Reviews (page 12 of 14)
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.
Not my favourite kind of thing to listen to for sure, but I guess i didn't totally hate it...
Hard rock. It's okay
I came to this album expecting to love it, but sadly didn’t. It sounded like a low rent Metallica performing The Door’s songs turned up to 11.
My least favorite "grunge" band. What makes this not metal?
Another album that I couldn't get into. Admittedly it's not really my genre, but I can think of many other albums that aren't really "my thing" that I thoroughly enjoyed. I did make it all the way through so it gets 2 stars!
Enpä löytänyt yhtään kappaletta, mitä haluaisi kuunnella uudelleen.
I like the harmonizing vocal melodies, but they also sounded the same from song to song. They sort of felt like a one-trick pony, each track has the same sort of instrumentation and structure. Maybe if I loved repetitive grungy electric guitars chords I would love this album. Fav song was Rain When I Die.
Never really liked them
Of all the Alice In Chains albums, this is one of them. And not one of their better ones.
nirvana really was the only good grunge band… the chicken song is fun tho..
I can definitely see why people would like this a lot, but the sludgy, grungy sound permeating through the entire album really isn't for me.
Really thought I wouldn't enjoy this, didn't love it but there were a few tracks that surprised me.
Not for me
Too intense for me
Dirt so thoroughly wallows in the the dark elements of grunge that it feels more like exploitation than exploration of the truth or the reality of hard topics. I am sure the quality of the musicianship is exceptional, but it isn’t enough to compel further listening.
Sure, Alice in Chains have their own sound, but I don't like it very much. It sounds early 90s dated. It's not really bad, but forgettable to me. Don't want to be mean, but it's not even average.
It’s giving Mystik Spiral. I’m not mad at it but I wouldn’t listen to it on purpose.
I also like roosters. Im partial to farm animals. Would I own a farm? Would.
There was a point in time where I didn’t have my own defined musical tastes and I thought that anything from the grunge and alt-rock scene was what I preferred to listen to. I listened to this whole album and I now know that I liked certain radio singles, but a whole Alice In Chains album does not do it for me. It’s too slow paced and whiny sounding, and the lead singer uses the same affectation to his voice that Jack Black uses when he’s trying to be a silly guy. Now I know. Teenage me was really lost on musical tastes.
generic tuneless depression rock
Not terrible. There were a few songs I even kind of liked.
In a nutshell: “fuck my life, fuck the world” grunge. Emo grunge sounds like a contradiction, but I can’t find an adequate descriptor for this album. To its credit, Dirt encapsulates depression accurately. The riffs are what you would hear on Guitar Hero. It’s one of those “albums that defined an era but doesn’t really hold up now” Overall: 3/10
Nem az én világom, de itt-ott rá tudtam hangolódni. Ja és Here come the Roomster.
to be fully honest i listened to two seconds and did not care to continue
Tedious
grandly banal
yea I'm not there. maybe sometime in life. down in a hole was closest...
Rooster is one of my all time favorite songs. Down in a Hole is great as well. Other than that it's not my favorite album.
Singles are awesome! the rest of the album just isn't my thing right now.
Maybe my taste is not refined, but I felt as though when I had heard one track I had heard them all
A couple good songs and an interest cross between hair metal and grunge, but not for me.
I like Rooster but the rest is pretty repetitive
My musical taste has changed in a way where I can really only enjoy this type of music when I'm working out maybe or need some kind of emotional outlet. Not really something I'd listen to just for funsies anymore. 2 stars from me.
Rooster is excellent, a lot of the rest of this droned on. Feeling comes mainly from the vocal delivery...
I didn't hate it...
Smashing Pumpkins/Velvet Revolver crossover. Droned on a bit
Even though Alice in Chains was a popular band when I should have heaps of nostalgia for them I don’t. I’m not really into hard rock. I guess there’s some good guitar playing. It this does nothing for me. 2/5
dam that river god smack would?
i also can see the appeal, but unfortunately this is a bad place to start with understanding metal and grunge music. need to hear some more foundational shit
i can see why it's influential but i'm bored of it already
Im sorry but this is so unbelievably unenjoyable to listen to. You are all lying to yourself.
