Dirt

Iskä mitä se runke on? NO, se on nii monia juttuja. Aijaa. No onks se tirtti hyvä levy? NO VITTU ONHAN SE.

No ei kyllä lähtenyt yhtään. Ihan liian synkkää menoa itelle.

sempre la stessa cosa, sei incazzato ma con chi?

Tracks longer than 3:59: Too many Long tracks interesting or special: A couple yes, the rest no Album shorter than 58 minutes: Yes Will listen to again: Possibly Overall: This is not a genre I normally listen to, but I actually really liked this album. Probably won’t listen to it very often in the future, but if I am ever in the mood for this type of sound, I’ll probably reach for this album.

Grungy! 4/5.

Ditch the hairspray and makeup, let’s fly the flannel!

Kinda liked it

not a big metal person

Might be the best record from the Grunge era. 1M/5

The heaviest of the grunge big four, and easily in the top five albums of that scene. Powerful and consistent, closing with the standout Would?

A bit less than melodic. Sort of grates the nervous system. Rather not hear this again.

The best hard rock comes with an undertone of malice. A listener should feel a little uneasy thrill as the album unspools. Such as it is and has been since the Stones made their first deal with the Devil, G&R's skull faces on the cover of Appetite, Sabbath sludging out their detuned magic. And come the grunge era, there was Alice. Fucking timeless, this is -- every note pulled me back to my angsty, hard-drinking 20's. Just great musicianship tinged with dread and drugs and rotting apartments. Few folks have ever penned a harder line than "I want you to scrape me from the walls" in Dirt. Dark magicks lie within. So good. So very very good.

I never listened to a full album of Alice In Chains before. I know the singles from this album but not the rest of the songs. Well I enjoyed it. It's good album. Not a 5 out of 5 stars album. But a well deserved 4 stars album. So: 4/5

I had this on CD when it came out and think this still holds up. Favorite tracks: Down In A Hole, Them Bones, Would, Rooster

Better than expected. Early 90s rock.

Again, those who like it, like it.

One of the best of the era, just packed with hits and so much emotion. Easy 5 star just from the singles, the whole album is great

I think I'd only heard "Rooster" before listening to this one. Overall it was good. It was kind of a heavy grunge which was a cool sound. I do wish it has been shorter though.

Alice In Chains makes dirt sound good

Really heavy guitar tone. Love the darker vocal harmonies. Great sound.

One of my favorite 90s grunge bands, and arguable their best album. I love this record.

ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE

oh hell yes

Good

Not bad.

Classic in my eyes 5

Classic '90s album, obviously. Up there with Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Stone Temple Pilots as the resounding hitmakers of the original grunge era. "Them Bones," "Rooster," "Down In A Hole," and "Would" make up this album's league of incredible songs, and "Dam That River," "Sickman," "Junkman," "Angry Chair," and the title track all back up those songs. Then there are some other songs that are in my opinion lesser, but they matter less. The entire album creates this incredibly depressive, bleak atmosphere about it; the riffs are hard and the atmosphere is dry. I really enjoy a lot of the more metallic moments, and I really love the sequencing. Really great, highly recommended album 9.3/10 DOES IT BELONG ON THE LIST: YES REASON: Relevance and quality

Standard grunge fayre. Not particularly outstanding

Better than I thought it would be, but not on my list of island records. Probably my age is beginning to show here.

Perhaps it’s due to not overplaying this one like so many other albums, but this might be my favourite grunge album. The first half in particular is just astoundingly good, but even the second half has the fantastic God Smack and Would. One of the best rock albums of the 90s.

We were a bit distracted when listening to this but I detected a mix of AC/DC and Uriah Heep. Am I wrong?

not impressed

this is the sort of metal that's right up my alley. pretty much my only issue with metal is the screeching and growling. other than that, i'll take pretty much anything, so long as it meets my regular sonic standards, and this definitely meets and surpasses them. i especially love the guitar riffs and solos on this, and the vocals are, for the most part, also great.

It is about damn time that I get to listen to a 5 star album that appears on here, and it happens to be my favourite grunge album. It is not only their best album but it features Rooster which I consider to be their best song, and I always preferred Alice In Chains over Nirvana. There is so much to love about this album; Like the slow crunchy guitar riffs, the fusion of grunge and heavy metal, the perfect harmonies between Layne Staley (RIP) and Jerry Cantrell, and the raw emotional lyrics that tackle subjects about drugs, depression, mental health and nihilism. This is one of the reasons why I consider the 90s to be the best decade for music. I would argue that only one song feels a little bit like fillery, but the rest of them are absolute bangers. And their two other albums from this period of Alice In Chains are also worth a listen (Facelift and Self Titled)

heavier and more interesting than i remembered. definitely a bit of a surprise

Nothing short of perfection. Alice In Chains are slowly but surely making their way into my fav bands of all time. Such a brilliant, dark, heavy, grunge album; quite possibly my favourite grunge album of all time. Rooster was my fav song and first listen of the album. Rain When I Die and Down In A Hole were my other highlights

Oh, this one reminds me of college years, when I listened to Alice in Chains for the first time. I think this is a fantastic rock album. It's very unique (for its originality and the band's distinctive sound), it sounds great, and it packs a lot of energy.

Only real critique is it could use a greater diversification of sound. A top 3 grunge album with one of rocks most tragic front men. These guys are the only other grunge band I can place near nirvana. Jerry Cantrell is such a brilliant guitarist

Them bones - 5 Dam that river - 5 Rain when i die - 3 Down in a hole - 4 Sickman - 4 Rooster - 5 Junkhead - 4 Dirt - 4 God smack - 4 Untitled - na Hate to feel - 3 Angry chair - 5 Would? - 5

Not for me.

La verdad que pa' ser metal, me lo parché.

Not a fan of the vocal accent. Feels like every American rock band of the 90s

Yeah, this doth butter no parsnips! I endured this one like Brussels on my Crimbo dinner. 'Down in hole' ironically was my favourite track.

Grunge in rawest form.....heavy lyrics raw sound

Enjoyment: 7/10 Replayability: 7/10 Cohesion: 8/10 Flow/Pacing: 7/10 Artistic Merit: 7/10 Weighted Average: 7.15/10 Review: This is a powerful, raw, rockin, grunge-y, metal album. The songs do sound the same, but it's not disenchanting. I could listen to this another 3 times on repeat and stay fired up. Liked Song(s): Them Bones, Rain When I Die, Hate to Feel, Angry Chair Disliked Song(s): Sickman, Junkhead Recommend? Yes Heard Before? No

genuinely thought I was listening to Nirvana sometimes then. good voice though bit of a shift after Aretha. bleak. lyrics I don't want children listening to. turns out not just for attention.

Of the grunge era artists Alice in Chains never really grabbed me enough beyond the radio singles to investigate further. This is sludgy and grimy rock punctuated by Staley's unique voice. Enjoyed giving the album a listen and would gladly listen again.

