A NICER SHADE OF RED...
2001 - 2.13.61 Records - 21361CD21
Track | Title | Duration |
1 | Too Much Rock and Roll | 3:50 |
2 | Marcus Has The Evil In Him | 4:01 |
3 | Nowhere To Go But Inside | 3:04 |
4 | 10X | 3:04 |
5 | Always The Same | 2:57 |
6 | Soul Implant | 1:56 |
7 | Raped | 4:57 |
8 | Ain't It Fun | 3:43 |
9 | You Lost Me | 5:47 |
10 | Stone Washed Clean | 4:18 |
11 | A Life Denied | 3:25 |
12 | Your Number Is One (long version) | 4:37 |
13 | Such A Drag | 12:55 |
| Total Time | 62:32 |
Produced by Henry Rollins
Recorded & Mixed by Clif Norrell
Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Marcussen Mastering
Postproduction work by Phil Klum for Fourth Coast Productions
Front cover photo by Henry Rollins
All songs written by Rollins Band 2001 BE DRINKABLE MUSIC (BMI). Except: Ain't
It Fun - Chrome/Laughner
The band & crew:
Henry Rollins: Throat
Jim Wilson: Guitar, Piano
Marcus Blake: Bass
Jason Mackenroth: Drums
Mike Curtis: Road manager, knower of many things and whatnot
Darrell Bussino: FOH sound. The Way. Justice.
Tracked at Cherokee Studios Los Angeles, CA '00-'01
Assistant Engineer: Sander De Jong
Mixed at Sunset Sound Recorders
Assistant Engineer: Chris Reynolds
Mixed at Skip Saylor Recording
Assistant Engineer: Paul Smith
Kerim Imes: Additional percussion on Your Number Is One
Many of the great guitar sounds on this record were created by Mike Curtis
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JOE COLE 4.10.61 - 12.19.91
We recorded a lot of music for the Nice album. We figured you might want to hear
some of the stuff that wasn't included on the Nice album. Some of this material
has appeared on other releases in Europe and other territories as CD and LP extras but this
is all the stuff collected and then some. There's some strange and cool stuff here, and
perhaps some over the top and indulgent material as well but what the hell, here it is. As
it has been our habit of late, one dollar from each copy of this CD sold domestically is
going to the Southern Poverty Law Center. This will be our third release that has
generated money on behalf of this fine organization. It's your money that's going to them
so it's you who are doing something to hit back against these creeps. Racism? It's only a
temporary glitch in the system. We're going to win. We are having a great time playing in
front of you and look forward to seeing you out there when next we meet. Without you there
would be no records, shows and all the rest. We know. Thanks.
--- Henry, Marcus, Jim, Jason, Mike, Darrell.
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Dave's Comments:
As Rollins explains in his liner notes, this is the disc that contains the remainder
of the material recorded in the nice sessions, the two together making
up the equivalent of a double album, as did GET SOME GO AGAIN along
with YELLOW BLUES.
Too Much Rock and Roll, Marcus Has The Evil In Him, Nowhere To Go But Inside, and
Soul Implant all appear on some non-domestic version of nice.
The other tracks included on A NICER SHADE OF RED are good listening. Overall, this
disc had a slightly harder feel than its widely released companion. 10X features
rapidfire guitar and vocals, and is also a great song in concert (see THE
ONLY WAY TO KNOW FOR SURE). Always The Same is the first in a series of breakup
songs, this one told from the perspective of why your ex sucks and is wrong. Raped
lyrically explores a less than healthy sort of relationship, with Rollins delivering
the sentiment in spoken-word verses over a sonic minefield. Ain't It Fun is classic
70's style rock and roll, penned by Rocket From the Tombs. You Lost Me is more
of the same. Yet another cool bass line opens Stone Washed Clean, another in the spoken-word
above music style. A Life Denied is a little lower energy, and does the unexpected
by ending abruptly. The long version of Your Number Is One treats the listener with
some cool beats, courtesy of a fellow named Kerim Imes. We finish off with Such
A Drag, an organ-drenched piece a little reminiscent of Hell's Lounge Band Unwinds on
YELLOW BLUES. After a brief pause, track 13 continues with what
might be considered a hidden bonus track, or perhaps more of Such A Drag told from the
perspective of that lost, wandering soul, this time anchored by piano instead of organ, over a
soundtrack of the whistling wind.
David Tenenbaum (12.18.02)