Reviews (page 11 of 13)
Least favorite of the big 4 grunge - but the album breathes its chaotic context. The riffness riffes - The singing dramatizes nasaly about dope Not my kind of grunge - but a landmark I guess
Some cool guitar licks but the rest of it was pretty irritating
El disco creo que musicalmente está muy bueno pero no es para nada mi estilo
This is not super for me but I can see why other people love it. Reading the reviews on here is funny because they all range between 4/5 stars and 1 stars with very few in between. I'll give it a 2.5 because I can tell it's a good album for people who are grunge fans, but a lot of the tracks sound the same and I find the lead singer's voice annoying. I will join the chorus of people shouting out Rooster as a standout track, though I have to wonder if that's only because it's the first song to sound different sonically than everything that came before it.
This was my first time really listening to Alice in Chains, and their sound has never really had much success drawing me in. Some cool moments in here, but the vocal style, guitar tones, and overall songwriting aren't really my favorite. I feel like a lot of these tracks end up blending together. Not the worst thing I've ever heard, but it's just not my thing, I guess. Favorites: Would?
Seems like Alice in Chains has been getting a lot of reappraisal lately, so I was looking forward to giving them a full look. Again, the hard rock side of grunge is just not for me. Layne has good voice for the genre but this doesn't do much for me. Instrumentation kind of just flattens out into a sludge and the tone is a little too aggressively dour to me. A very fitting album cover for what you're hearing, just kind of flat brown-ness.
I got older by 10 years before the second song ends.
The hill I will die on is that Facelift was their only good album.
Did I listen to the same album as everyone else? The sound feels so muted and depressing across the board, and that vocalist does absolutely nothing to bring any life into this album. Compared to the other big grunge bands, this feels so tame.
4/10 Best songs: Down in a Hole This is a heavy metal/grunge album whose music, surprisingly, I don't particularly dislike. My big issue with the album is that every. single. song. never. ends. They drone on and on and on with the same-sounding instruments, vocals/vocal techniques, and lyrics. It gets boring. There are few to no stand out tracks (mainly because I kept anxiously waiting for each song to end).
Noisy, boring, and gloomy.
It does sit nicely between grunge and metal. Sadly I’m not crazy about either of those genres so not a fun ride for me. Rating: 1.9
Approaching this with a perhaps misplaced sense of dread cause this just isn’t my thing. Them Bones has Guitar Hero Nostalgia for me but the rest of this is really dragging Rooster is fine I guess Just unlikeable whining through most of the record. I like the chugging guitar riffs but the vocals often kill it for me. When this ended I said audibly thank god this is over. 2/5 for them bones alone
Uff nei det her e bra bonat, egentlig to men smell på med 3 fordi Them Bones og Rooster e catchy
Synes alle låtene høres helt like ut
No es mi tipo de música, y en algún punto se me hizo monotono pero podría entender porque hace parte de esta lista.
Not my type of music but wasn’t the worst of that genre.
too plodding for me
this album is so ass, can barley hear any of the guitar riffs because there’s so much distortion. i like rooster. lead singer’s voice is permanently in cursive.
i can recognize it as being peak for the times, but i often have a hard time getting into most 90s grunge rock. i've been trying to like it more but grunge is never completely my thing unfortunately, with the exception of some of Nirvana and a little bit of Soundgarden in my playlist. i'm just not too crazy about Layne Staley's vocals. i just didn't feel a strong connection here. or maybe i just need to listen to a different Alice In Chains album favorite track: Rain When I Die. i really liked the flow of this one
I think I've heard it?
I'm not heavy enough for this
As I make my way through these albums, certain things about my taste begin to crystallize for me. One of them so far has been that grunge is really not my thing. And this album in particular was really a slog. For a band with such a big sound, there's not a lot going on that grabs my ear. When you compare them to some of their "alternative" peers of the early 90's, they don't have the vulnerability or edge of Nirvana, the swagger and playfulness of Jane's Addiction, the creativity and darkness of NIN, or the soulfulness of Blind Melon, just to name a few. Again, they have a big sound but it's just kind of stuck in this predictable, mid-tempo chug that quickly loses my interest. I'm gonna put this at a 2/5
A bit more metal than the other Seattle bands. Still has that annoying drawl though. Will I be listening again? Probably not.
2.5
This is not for me.
Big Alice in Chains fan, but this album just isn't it.
Way heavier and harder than I remember. While I could like a single Alice In Chains song hearing it on a soundtrack or 97X back in the day, an entire album of this kinda hard rock is not for me. Not my genre.
Respect the craft, admire the vibe, but I’ll be over here humming R.E.M. while the grunge kids stare at me like I brought a kazoo to a funeral.
Oh gawd, I can’t believe listened to this because of a guy I dated. Had my fill back then so honestly didn’t need to listen again.
Very repetitive
Great grunge rock. I can see why this is considered one of the greats for this genre, but totally not my thing these days.
Baller move att skriva en låt och sen släppa 13 tagningar av den.
I guess it's for the greater good of society that we don't all like the same thing 😐
I really thought this might be my kind of thing, but it was sooooo mid.
Kinda hypnotic. For a long drive at least. But wouldn’t listen to again.
This has not aged well. I used to listen to this quite a bit back when it came out. I can't believe I used to think I liked it. Everything sounds like mud: the mix, the vocals, the lyrics. Even the cover leaves a lot to be desired. "The Rooster" and "Would?" are this album's saving graces, but they aren't enough to overcome the unrelenting sameness of the other tracks.