There's a lot to be said for Pearl Jam and Soundgarden and Stone Temple Pilots, but for me Alice in Chains is the greatest of the grunge pioneers, and this is their best album. Spectacular harmonies, diverse time signatures, incredible guitar and bass playing, and Layne Staley's amazing, powerful, bitter vocals. It's not a happy album by any means, but boy, is it a good one.

På dette punktet er det klart at Grunge, til den grad vi er enige om hva det er, ikke er en favoritt i lyttegruppa. Jeg har aldri hørt velig mye på Alice in Chain, men det var en periode hvor jeg hadde noen låter på repeat. Fra denne, særdeles The Rooster og Would? Det er en passe kul sound her, og hvordan riffet på en måte lugger på Them Bones (er det off beat eller bare en uvanlig takt?) er gøy å høre på. Det blir litt monotont i lengden.

Syns det låter tøft, men samtidig litt for tannløst. Vet ikke helt hvordan grungen får til det, men det edger meg bare. I alle fall en del fete låter. Gledelig gjenhør med «Them Bones» i alle fall og et par andre bops. Men summen er i alt monotont, og jeg skulle egentlig ønske de hadde valgt å spille stonerrock fremfor grunge.

I don't know why but this album sounds significantly less dated than other grunge albums of that era such as Ten and Superunknown. Maybe because Alice in Chains always had a pretty distinct sound, or maybe because I didn't hear these songs a billion times when the album came out. Either way, I enjoyed revisiting it.

If I were about five years younger, I would probably have been into this band. Sort of like Nirvana with more heavy metal influence. Unfortunately, I think the heavy metal they were influenced by was bordering on thrash. So I will stick with Nirvana myself. Two songs here that I liked: Down in a Hole and Rooster. To me, all the songs are reminiscent of something familiar, but I think this is because of the similarities to Nirvana. The only song that I actually recognized was Rooster... I will probably listen to another album from Alice In Chains to be sure, but if this is really their best album, I can do without.

I didn't hate it this just isn't my taste of music - I only seem to like some heavy rock music and I didn't really take to this. There was a couple of songs I would listen to again but I wouldn't reach for them.

Listening session: september 8th/9th, while getting ready in the morning Listened to before: listened to most songs before Thoughts: this album is such a classic that I grew up on. I can definitely thank my dad for liking Alice In Chains Favourite tracks: Rooster, Dirt & Would?

One of my favorites. No notes.

I had the first album by these guys when it came out, Facelift. I didn’t know much metal then except there was tons of hair metal around and I was starting to hear some thrash, some metal-adjacent stuff like Faith No More, Danzig, and Suicidal Tendencies, and some actual crossover stuff like DRI. But mostly hair metal, a lot of hair metal. There was no escaping it. Facelift and Beg to Differ by Prong were so much more appealing than Poison and Warrant and Skid Row. A year later, grunge really broke through and by then I had listened to so much more music in so many different styles that Alice In Chains seemed pretty bland. A few years later I had a roommate who listed to Dirt pretty constantly. There was a lot of overlap in our musical tastes but this one really didn’t please me. Actually, it annoyed me. People seem to think the singer’s voice is soulful, but it sounds more whiny than soulful to me. I listened to the whole album again and found it the same as I remembered it, whiny and boring. I appreciate every band that contributed to killing off hair metal, but if the entire discography of Alice In Chains just ceased to exist, it wouldn’t bother me at all. Essential listen: no Desert island disc: no

Not my cup of tea

I liked it. Especially while working.

Не цепляет

This fucking rules Best Song: Rooster Rating: 9/10 Stars: 5

YESSSS im so excited to listen to this album love Alice in Chains it’s amazing no words

Good album, vocals get a little tiring. 3.7/5

Good enough

Like listening to a vacuüm cleaner: no soul, repetitive, annoying and so so boring.

This album is a masterpiece - definitely one of the best albums I have heard so far. It's a grunge classic - and you don't only listen to the album, you feel it in your bones. Also, I have listened to this album many times and have a vinyl - so listening this was absolutely magical.

Zero skips, absolutely insane how good this album is!

está ok

Metal punk rock pop at its best some very nice songs some tough

Alice In Chains really grew on me over the last couple of years. Love the vocals paired with the grungy instrumentation. 4.5/5.

I'm more a metal fan now than I was when this came out. Dark, dark stuff. Hard to say that something this tragic can be enjoyable.

Fantastic album.

AH!!!!!!! AH!!!!!!!!! AH!!!!!!!!!!! AH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4/5

Life sucks, sung in various forms, ways, and words. Or, just call it grunge. 2.0

okej sorry jag jobbar heltid just nu. tänker inte lägga min värdefulla tid på att lyssna på metal. där går min gräns. 1/10

Good for what it is--early grunge inspired by metal rather than punk (according to their own Spotify description)--not interesting to me 34 years later.

Man, this album is bleak. Not just the lyrics -- the harmonies are pained, the guitars are grinding, every bit of major chord sequence turns minor again. Gotta say though, it's musically intelligent and innovative. It's fundamentally heavy metal, with the rough edges of grunge and the accuracy of Metallica but slower and driving in the Black Sabbath vein. Those tortured harmonies are hard to pull off and really well sung (maybe howled). It's a great album. I just don't want to listen to stuff like this.

Legendary.

Excellent. I should have listened to this more in the 90s

I have loved this album for a very long time. It is a great album. It's five stars easy. While Alice in Chains is sometimes a downer, this album is sludgy, metal, grunge, and it is a masterpiece. Layne Stanley is an amazing singer, and he mixes with Jerry Cantrell to make the signature Alice in Chains dissonant 4th harmonies. While every song on this album is great, Dam That River is high energy fist pumping anthem. Down in a Hole is mellow and relatively quiet and it's so fantastic. The album closes on a high note with one of my all-time favorite songs, Would? Jerry's tribute to Andrew Wood wasn't brand new to this album, first appearing in the soundtrack for Singles. But it is a fantastic closer to an amazing album.

Starts with a banger, ends with a banger, everything dark and depressing and in between. Riffs and lyrics go hard as hell. Love love love

This is excellent. If you disagree, you are wrong.

Alice in Chains feels like fourth place in the Grunge Olympics...Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden all on the podium. I might like the music better but I don't love Layne Staley's voice. Grunge is a dark genre, and this seems darker than most of it. Layne Staley and Rob Zombie sound vaguely similar. Rooster was the big hit from this album. Would? was another big song off this album.

I can get down with this from time to time.

Feels like one of those albums that's better enjoyed after a few brews with the homies on a Sunday. Sometime in between the 3rd and 4th quarter of the 1pm games. Your team is already down two scores, barreling towards a 1-4 start to the year. You start drunk singing The Rooster and for a few minutes, but only for a few, you're back in control.

Was really hoping I could get into this by casting my mind back to what it'd be like to Beavis or Butthead. But it didn't take.

