Weight (album)

Weight
Studio album by Rollins Band
Released	April 12, 1994
Recorded	1993 & 1994
Genre	Alternative metal, post-hardcore, funk metal
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	[1]
NME	4/9/94, p.41

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", which gained rotation on MTV and gained popularity after being featured on Beavis and Butt-head. The song "Civilized" was also used as the closing theme for Dennis Miller Live from 1994–2002 on HBO.

	"Wrong Man" (1994) 30 second sample of the Weight track "Wrong Man".
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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

Accolades

Year	Publication	Country	Accolade	Rank
1994	Metal Hammer	United Kingdom	"Albums of the Year"	7	[2]
1994	Melody Maker	United Kingdom	"Albums of the Year"	34	[3]
1994	Sounds	Germany	"Albums of the Year"	47	[4]
1995	RAW	United Kingdom	"90 essential albums for the 90s"	*	[5]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Chart performance

Album Chart Peak Australian Album Chart 10 [6] UK Albums Chart 22 [7] New Zealand Chart 26 [8] Swedish Album Chart 29 [9] U.S. Billboard 200 33 [10] Dutch Album Charts 35 [11]

Singles Year Title Peak Chart positions US ^Main US ^Mod UK [12] NLD [13] 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. Thomas Erlewine, Stephen. "allmusic ((( Weight > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
2. "Metal Hammer - Albums of the Year". Metal Hammer. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
3. "Melody Maker - Albums of the Year". Melody Maker. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
4. "Sounds - Albums of the Year". Sounds. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
5. "Terrorizer - 90 essential albums for the 90s". RAW. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
6. "Rollins Band - Weight". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
7. Weight, UK charts page for Weight by Rollins Band
8. "Rollins Band - Weight". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
9. "Rollins Band - Weight". SwedishCharts.com. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
10. "Weight charts [albums]". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
11. "Rollins Band - Weight". DutchCharts.nl. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
12. "UK charts page for "Liar" by Rollins Band". chartstats.com. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
13. "Rollins Band - "Liar"". Steffen Hung, dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2010-01-17.