Very moody and heavy feeling. A few tracks are lighter but they're not enough to make me feel the need to listen to the album again.
idccccccccccccccc høydepunkt: down in a hole
By no means is this my favourite and I never think to listen to Alice in Chans. But it strikes a bit nostalgic for me as it was on the radio a lot when I was a kid and Layne has a distinctive voice.
They could also have called this Sludge.
look. i still don’t like metal. i enjoyed “dirt”
I can sort of see why these guys were called grunge, but for me it doesn't quite sit in that category. There's too much hair metal in the mix for it to feel truly grunge to my ears - too much guitar wankery and fucking wah pedal(I say this as a guitar player myself), too much warbly vibrato and performative twang in the vocals. The lyrics are occasionally so juvenile as to be funny for all the wrong reasons "you piss upon my candle / so proving you're a fake"... erm... the harmonies soar and the production is good, I just think it's not 100% for me. 2*
Meh. It all sounded the same
Seeing as this was my first experience with Alice in Chains, I honestly didn't enjoy Dirt as much as I had hoped I would. At the same time, some of Layne Staley's vocal inflections were so funny that I couldn't help but smile in the moment. Separately, I really hope I'm not the only person who heard "erm, what the sigma" during the chorus of "Sickman." Highlights: Them Bones, Sickman, God Smack, Hate to Feel
There were a few songs that lowered this rating. 2.5
Apesar de eu gostar de rock, não me agradou muito
I can respect the musicality of this album but I find it uninteresting. It's not necessarily offensive to my ears but I will likely never return to it.
Not bad, but also not my thing.
Listened to and from work. Man I really dislike this era of rock. There were a couple good songs but the rest was just unpleasant to listen to. Cringe lyrics, boring rhythm section, about 20 minutes too long. Evil Chair is up there among the worst songs I've listened to in the project so far.
I found this album to be bad! All the songs sounded the same and they all sounded bad to me. I am no stranger to grunge, I enjoy grunge, some of my best friends are grunge! But this on ain’t it, sis. Sue me!!
meh
Wanted so bad to give this a 3 but it got so repetitive.
Like an odd song now and then from here could be ok but an hour straight makes me want to cry a little bit.
I was having issues with my headphones so this sounded just like I remembered, very staticy.
Gen X is the ultimate “lobster too buttery; steak too tender” generation, and they made/listened to music like this to simulate oppression amidst a banal existence. Butt Rock.
Edgy like Hot Topic.
There will be wah wah pedals and minor keys alongside no shortage of war imagery. This war imagery will be a metaphor for depression, addiction and unresolved issues from our youth unless we are just straight up writing about depression, addiction and unresolved issues from our youth. It is written. And written. And written - over and over and over. There is no hint of sunlight. No variation form the theme. Nothing in the way of hope until the final track. It is telling that the only alternate flavor offered up here is a song from a soundtrack grafted onto the end of this album. Would? Is a masterpiece in any era. It sound like a different band. They manage to transform thr minor key into something exultant. The previous 12 tracks just seem to wallow. I need a little hope. Or at least catharsis but all I get is droning darkness. Maybe that is the point.l? AIC are arguably more impactful on the mid to late 90s than the other members of the Big 4. The textures of this album, the vocal affect spread far and wide. That is an acknowledgement not an endorsement. I'm happy I was old enough to change the channel on that era. Give me Would? Leave the rest.
it's not to my taste, the songs are too long and Would stands out head and shoulders against the rest of the songs. Okay, high 2, wouldn't listen again
Intellectually, I appreciate grunge and this movement in music, it’s not my cup of tea. But I really tried and I listened to most of the album. Standout: Rooster (because I already knew it and it’s actually a decent song) 02-01-2026
High 2. Listened with a bleach / mother love bone hat on and found it patchily good E.g. think Would? is great, a classic of its genre. Overall too many uninteresting, self-indulgent songs though.
5.1 When did Bon Jovi start taking heroin? Fav: Would? Least fav: God Smack
1: Dirt 2: Angry Chair 3: Rooster
Really tried to like this… but failed
Dull, derivative, tuneless metal. Metal can be many things, but the most unforgivable sin is for it to be boring, which this mostly is. "Rooster" and "Would" offer some brief relief from the tedium late in the record.
Don't remember. I think metal
#252/1001. Check the following statements to finish your review: Does it have distorted guitars? ✅ Was it cool in the 90s? ✅ Do you think they included it in the book 1001 albums you must hear before you die? ✅ Is it yet another album and a band who deal with drug use? ✅ Does any of these matter to you at all? ❌ P.s "bassist Mike Starr was fired in January 1993 during the tour to support the album." That seemed to work since the album sold well and was hauled by the critics. I'll give a two for the guitar sound and the riffs.
meh
Je merkt dat ze het wel kunnen, maar ik vind het toch vooral veel onnodig lawaai.
uh shi was mid ig i dont really like this band too repetitive
First time listening to Alice in Chains and can't say that it did much for me. It feels like it perfectly captured a moment in time, though, and reading more about the band itself, I can see the importance of the album and how it fit in with the rest of what was emerging in the early 90s.
pas mon style sorryyyy
I do not listen the whole album Although this album brings back to me memories from old job so I think I’ve listened this music before
In the sea of grunge, Alice in Chains stands out, but I can only take a few songs at a time as it’s just too much of the same.
Not a big AIC fan, and this isn’t their best
Not my thing
Favorite Song: Down In A Hole Least Favorite Song: Hate To Feel Do I understand why this album was included on this list? Yes. Will I ever listen to this again? No.
