''Everything'' is a 1996

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album by

Henry Rollins Henry Lawrence Garfield (born February 13, 1961), known professionally as Henry Rollins, is an American singer, writer, spoken word artist, actor, and presenter. After performing in the short-lived hardcore punk band State of Alert in 1980, Rol ...

. ''Everything'' is the

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of Rollins' book ''Eye Scream'' which was written over a period of nine years from 1986 to 1995. ''Eye Scream'' covers a number of social issues over that time period including

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, and

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. The album features Rollins' spoken word accompanied by jazz musicians Charles Gayle and Rashied Ali.

Track listing

# "Everything" – 12:36 # "Everything (Continued)" – 12:23 # "Everything (Continued)" – 13:24 # "Everything (Continued)" – 12:28 # "Everything (Continued)" – 12:25 # "Everything (Continued)" – 12:00 # "Everything (Continued)" – 9:52 # "Everything (Continued)" – 9:48 # "Everything (Continued)" – 8:02 # "Everything (Continued)" – 15:05

Personnel

*Henry Rollins –

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

, spoken word *Charles Gayle –

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, editing *Rashied Ali –

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, score, editing *Juan Bohorquez – editing, dialogue editor *Alyson Careaga – producer *Juliette Conroy – photography *Mark Droescher – design *Perkin Barnes – engineer *Yaron – engineer

References

External links

''Everything'' audiobook at the Henry Rollins Shop

''Eye Scream'' book at the Henry Rollins Shop
{{DEFAULTSORT:Everything (Henry Rollins Album) Henry Rollins albums Spoken word albums by American artists Live spoken word albums 1996 albums 1997 non-fiction books Audiobooks by title or series Thirsty Ear Recordings albums