When this album came out, I hated grunge. I had just gotten out of the Navy and was a full-time college student, and grunge felt like the music that was pushing the stuff I loved out of the way. More than 30 years later, I've developed an appreciation for it, and strangely enough, that early-'90s sound has become nostalgic for me. It takes me right back to my college years. And there's a lot I like about Alice in Chains. The guitar work is great, Layne Staley has a distinctive voice, and the harmonies are probably my favorite part of their sound. “Them Bones” sounded familiar and immediately grabbed me, “Dam That River” rocked, and “Rooster,” which I remembered well from the time, was easily my favorite. But somewhere in the middle of Dirt, I started zoning out. I completely missed “Junkhead,” and by the title track, everything was beginning to blend together. The dark, heavy sound works for me in individual songs, but over nearly an hour there wasn't enough variation to keep me engaged. “Angry Chair” woke me back up toward the end, and “Would?” was a good closer that seemed to pack all of Alice in Chains' signature elements into one song. The funny thing is that I could complain that too many of these songs sound alike, yet I'll happily listen to an AC/DC album where nobody has ever accused the band of reinventing themselves between tracks. Maybe the difference is that those albums tend to get in, rock, and get out. I came away appreciating Alice in Chains much more than I would have in 1992. There are several songs here I'd gladly listen to again. I just don't need almost an hour of Dirt at once. Vinyl verdict: No buy.

A solid grunge album, though a bit over long. 3 1/2 stars

Oh boy! Not one of my favorite 90s bands. I do have a fun story I always like to share. I saw these guys in 1991 open up for the Clash of the Titans tour. Now why they had Alice in Chains open up for Anthrax, Megadeth and Slayer, I will never know. Needless to say, they were quickly booed off the stage by the hard-core metal fans. This album does not age well, the hits sound very tired, and I am still not impressed.

Grungy grunge

They really had a one-of-a-kind sound.

Look it's just not for me okay

Obviously well made but I found it pretty boring

Sounds like Layne Stanley sings harmony with himself, unique voice. Appreciate how hard it goes but can swing back and uses his vocals to sing softer stuff I didn't expect. I thought I'd like it - some songs felt a bit cliche but there's a couple gems in Rooster, Would, Down In a Hole...

This actually rocks wow. Actually enjoyable

Listen to their few more well known songs and you've heard every one of their songs.

Dawn of butt rock

Not bad but not entirely my thing either.

no me gustó :(

I never thought I could be so happy to see this miserable album and its hideous artwork, but after suffering through Roni Size's mind-numbing New Forms yesterday, this had me downright giddy! Anyway... From the first yowling jump-scare and Sisyphean riff of Them Bones, Dirt is an uncomfortable ride into a hostile soundscape. Even ignoring the cover, the songs linger over sand, bones, rocks, scorching sun, and live burial. It sounds like going mad in the desert, alone and blistering and parched of everything, with little respite or shelter from the sluggish riffs and warped mirages of guitar. I'm really fond of Layne Staley's voice and Jerry Cantrell's harmonies with him; their vocal interplay gives them a special something compared to their peers. Dirt's got some of the band's strongest singles on it, but it's overlong – slightly too long of a time to spend in its murky infernal world. It's such a self-loathing, abjectly druggy album, not so much "warts and all" as just all warts, but it rocks even while it makes your skin crawl. AIC have such a knack for songs with groovy bones under all the ugly muscle. My standouts are Rooster, the long dark 'Nam nightmare, and Would?, which sounds like falling howling down a pit and is one of their absolute best. GONNA END UP A BIG OL' PILE OF THEM BONES (AH!)

Not really knowing anything other than the name I was worried this might be another Def Leppard-type letdown. Still doesn't come that close to original '70s rock but probably because it's unfamiliar to me. I enjoyed a lot of it though and want to hear more. I could imagine Ozzy Osbourne singing the title track as that was very Sabbath-like. Good timing too as I went to see the Ozzy Osbourne exhibition at Birmingham Art Gallery today :) And then I heard track 10 which obviously confirmed the Black Sabbath influence!! Some tracks were unexciting but there was more than enough to spark interest and I would like to hear more from other albums...given time with all the new stuff coming my way.

Awful! The worst type of music - I don’t know much about the band itself but was always under the impression they just kind of hopped on the Nirvana bandwagon. Absolute unlistenable crap

There is nothing I hate more musically then this sort of voice, these sorts of guitars, and these sorts of lyrics. Just total and absolute garbage.

Classic Album, lots of great songs. some were a little weird but otherwise I enjoyed them.

A foundational record for that blip of sound in the early 90s. Miss you Layne.

I've known Alice in Chains for a while now, I even listened to some of their songs before, but I never listened through a full album by them until now. And oh my stars it was so worth it! What an experience, what an experience. I listened to half of the album outside, the other half inside... This didn't really have any impact on how I perceived the heavily distorted heavy guitars and deep lyrics, but it was an interesting contrast. Anyway, even if some songs didn't have as much momentum as the rest, it's a really great alt metal album, and I'm sure I will listen to it more later on. 5/5

I can’t not let nostalgia bias my view of this album. I loved it as a preteen thinking I was so hard listening to godsmack. I don’t know that I appreciated the weight of the lyrics or how much of a role heroin had in this album coming together. Either way, this album always stood out to me amongst a heap of PNW grunge. Absolutely incredible instrumentals 🤌

It's fine. Rooster is a standout. Junkhead is depressing

I forgot that you don't get a moment to breath here. Pop in the CD and here we go. Alice in Chains was always one of the most interesting of the Grunge bands. You can hear some of the hair metal bleeding through which makes them a nice bridge, as opposed to their peers complete repudiation, from the 80's to the 90's dominant rock movements. Three all time songs on the album, Rooster is one of, if not the best song I have ever seen in concert. 5's are reserved transcendent albums of influence but this is one where I am tempted to break my own rules.

Actually pretty fresh and clean.

Heavyyy

Some highlights here, Rooster foremost among them, but otherwise a mostly fine set of grunge tracks

I've always seen Alice in Chains as closer to metal than grunge and have never been too keen on them. However, they have really grown on me as I've gotten older especially through listening to their outstanding unplugged session. I really enjoyed listening to this album today. There are several outstanding tracks including Dan that River, Down in a Hole, Rooster, Dirty and Would.

"AHH!"

I enjoyed listening to this, until some of the songs started to sound the same and blended into each other.

I'd been aware of a lot of this album from my metal era, so it was fun to revisit.

Still hits. Not as hard as when I was in the dorms, but still hits.

Good album, but not 5/5.

One hell of a journey. Favorites: Them Bones, Rooster, Dirt, Dam That River, Sickman

Solid and interesting

I always regret not getting into AiC when I was a bit younger. It took my wife to give me the nudge to actually sit down and listen to them and I fell in love. This album is fire from start to finish.