There were a couple of halfway decent songs but I felt that it kind of droned on. I've heard other groups do it better. That muddy kind of guitar sound is okay if you have the songs to back it up but these guys didn't.
not my type of party..
not for me i'm afraid
Too Long between the goodies and one giant hit
No soy fan de Alice in Chains, nunca le encontré el gusto y honestamente este disco entró por un oído y salió por el otro. Lo lamento mucho, pero se me hizo olvidable.
Grunge is said to be a fusion of punk and metal. I've never been big on the more metal side of grunge. It doesn't help that every song on this sounds the same to me.
I just really don't like 90's alt/popular rock, it all sounds so generic and lifeless to me. Not saying its bad, it just isn't for me.
not essentially my type of music but it’s superior
an awkward album to review given the personal subject matter of the tracks and the unfortunate fate of multiple band members. to me though it's just okay. this album leans more on its heavy metal influences which i kinda like but it all feels very samey to me. could jump to any point in the album and not really be able to tell you what song it is. the thing about grunge is that even despite how absolutely fucked everything is rn i'm an perma-optimist *anyway* because the alternative sucks and is antithetical to my mode of being, so the apathetic angst and self-loathing always bounces off me.
So, I don't like Grunge. That's not to say its objectively bad, but its like an acquired taste in food I don't have. I can admit its got its place, but that place is not on my palate. This certainly sounds like grunge. I feel I'd appreciate this more if I forgot to take my antidepressants for like, a week straight.
Nicht jeder 90s Grunge ist gut.
I think I just don’t like grunge. There r a couple good songs on here but I think it is the corniest genre ever. 2.5
Sorry Esteban! This is the deadly combo of boring and too long. It’s not offensive or bad necessarily, just uninteresting.
2.3 i dont fw metal too much
First time listening to Alice in Chains, not for me. Songs sounded very similar to each other. Top song: Rooster
Not my usual genre, oddly really catchy. I like Down in a Hole quite a bit.
Many of these songs were in reliable rotation on the "Butt Rock" stations of my younger years, so I can't hear this music without being transported back to the gas station I worked at when I was 16.
This album was tough to escape I. College. I’m amazed at how much it sounds like Metallica now. A pale imitation of that and Nirvana.
Sam and Dean Winchester get into Baby and act really cool
Well. I did listen and read along with the lyrics. Drums and guitars work well with the angsty, angry lyrics. 57 minutes of is too much metal for me, though. Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): Would? ⭐⭐: Didn't like it, couldn't hate it for what it is.
Some good guitar playing but I don't care for the singing and all the songs sound basically the same to me. I just want it to be over. Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): N/A ⭐⭐: Didn't like it, didn't hate it. Saved no tracks.
Ned ganz so i mim wohlfüühl-genre. Lah die Alice lieber in chains. zwei dreckschlumpe
Always tough to review albums released just before your time. Something about them always seems perpetually out of fashion, especially so with grunge. I understand its place and importance, but will likely never listen to this again
1991 the year grunge broke big. 1992 the year grunge broke as classic rockers and metallers ditched the spandex and put on a glum expression. What grunge lost was its independent spirit, its punk roots and sense of humour and as it imbibed more metal influence it became cheesier. “ Did she call my name? I think it's gonna rain When I dIe?” Jesus! It’s like a Fast Show sketch. Still it’s more listenable than the sorts of music they’d have made 5, 10, 15, 20 years before. I just wish I got the Auteurs today!
i’m just not a hard rock person but i appreciate the vibessss
Don’t care for this style at all.
Un peu trop hard rock pour moi mais sympa !
Alice in Chains definitely has its own sound, but once you've heard one song, you've heard nearly all of them. Would? and Rooster are the only two interesting songs, and Would? is the only one I'd listen to again voluntarily. 4/10
Has bright moment, but I had hoped it’d go harder than this, it has too many similarities to glam rock or pop rock
There's a lot to dislike about this album, the lack of musical invention, the Adrian Mole-esque lyrics, the fact it sounds like it was recorded from the bottom of the deep end of an Olympic swimming pool. However, one should also acknowledge AiC's grim dedication to a uncomplicated miserablism eventually equates to at least a level of charm that's almost endearing. Like a cousin's ugly baby trying to make friends with you.
I usually don't mind some american grunge style music but this one was a bit too 'chuggy'. I can appreciate why people would think its a good album but its not for me. Picked up bits of RATM type guitar riffs but blended with something that reminded me of Tenacious D....... which i found a bit unsettling....
generic tuneless depression rock. tolerable.
I don't like Alice In Chains. I just don't. I understand why people might; if i was a 50 year old divorced dad who used to crush cans with the boys in the 90s while this was blasting, and now listens to it when they're in their feels about limited custody of the kids, I can see the appeal. But to me, every song basically sounds the same, the vocals are annoying most of the time, and every song is so overdramatic. I cant imagine finding this emotionally resonant, and God help anybody who does, thats a lot of weight to carry. If i wanted this kind of grungy sound from that era, I'd throw on Soundgarden or especially Nirvana any day. Concession: Rooster kind of fucking rocks.
I liked the vocals for the most part, but that’s about it. Everything else was on par with other grunge, angry albums. No surprises here.
