The End of Silence

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The End of Silence
Studio album by
Rollins Band
ReleasedFebruary 25, 1992
RecordedOctober 1991
StudioShowplace Studios, Dover, New Jersey
Genre
Length72:30
LabelImago
ProducerAndy Wallace
Rollins Band chronology
Turned On
(1990) 		The End of Silence
(1992) 		Weight
(1994)
Singles from The End of Silence
  1. "Tearing"
    Released: 1992
  2. "Low Self Opinion"
    Released: 1992
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(dud)[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[5]
Los Angeles Times [6]
MusicHound Rock[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
Select[9]
Spin Alternative Record Guide6/10[10]
Vox9/10[11]

The End of Silence is the third studio album by the American rock band Rollins Band, led by former Black Flag singer Henry Rollins. The album's cover features a stylized drawing of the sun identical to the one tattooed on Rollins' back. The album's liner notes credit the artwork to California tattoo artist Rick Spellman.

Reception[edit]

The album has received positive reviews from critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave it four out of five stars in his review. He observed that the singles received substantial airplay on MTV's Headbanger's Ball program, writing that the album "further cemented Rollins' profile with yet another audience: metalheads."[3] He adds, "Rollins released other solid records, but The End of Silence remains his best." In Metal Hammer's list of the top 20 best metal albums of 1992, they describe the album as "taut, ferocious, withering" and that it is "the record that took Rollins from hardcore punk renaissance man to bona fide alt-rock icon."[1] Jon Dominguez of Californian paper the Palo Verde Valley Times wrote in October 1992 that, "The End Of Silence is very intense and it sounds and feels so real", adding that "some of the tracks are over ten and eleven minutes long, but I never lose interest."[12]

Steve Hochman of the Los Angeles Times gave it a three and a half rating out of four in March 1992, and labelled it as the "crowning achievement" of Rollins career.[6] A more negative review at the time came from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Tony Norman, who called it a "step backwards in rock's self indulgent past" in March 1992. He further said, "since a lot of hipsters don't seem to care that former Black Flag singer Henry Rollins traded in the punk aesthetic for jams that extend six minutes beyond their logical conclusion, I'll state what should be obvious to anyone who wades through all 72 minutes of The End of Silence — it's boring man."[13]

Legacy[edit]

Tool bassist Justin Chancellor has mentioned that he was a fan of the album when it was released in the early 1990s.[14] In 2022, Louder Sound ranked it as the second best Rollins Band album, behind only 1994's Weight.[15]

Accolades[edit]

Year Publication Country Accolade Rank
1992 Rock de Lux Spain "Albums of the Year" 23 [16]
1992 Sounds Germany "Albums of the Year" 24 [17]
1992 Select United Kingdom "Albums of the Year" 40 [18]
1996 Visions Germany "The Eternal Readers Charts" 63 [19]
1996 Visions Germany "The Best Albums 1991–96" * [20]
1999 Visions Germany "The Most Important Albums of the Nineties" 15 [21]
2000 Terrorizer United Kingdom "100 Most Important Albums of the Nineties" * [22]
2004 Decibel United States "Hall of Fame" 19 [23]
2005 Rock Hard Germany "The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time" 426 [24]
2022 Metal Hammer United Kingdom "Top 20 Best Metal Albums of 1992" * [1]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Track listing[edit]

All songs written by Henry Rollins, Chris Haskett, Andrew Weiss and Sim Cain.

  1. "Low Self Opinion" – 5:18
  2. "Grip" – 4:50
  3. "Tearing" – 4:58
  4. "You Didn't Need" – 5:30
  5. "Almost Real" – 8:03
  6. "Obscene" – 8:50
  7. "What Do You Do" – 7:22
  8. "Blues Jam" – 11:46
  9. "Another Life" – 4:39
  10. "Just Like You" – 10:57

Personnel[edit]

Rollins Band[edit]

Production[edit]

Charts[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "The Top 20 best metal albums of 1992". Louder. April 9, 2021. Retrieved May 22, 2023. Blues rock, jazz, swing and prog all propped up a rock hard alt-metal sound.
  2. ^ a b "Rollins Band - the End of Silence".
  3. ^ a b Franck, John. "The End of Silence review". AllMusic. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Artist 2102". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  5. ^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 368–369. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  6. ^ a b Hochman, Steve (March 8, 1992). "Shades of Rage According to Henry Rollins". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  7. ^ Holtje, Steve (1999). "Henry Rollins/Rollins Band". MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. p. 952–953. ISBN 1-57859-061-2 – via Internet Archive.
  8. ^ Sinclair, Tom (March 19, 1992). "The End of Silence". Rolling Stone. No. 626. p. 92.
  9. ^ Perry, Andrew (March 1992). "Reviews". Select. EMAP. p. 68.
  10. ^ Hannaham, James (1995). "Henry Rollins". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 335–336. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  11. ^ Cameron, Keith (March 1992). "Albums: Rock & Pop". Vox. No. 18. IPC. p. 58.
  12. ^ "Palo Verde Valley Times". Palo Verde Valley Times – via Google Books.
  13. ^ "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – via Google Books.
  14. ^ "Justin Chancellor Striking A Chord". Ernie Ball.
  15. ^ published, Simon Young (May 18, 2022). "Every Rollins Band album ranked from worst to best". louder.
  16. ^ "Rock de Lux – Albums of the Year". Rocklist. Retrieved April 16, 2008.
  17. ^ "Musikexpress – Albums of the Year". Musikexpress. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
  18. ^ "Select – Albums of the Year". Select. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
  19. ^ "Visions – The Eternal Readers Charts". Visions. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
  20. ^ "Visions – The Best Albums 1991–96". Visions. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
  21. ^ "Visions – The Most Important Albums of the Nineties". Visions. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
  22. ^ "Terrorizer – 100 Most Important Albums of the Nineties". Terrorizer. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
  23. ^ "Rollins Band – "The End of Silence"". Decibel. September 18, 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  24. ^ Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 40. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.
  25. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 238.
  26. ^ a b "The End of Silence charts [albums]". allmusic.com. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
  27. ^ "UK charts page for "Tearing" by Rollins Band". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 17, 2010.


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