Dirt is a gritty and introspective album, showcasing Layne Staley's soulful vocals and Jerry Cantrell's haunting guitar work. While undeniably talented, the album can feel repetitive, lacking the dynamic excitement of their Seattle peers like Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Nevertheless, its dark and atmospheric production captures the band's raw emotion and enduring influence on the grunge genre. NUMBER OF BANGERS -2 STAND OUT TRACK - Dam That River
I came in thinking I would like this record, I am sad to say I did not enjoy it... I find it compares unfavorably to other acts in the same scene (namely Nirvana), issues with production (not quality, certain effects choices don't suit my interests) prevent this from being a repeat listen... I can understand what other people would see in this album, just not for me.
Yeah this is ok. I can see why people would dig it.
didn’t love it!
I guess this is considered a grunge album. In my opinion it took itself way too seriously and lacked charm. Listening to the Spotify radio for this album brought up some other grunge stuff that I hadn’t heard before that were way more enjoyable on a first listen, e.g drown by the smashing pumpkins.
Not a big fan of the music.
Bit heavy for my normal listening
Nope, not my thing.
Grunge som har alldeles för mycket metal i sig.
“Ya this album was too goth even for me” - Geege. Agreed
Good sound. This is one where the bias sets in. I just don’t see myself listening to this.
Not for me.
Mouais
I like jar of flies, but not this one
Not as bad as I expected, but I wouldn’t purchase it.
I have an unreasonable hatred of this album. Through no fault of the musicians.
This is very much of it's time. If you listened to this with your mates in the 90s it must really hit you but to me it's just another grungey/rocky band singing about depression, drugs and pain. Not that's it's bad- it's well put together and produced but means nothing to my ears.
I went in with an open mind. First couple of track I enjoyed from a nostalgic point of view. But after a while I'd lose interest. Maybe I'm just more of a Pearl Jam/Nirvana fan, but I think this would have sound better at the time.
Im not going to remember I listened to this. All the songs sound incredibly similar
2.5/5. I can see how people would like this, but it's not for me. A bit too 90s grunge for me.
demasiado pesado y cansino
Meh, it was ok but I doubt I will ever listen to this again.
A lot of grunge albums personally felt bland at first but quickly grew on me. This one however will probably not.
One finds it insufficiently grungy to qualify as actual, you know, grunge. After all, it checks nearly every box for ‘90s metal cliches: jagged hooks on top of endless base of cheg-cheg-cheg; vocals that range from strained to scream-y; and lots and lots of self-seriousness and false drama that only adolescent boys would find deep and or heavy or relatable or meaningful. The end result is tedium, extreme tedium.
Ээ... Лучшая песня - Would?
01) Them Bones - 7,0 02) Dam That River - 7,0 03) Rain When I Die - 6,5 04) Down in a Hole - 7,0 05) Sickman - 5,5 06) Rooster - 6,5 07) Junkhead - 6,0 08) Dirt - 6,0 09) God Smack - 5,5 10) Intro (Dream Sequence)/Iron Gland - 1,0 11) Hate to Feel - 6,0 12) Angry Chair - 7,0 13) Would? - 7,5 TOTAL: 6,04 (60/100) The music and melodies are not that interesting, the songs are kind of monotone to me. Drug use was a lyrical theme on the album so I can't really relate to the lyrics either. I guess the real grunge/metal/hard rock fans would say that this is much better than "Nevermind" but I'm not a grunge/metal/hard rock fan so I can say that I prefer the likes of Nirvana or even Pearl Jam.
Rooster, great. One or two others okay. The rest, just noise pollution for me.