Liked didn't love, just don't think that Seattle grunge scene is so much for me even though on surface level it should be. I respect the album though, just not a fave
Not for me. I appreciate the craft, but everything sounds so bland and monotone. Not many stand out songs, mix is crunched together, vocalist seems really bored to be singing these songs. Maybe that was the intent :D
at best this is a pretty good guitar album, but the monotony of the entire thing makes it pretty hard to get through. the depressing grungy themes of the album make it seem like this isn’t an album you can just casually listen to while at your desk job. maybe i’m not in the correct state of mind to appreciate it, but it just came off as boring. not the worst but definitely not the best.
Heavy rock
Heavy, feel-bad shit. Probably the genesis for a loooott of the butt-rock that came down the line after this, particularly in the vocal style. I don’t like it. I think other bands explored these emotions better and other bands had better instrumental composition. It’s always crazy to me that the music industry in the 90s was so successful that there was room for so many bands that sounded exactly like one another to find success — I’m just like, why would I listen to this when I could listen to Soundgarden?
Yks hyvä
I don’t really get the appeal of Alice In Chains. Maybe overexposure to them from my local “alternative rock” radio station when I was younger? I found it a bit tiresome to get through the whole thing.
The album is not bad, but felt too long. Some songs are boring, too slow, lots of distortion, and few guitar solos. Not my kind of rock. However, there are some songs that are good. 2.5/5
i don’t like this kind of music at all!! i actually like a good number of the melodies but the overall vibe, the guitar sounds and especially the voice, is just so horrendous that it doesn’t matter
To Alice in Chains' credit they have managed to create a cohesive blend of grunge, metal and hard rock. There are many more genres besides that you'll be given glimpses of too - shoegazey moments, post-punky moments. It all adds up to one band, which is impressive. However, the vocals, come across as affected to me, leaning into an archetype which I prefer elsewhere.
This is probably their best album for me at least. Not a huge fan, but great grooves. I can’t get over how many of these songs I know.
Not my thing. Nothing for the hips, but good for building neck muscles I guess.
Not for me
Enjoyable metal music but the songs all sound pretty similar
Not bad, but I'd rather just listen to the Melvins. Waaaay too fuckin long. I was starting to get tired off it around the halfway point. Thought it was almost done and realized there's still 6 more tracks. I'm tapping out. Performances and songwriting ranges from decent to good, just not enough variation to keep it engaging
I like sabbath better
Liked it more than expected listening on my headphones. Great riffs. But it got old quick. Can’t get too into the whiney cartoonish grunge singing and incessantly “boo hoo” lyrics. Not for me.
Didn't love it sorry
I've only given 1s to a couple of albums, because in both cases I couldn't even finish them. I finished this one. But I thought about shutting it off early. More than once.
Depresión, depresión y depresión, solo veo eso en la sociedad que se encierra al grunge. No está bien vivir en la linea de la sobredosis
The '90s, man. Some things I don't miss about that time. This one just wasn't my thing.
4 What the hell is this
2/5
Das war anstrengend. Was beim ersten Lied noch okay war, wiederholte sich etwa zehn mal. Immer nur Tod oder Schimpfwörter. Nicht meins. Gar nicht meins.
okay so maybe i don't like each genre
Nah.
HoooAHHEIEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH, BuuaHHHAAAHEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHH, but duHEALAAAAAAAAAAHHHH, bu DUHEALLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAhaaaaahaaaaaa. Peak lyricism.
I like a few tracks. Not the best not the worst.
The number of times I have heard about Alice in Chains, only to realize that I had never knowingly heard any of their music is honestly pretty comical. I've had mixed results with grunge and hard rock like this. Generally, I lean towards liking most of it (Nirvana, Pearl Jam), but when it gets a little too hard rock, that's when I start to fade with it. This comes in as being too hard for my liking. Too reminiscent of metal. I really don't like metal, as I've come to learn, and I really was hoping to avoid anything like it moving forward. So from the first track I was biased, I'll admit. But for me, seeing track names like "Down in a Hole," "Sickman," "Rain When I Die," and "Hate to Feel," I just have a really, really hard time believing that anyone could be such a dark person to seriously create music on that level that I just tune it out. And I honestly tuned a lot of this album out, unfortunately. I hate saying that, but it's true. Two stars. It wasn't poorly made, I didn't find it offensive, I was just happy when it ended. Standout Track: Rooster
There is a way in which I can enjoy this. 2
I just don't think I'm going to like this hard of rock/metal. It's fun a song or two and then it all starts to blend and feel like the same song for 45 minutes straight.
After a while, the songs started to sound the same to me. I tried.
okay, although this is mostly not for me, i was surprised to see there were a couple songs there that i didn't mind.
don't like the genre but cool album
The Alpine of albums. Mid as fuck.
eh
Them bones and would are great. The rest is very meh. This vocal style sucks. Angry chair especially is just shit.
ass
Pretty unremarkable heavy grunge from Seattle, the sort of angsty drug tales that appeal to teenagers. Boring.
Ugh! Not my thing and didn't finish it.
I liked a few songs ok... But overall I guess I'm just not a metalhead.
It was fine
Yeah that's a no from me dog. This album delves into such dark topics that it is a really tough listen. I don't mind a bit of hard rock or metal, had a grunge phase, but the subject matter on certain songs makes it really difficult to keep investing in it. It's not all bad, some of it is even quite sticky, but I think it's way too small in scope and coherent for my own taste. At first the tracks at the top seem cool, and I liked them, but the longer it goes one the deeper my disinterest sparked. Mostly, the darkness feels unredeemable, and the glorification of heroin is a bit much. You can be not a fraud or a "poser" without talking over and over about the sell outs. In terms of music, it's really isn't very interesting either, sounds a lot like other bands, and honestly I'll probably never listen to any of it ever again. In a way, I feel like the album is trying to be divise and us v them and controversial and whatnot, so in that it is successful somewhat ? I get that it's the first of it's kind (kinda), so the rating will be increased by one star for the legacy and what it ushered but yeah, no.
