Life Time (Rollins Band album)

Life Time is the first full-length studio album by Rollins Band, fronted by ex-Black Flag singer, Henry Rollins. The 1987 album was produced by Ian MacKaye. It was reissued in 1999, 2014 and 2021.

Life Time
Studio album by Rollins Band
Released	1987 1999 (Reissue)
Recorded	Off Beat Studios, Leeds, UK Kortrijk, Belgium
Length	64:07 53:40 (Reissue)
Label	Texas Hotel Records Buddah (Reissue)
Producer	Ian MacKaye
Rollins Band chronology
Drive by Shooting (1987) Life Time (1987) Do It (1987)

Production

The album was recorded in 1987 at Off Beat Studios in Leeds, United Kingdom.^[1] It was produced by Ian MacKaye who was active in the hardcore punk scene; as a musician and co-owner of Dischord Records. Rollins was a childhood friend of MacKaye and had worked as a roadie for MacKaye's band The Teen Idles.

Release

Life Time was originally released in 1987 and included four live tracks recorded in Kortrijk, Belgium in October 1987.

The album was subsequently re-mastered and re-released in 1999 without the live tracks but with the addition of three tracks from the Do It album; "Do It", "Move Right In," and "Next Time".^[2]

In 2014, it was reissued on Dischord, including the original live tracks but not the 1999 bonus tracks.^[3][4]

In 2021, the album had a digital and limited vinyl release.^[5]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Alternative Press	p.97-8, 4/00

In an AllMusic review, Chris True says "When Henry Rollins emerged from the breakup of Black Flag, many thought he couldn't be successful without guitarist Greg Ginn. If nothing else, Life Time proves the detractors wrong. With Ian MacKaye of Fugazi in the production chair, Rollins Band was able to distance themselves from Black Flag with a tight, visceral, and sometimes bluesy album. While more abrasive than later Rollins Band releases, this is worth picking up to better understand the progression of Rollins Band's unique style of emotional funk metal.^[2]

Track listing (1987)

1987 original, 2014 vinyl reissue

1. "Burned Beyond Recognition" - 2:56
2. "What Am I Doing Here?" - 3:21
3. "1,000 Times Blind" - 2:57
4. "Lonely" - 4:16
5. "Wreck-Age" - 5:33
6. "Gun in Mouth Blues" - 8:57
7. "You Look at You" - 3:31
8. "If You're Alive" - 2:42
9. "Turned Out" - 5:57
10. "What Am I Doing Here?" - 3:20^†
11. "intro" - 1:19^†
12. "Burned Beyond Recognition" - 2:51^†
13. "Move Right In" - 8:34^†
14. "Hot Animal Machine II" - 8:36^†
    † - Recorded live in Kortrijk, Belgium (October 16, 1987)

1999 reissue

1. "Burned Beyond Recognition" - 2:56
2. "What Am I Doing Here?" - 3:21
3. "1,000 Times Blind" - 2:57
4. "Lonely" - 4:16
5. "Wreck-Age" - 5:33
6. "Gun in Mouth Blues" - 8:57
7. "You Look at You" - 3:31
8. "If You're Alive" - 2:42
9. "Turned Out" - 5:57
10. "Do It" - 2:43
11. "Move Right In" - 7:27
12. "Next Time" - 3:20

Personnel

Rollins Band

• Henry Rollins – vocals
• Chris Haskett – guitar
• Andrew Weiss – bass guitar
• Sim Cain – drums

References

1. Rollins Band - Life Time, retrieved 2022-06-19
2. True, Chris. "Life Time Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
3. "Henry Rollins Twitter post". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
4. "Rollins Band Treat 'Life Time' to First Vinyl Reissue in Decades | Exclaim!". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
5. "Life Time, by Rollins Band". Rollins Band. Retrieved 2022-06-19.

External links

• Dischord Records album page
• Comeinandburn.com album page