Dirt is easily one of my favorite projects from the peak of Grunge music at it adds a much sharper edge and sprinkling of Metal into the music that makes this feel like its' own distinct corner of Grunge music rather than a same-y album in the same vein as Nirvana. From starting out the album screaming at the top of their lungs, to having some of the heaviest and yet catchiest lyrics I have heard ever, Alice in Chains knew what they wanted and had very clear visions of each song here and then they conquered with a fiery reign. There is such a high level of talent showcased by each and every member of this band that it is hard to really pick apart this project because there really aren't any major flaws. The run of songs from Track 1 to 6 is nothing short of legendary shit. Even just having one of those songs in a band's discography would be more than enough to cement them in people's minds, but Alice in Chains has all 6 of them. This album starts to struggle a bit with Junkhead and really feels the burn on their untitled track and Hate to Feel. I wouldn't call either of them bad tracks by any means, but they are the low points in a really spectacular album. I may have had this album rated higher before, but the fact it has still stood the test of time and remains a "classic" in my eyes is nothing short of amazing and showing of the band's high quality output.

Just not really my thing, not bad per se, but it felt really flat a lot of the time. The vocals are quite good, but the instrumentation lacked a certain oomph to grab my attention.

This was an awesome surprise!

A bit too hard for me.

Mun lempibiisi Alice in Chainsilta on Check my brain. :) Se ei ollu tällä levyllä. :( Oon kuunnellu satunnaisia kappaleita tältä bändiltä, esim Would? on pitkään löytyny soittolistoilta, mut tää oli eka kerta ko koko levy meni. Ei jää viimeiseksi kerraksi! Musta Cantrellin valittava laulutyyli on meditatiivinen. Tuntu, että tässä voisi vajota jonnekin syvempään ulottovuuteen. Välillä en erottanut biisien vaihtumista, ja vaikka se joskus häiritsee, ei se nyt tehnyt sitä. Nyt kuuntelen Check my Brainin, kiitos :3

mun varmaan ois pitäny tykätä tästä. en tykänny. tuntu hammaslääkäriltä. oon menossa tänään hammaslääkäriin. kesti liian pitkään eikä mitään tapahtunu. silti genrenä mun. mutta ei levynä.

Täynnä todella kovia biisejä. Melkeen kaikki Alice in Chainsin parhaat biisit on tällä ja muutenkin levy saundaa tosi hyvältä. Potkii vuodesta toiseen!

Röyheetä, rouheeta. En ollu hahmottanu että AiC on näin grungea (tän myötä opein että sitä jos mikä ja tää levy oikeastaan yks tyylilajin määrittäviä kulmakiviä :o). Alkupäässä oli myös hauska pilkahdusta vähän semmosta goottirockin suuntaista ja jännästi tuli mielleyhtymä esim. HIMiin. Hyvää tasaista jynttäystä, mut tuskin tulee palattua ja vähän tuntui jotenkin työltä päästä loppuun asti.

Aivan ok. Tuli mieleen soundin puolesta vähän se NIN mikä kuunneltiin aiemmin, mut näitä on rakastettu lapsena.

Didn't like that. Sounded a bit cringey 80s and less grunge at times. Not a fan of the vocal either. 2/5.

9.5/10

7.5/10 - I didn’t like this as much as I thought I would. It’s definitely in my wheelhouse. It’s similar to things I like, it just was missing something to take it to the mark of In Utero or Ten.

I can see why people really like this. I'm not super into grunge so this didn't do a whole lot for me but it wasn't bad. 6/10

ой это всегда любовь ненависть и поэтичность

Album 288. Dirt (https://open.spotify.com/album/58NXIEYqmq5dQHg9nV9duM?si=oXuR1I7EQcySj4PMfsXCLA) — Alice In Chains (1992) I don't like Alice in Chains in general, so this album is not an exception. It has quite high rating for metal, but I want to downgrade it so much for grunge. I just can't understand what's so good about this album. There're a couple of good songs, Would? specifically, but the whole album is meehh 2/5 Liked: — Down In A Hole — Would?

This list hates metal but at least it's not dumb enough to diregard Grunge legends Alice in Chains with their big hit record. To quote a metal loving friend of mine who quit this challenge maybe three weeks in, "finally a good fucking album". We appreciate days like this before I have to hear another redundant britpop or music that's too English and not enough "essential" or whatever.

This IS grunge.

YES I haven't listened to this in a while, so thanks for making me revisit it today.

its personally not really my type of music, but its not bad

Uu, njih pa v bistvu ful še nisem velik - en drug album sem, sam mi takrat ni ful potegnil. Kul začetek ("Them Bones"). Sicer pa, dober grunge. Fajn glas je mel Layne. Ok, "Rooster" pa poznam. O, fak, "Would?" tud poznam. Ampak, od kje? Se mi zdi, k da je mogl bit v kaki MTV reklami leta nazaj. Ker mi je sam en delček znan. Ej, kul. Bolj mi je blo všeč, kot sem pričakovala. (Dan kasneje (po Costellu) ponovno poslušam album - how the fuck sm včer zgrešila referenco na Black Sabbath v "Untitled" oziroma, kot piše na wiki: "Intro (Dream Sequence)/Iron Gland[II]" (sometimes unlisted or listed as "Untitled"))?!)

All vibe. Almost perfect, dances with getting lost in the vibe over an hour in length though. Otherwise songs are distinct and meaningful, so many big moments and genre-transcendent song writing. It feels like a concert set, for a tour, meant for a crowd. Length adds - to a mainstream listener - a little filler - thus stopping a 5 star.

I can see why this album, along the others usual suspects, felt identity-changing as a teen, after the gradiose of the 80s. I, however, am a millennial so to me these were just some pretty good songs you'd hear on MTV Nordic's Superrock or 90s nostalgia programs. So yeah, pretty good (better than I thought AIC is, to be frank), but that's about it.

I tried, I really tried. But I cannot help but dislike the aesthetics of peak mainstream Grunge. This muscular, testosterone-laden power riffing meets "expressionistic singer bragging about how miserable and vulnerable he is"-style; it is just another testament to what was, music-wise, terrible about the 90s. For me, most mainstream Grunge records stray too far from the uncompromising intensity of metal. They are neither as emotionally charged nor as musically enhanced as the best Post-Hardcore records. Albums such as Dirt just sit between the chairs, ready to be digested by a voyeuristic crowd that likes its music hard, but not too hard. Dirt might be a good album; I simply cannot judge because I can't manage to get past the overall concept of Grunge as a type of consummate music. It simply annoys the hell out of me. Sorry, Alice in Chains, but I guess you're not lacking fans.

It was okay

Going into this the only songs I'd heard by AIC was Man in the Box and Rooster (both of which I always enjoyed). I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this though. This is probably my second favorite album that I've listened to solely because of this project. 10/10 - no notes.

Classic grunge album.

I can see why people like it but just don't think it's my thing

Maybe the definitive Grunge album if there is such a thing.

Щось цікаве) Ну таке.....

Es una buena forma para ver la música que se hacía a principios de los 90s en estados Unidos sobre todo lo que era catalogada como la música alternativa (porque las disqueras y estaciones de radio no sabían cómo terminar de llamarle) música mucho más pesada con una temática depresiva pero lo que me sorprende de este álbum es que no tiene muchos sencillos para ser el álbum que llevo a Alice in chains al mainstream pero como álbum completo siento que funciona muy bien.