It did not spark much joy. When the metal was toned down it was okay - although does not do much for me.
Not appeal to me. Don't get all the fuss; doesn't sound any different from any late-80s heavy metal band, other than they take themselves too seriously. Poor man's Metallica? Nirvana it ain't.
I hope there aren't many if these. Good chugga chugga in the guitar but clunky song writing and volcals.
Too grunge, too monotone, not for me.
Nope
Felt like a very basic and slightly dull ripoff of Nirvana
Slick peckers chained up Alice. Crazy, man.
Not really for me - just kind of washed over me
loved the riffs and the instrumental part in general but the vocal part was just boring and unenjoyable (except for the lyrics) maybe i'll get to a point in life where i'll love this album but this moment isn't now at all my mood is worse because of this album :(
Not for me
не этим голосом и не этот мессадж + в принципе не любитель тяжёлых гитар
Not a fan
The one bright spot of this album is the innovative use of lead and harmony vocals on a lot of the tracks - it's an interesting contrast against the distorted guitars. However, the music itself is a fairly textbook set of metal riffs that don't serve to distinguish the band from any of their contemporaries. Dragging out the songs to 5 or 6 minutes doesn't help either.
Almost worth listening to for the relief you feel when you turn it off.
not a big fan, don’t like his voice and it’s a bit heavy for me
Dumb lyrics, lame songs, don’t love the vocals…
Is this 90s hair metal? Alice in Chains reminds me of 2 different things. The first is it reminds me of an ATV video game that my brothers and I would play on the PS2 when I was a kid. We treated it like it was an open world exploration game and we'd tried to find weird physics bugs when really I think it was maybe a racing game? The second thing it reminds me of is a high school acquaintance/ex roommate that wishes he could be the frontman of a band like Alice in Chains more than anything. Rooster is pretty sick but honestly I've never actually really liked Alice in Chains very much. I didn't really enjoy listening to this and I felt kind of embarrassed pulling up in the dentist parking lot with it playing in my car.
Every song here sounded the exact same - that faraway yelling vocal effect. Too long. High 2.
Heavy and thick sounding without a whole lot of melody. Drones on too much for me.
Couple I love rest I hate…those two saved Dirt from 1 star
i appreciate what they did for the genre, but i’ve never been a big fan
Depressing stuff. Made me feel quite anxious throughout. I guess that's the goal here. I can see how this is important for grunge history. Just not important for me.
Didn't hate it, but not my favorite. Some interesting moments. Would try it again, but I think I'd have to be in the right mood.
Alice in Chains woke some kraken in the American males of my generation that is still wreaking its havoc on our dwindling armadas. It is the oversized Ford pickup of hard rock. Sure, powerful, immaculate, unstoppable, but not the kind of vehicle that has ever helped an actual loser in any palpable way like a beat up Toyota Tacoma has.
This has some moments of great vocalising and some okay songs, but I can't help but think its on the list because a talented musician died before his time.
all sounds the same
I thought I would like this more. The songs I remember are surprisingly slow and dull.
I used to think all those kids in high school wearing Alice In Chains shirts were tougher and cooler than me but now I know they really just had bad taste rock. Age really has a way of disarming you.
ngl, a lot of that was painful on the ole' ears.
These guys are insanely talented at playing the same song for 57 minutes. Sometimes they would have an interesting idea at the start of a track to have you think it's finally gonna be a good one - and then they go back to the exact same sound you've heard for the past 7 tracks. Not terrible, not enjoyable. Standout: the sick nasty bass groove at the start of Rain When I Die (that got promptly replaced by some bland shit)
whateva
#107 - the first half of the album feels like the same song. Very distinctive style but I find it s bit boring.
1.5 Just not my thing
I am not a grunge person, and I really dislike Alice In Chains, I think the vocals are annoying and it sounds like it’s being recorded too slow, like it’s not fast enough for the sound. It’s long, it’s depressing, it’s not an enjoyable listen
Not my thing
2 3/4 Not my type of music but there are a few great songs.
Didn't expect much from this to be honest. But was pleasantly surprised by the first tracks, unfortunately the surprise faded and that was that. Didn't expect much and to be honest didn't get much. Better than a one though.
I like the song Rooster, but overall, this album just wasn't for me.
first chords of the first song...this is going to be unbearable. and it pretty much was. wanky rock in the guise of grunge. I remember how everyone was going on about this band in the 90s and I just didn't get it. I still dont get it. Thank god we all have different tastes in music. Nothing even remotely appealing . kept on looking how many songs i had left. 2 stars
Here's the thing. I love heavy music. I enjoy a good amount of grunge and alt rock. I was never really a big AiC fan. I love the lyrics on this album. There are some really good songs. There are also some songs that I absolutely cannot stand. Musically, it lands in a spot that just isn't very appealing to me. Not heavy enough but also not very catchy. I realize this is heresay for many people. But, again, the 3-4 songs I like on this album are very good.
This got old fast. It started off well enough but I swear every song sounded the same and the singers voice just progressed into parody haha. Like that scene from Ted where they're doing karaoke.
Not bad. But nothing stood out to me. Pretty average metal album
Justo some rock
This sucks. It’s Proto-Butt Rock. I can’t imagine what scenario I would ever play this in.
