ROLLINS BAND: Weight [tape cassette 1994] Check the “Liar” and “Disconnect” videos and audio (whole album). Attention: sold without the J-card sleeve

Description

Weight is the fourth full-length studio album by the 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 Lake Tahoe, Nevada

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.

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
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The album received positive reviews from critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave it a 5-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. 

Accolades :

Year	Publication	Country	Accolade	Rank
1994	Metal Hammer	United Kingdom	“Albums of the Year”	7
1994	Melody Maker	United Kingdom	“Albums of the Year”	34
1994	Sounds	Germany	“Albums of the Year”	47
1995	RAW	United Kingdom	“90 Essential Albums for the 90s”	8

From his days as a frontman with Black Flag, Henry Rollins was one of the godfathers of the thrash aesthetic. Author, poet, comedian, philosopher, Henry Rollins is determined to turn his glaring searchlight of insight and intelligence on all the discrepancies, frailties, deceits and absurdities he observes in the world, saving some of his most telling blows for the tattooed, muscular guy with the mic.
But then, Henry Rollins is man enough to bear the WEIGHT, and this is an artful, angry, energetic tour de farce by a powerful charismatic figure who translates all of those familiar themes of the outcast and the mutant into tomes of transcendence and acceptance and maturation…and rage. And in guitarist Chris Haskett, drummer Sim Cain and new bassist Melvin Gibbs, the Rollins Band come loaded for bear, not really a thrash bandor a heavy metal outfit, but a powerhouse funk-rock outfit with the chops to spread their wings and fly (although they do a pretty fair imitation of speed metal on “”Icon””).

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“Liar” is a song by Rollins Band and the lead single from their fourth full-length album, Weight, released in 1994. It was the album’s only charting single and is one of the group’s best known songs.

In 2011, Rollins reported that “Liar” began during one of the first practice jam sessions with bassist Melvin Gibbs who joined in 1993, replacing Andrew Weiss. “Liar” was a loose, humorous improvisation performed at live concerts until executives at Imago Records suggested the song had the potential to be a hit single. Rollins thought the song was a b-side that would not even be featured on Weight. However, when the record label heard it they immediately proposed it be the lead single.

Both a short edit (4:19) and a longer “video edit” (4:49) were distributed as CD singles in various territories, often with one or more unreleased tracks from the Weight sessions added; these and other outtakes were included in the 2004 release Weighting.

The video edit of “Liar” was featured in the song’s music video and features a different vocal track and slightly different lyrics in the opening section. The song’s lyrics are from the perspective of a serial liar who alternates between declarations of sympathy and friendship on the one hand, then repeatedly gloating celebrations of his deceptions. Directed by Anton Corbijn, the video itself features alternating depictions of vocalist Henry Rollins. During the song’s verses, he wears glasses and a plain black T-shirt and speaks in a calm, soothing tone about trust and friendship; from one verse to the next, his arms and face become increasingly stained with black paint. For the chorus segments, he is shirtless and painted red, wildly jumping and flailing about as he screams derisively at his audience for believing his lies. He is also seen dressed in a Superman parody costume, a police officer uniform, and a nun’s habit.

Upon release, the “Liar” video gained heavy airplay on MTV. This led to it appearing as part of the Beavis and Butt-head episode “Liar! Liar!”, which aired on July 15, 1994. In the episode, Beavis becomes excited about the chorus, repeating the word “Liar!” in the same way he typically says “Fire! Fire! Fire!”. Butt-head comes to the conclusion that “lying rules.” 

“Liar” was named the 64th best hard rock song of all time by VH1.^[5] It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance. Rollins Band performed the song at the 37th Grammy Awards Ceremony.

Accolades :

Year	Publication	Country	Accolade	Rank
1994	Studio Brussels	Belgium	“Best Songs of the Year (1994)”	21
2004	Kerrang!	United Kingdom	“666 Songs You Must Own (Alternative Rock)”

5.0 out of 5 stars HEAVY WEIGHT
This album changed my life. Never before had I heard such a crushing rip roar of a record. It left me senseless yet elated that there was a bunch of songs out there that pushed away the pains of everyday life and said come on then, lets have it. From opener Disconnect you know what this record is about. Divine Object of Hatred gives you a reality blast of human nature at it worst, but this album strips you of fear as you have no time to ponder on your inadequate existence. Vol 4 rattles the inside of your brain and it comes at this point that you say okay I will live my life I will get out there and do it i’ve had enough of this barrage. The final track SHINE finishes the album nicely. To me it is a culmination of everything that went before it, if you had doubts about life, if you thought you could put it all off until tomorrow think again, SHINE will tell you something you may not wanna hear.
A brilliant record. I know Rollins may not be everyone cup of the finest tea, his brutal vocal approach lays waste to most, but this is the whole point.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Hank at his best.,
For me this is the best album made by the best incarnation of Rollins’ Band.
That it followed the violent death of Rollins’ soulmate Joe Cole by months is not surprising when you listen to tracks like Volume, Tired & Civilized. This context only serves to make tracks like Alien Blueprint & Shine more amazing.
Hank words cut between the misanthropic Mechanik Rollins & the ‘Do It’ Rollins…..before it too late.

Musically it so on the money it not true. Gibbs bass is infinitely more dynamic than Weiss’& the album benefits from his input. Make no mistake, Black Flag it ain’t, but this is HEAVY. Production is also awesome after the disappointing sound of End of Silence.

I’ve been listening to this album for well over ten years now – I can’t remember a time when I haven’t. It makes for cracking work out music.

I’ve also got the lyrics to hine’ on my wall at work – sad maybe, but none challenged me about it yet.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Life changing!!,
This is the most important album in my collection. It changed my life from hearing it at age 16. The music is a mix of funk bass, jazz drumming and raging slabs of hardcore vocals. I look at this album as a kind of self help record. You feel down, put it on hine’ will lift you, you’re pissed off, ‘Disconnect’ will have you bouncing off the walls! I’m not even gonna start on the effect ‘Liar’ has had on my life! Whatever your taste, punk, funk, avant-garde, metal, even hip-hop, this is an album worth taking and digesting. LOUD.”

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