Dirt

This is one incredibly harrowing hour of music. War, trauma, sickness, mental anguish, giving in and giving up. But Dirt excels where many dirge-fests fail to capture intrigue that may warrant future listens. Even in some of the album’s darkest, most pleading moments, there is light trying to break through the cracks like a setting sun through clouds. These hooks are, pretty consistently, spectacular. Dirt benefits from AIC’s melodic sensibility as well as their unique and identifiable sense of harmony. Even on more ubiquitous cuts like Rooster and Would?, Layne and Jerry’s harmonies give listeners something they may miss in passive/radio listening. What’s more is Alice In Chains has one of the most solid and underrated rhythm sections of their era. The band shows a balance ranging from softer, more sorrowful performances to riffs like raging floods of acidic rain. Lyrically, Layne more than successfully deflates any glamorization of addiction and pain. “I want you to scrape me from the wall and go crazy like you’ve made me.” ..Christ. Dirt reminds me of a Black Sabbath album but the scary creature isn’t a monster or the devil, it’s waking up to face another day as yourself. 9/10, the first record I’ve awarded 5 stars to over the course of this project.

Of the big 4 of grunge, AiC was the most hardcore and alt metal of the bunch. And in their best record, they kill it with hit after hit. Each track goes hard and is catchy with memorable hooks. The harmony between Staley's and Cantrell's vocals are accessible and versatile, capable of singing softly or screaming aggressively, similar to Vedder or Cobain, but with more range to juxtapose each other. This technique would influence the likes of Linkin Park with the back-and-forth between hip hop rapping and pop singing. Nearly an hour and yet every track stands out. It's hard to list them, but some tracks have doomy riffs, some are more psychedelic, while some are punk-like. Although there are definitively pop songs like "Rooster", it's a metal record first and foremost, and you can hear that in the sick riffs. Strong start, strong closer, plenty of strong hits dispersed in between, not a single bad track to cut. Memorable, innovative, and consistent.

One of the earliest grunge records I had heard that really blew me away. I was never a fan of Nirvana or Pearl Jam that much, but this resonated with me. The band was shortlived, but when they did make was fantastic. 9.4/10

Been awhile since I got an album that deserves to be on this list. A trip down memory lane on this one

Amazing haunting energy

own

Awesome album. Appreciate it more every time I listen to it. I’m not sure if another album at any time captured the feel of a decade like AIC did with the Dirt and the 90’s.

Hade skivan. Lysande oerhört mycket. Finns en rad enormt bra låtar. Någon enstaka som inte är lika bra. och resten som är mycket bra. Would? Down in a hole Them bones Rooster Är magi. Hade alla AiC tidiga skivor. Hoppas på fler!! Om två Fiona Apple så är det inte omöjligt (antagligen blir det inte fler... Då jävlar)

Första gången jag lyssnade på hela den här skivan och den visade sig ju vara riktigt jävla bra.

Grunge greatness

classic

Awesome

A seminal piece of 90s grunge. A phenomenal album of power.

One of the best grunge albums ever. Great crunchy riffs combined with the great vocals and lyrics of Layne Staley. Easy 5 star

These guys are legends...this album is hard. Perfect grunge combo!

Fantastic album. Heavy grunge sound, amazing harmonies, goofy 7/8 time signatures, tons of great songs on the album.

What to say about this record that hasn’t already been said. It’s simply the best most genre defining grunge albums of all time and one of the best front to back albums in general that I’ve heard in a while. I’m not even the biggest grunge fans and I loved it, but most of all I respect how focused it is. The only thing I didn’t care for was the ending could have been stronger, but overall I’m gonna have a lot of these songs in my rotation for a long time. ps Don’t listen to Sickman while running unless you want to be nauseous.

Awesome album! Grungy, but well-produced. Layne Staley wore his heart on his sleeve.

I forgot how much I loved this kind of music. Growing up, their was always rock on the radio, and since moving out a few years back music has become a smaller part of my life. Its nice to rekindle that love. Not a single miss here. 5/5

Alice in Chains is always great!

One of my all time favourite albums, mixing metal and rock into one big sludgy goodness. It’s definitely not a happy album but that adds to the appeal, from Layne’s haunting vocals to Jerry’s doomy guitars makes for an album that’s perfect for a dark day.

When this was new, I preferred Pearl Jam and Soundgarden and Nirvana. I wouldn't say Alice in Chains was an after thought, but I didn't find their songs quite as "catchy". Thirty years later, "catchy" is overrated. Of the big four grunge bands, I would now list Alice in Chains first, and this, in my opinion, is their best album other than "Jar of Flies". Also, great opening. If I could rate this on a scale of 1 to 10, I'd give it a 9 (so 4.5 stars). I'm rounding up. 5 stars.