I somehow got into The Smiths after my breakup. I found comfort in their sound — brooding, bleak, and strangely healing. Morrissey, insufferable as he is, felt like he understood me. My ex, on the other hand, dove headfirst into divorced dad rock. Nirvana, Alice In Chains, all that grayscale grunge. I stand by my pick. This album doesn’t uplift — it just makes me feel emotionally constipated.
some decent guitar grunge but uninspiring and lacks spark
Didn't really like his voice. Some nice harmonies but the music was pretty heavy
Just really not my cup of tea ! Sorry ! I think it's probably 'good' but I still don't like it very much. Down in a Hole was nice enough
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2+ Stars (6/15)
2/5. Just not for me. Dark, unrelenting, strangling. Only the fourth track love song appealed to me at all. I may be destined to not like grunge. That’s two now- one more strike.
There are moments of inspiration - Rooster is obviously a stand-out - but mostly, I found this to be an exercise in depressing noise
I thought I would like this album more, because I like Pearl Jam, but I was wrong. The one-noted, unvaried instrumentation, the depressing vocals, the same sounding songs made it a difficult listen. And a long one, where the one hour album seemed like a two hour long album...Not really my cup of tea overall.
Heavy grunge isn't my style. Not badly performed though
Buena batería
Could not discern one song from the next.
Well.....I guess I've finally found the album people who think they're into prog but aren't really into prog like. They ripped a Rush guitar sound and riff in one song, and for the most part they continued to sound like a no talent dream theater that played the same soundscape over and over and over. Woof. I can at least see the songs were put together, so I guess we'll give it 2, but it's sorta a pity 2.
I was hoping for more from this album...maybe because "Man in a Box" is so good. Alice in Chains never really got my attention and Dirt felt a little flat. Top tracks are "Rooster" and "Would?" but the rest did not hit me as hard as their hard-rock titan reputation should. To be ranked by Guitar World and other heavy metal top lists is not what I expect. The guitar work is muddled and dirty. I don't feel the shred. Staley doesn't belt it out like he did on the debut. Maybe the heroin was getting to him. Overall, not a bad record but didn't deliver...2.25.
I've always considered Alice In Chains the odd man out from the popular 90's Seattle scene. Something about their sound never resonated with me. They were lucky to get caught up in the wave of their more talented peers in my opinion. Dirt was yet another example of this. After 60 minutes I was ready to shrug my shoulders and move on completely unmoved. For the time being I will continue to hit the skip button on AIC. I won't fault anyone who is a fan of them, but I wonder what it is I am missing because they do nothing for me. 2.12 stars
Do i like music
Rock, grunge, alternative, 1992 -> 2
Did not like it
I understand the appeal of divorce dad rock, but it is not for me. I feel like I should’ve slammed down a case of Bud Light while listening to this.
Boring and overrated band.
it was okay, grew on me as it went, but then it grew off me, i heard one song i liked and then they did just that for about 2 hours and i stopped liking it, thanks for this i guess, uhh, high 2
Pre-listening thoughts: oh… Post/during listening thoughts: well that was certainly what I expected from an album called dirt. It’s like off brand Nirvana. And I really only like Nirvana occasionally so this was just bad. 3/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: no Fav tracks: them bones I GUESS Least fav tracks: Sickman
not the best of alice in chains
Not my favorite style, but I enjoyed it for what it was. 2.5 stars
Their second album. Metal / Heavy Metal / Grunge. Themes of depression, angst, death, rage, war and drugs. The music is cliche Grungey Metal, the lyrics are okay and an occasional sign of hope. A dark journey overall though. Lyrically there is a story, musically it goes nowhere for me. It's almost a caricature Seattle, Grunge, Metal, early 90s album.
I have zero idea why this album is on this list aside from being a good example of how a massively overhyped genre and scene (grunge/Seattle) enabled plentiful mediocrity to receive a higher profile than it deserved. This is largely just bland and uninteresting heavy rock. The vocal is whiny, far from engaging, and monotonous. It’s just not a particularly good album in any discernible way and certainly proved a tedious listen for me. In fact, thinking about it, my sentiment towards it is strangely similar to the bland Foo fighters album this list threw up. File in a dark draw never to be played again.
Was ok. Nothing sounded particularly original
Sludgy and very much a product of its time. Its marriage of metal to grunge introspection was surely innovative at the time though. Them Bones is a great song.
Ehh this is more of a 2.8 2
Good start but after one or two songs the style isn'mine favourite
I was too young for this when it came out. I remember it being on repeat on the radio and listening to it. Then getting really burned out on hearing so often. Revisiting it I'm getting the same vibes. I like it right now, but I think in after a day or so of listening it would start to get on my nerves. Heavy grunge has that effect on me. It all kind of sounds the same, and the lyrics aren't enough to overcome the chugging drone of very similar sounding songs. Good for an occasional listen, but not much more than that.
Ok. Some classic songs but was never much of a fan
I just don't really get this theatrical kind of rock?
This I find hard because I like the instrumentation and feel like I'm getting into it, then the vocals start and it sounds boring and cringe. Maybe on a few listens I'd get past it but for now it's a 2.5.
This reminds me of my local rock station growing up. I was in highschool when the lead singer died and remember the compounding angst it caused amongst some of my peers. I certainly went though my nihilistic music phase and it's tough to divorce this album from the feelings of 14-year-old-me. Not a fan. Aptly named album.