Great record! Grunge influenced by Heavy Metal Or maybe de other way around

Uhhhh. Idk. I mean I really like the guitar and the drums. Vocally and melody wise I would say it’s safe to say I’m not impressed. For me, it’s a 3. I can totally see how this might be a 5 for someone else. But this is my list. And I am too old to be rating things on how they “should be rated” or whatever. I can no longer pretend there is any objectivity in this exercise. And being such, I reserve 4’s for albums I will certainly, perhaps even excitedly, return to for repeat listening. I will not be returning to this.

A stunning record. I was flipping between a 4 and a 5, but you get to "Would?" and Layne Staley starts screaming "Into the flood again" and it's clear, this is a 5. This is as good as grunge can get. We've all heard the hits on this record, but some of the deeper cuts pulled through here. The soft acoustic guitar combined with the grunge guitar on "Rain When I Die" blew me away.

a bit too angry/depressive for me. I’m all for some grunge, but I appreciate some levity or experimentation mixed in. this was like pure grunge with a much clearer metal influence, which doesn’t really do it for me.

Idk. I feel like this does everything it sets out to and is really intense and the guitar kicks ass and I never want to listen to it again.

Whipping my hair

This was a refreshingly good album.

Good stuff on here. Layne has a great voice and the multi track vocals make it even better. Some good guitar work too.

Not my cup of tea but it is far better than Guns’n’Roses

You just had to be there, it was one of the best albums in this era. I'm too old for this shit now. I don't have it on rotation but it was a product of it's time.

Depression never sounded this angry and this good. If you love this album you might need ask for help or you are an elder millennial.

This is one of the defining albums of my teenage years. The songwriting connected with me even though I didn't do drugs. It was the themes of angst, despair, and feeling wrong that made me love the doom and gloom of the music. Layne Staley is the best vocalist of the Seattle scene and I will defend that position to my dying day.

Kinda good old fashioned grunge. Not revolutionary

Like a joke of a rock band?

Grunge going on Alternative Metal. Definitely not one of my favorite Grunge bands, Alice in Chains steer a bit too closely to that dreadful aesthetic that would dominate the late-90's/early-00's. But that's not their fault, those bands just took their entire sound from Alice in Chain, specifically this album and its immediate follow-up, the Jar of Flies EP. Not amazing, but without a doubt miles better than the bands it inspired. Key tracks: Them Bones Would?

I liked the vibe and some of the songs, but it felt repetitive after awhile.

4.5, very close to 5

“Alice In Chains” is probably my number 2 amongst the Big 4 Grunge Bands “Dirt” has got a good a heavy vibe. It’s like Metal with almost an Industrial sound (the word Grunge actually does describe it). It’s An album that sounds like , well like “Dirt” “Would?”’is still my favourite track by them. It is just sung so amazing, especially at the end when it explodes. However Every other song is just killer. For heavy songs like this , they have some really good choruses to scream/sing along to 4.5/5

8,5 pra esse album. muito bom, principalmente as 4 primeiras faixas escelentes. cai um pouco de qualidade no meio e melhora dnv no final, mto bom overall.

Alice in Chains' Dirt is a compelling and heavy 4/5 listening experience that showcases the band at a fascinating creative crossroads, anchored by standout moments like the razor-sharp energy of "Them bones," the melodic depth of "Down in a hole," and the iconic, perfectly executed closer "Would?" While the album is packed with brilliant guitar work, intricate rhythms, and Layne Staley’s signature mesmerizing vocals—particularly on tracks like "Rain when I die" and the title track—it ultimately suffers from a bit of bloat that could be easily fixed by removing a few weaker or disjointed cuts. Tracks that feel overly eccentric or uninspired, such as the unconventional and jarring "Sickman," the strange vocal delivery in "God smack," and the throwaway untitled filler, interrupt the record's momentum. Sonically, the production, mixing, and mastering are generally strong and capture that trademark early-90s grunge atmosphere, though a lighter touch with the compression—especially on the drums—would have given the heavier passages even more breathing room and dynamic impact.

Well composed. Moody, sprawling, nauseating in places, sandpaper and broken glass in others. All this is to say, textured. There are other impressions I'm not enough of a writer to make form into words. Ok, y'all can have a 5. Even though this isn't something I'd reach for very often (if at all). I don't think it's a mood I want to live in but damn is it ever a mood.

#209/1001 🇺🇸 I understand. I got Mariah Carey yesterday so that i could have this today. An unbelievably good record. The first 3 tracks are absolutely explosive. Then it gets even darker with a handful of tracks about Staley's drug addiction. The slower tracks like Rooster and Down in a Hole are so powerful. Best Tracks: Would?, Them Bones, Damn the River, Rain When I Die, Rooster.

I hesitantly admit this is a great album. I have such complicated feelings about this band and how their status has changed over the course of my life, but this is an incredible blend of alt metal, funk grooves, blues punk, etc made by really imaginative and daring musicians. Of the big four Seattle grunge bands, Alice in Chains were the most distant from the underground scene most associated with the development of the genre. They really are their own thing, and it's a shame how much butt rock they inspired (but I guess that's what you get from near non-stop rock radio airplay for a decade). But now I am meeting a lot of young people who love this band? It's kind of odd, but I think if you are approaching Alice in Chains less in the terms of "Seattle grunge" and more within a greater context of rock history (especially as a young person who didn't grow up watching VH1), they sound much better.

I've know this album for some years now, with my first listening being back in 2021, if I can remember correctly. The thing is that I never really dedicated it much time, not having listened to it more than five times or so in total, not because I didn't have the time, but due to never really be super interested in the project, and there are two main reasons: First, this style of alternative metal is not really my thing. The combination of sludge riffs with the touches of psychedelic and disoriented guitars from stoner is not a sound that I particularly love, but at least I enjoy to some extent, as it is undeniably heavy. Second, the voice. I both love and dislike Layne Staley's vocals. His screams, what I liked the most about him, are spectacular, liberating, energetic and full of spirit. Really really loved how powerful he sounds in songs like "Them Bones", "Rooster" and "Would?". Another great aspect about him is his ability to write very catchy and memorable vocal lines. Along with the previous mentioned tracks, "Dam That River" and "Down In a Hole" are also quite nice in this aspect. In addition, I should mention how much desperation is portrayed through the lyrics. No doubt why people call this album depressing and dark, touching themes such as nihilism, drugs, worthlessness and loneliness in a very deep and personal manner. What I don't really like are the sang verses with heavy twang and overuse of vibrato, being way more present in the second half than the first one, specially from the songs "Junkhead" to "Angry Chair". Ultimately, I think it is a great album. Not being one of my favourite genres and some issues I have with the voice may bring down the score a lot. Nonetheless, the album itself is very memorable and there are some moments that definitively impacted me.