Awesome album.

A classic. Dark, raw, powerful, autobiographical.

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An amazing album and one of the best from the 90s. One of Alice In Chains best album.

Stone cold classic

One of the greatest grunge albums of all time. 4.7/5

I love how this album starts off: Layne Staley screaming at me. It is abrupt and it truly sets the tone of the record: Anger, angst, pain, depression, etc. The riffs in this album are thick and punchy. Jerry Cantrell really sets himself apart from his grunge peers on this record. Not only as a guitarist but as a lyricist. A lyric from Down In A Hole that stands out to me is "Down in a hole and I don't know if I can be saved... See my heart I decorate it like a grave. You don't understand who they thought I was supposed to be. Look at me now a man, Who won't let himself be... Down in a hole, feelin' so small Down in a hole, losin' my soul I'd like to fly, but my wings have been so denied" It's melancholic but beautiful; poetic. And Layne Staley vocals are unique and just so damn good! He's got great control and really adds a lot of emotion to Cantrell's lyrics. I understand Staley's vocals are not for everyone, as any artist, but I find his vocals so interesting, it's almost addicting. The way he sings the chorus in the self titled song Dirt, "One who doesn't care, is one who shouldn't be, I've tried to hide myself from what is wrong for me" is so beautiful and melodic. It elevates it into a top tier song for this album. The song Rooster is the highlight of the album. It's maybe one of the best written 90s rock songs. I've heard this song far too many times to keep track of, and I still love it. Alice In Chains is definitely Jerry Cantrell's baby, and he is the driving force behind it (which is why I think they remain successful as a band after Staley's death). But it's undeniable that Layne Staley was a force, and a crucial component to the success of Alice In Chains. It's too bad he passed away so young... The amount of talent that man had. IF YOUR A FAN OF LAYNE STALEY, CHECK OUT MAD SEASON! A side project - or super group - consisting of other grunge rock musicians (Pearl Jam, Screaming Trees). They have one album and its incredible. Tom Araya from Slayer makes an appearance in a song called Untitled. But it's not that great... It's just 43 seconds of filler. If it wasn't on this album, this album would be perfect. I've got a lot of love and respect for this band. Alice In Chains was one of the bands that got me into guitar driven, heavy music. They influenced and helped shaped my musical DNA as a writer and guitar writer as well. Love this album 5/5 despite the Tom Araya Untitled track. The rest of the album is just so good... It deserves a 5/5. 5 Alices in 5 Chains.

One of the best albums released in the 90s.

Onvervalste grunge, altijd fijn. Trage basloopjes en drums, hemeltergende stem. Teksten gaan te vaak over drugs, waaraan de zanger naar de klote is gegaan, maar dat mag de pret niet drukken. De harmonien waarmee Layne Staley en Jerry Cantrell elkaar aanvullen zijn wonderschoon. En dat wonderschone komt eigenlijk het beste tot uitdrukking op hun unplugged plaat, nog zo'n jaren 90 fenomeen. De liedjes blijven als een dijk overeind staan en hebben de grunge niet eens nodig om hun kracht te behouden. Van alle grunge fenomenen blijft Alice in Chains op een of andere manier het beste bij me hangen. Geen Nirvana, geen Pearl Jam. Soundgarden komt nog het dichtste bij misschien. Maar het unplugged concert van Alice in Chains gaat mee naar het onbewoonde eiland waar je slechts 10 cd's mee naar toe mag nemen. Dirt is hun bekendste en populairste werk misschien en daarom staat dat in deze lijst. Prima, geven we ook gewoon 5 sterretjes voor.

Great example of 90s grunge at it's best. Faves: Them Bones, Rooster, Hate To Feel.

That's an automatic five from me! Soundgarden may have been my entry point into grunge, but Alice in Chains really captured my heart - I've loved this album for a long time. Layne Staley's death upset me in a way most celebrity deaths didn't come close to. I love Alice in Chains' sound - it's so unique to them. Fave tracks - "Rooster" is a karaoke staple, "Junkhead" is immense, but "Down in a Hole" takes the supreme title!

dirt is still great. it's dark and brooding and heavy which isn't always what I'm looking for, but it's a grunge classic and stands the test of time. the lyrics are poignant and when combined with the music, really make you feel a connection with the horrors of drug abuse, war, and depression. incredible stuff. favorite songs: top songs for me are rooster, would?, them bones. after a few listens, i also like rain when i die, down in a hole, sickman, and dirt

Loved it!