2,5
I almost turned it off early but wanted to make it to “Rooster” which holds up and is far and away the best song in my opinion. The album actually grew on me after that. I’ll probably never listen to it again but I could definitely see the appeal as a metal/grunge hybrid. It definitely feels of its time, the vocal style has been copied/parodied so many times now that it’s hard to take it seriously.
these all sound like the same song. except, on one of them, he is singing about. a rooster?
Blaaaaaah. Like Soundgarden I just never got why people would go so crazy for this band. Everything I hear is merely ok, unremarkable rock.
não é bom
eu acho doideira que eu gosto mto de rock noventista, mas esses assim pqp é ruim demais tá ligado. algumas musicas parece que o kermit the frog tá cantando. não sei explicar.
https://www.scienceofnoise.net/alice-in-chains-dirt-especial-30-aniversario/ Disc obscur. Molt obscur. Plegat de lletres depressives que evoquen els sentiments d'una banda els components de la qual estaven desenvolupant fortíssimes addiccions a diferents drogues (marihuana, alcohol, heroína). Hi ha qui el considera un vaticini del suïcidi del vocalista de la bana, Lainey Staley, que arribaria tres anys després de la publicació del disc. Les paraules "die", "fear", "grave", "kill", "mistake" o "wrong" conformen part de l'imaginari d'un disc que narra situacions de misèria espiritual de les quals sembla no haver-hi escapatòria. El so global del disc és unitari i evoluciona poc al llarg de les cançons. Guitarres pesades i riffs lents. Bateries lentes i profundes. Veu pastosa, a moments trencada i, fins i tot, estrident. La mètrica de Them Bones és molt interessant (7/8 al riff i al verse i 4/4 a la tornada). La influència del Nevermind de Nirvana, que va sortir tot just un any abans de la publicació de Dirt, és perceptible, encara que aquest disc és una criatura del seu propi gènere, i li noto més influència de grups com Slayer i, sobretot, Black Sabath, que d'una altra cosa. Personalment, el disc se'm fa pesat i difícil d'escoltar, tot i que sóc capaç de valorar-lo si me l'expliquen bé. Crec Alice és el grup menys del meu estil dins del gènere Grunge, tot i que mantindré algunes cançons al radar per a veure què passa en el futur. De vegades cal mastegar un xic les coses per poder-les digerir bé. Per cert, brutal el cover de Post Malone de Them Bones!
Nothing much here for me. This leans to close to metal for my liking. Loud, but dull.
Grungy dive bar angst, blah blah songs so sound the same but that's ok.
Eh. Reminds me of Spider from School of Rock and not in a good way.
I remember listening to this at my friends house when it came out. He was enamored with it. I enjoyed some of the tunes. A lot of the songs were everywhere the next couple of years. Dem bones I swear is still being played on every rock station at least twice a day. Sitting down and listening to the entire album you realize the band was going through some things. We all know the lead, Staley, had issues with drugs, I wonder if they all had drugs issues while listening to it. It's dark almost bleak. I'm wasn't a fan before, and I'm not now, but being older I do appreciate what they were going for.
The two stars is only for the first two songs. I always get suckered into this album with Them Bones and Dam that River. Then everything else reminds me why I really don't care for this album. The other singles (Down in a Hole, Rooster) aren't all that great. The whole album feels really plodding and overly heavy. Not heavy in a heavy metal sense, just slow and morose. The album is also too long for my taste. The song Would? isn't bad, but stuck at the very end of the album isn't helpful. Not my favorite grunge band (that's Soundgarden) nor the most influential band (Nirvana). Just one of the gang really.
Heard a couple tunes them bones alright but chill out u depressed cunts?
This one was just too heavy for me. I couldn't latch onto anything until "Would?" Which I have always liked. Alice must be one of my least favorite Sub Pop groups, but I've tried to like them - just rarely succeeded. Not for me.
Doesn’t hold up for me.
Was familiar with Them Bones due to it's inclusion on the GTA San Andreas soundtrack. Unfortunately that was never one of my favourite tracks and listening to Dirt has not won me over to Alice in Chains. A couple of interesting moments on here, and I can't deny there's something nostalgic about how painfully 90s it is. But it's all so one note and just becomes a bit of a slog to get through. After about 20 minutes I felt like I'd heard all I'd needed to.
I know that I should like this more but sorry I don't.
Not one I needed to hear before ... you know ...
Interesting heavy take within the grunge genre. The vocals wear on me, though. As a band, you never want “is this pre-Nickelback?” to pop into a listener’s head. It did for me.
Good but probably won’t return to
Just not for me, too angsty and bad sounding to even sniff an average rating.
песни так чутко слились в один грязный поток, что не заметил как альбом проигрался два раза
I will start this off by saying that I really really love the guitar tone and sound on this album. It's heavy, chuggy, sludgy, at times pretty psychedelic and sounds really great. Unfortunately I'm not a huge fan of the vocalist. A bit boring for my tastes and also slightly robotic sounding, like he doesn't sound real. He's also pretty whiny for the most part too. I also don't think the actual songs themselves are all that interesting, they don't excite me, there's not enough melody. Maybe I need more listens, but from my one playthrough and subsequent quick flick through I just don't think the sound of Alice In Chains is for me, which is a damn shame because as I said before, that guitar sound is brilliant. An unfortunate two stars and I wish it was more.
Alt/punk/metal, little struggle to get through
no thanks
It was really boring
This album is bleak. It's about addiction. It's about heroin. Really some of the gloomiest grunge music to come out of Seattle. This album offers a glimpse into Layne Staley's personal struggles, which he would sadly never overcome. He would die of an overdose at his Seattle apartment in 2002, succumbing to the darkness of addiction.