I still to this day catch the song "Rooster" playing in my head randomly. It's such damn good song. So soulful and it's just masterfully composed with gut-wrenching lyrics. This album is absolutely deserving of this list and fucking rocks. Grunge takes some patience to really understand and enjoy, but one you get it and realize the meaning behind the genre, it gets really good. 8/10

low 2 rubbish nirvana clone

I've dipped in and out on Alice in Chains over the years. I think the last time I tried to listen to a whole damn album was the one that had "Check My Brain" (Black Turns Into Blue, maybe?). "Check My Brain" absolutely ripped, but I think I gave up before listening to the whole thing. Feel the same way about this one. The riffage on this album is pretty solid throughout, and I've always liked their dirge-y, Southern-sounding harmonies (I had for the longest time assumed they were from the Southeast rather than Northwest). But my gawd, all sound same, and most of the lyrics are just so terrible, trite, dumb, and on the nose it's hard to tolerate. Particular offenders are "Junkhead," "Dirt," "God Smack" and "Hate to Feel." This is about as 2.5 as it gets.

What a brilliant, rich classic rock album this is. I love the warm, earthy and distorted tones on the guitars and the energetic flow of the record. “Would?” is an absolute killer closing track and tops the album off nicely. There's maybe 2-3 tracks that could be left off the album for me but other than that this is fantastic.

A really great album. Heavy and melodic with duel vocals.

This is what I’m talking about. This is the grunge. This is the 90s. I get that this isn’t for everyone, and some of it isn’t for me either. But, having the absolute anthems of Them Bones, Rooster, and Would? is more than enough to make this a legendary record. The guitar playing is sinister, Layne Staley’s voice is outside this world, and the album is heavy with emotion. The best songs on this album are inseparable from the 90s, and could be, for some, the only songs that come to mind when thinking of the 90s grunge scene. I don’t connect with every song on here, but it has enough that makes me want to put my boot through a door to give it a high score and again, it’s just a fixture of that scene. More of this pls.

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Maybe at a different time I would have liked this more, but I think unfortunately I listened to it after a Funkadelic album while on a drive through the countryside on a brilliantly sunny summer day. Them Bones and Would? are great, their harmonies and weirdly dissonant but catchy guitars always call to me. But I didn't enjoy the whole album.

the 1992est album

for me, good but not brilliant

cool cool cool

07/29 Pretty good

Not a bad listen.

Dark album, grunge at its grungiest, raw brutal lyrics on pain and addiction, RIP Layne Staley.

Eh

I'd be a 2.5 but im nice

probably really good. not for me

The best of the era, and some other eras -

Not my cup of tea

Grundgey

Seems to be labeled as grunge by some, but feels more like metal or hard rock to me. Anyways. Think this is a decent album. 'Them Bones' and 'Down In a Hole' are quite good tracks. I especially like Layne Staley's vocals. Very distinct and unique. While I wouldn't say he's as good as Chris Cornell, there's definitely some similar characteristics there. Personally, it feels like some tracks could've been cut out to make it a bit more tight. Definitely better than many 3 star albums on this list, but don't feel like it quite reaches 4 star territory for me.

One of my favourite parts when this project is over is that i don't have to listen to 90s grunge anymore. I don’t know why I dislike this so much but I really do.

Dirt rules. So so powerful and desperate. Raw display of emotion.

I feel bad only rating this a 3 knowing how iconic it is, I'm just not now and never was a big fan. Some cools memories, though. 3/5

I love this. Musically interesting, yet lyrically bleak as hell, yet containing many riffs that absolutely bang. The album doesn't trip over itself trying to mix all of these together though, it manages to combine them into an album that feels very cohesive and has an extremely distinct identity. Not an everyday listen on account of how bleak it is, but still an utterly fantastic album. Special mention to Them Bones which has a riff that fucks so hard that when Bobby Prince Jr. (RIP) shamelessly borrowed it for the Doom 2 soundtrack, it still banged hard as fuck in midi form.

it's a good album but my fav AiC songs are scattered over other albums 3.5

When I was a kid, I didn’t get AIC at first. Then one night freshman year of high school I got drunk drinking 40s in Riverside Park. My parents picked me up and as I lay out wasted in the backseat, “Down in a Hole” came on the radio and I finally understood. I was worried AIC wasn’t gonna make it on this list which would have been a travesty. Every track on this one is a legendary banger.

lineas de guitarra increibles, quedan increibles con la voz de layne que hace dar una ambientación algo cruda

2.5 -- much better than expected, but gets to be too much after a while, only listened to first half or so

Amazing album and voice

The more metal side of grunge has never really been my thing, it doesn’t tend to provide what I want from either genre. It’s a solid album but doesn’t connect much personally.

By stacking explosive anthems like Them Bones, Down in a Hole, and Rooster back-to-back in the first half, Alice in Chains showcases their peak riffs and vocal harmonies. However, this dense concentration of powerful tracks leaves the mid-to-late stretch feeling comparatively sluggish and experimental, despite the final punch that is Would?. The later tracks drag the score down from yeah to meh.

my first full album listening in a hard-rock/grunge genre. it is a great listen. favorite song: down in a hole

I need to give this another listen but I enjoyed what I heard, it respects a more focused listen

Sounds like Def Leppard trying to do Pearl Jam & failing miserably. Thankfully I never need to hear it again.

I had the Singles soundtrack on CD in high school — it had the song Would, but it was probably my least favorite song on there. Despite that I tried to keep an open mind. As I listened I found that a lot of the songs sounded very much the same. I’m not sure if the vocals use auto harmony to emulate powerchords or if they’re trying to sound that way… whichever it is I found it really off putting and overused. Down in a Hole sounded different which was welcome, but things immediately sank back into the same old formula for the rest of the album. Hate to Feel was okay, but sounded like a worse version of Led Zeppelins Dazed and Confused.

A phenomenal grunge record all-around. This has all the intensity, distortion, and dark imagery I could want from Alice In Chains. I’ve heard tracks from the band here and there but this complete work demonstrates their excellence at what they do more clearly to me. This album thrives off of a crushing nihilism that allows it to explore it’s themes from an angle that is as interesting as it is emotionally brutal. This definitely pushed receiving top marks, I may get there soon. 1 listen Favorite Tracks: Them Bones, Rooster, Title Track, Rain When I Die, Down In A Hole, Would?, Junkhead, Dam That River

If I made a list of CDs that I should have owned but didn't, this would be near the top.

One of my all-time favorite albums

This really surprised me. Again, a bit out of my comfort zone, but this album has such an intriguing sound. I had a blast.

This album rocks. Reminds me of hanging out in my best friends car. Do you think sick man and spoon man every met hung out?

Did not listen.

Fuck, this album rips. Not a dull moment

AiC can't really go wrong, with or without Layne. This is probably the best thing they did with him

Grungetastic

Probably a bit longer than it needed to be, but overall a great album with some classic songs

Oh yes, this is good.

