"[13] During the making of Nice, Rollins was often flying in and out of Vancouver, Canada to record parts for Fox's horror anthology show Night Visions, which he hosted.

"[15] For the album, Rollins decided to hire songwriters Dianne Warren and Desmond Child to help him compose some of the music, since he and his bandmates were a fan of the work they did with Bon Jovi and Aerosmith.

[20] These albums featured several outtakes which showcased a more experimental sound reminiscent of the band's work in the 1990s, including songs such as "Raped" and "Stone Washed Clean" from the Nice sessions.

"[6] The Hartford Courant wrote that "songs occasionally drift off into quiet blues-guitar passages, but they're inevitably interrupted by Rollins' brutish bellow, which often feels out of place.

Leone wrote, "Henry Rollins' latest release, Nice, is utterly irrelevant in the context of almost every other album reviewed at Pitchfork.

"[5] In November 2001, Dylan P. Gadino of CMJ New Music Monthly compared the album to Thin Lizzy, Clutch and Black Sabbath, also giving it a mixed review, He wrote, "at 40, one-time hardcore visionary Henry Rollins is a movie actor, host of Fox's anthology series Night Visions, an established spoken-word artist, an author and a poet.

"[3] Ed Masley of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette gave the album three out of five stars, and said that when compared to the band's earlier work, it was "more garage, less metal.

"[19] Allison Linn of the Associated Press also noted the album's differences to the band's earlier material, she stated in September 2001 "bluesy backing vocalists and funky bass lines?

[24] On September 20, 2001, Mark Jenkins of The Washington Post claimed that "Nice is not a total makeover, but it does attempt both musical diversification and a little attitude adjustment", adding that "Rollins is still protesting loudly, but his rants are now tempered by pro-hedonism lyrics and such musical touches as the gospel chorus of the funk-metal "Up for It," the pop backup vocals of the punk-metal 'Stop Look and Listen' and the jump-jazz rhythms of 'Let That Devil Out'".