Monotone
Hmmmm, Ty likes this a lot, but it really didn't hit me the same... I don't think this is a saver.
1️⃣Rain When I Die
"Would" is a great song. The rest of the album is not for me, maybe because it's been overplayed?
it was alright
Not a nice dude but what an epic journey
Grata sorpresa, pensé que no me iba a gustar para nada pero de hecho no está tan mal, me da vibras todo el álbum en general de canciones que escucharía en guitar hero. Realmente no es un mal álbum, solo no es para mí en lo personal. Canción favorita: Rooster Calificación: 5.0
Decent but forgettable
not my style
Some cool riffs, but the vocals have too much of that twang for my liking 2.5
The only compelling thing about this album is the harmonized vocals and that’s only because they make Staley’s vocal affectations slightly less annoying. Hard to believe this stuff was so mainstream in the 90s. If this were released today it would be a niche thing wallowing in obscurity.
Mhmm expected a bit more tbh
Self indulgent guitar on this. Just not my cup of tea.
Not my bag at all I’m afraid.
I like this type of music but this didn’t do a lot for me. There was no stand out moment.
Juvenile era praise doesn‘t cover up the juvenile and mostly cringy style of this grunge outfit many consider being oh so influential. „would?“ is a great power move but the rest just a hard path to walk down.
Started quite strong but quickly lost my interest. Nirvana was always able to keep me listening with their quiet to loud acoustics and some kind of pop hook or riff to stay anchored by, two concepts borrowed lovingly from Pixies. Here I find myself unable to get a grip on the music itself, and even if the lyrics are evocative, it's quite difficult to make head or tails out of them. I can understand why people enjoy this, but it's not for me. I'll take my grunge with more garage rock rather than metal. 14/01/25
Fattar varför folk gillar det men nä, inte för mig.
First time listener, probably last too I’m afraid. A difficult one to listen to (for me), though probably made worse by reading a short bio of the band’s history, plus the on/off reading of the lyrics of some of these songs. Em, it’s all dark, no light. Please send me a pallet cleanser tomorrow.
Me aburrí como nunca. Si bien sus temas son sólidos, no sólo estoy en la antípodas de este rock si no que en general los temas son muy similares. Nota: 2.1
Lo bueno si breve dos veces bueno. Aquest és l'única virtut que té, que és curt. ELR: 2/5
They have a unique sound, you know that it is Staley singing and Cantrell has a distinct sound. It is also much more metal and stands out from the other Seattle music at this time. Them Bones had a cool guitar riff and I liked the voice distortion on God Smack. Sickman's chorus was cool, but not cohesive with the verses. While overall they have a different sound, every song sort of sounded the same. It just felt like one big song that didn't really go anywhere else. By the end I wanted something more or different, something to break it up and show depth or range. Hate to Feel and Would? almost did that...but they were just too little too late.
okay music, not anything extraordinary or worth a re-listen; fave song off the album was probably Rain When I Die - cover design is very 90s grunge but not my fave from that era
Was it just me or did pretty much every song sound the same? Just found it all quite dull to be honest.
Not for me
Did not give this the most attentive listen, so this should be taken by a grain of salt, including by my future self, but this is decent-but-nothing-extraordinary, a bit boring.
Not really my thing, a bit too hard
Jedan od bendova koje većina ili voli ili mrzi. Meni spadaju u kategoriju nostalgije, ne bih ih ovako slušala, ali ako čujem vani ću pjevušiti. Ovo mi nije isto njihov najdraži album, tako da će zbog toga isto ocjena malo dolje ići. 2/5, 4.5/10
Did not spark much joy. When the metal was toned down it was okay - although does not do much for me.
Don't yell at me ;___; I know this is acclaimed but it felt kinda generic. They sound a lot like someone else I can't put my finger on, but heck, maybe the someone is actually "Alice in Chains" and I just never bothered to learn their name. Maybe Soundgarden. Maybe Rush. Anyway, it basically sounds like what I'd hear on 105.7 The X, 20 years ago. Some fun dam~damn wordplay, I guess. I have heard 'Down in a Hole' before. It's fine. The fact that there's a song called 'God Smack' made me wonder if the band Godsmack is named after this song, but apparently (although they were "aware" of the song), the band is named after what they called a cold sore. So now I like Godsmack less, I fear. Maybe it's just because I'm thinking about Godsmack now, but 'Angry Chair' has a lot in common with Godsmack's 'Straight Out of Line'. Mashup potential! 'Would?' is a funny song title nowadays.
Meehh nunca fui tan fan
Decent… as a group I need a playlist or greatest hits. Album end to end has some filler.
Liked it a lot more when I was younger. Some great stuff that I'd pick out to listen to on occasion and I think there isn't much that can knock this album down, but it isn't to my personal taste
Dirt
This is very similar to Pearl Jam. Although not quite as bad. It has the silly, 90s American rock vocal, but not quite as silly as Eddie Vedder's. More Chris Cornell. It's too long, like Pearl Jam, although it's slightly more varied. If the album was 40 minutes rather than an hour, I'd be tempted to give it a 3.
I liked this more than I expected. I'm not sure if I got all the way to "I like this," though. The songs are quite long in a way that feels a bit draggy. And while there is some good variation in here ultimately a lot of it sounds like a lot of other stuff within the album.
First listen. Ok I guess.
Dark. Ok i guess. Great for this genre but not my thing.2.5
Not my favorite vocals and a lot of the songs feel very samey to me. I like "Rooster" but I think overall this album's on the lower end of 90s grunge for me.