I love junkman

A classic, if you have the time

Good album - a bit monotonous

Good album …I love it for what it is and Rooster is fav

I liked it more than I thought, but at a certain point it all sounds the exact same. Likes: Them Bones; Rain When I Die; Down in a Hole

++: Them Bones, Dam That River, Sickman, Rooster, Intro (Dream Sequence)/Iron Gland, Angry Chair +: Down in a Hole, Would? +-: Rain When I Die, Junkhead, God Smack, Hate to Feel -: Dirt 6,9/10

A: Hörde inte så mycket och tror det var bättre så. De få lyrics jag hörde lät som satir. 2/5 (b eller c-tier?) D: Korn if it was mid. Gillade det djur de hade fångat i sin gitarr. Men who is Alice and why is she in chains??? Namnet lowk en ick me tanke på att lead singern e en man. Den måst ha nå jävla bra backstory. 3,5/5

Not my preferred type of music, but I did mildly like it

A few good, if not great songs, but overall a bit average.

layne staley

A really defining album from the grunge era - quite different from their peers - great songwriting... Just have always struggled to bond with AIC in the same way as Soundgarden, PJ, Nirvana et al. Given it a 4 but its more of a 3.75

One of those that’s good and I’m grateful for because I can hear how much of a contribution it has made to the music I love that came after but also, doesn’t light me up.

Shit

This album just rips, man. The guitar is just outstanding and the vocals are perfectly pained. Grunge is so good. The repetitiveness holds this back from 5 stars, though. Hopefully my 100th album tomorrow doesn't break the hot streak of great albums this week. Favorite Track: Rooster

Them Bones Rooster Would The rest of the album difficult slog

Liked this much more so than I thought I would. Only thing is I really can't stand the vocals, they just scream butt rock to me which I can't stand. RIP though. Favorites include "Rain When I Die" and "Rooster." I think "Hate to Feel" is probably the weakest song on the album along with "God Smack." I debated giving this a 3 star rating, but I'll go with 4.

Ok nice, an AIC album! Them bones set the tone for what this album was going to be. It wasn’t my favourite, but it definitely had its place. Dam that river, however, was pretty damn (ha) close to a perfect track. I liked the vocals, the guitar, and the drums! There was a nice bit of bass in Rain when I die. Down in a hole was a nice change of pace after the first few tracks. Sickman was very meandering. It was alright, but I didn’t love it. Rooster had a lovely drop. I wasn’t liking it, but then it just went for it. I really liked the extended guitar solo in hate to feel. I liked angry chair if only for the fact I thought thr name was hilarious. I got called back to work after those tracks so no more track by track but the rest of the album was throughly enjoyable! 4/5 ⭐️ 198/1089

A little heavier than some of the other ‘grunge’ of the era, straddles the balance between that and metal quite nicely. Lacking any real bangers from an songwriting standpoint otherwise they could have been huge.

Неперевершений альбом

I do really like this album, but I do find it a bit slow on some tracks, it's a 'no skipper, but not a total hitter'⭐⭐⭐⭐

It is just one of my favorite albums, I have this on CD and Rooster and Would? are two like top 100 songs for me

actually the feeling of the album is it's strictly suppress i get from the mix and master , i don't know if it is by purpose or just their way for that is truly not what i like and appreciate. As a hard rock or metal, this is definitley not enough, it feels like what they want to express is not wholy expressed.

Favorite track(s): Them Bones, Dam That River, Rain When I Die, Sickman, Rooster, Dirt, Down in a Hole, Would? This list forces me to confront the fact that Nirvana gets a touch weaker for me by the day. Heard before Previous rating: 8/10

Alice In Chains got lumped in with the grunge scene of the early 90s but strictly speaking they were considerably heavier and more metal than their fellow Seattle cob-nobblers. They have satisfyingly huge and grinding guitars and only a couple of tracks on this album approach the grimier end of the musical spectrum. However, the glaring floppy haired elephant in the room is that lead singer Layne Staley was a hopeless junkie. Seriously, if you are in a band and one of your bandmates starts writing songs titled “Junkhead”, and lyrics about “losing my soul, down in a hole” and “walking through the valley of rape and despair” please stop the recording and get them some professional help as soon as possible. It was tragically inevitable that he would end up dying of an overdose aged just 34 on the anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death. What a lamestain.

I liked this album more than I thought I would but it's still kinda boring. Like a jam band. Am I crazy for calling Alice in Chains a jam band? I'm so sorry for everything.

expected to feel more strongly about it but surprisingly enjoyed a couple songs. 3 stars? songs i liked enough to save: - rooster - down in a hole - them bones - rain when i die - would?

not my genre

Un álbum grunge que trae un sabor único, aunque no sea mi favorito personalmente, tiene varias canciones que me agradan melódicamente. Oscuro y desgarrador. Sumergido emocionalmente en la mente de Stanley, fascinante.

92.1 energy

Decent

Dirty

I expected to really not like this because it's not my type of music, but I do see why this is so well regarded. It's full of raw emotion and feeling. I appreciate what they were getting across. Not something I would listen to regularly, but a well made record.

My first rehab poetry collection. Why won't the horribly multitracked singer shut up for a minute so we can at least get a break and tune into the mediocre riffs?

4.4

I mean, I don't really like this type of music. This type of grunge, is too 'hard-rock' for me. I prefer Nirvana and even Pearl Jam (normie I know). However, I can genuinely appreciate the quality here, it's very impressive. The melodies are also pretty catchy (sometimes). Maybe eventually I'll appreciate it more. My score is low because my taste really affects this one.. Sorry Alice, I hope you break those chains one day...

This was my first full album listen for Alice in Chains - and from what I gather thie is THE album by them. There are a lot of tracks I enjoy here "Rooster" "Junkhead" "Dirt" "Rain When I Die" "Would?" On the contrary some songs didn't land as much. I do love the heavy sound they bring and it's heavier than I really was aware of. This definitely requires another listen from me, but a solid 4 is about right for me.

Dirgy, not really into this not really into voice. Bones is a pretty solid banger, but it just seems to be so meandering and a bit dull from there, why so many wig outs?

Fun

4/5. Though almost impossible to beat Nirvana when it comes to the big grunge bands of the 90’s, Alice In Chains has always held a solid second place for me. They, especially on this album take grunge and make it slower, heavier and angrier. Which begins immediately with the opening shout on “Them Bones” which is a great song with a lot of muscle behind it in the rhythm section. From there things slow down tempo-wise but are still very potent emotionally whether that be on “Down in a Hole” or “Rooster.” the closer “Would” is also among the bands best. Though my favorite might actually be the deep cut “sickman.” Great grunge record on the whole, though I will say when it comes to AiC, the Jar of Flies EP is really where it’s at for me.

echt nice, rocky/grungy. zeker nog een keer naar luisteren

Good album

Didn’t like it then, don’t like it now

Besides the great "Rooster" and "Would?" and some nice guitar-work just decent grunge for me. There is simply no comparison with Pearl Jam and Nirvana. 2,5

nista setala sam zucu sve vreme

Nope. I like some parts of one or two songs but couldn't get through half the album. One star.

one of the best grunge albums of all time

Five stars if just for Rooster alone.

