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Alice in Chains rose to international fame as part of the grunge movement of the early 1990s, along with other Seattle bands such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden. They achieved success during the era with the albums Facelift (1990), Dirt (1992) and Alice in Chains (1995), as well as the EP Jar of Flies (1994).
- Dirt. Dirt is a perfect album. A 10 out of 10 that rivals the forceful sonics and heart-gripping lyrics of any hard-rock, metal or punk album ever released.
- Facelift. Grunge may not have truly broken until 1991 with Nirvana's Nevermind, but Alice in Chains' Facelift was a siren song for the changing times, even more so than Soundgarden's first two albums, or Nirvana's Bleach.
- Jar of Flies. Alice in Chains never needed blaring guitars and pounding drums to unleash their full power. Jar of Flies is a work no other Seattle grunge act could've ever produced — an uncompromising blend of blues, jangle-pop, alt rock and acoustic rock with a sullen, blackened heart.
- Sap. Often overshadowed by one of the greatest EPs in rock history (more on that later), Sap is a wildly underrated flex of Alice in Chains' softer side.
- Dirt (1992) With an almighty shriek and the impact of a truck flattening a Mini Cooper, Them Bones saw Alice In Chains dive right back into the heavy for the opening of 1992's Dirt.
- Jar Of Flies (1994) How many artists can say they topped the US charts with an EP? The answer is eight, if you're interested – that includes two releases by the cast of Glee, Linkin Park's Jay-Z collab Collision Course and pop megastars like The Weeknd and BTS – but Alice In Chains were the first in US history to reach that lofty top spot when they released Jar Of Flies in 1994.
- Black Gives Way To Blue (2009) 'Hope, a new beginning...' , the opening lyric to Alice In Chains' first new album since the 2002 death of Layne Staley was about as perfect a summation of where the band were at in 2009 as anyone could have wanted.
- MTV Unplugged (1996) Alice In Chains hadn't toured for two-and-a-half years when they appeared on MTV Unplugged, and the show ended up being one the last times Staley would perform with the group.
Alice are often regarded as the first grunge band to successfully fuse seattle grunge with metal music, bridging a bit of a gap at the time. Layne was also one of the very few, if not only, vocalist in the Seattle scene that had formal vocal training (AIC were originally a hair metal band if I recall?)
- Dirt (1992) Easily one of the stronger rock and roll for your party and soul efforts from the early-’90s, Alice in Chains’ sophomore full-length, “Dirt,” and their second of two records listed right here with no “skip it” tracks in any way, and a one-word album title, is the band’s highest selling LP to date, and likely forever and ever amen, unless the follow-up to their newest as of the year of our lord known as 2023 to 2018’s “Rainier Fog” gets named something dirty like “Mud” or “Filth”.
- Facelift (1990) WHAT. A. DEBUT. We used caps lock here, and created one-word sentences to emphasize our excitement, but we swear that we are not yelling at you, the man in the box, or the sun’s sunny sunshine!
- Self-Titled (1995) Alice in Chains’ self-titled/third full-length studio album is a departure, albeit not a HUGE one, but bands cannot/should not make the same album over and over no matter how many times Rancid tells ‘em otherwise.
- Black Gives Way to Blue (2009) For every band that debuts with a new lead singer, there is an overwhelming amount of ‘em that end their careers right as they start a new one, but that could not be any further from the truth regarding Alice in Chain’s fourth and first effort without Layne Staley, “Black Gives Way to Blue,” which is one of the better hard rock efforts from this century if we do say so ourselves.
Aug 23, 2021 · Seattle rock band Alice in Chains is best known for its album Dirt and the death of frontman Layne Staley. This is the untold truth of Alice in Chains.
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Aug 2, 2021 · In honor of Cantrell's upcoming solo album, Brighten, as well as the recent 25th anniversary of their legendary MTV Unplugged performance, we decided to look back on the 15 greatest songs in the AIC discography. From metallic bangers to acoustic ballads, these are the best of the best. 15.
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