Far too reminiscent of Nevermind.
every song sounds the same, I've heard rooster too many times. Not exciting
Plus point: they can touch a tune. Minus points: everything else and the length of the album. I guess CD was still a shiny new format in the nineties. Nevermind is 49 minutes. This is 57 but feels soo much longer.
dnf not for me but it was nice
not for me
Harmillisen raskasta - taidot menevät hukkaan.
If I liked this kind of music, it would probably be a decent version of it, listening was fairly easy, but it really is just not my thing
not my vibe but ok . cewl. . some real dark shit. 2
Wasn’t a favorite of mine. 🤷🏻♀️
Was listening to this while driving and it actively contributed to my road rage.
This was the most heavy metal of all of the Seattle grunge bands. And that’s exactly why I don’t like it. His voice is amazing though.
AiC is really everything I don’t like about grunge. I know that a lot of grunge is an opposition to the status quo while also projecting an aloofness that’s absent from punk music. But other major grunge acts like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, or Soundgarden brought so much passion, anger, and even joy into their music. Every musician in Alice in Chains sounds like they don’t want to be making music, as if recording is their 9-5 that they’re sick of and dying for retirement. I know that making music IS work, but it doesn’t need to sound so uninspired. Having said all that, Dirt is my favorite Alice in Chains album and it’s easily their most tolerable.
Not to my taste
With the first two tracks, I thought this would be an hour of being screamed at. The next two tracks softened a bit, with less screaming (and a small bit of real musical enjoyment for me). With tracks 5 (Sickman), we were back to screaming, then less screaming with Rooster (which I think I recognized as having heard before). Then I got bored with assessing which tracks were "more screaming" vs "less screaming". Totally not my music.
Rain When I Die is funkier than I would have thought. Guitar reminds me of Rage or something Im getting bored at sickman They don't have the sauce God smack has the sauce This album is technically good but doesn't have the sauce
Álbum conceptual sobre la conciencia resignada y el autodesprecio de un adicto a la heroína, "Dirt" es uno de los mejores discos de Alice in Chains, si no el mejor. En él se aprecia el origen sonoro de un grupo crecido entre las hordas grunge que, sin embargo, hunde sus raíces en el heavy metal y no en el punk, como sus coetáneos de Seattle. Entre un puñado de canciones sombrías y desesperanzadas sobresale el tema "Rooster", una historia de supervivencia.
naja..
Save a handful of albums, I don’t think many genres have dated as badly as grunge.
Meh.
I didn’t like it, but I hated it less than I thought I was gonna hate it second-half of the album was definitely stronger than the first
Nirvana set the bar very high for the grunge, so this kind of bands are boring for me
Is it just me but I don’t get this type of music
Good
Back half was better
Not for me. I can hear the musicianship, but the music feels a lot like a drone. Yeah, yeah, that's grunge to some extent, but it's just not for me.
I feel like this another one that I should like on paper but it doesn't do much for me. Would? Is very good though.
Yes, it is grungy. Yes, I think it’s too grungy. I love Alice In Chains songs, but it is a little mood killer to listen to a whole album. I feel like I listened to a whole minor key album. I love how good the musicians are, and how they explore unexpected key changes, but maybe a little too much on that. Repetition legitimizes, but what happens when you repeat too much? I am tired.
de e väl bra men jag bryr mig nt
Pfff too much
I liked its identity but it sounded all the same, I didn't realize when the album ended
Not a fan of metal
it's funny to get this right after Nirvana. it's so silly in comparison that I'm not going to spend time reviewing music I don't enjoy music: hated. (⌐■_■)
There are some Alice In Chains songs I really like. Jar Of Flies and Sap are a great collection of songs. On Dirt, Rooster, Would, Them Bones are all good songs. The rest I really can't get into though.
Não é péssimo, mas definitivamente não é feito pra mim. A partir da quinta música já começa a parecer tudo igual, com os gritos ficando irritantes e raros momentos que salvam, além de ser muito mais longo que devia. Talvez algum dia clique comigo Fav tracks: Rain When I Die, Would? Least fav track: Sickman
Couldn’t wait for this one to finish. Couple decent tracks, but rest is not good. 1 star without Rooster, and 2 stars is being kind.
