| The Rock | ||||
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| Studio album by The Rock / John Entwistle | ||||
| Released | 27 August 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1985–1986 | |||
| Studio | Hammerhead Studio, Gloucestershire, England | |||
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| Length | 41:58 | |||
| Label | Griffin Music | |||
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| The Rock / John Entwistle chronology | ||||
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The Rock is the only studio album by English rock band The Rock, credited to founding bassist John Entwistle of the Who, issued by Griffin Music.[1]
The album was recorded by the band over a period of eighteen months between 1985 and 1986 at Entwistle's Hammerhead Studios in Gloucestershire. It was originally planned for release by WEA in 1986 but it was not officially released until ten years later, by which point Entwistle was given credit for the project. The album has been released in four different editions between 1996 and 2005, each time with different artwork.
The Rock was Entwistle's only album in which he did not sing lead or backing vocals on any tracks, a role performed instead by American-born Canadian Henry Small, formerly of the band Prism.
The album was re-released in Europe in 2005 on Castle Music, featuring rare bonus content. The reissue was a CD comprising sixteen tracks. It includes the original album, digitally remastered from the original 1/2" mix tapes, alongside three outtakes - two of which were written by and feature Andy Nye on keyboards - and one demo and early versions of the songs featured on the album.