus Has Evil in Him – 4:00

Personnel[]

  • Henry Rollins – vocals
  • Jim Wilson – guitar
  • Marcus Blake – bass guitar
  • Jason Mackenroth – drums, saxophone
  • Clif Norrell – trumpet
  • Jackie Simley-Stevens, Valerie Pinkston, Maxayn Lewis, Sueann Carwell, Tyler Collins – backing vocals on "Up for It" and "I Want So Much More"
  • Recorded at Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, California
  • Produced by Henry Rollins
  • Engineered by Clif Norrell

References[]

  1. ^ "Nice - Rollins Band, Henry Rollins | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 7: MUZE. p. 122.CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. ^ "Rollins Band: Nice". Pitchfork.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Reviews". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. October 5, 2001 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Review: Rollins Band - Nice | Sputnikmusic". sputnikmusic.com.
  6. ^ "Rollins Band Inks With Sanctuary". Billboard. June 13, 2001.
  7. ^ "Rollins Band A Million Miles Away From Creed, 'Artistic Flop' Britney Spears". MTV News.
  8. ^ Augusto, Troy J. (September 4, 2001). "Rollins Band". Variety.
  9. ^ "Rollins Band Nice". exclaim.ca.
  10. ^ "Henry Rollins, All the Rage" – via washingtonpost.com.
  11. ^ Harvilla, Rob. "Rollins Gets Nice". Cleveland Scene.
  12. ^ Courant, Hartford. "NEW ON DISC". courant.com.
  13. ^ "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly: 88. November–December 2001.

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