Not for me.
The problem I’ve realised with this game is that I’d never choose noisy guitar rock to listen to as a whole album so the music suffers as a result.
Not a huge fan of the dark grungy style. I think I would like this more if I was more depressed. I couldn't make my way through it all. Definitely not in the mood for it. 1.5 stars
A good hard rock album. But very negative and depressing. Death, drugs and Rock & Roll. And they figure everybody hates them; ie, “we’re our own race - stoners, junkies and dealers” or something close to that. Still…..some decent guitar work.
It was good just not my thing.
This is unintentionally funny. Trite riffs and silly lyrics. I hear teens in flannel who worked hard at their guitar lessons doing well at the high school talent contest.
Coming into this I know Rooster and Would? This hit when I was a teen, but I was not into these guys. Heard other songs off the album at that time also. Going to try and keep an open mind, but, again, I might be too old for this shit. Okay, listened all the way through. Unencumbered and keeping an open mind, I was left thinking, yet again, this album is just not for me. I'm not a fan of the singer's voice of their sound. I know people love this, but its just not for me. It was fine revisiting it, but didn't do much for me.
Es rock, medio heavy, asi que de primera impresion no de mi agrado.
1st track and 'Dirt' were okay but otherwise quite intense
Ieder zijn ding. Dit is echt niet mijn ding. Normaliter houd ik wel van grunge, maar dit is extreme grunge, erg grimmig en zeurderig. 2/5.
uh.
I honestly truly don't get the love for this, it goes on for ever.!
Not really my music - I „normally“ :-) like this kind of music, but why this album is on the 1001 list. From my point of view, there are better ones. Perhaps 1992 was such a bad year for grunge,guitar,rock,… :-)
Ah! It's "Barrel's o' fun" from Doom II. But is this album barrels o' fun? Well, kind of. This is actually the first time I've listened to this album, despite it being from "my era" and being into grunge music. I've always liked "Them Bones" and as a started listening to it I was kind of pleased that the rest of the album had the same sound. But maybe it was too samey? Alice in Chains never really chimed with me the way Nirvana or, later, Soundgarden did. They just sounded too depressing... which is a weird thing to say given the other bands I like. I dunno. When I got to the last track, "Would?" I remembered it was another single that I liked, but overall I didn't feel that I'd fallen in love with album. I can't say I'd listen to again. But maybe I will and it will grown on me.
rockrockrockrockrockrockrockrockrockruk Ik vind hier dus niet zoveel aan. Het is Grunge rock en ik moet daar niet zoveel hebben. Het album duurt voor mij te lang, de nummers zijn niet bijzonder genoeg en het klinkt allemaal redelijk gelijk aan elkaar. Het is geen 1 want ik kan me best voorstellen dat mensen dit helemaal fantastisch vinden, ik ben daar gewoon niet 1 van. En dan is dit echt te lang om boeiend te blijven.
Not my taste but not the worst
2,5
Growly shouty music just the wrong side of tolerable for a few tracks.
Good background listening but im not sure i would actively listen to it, i dont like this guy's singing voice like his accent/the way he talks
Rock I might like the instrumental version better.
Album which caused me take a break on this site.
Its the Budweiser of grunge. Predictable, plain, boring, and just like dozens of other bands.
Raskaaseen päähän, auts! Annan mahdollisuuden myös tälle levylle, vaikka en odota sen kuuntelua. Biisit ei jää mieleen, tuntuu olevan lähes sama sointikulku jokaisessa. Tasapaksua, tylsää, yllätyksetöntä. Sopii kyllä lenkille tempon puolesta, mutta ajatukset lähtee saman tien laukalle, enkä keskity enää kuuntelemiseen. Ei jatkoon.
Ja, dit is dan weer niet mijn muziek. In z'n soort vast prima gemaakt, maar voor mij had het niet gehoeven.