A Nicer Shade of Red is a compilation album by the Rollins Band

Rollins Band

Rollins Band was an American rock band led by singer and songwriter Henry Rollins.They are best known for the songs "Low Self Opinion" and "Liar", which both earned heavy airplay on MTV in the early 1990s...

. It was recorded at the same sessions that produced Nice, making it a companion piece to that album, and was released directly by Rollins' 2.13.61

2.13.61

2.13.61, Inc. is a publisher and record company founded by musician Henry Rollins and named after his birthday . The company has released albums by the Rollins Band, all of Rollins's spoken-word work, and numerous books....

 label. The album features four songs that only appeared on vinyl or foreign CD releases of Nice as well as an extended mix of "Your Number Is One" and a cover of Rocket From The Tombs

Rocket From The Tombs

Rocket From the Tombs is an American rock music band originally active from mid-1974 to mid-1975 in Cleveland, Ohio.Heralded as an important protopunk group, they were little known during their lifetime, though various members later achieved renown in Pere Ubu and the Dead Boys...

' "Ain't It Fun

Ain't It Fun

"Ain't It Fun" is a song written by written by Peter Laughner and Gene O'Connor and performed by their protopunk band Rocket from the Tombs. The song was first released by O'Connor's later group, The Dead Boys, on their 1978 second studio album We Have Come for Your Children...

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Track listing

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
   Ain't It Fun
   "Ain't It Fun" is a song written by written by Peter Laughner and Gene O'Connor and performed by their protopunk band Rocket from the Tombs. The song was first released by O'Connor's later group, The Dead Boys, on their 1978 second studio album We Have Come for Your Children...
   
    (Peter Laughner
   Peter Laughner
   Peter Laughner was an American guitarist, songwriter and singer.A native of Bay Village, Ohio, Laughner remains a rather little known figure; nonetheless, Richie Unterberger described him as "probably the single biggest catalyst in the birth of Cleveland's alternative rock scene in the mid...
   
   /Cheetah Chrome) (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)

All songs written and composed by Henry Rollins, Jim Wilson, Marcus Blake and Jason Mackenroth and published by Be Drinkable Music (BMI)/MS Catalog (ASCAP) except where noted.

Musical Personnel

• Henry Rollins
  Henry Rollins
  Henry Rollins is an American singer-songwriter, spoken word artist, writer, comedian, publisher, actor, and radio DJ....
  
   – vocals (credited as "throat")
• Jim Wilson – guitar, piano
• Marcus Blake – bass
• Jason Mackenroth – drums
• Mike Curtis – road manager (also credited with "knower of many things and whatnot")
• Darrell Bussino – FOH sound (also credited with "The Way. Justice.")
• Kerim Imes – percussion on "Your Number Is One (long version)"

Production Personnel

• Henry Rollins – producer
• Clif Norrell – recording and mixing engineer
• Mike Curtis – "great guitar sounds" (i.e. helping produce and record the guitar tracks)
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
• Sander De Jong – assistant recording engineer
• Chris Reynolds – assistant mixing engineer (Sunset Sound Recorders)
• Paul Smith – assistant mixing engineer (Skip Saylor Recording)

Studios

• Cherokee Studios
  Cherokee Studios
  Cherokee Studios was a recording facility in Hollywood, founded in 1972 and closed in August 2007 to make way for a new building, after 35 years of operation under the Cherokee name as a well-renowned studio...
  
   – tracking
• Sunset Sound Recorders
  Sunset Sound Recorders
  Sunset Sound Recorders is a recording studio in Hollywood, California, located at 6650 Sunset Boulevard.The Sunset Sound Recorders complex was converted in 1962 by Walt Disney's Director of Recording, Tutti Camarata, from a collection of old commercial and residential buildings - some built more...
  
   – mixing
• Skip Saylor Recording – mixing