''Nice'' is a studio album by the American

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band Rollins Band, released in 2001. It was their first album released on

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. It was the Rollins Band's final studio album. The band line-up was

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fronting the blues rock band

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, whilst retaining the Rollins Band name.

Production

During the making of the album, Rollins was often flying in and out of

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to record parts for

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'', which he was the host of.

Critical reception

'' Spin'' deemed the album "lukewarm metal oatmeal with funk raisins." The '' Cleveland Scene'' called it "looser, calmer, and more varied in its sonic attack." 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." ''

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'' wrote that "it may not be a full return to relevance, but ''Nice'' does serve notice that Hank still, somehow, rules." In February 2002, ''

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s Dominique Leone gave the album a negative review, awarding it only a 3 out of 10. He wrote, "Henry Rollins' latest release, ''Nice'', is utterly irrelevant in the context of almost every other album reviewed at ''Pitchfork''. It's too macho to be indie, too rock to be punk, too 'in your face, to tha X-treme' to be current, too Guitar Center to be Amoeba. It is certainly too Rollins to be subtle or multi-dimensional." ''

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'' ranked it as the worst Rollins Band album in 2022.

Track listing

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

"Nowhere to Go but Inside" – 3:02 #"Too Much Rock and Roll" – 3:49 Australian edition #

"Soul Implant" – 4:57 #"Marcus Has Evil in Him – 4:00

Personnel

Rollins Band *

– vocals *Jim Wilson – guitar *Marcus Blake – bass guitar *Jason Mackenroth – drums, saxophone with: *

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– trumpet *Jackie Simley-Stevens, Valerie Pinkston,

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, Sueann Carwell, Tyler Collins – backing vocals on "Up for It" and "I Want So Much More" ''Technical'' *Recorded at

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, Los Angeles, California *Produced by Henry Rollins *Engineered by

Charts

References

External links

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Rollins Band albums 2001 albums Sanctuary Records albums {{2000s-alt-metal-album-stub