Guys will listen to this and just say, "Hell Yeah" It's me. I'm the guy.

One of the best rock albums of all time.

Great one, Layne will be forever missed.

"Not to be crude or anything, PoPn152, but Hendrix died of suffocation due to inhalation of vomit. Not to take away from your point though...it's a tragic thing." "+"("("( "("("("(_ ?_?"("("("("( "("(!_!_!_(" +"("!__("("( (("(("(_(_(( ("("("(_ ((_++"+"+"+ "++_("(')):(: +"&-"+_+_ +"+"+"+"+_ +'+"+'+'+!_ !_(_+'!'_!_!_ i dont like these album choices, every album i listened to i didn't like or hated probably gonna stop with this website "+"("("( "("("("(_ ?_?"("("("("( "("(!_!_!_(" +"("!__("("( (("(("(_(_(( ("("("(_ ((_++"+"+"+ "++_("(')):(: +"&-"+_+_ +"+"+"+"+_ +'+"+'+'+!_ !_(_+'!'_!_!_ /\ || ==== | | | | ==== XXXX |\/| |/\| |\/| |/\| |\/| |/\| /____\ | | | | / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ ---------------- Majakka olisi auttanut näitä ihmispoloja.. Laivoja jotka ovat ajaneet karille.. Osa on taas saanut valoa liikaa.. "This song is far better than any lamentation written in the Bible." "This is a lament from the heart, a heart about to sputter out." " This is may be one of the best songs ever penned. " "sounds like Layne was talking to his addiction face to face,in the line /you are so special/you have the talent/ to make me feel like dirt/he was hating his addiction and in a essence himself for letting it control him.lots of addicts have a love/hate relationship with their addiction and this was his hate for it showing.....damn" "Personally, it pisses me off when I see that most of the conclusions that people come to (Layne's words) are all drug related. Completely missing the point of not only the song.." Angry chair kappale on esisoitto Neverland A frgament, Sisters of mercy kappaleelle.. Sanalla tavoin kuin National Heroes on esisoitto We are Saints.. En ymmärrä ihmisiä jotka eivät löydä tätä helppoa yhteyttä..

Grunge was a blown up mind at the time, but it has not aged that well, let's face it. However, Dirt will remain as one of the most iconic albums in the 90s. Still captivating and emotional.

Literally goated. Rip Layne Staley

I like this style of rock/metal but only ever listened to a few select Alice in Chains songs. It was fun to listen through the album. First listen was multitasking while cooking with Ryan and I liked it. Listening more focussed today and still like. Starts off strong right away with Them Bones. Some of the bands most popular songs are from this album. Would? Is good. I like Sickman too. Overall good vibes. I really liked this album. Cohesive sound and some changes. Solid hard rock/metal listen.

This is the album you turn on in February after three months of cold dark Seattle rain with no end in sight. Certified absolutely classic.

Klar Alice in Chains' bestes Album / Musikgewordener menschlicher Abgrund / Textlich und kompositorisch kommt man schwer näher an metaphorisierung von Drogenkonsum heran / Es kratzt einen richtig auf und ich werde das Gefühl nicht los, dass es KoRn ohne dieses Album nicht in der Form gegeben hätte/geben würde / bin selbst kein riesen Alice in Chains-Fan aber Album ist einfach ein einheitlich Meisterwerk --- 5/5

One of my favorite albums

Masterpiece

Absolute perfection! A murky record full of agony, it’s a classic.

Love me some Alice in chains

One of the best albums of all time, flat out.

I listened to this album by the pool under palm trees and a sunny sky and it still made me feel like swallowing a knife. 10/10.

Darkest album that came out of the early 90's Seattle scene. Starts off with a bang.

what if we kissed during the 4th minute of junkhead

A little too grunge for me but rooster is iconic

Grunge classic. Rooster - 5 stars.

I loved this album when I was a teen, I still love it. It's a classic album from a great era.

Not much to say about this one - just listened to it a few days ago. One of my favorite albums. Dam That River, Rain When I Die, Down in a Hole - great 3 song sequence

I've liked almost all Alice in chains songs I've heard but for some reason never explored their music. This album is great. It really is top tier grunge and on the same level as Nirvana, Pearl Jam and the others. This could easily become a favorite for me among the grunge bands I listen to.

Fuck yeah!

It was cool

Dirt was so good an album

5/5 King of sludge metal Every song goes hard No favorites, they’re all good

A favorite of mine in high school. Everything but Rooster is a fantastic slice of the 1990s.

