''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.

Appearances in other media

The video for the single "Liar" gained further popularity after appearing on a 1994 ''

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'' 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 ''

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Reception and legacy

The album received positive reviews from critics, and had sold 423,000 units in the United States as of 1996, making it their most commercially successful release.

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gave it a four-star rating, and labelled it "their most impressive album to date". In 2016, ''

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'' included it on their "10 essential

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albums" list.

Track listing

All songs are credited to the Rollins Band. # " Disconnect" – 4:57 # "Fool" – 4:26 # "Icon" – 3:41 # "Civilized" – 3:54 # "Divine" – 4:01 # " Liar" – 6:34 # "Step Back" – 3:58 # "Wrong Man" – 4:19 # "Volume 4" – 4:39 # "Tired" – 3:46 # "Alien Blueprint" – 3:45 # "Shine" – 5:26

Accolades

Personnel

;Rollins Band *Sim Cain – drums *

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– bass * Chris Haskett – guitar *

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– vocals ;Additional musicians and production *David Bianco – mixing *John Jackson – mixing *Peter Rave – recording *Theo Van Rock – production *Brant Scott – recording *Rob Sieffert – recording *

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– mastering

Chart performance

Album Singles

References

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