Alice in Chains is one of those bands I'm really ambivalent about. For me, grunge was about the wild Dionysian stage shows, the unpolished unhinged garage punk rock, natural expression without packaging and commercialism. Too often, that's not Alice in Chains, and Dirt is the best and worst example. It's hair metal grunge, it's very thoroughly produced, squealing shredding guitar, studio tricks, overdubbed evil demonic laughter to make a point. It's cheese, if we're honest. And honestly, the string of songs from "Rooster" and "Hate to Feel" is a slog. That said, Layne Staley is a great vocalist (though this album has him singing way too many repetitive one-note verses and all the vocal lines and plodding rhythmically), and Jerry Cantrell is a great player and songwriter. "Would?" for example is one of the great songs of the era. Dirt is undeniably effective and if we're grading on the "does it express addiction truly and effectively" curve, I'll grant it's an A+. (Sorry, I was trying to be generous here, really, but I should have just said that Jar of Flies and Sap are much superior albums.) Turns out, this in an album that if I have to listen all the way through and think about it, I'm not going to come up with much to say. I literally started out thinking "Yeah, this might be one of those I-don't-enjoy-it-but-I-gotta-acknowledge-its-greatness albums" and thinking it might be a 4 or 5. Now I'm kinda thinking this is a solid 2.5 and deciding whether the opening few songs, before the sameness sets in, plus "Would?" bumps it up. Yeah, for the sake of "Would?" maybe a 3.

I liked this! I see why my dad likes it lol it was a nice change of pace from some of the boring albums I’ve had recently

Sounds like early 90’s seattle sound. Another one I’ve known about but never really listened to. Not quite my cup of tea but can appreciate their niche and artistry. The vocal harmonies are interesting and uncharacteristically musical for my image of this scene.

Grungiest grunge album ever. Love his Staley and Cantrell's voices on this album. Fun listen and brought me back to junior high. 8.25/10 Top song Rooster

Heavy ass rock/metal? It goes really hard! Not sure it's for me though.

I appreciate Alice in Wonderland more 😃

Really enjoyed this! 3.5

Although I was just a baby during its heyday, I have a sort of vague familiarity with this era of rock music due to the media I engaged with growing up. It's definitely an iconic sound that deserves recognition, and I guess this album is as good an example of it as any, even if I don't necessarily love it myself. There are some pretty good songs here but a lot of it does really feel like it blurs together with how long the record is. I imagine that with a few more listens I'd come to appreciate the individual tracks more, but such is the unfortunate downside of being assigned a new album to listen to every day; if it doesn't immediately grab you, you're inevitably just going to move on. Favourite Tracks: Them Bones, Angry Chair, Rain When I Die

This is a slice of grunge that just doesn't interest me. It all sounds so tortured and similar.

This is so dark but it sounds fantastic still today. An amazing album. Sad in the wake of how the lyrics on drugs correspond to Layne Staley’s life and death

Pensándolo bien, está cerca del 3

Fugg yeahh

Alice in Chains have a really distinct sound. It is sludgy while remaining melodic throughout. The layered guitar tone is a highlight here and it makes the whole record shine throughout. I always respect when something is so distinct that it becomes iconic. It is heavy without losing identity. The only main flaw of the album is that it feels a bit padded. Some tracks could have been left out without hurting the overall experience. I was also impressed by the fact that the best songs are evenly distributed which makes listening to it easier. Overall, it's a really well-made record. My favorite songs were "Rain When I Die", "Junkhead" and "Dirt".

Best

Amazing album. Having trouble with using the 5 star system. Is it a 5, no but it is certainly above a 4. Still early on this app. 5th album reviewed, still lean towards rounding up. 4.7

Major flashbacks to the minidisc player, much sadder in context of Layne’s death. Great big rock sounds!

Packed with emotions but I won't listen to ts again

I don't think this is a bad album but I also don't think Alice in Chains is for me

Not really my thing

Pas mon style même si je reconnais que c'est bien fait

C'était sympa sur 2-3 sons et puis c'est devenu chiant de fou. Je suis pas trop rock/metal et là c'est trop pour moi.

Love me some grunge. Side note that album cover is how it feels in the heatwave

hyped to listen to this when it gets colder and I just want to feel like shit. Probably while building stuff.

Та самая музыка которую слушал стереотипично бунтующий подросток из начала девяностых, из какой-нибудь семейной комедии. Ну да ладно, давайте не будем притворятся шо мы не знаем что такое Alice In Chains и её Dirt. Все мы всё прекрасно знаем. Альбом культовый для жанра гранж. Жанра, поклонником которого я особо никогда не был, если честно. На самом деле, слушаю AIC создаётся впечатление что именно из них вырос весь дальнейший пост-граж с вот этими всеми Creed'ами и прочим. Soundgarden с Pearl Jam я подробно не слушал, чтоб утверждать это про них, но с AIC определенно повеяло их влиянием на этот пост-гранж нулевых. ВПРОЧЕМ, на Dirt достаточно любопытных треков и интересных гитарных запилов, чтоб он уже звучал самобытнее всего пост-гранжа конца 90х, начала нулевых. Но для меня это как-то.. слишком прямолинейно, что-ли. Недостаточно изъёбисто, или типа того. Так ничего кроме ранее прослушиваемого Would? и не зацепило. Если бы здесь были дробные оценки, я бы поставил чёто вроде 3.7/5

I actually like it so far??? U know I think that’s the first time I’ve ever heard dynamics used in a song like that

Not the biggest Alice in Chains fan. There was some cool songs, and it went a few places I didnt expect, but mostly, it was sludgy hard rock.

Lots of grunge bangers to be had here. I’ve only listened to the album front to back a couple times but Rooster, Would, Down in a Hole, and Them Bones have stood the test of aging more so than lots of music from this era. It’s not the first thing I’d pull off the shelf but I enjoyed the listen.

Lots of radio classics on here for me. This is a band/genre that always works for me but also doesn't necessarily stand out and knock my socks off either. Almost like easy listening but in a heavy way.

I struggle with this one. AIC was one of my favorite bands of the 90’s, and there are a lot of great hits on this album. Many of the less popular songs are hard for me to get through, and it’s not an album I enjoy listening to straight through.

Jamais écouté avant. Une des heures les plus sombres et éprouvantes jamais posées sur disque, Dirt est une plongée en apnée dans les méandres d'une âme torturée par l'héroïne, antidote de cheval au psychédélisme optimiste ou planant des années 1960-1970. Ici, pas de flower power, seulement les conséquences brutes de décoffrage de l'addiction : douleur, dépression, colère, haine de soi et idéations suicidaires. Brutal et primaire dans la forme - un grunge qui lorgne plus vers les frontières du metal, option riffs lents et lourds, que vers les ambitions pop d'un Nirvana -, irrespirable sur le fond, ça n'est clairement pas un album facile d'accès, ni qui plaira à tout le monde. Mais c'est peut-être aussi ce que la scène de Seattle a produit de plus poignant dans les années 1990. Top : Would? Flop : Junkhead

Can't not like an Alice in Chains album, it's great.