Weight (album)

Weight is the fourth full-length studio album by the Rollins Band, released on April 12, 1994 (see 1994 in music). 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 Lake Tahoe, Nevada.

Weight
Studio album by Rollins Band
Released	April 12, 1994
Recorded	1993 & 1994
Genre	Alternative metal[1]
Length	53:26
Label	Imago Records
Producer	Theo Van Rock
Rollins Band chronology
The End of Silence (1992) Weight (1994) Come in and Burn (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
NME	4/9/94, p.41

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!". 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.

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 Object of Hatred" – 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

Reception

The album received positive reviews from critics. 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]

Accolades

Year	Publication	Country	Accolade	Rank
1994	Metal Hammer	United Kingdom	"Albums of the Year"	7	[3]
1994	Melody Maker	United Kingdom	"Albums of the Year"	34	[4]
1994	Sounds	Germany	"Albums of the Year"	47	[5]
1995	RAW	United Kingdom	"90 essential albums for the 90s"	*	[6]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Chart performance

Album Chart Peak Australian Album Chart 10 [7] UK Albums Chart 22 [8] New Zealand Chart 26 [9] Swedish Album Chart 29 [10] U.S. Billboard 200 33 [11] Dutch Album Charts 35 [12]

Singles Year Title Peak Chart positions US ^Main US ^Mod UK [13] NLD [14] 1994 "Disconnect" — — 27 — "Liar" 40 26 27 28 "—" denotes singles that were released but did not chart.

Personnel

Rollins Band Sim Cain – drums Melvin Gibbs – bass guitar Chris Haskett – guitar Henry Rollins – vocals

Additional musicians and production David Bianco – mixing John Jackson – mixing Peter Rave – recording Theo Van Rock – production Brant Scott – recording Rob Sieffert – recording Howie Weinberg – mastering

References

1. "The 10 essential alt-metal albums - Metal Hammer". 15 December 2016. Archived from the original on 15 December 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
2. Thomas Erlewine, Stephen. "allmusic ((( Weight > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
3. "Metal Hammer - Albums of the Year". Metal Hammer. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
4. "Melody Maker - Albums of the Year". Melody Maker. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
5. "Sounds - Albums of the Year". Sounds. Archived from the original on 2008-12-30. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
6. "Terrorizer - 90 essential albums for the 90s". RAW. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
7. "Rollins Band - Weight". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
8. Weight, UK charts page for Weight by Rollins Band
9. "Rollins Band - Weight". charts.nz. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
10. "Rollins Band - Weight". SwedishCharts.com. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
11. "Weight charts [albums]". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
12. "Rollins Band - Weight". DutchCharts.nl. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
13. "UK charts page for "Liar" by Rollins Band". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
14. "Rollins Band - "Liar"". Steffen Hung, dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2010-01-17.