I've known this album for a long time, it's definitely one of the greats. But I'll never turn down a good excuse to give it another listen.

good grungy shit, been meaning to listen to it for awhile so good excuse to! funky grunge rock grahhh

Listening to the entire thing, it doesn't surprise me that Alice In Chains started as a glam band. I think it's all in the harmonies, they're a huge shining spot throughout. I also love the sludgy tones, but I've always loved that about this band. It's a little bloated and could use some fat trimming, but it's solid overall. Call it a 4.5. Favorite tracks: "Them Bones", "Rain When I Die", "Dirt", "Would?"

I feel so alone

Sensational

Bonafide start to finish classic, actually the best grunge band.

Amazing album, one of my favourites, always in the rotation at least every 6 months since I was 14. Why do I love depressing music so much?

Them Bones- 8.5/10 Dam that River - 8.5/10 Rain when I die - 8.5/10 Down in a hole - 8/10 Sickman - 8.5/10 Rooster - 9/10 junkhead - 9/10 Dirt - 8.5/10 God Smack - 8.5/10 Untitled - 8/10 Hate to Feel - 9/10 Angry Chair - 9/10 Would? - 8/10 TOTAL - 111/130

so cohesive and good

One of the best albums ever. Love every song. Will also listen to it.

One of my favorites before starting this list

Heavier than I expected, more of a grunge feel too, but both of those are good things! More in common with Nirvana than you might think based on the bigger songs by each band - this is also a compliment!

Just a seriously, unbelievably good album. Incredible singing, incredible songwriting, incredible guitar work. The way they change their feel within tracks is captivating. I was looking forward to getting this album in particular through this exercise, and it delivered in every way. Favorite track: Would?

Very nice

yeeeaaaaahhhh roooockk gruuuuungeeee (очень сильно не хватает дробного значения в оценках)

A masterpiece of grit and grind, Layne Staley vocals, Jerry Cantrell’s guitar and artistic timing create a nearly perfect grunge album in 1992. I am enjoying AIC more as an adult 30 years later than I did when I was a teenager when new. Such a time to be alive when these iconic albums were released.

Another must have album.

I’d heard of Alice in Chains before, but somehow in my brain I thought they were the same as Alice Cooper….. Both a bit before my time. I was really pleasantly surprised by this album, it was great. I listened to it like 3 times in a row. Best tracks: Rain When I Die, Dirt Worst track: Rooster

So many of these songs still get rock radio play. It's great stuff.

Do you like grunge? Good, cus here it is, in all it's glory, guiding future grunge to grungeville

Alice in Chains is called "grunge," but I just don't believe they are grunge. I am probably in the minority on this opinion. I really like this album and I understand it's not widely accepted, as Layne Staley has a voice you need to get used to and the band as a whole takes some time to get in to. Regardless, "Dirt" would be a greatest hits album for so many bands with all these songs on one album: Them Bones Dam the River Rooster Rain When I Die Down in a Hole Dirt Angry Chair Hate to Feel Would "Jar of Flies," which in my opinion is a better album was released just 15 months after "Dirt" even though it is technically an EP. Then in 1995 they released their self-titled album. Fantastic 3-4 year run of good hard rock. This is just a great rocking album.

BEST SONGS: -Them Bones -Dirt

Heavy, grungy, meaty album. Very morbid yet fascinating.

I see Alice in Chains, I get excite. So many of their hits on this album. Junkfuck yeahhhhhh, Junkhead into Dirt is a sneaky good combo of 2 lesser known songs. The opening bass line of Would give me the chills everytime. Fun fact, Angry Chair in midi version was used as one of the songs in Doom 98 for computer back in the 90s. That game rules. The grunginess of this album makes me feel like I need to take a shower after listening to it and I mean that in a great way. The only song I don't like on this album is Sickman, but then Rooster comes after it which fixes everything. RIP Layne Staley

This album rocks

God I love Alice In Chains the more I listen to their music the better they get This album is great not a single skip there

Loved it, one of my all time faves!

Awesomeness

Music i love from one of my favorite bands. Layne Staley's voice is perfect for this dark, angry, aggressive sound.

You can’t really go wrong with any Alice in Chains album, but this one is pretty exceptional. So many great songs with beautiful harmonies, and composition, both instrumental and lyrical.

As a child of the 90's I have a soft spot for grunge. This album is the perfect hybrid of grunge and metal. It just rocks in such a satisfying way.

Oh hell yes!!! I am very familiar with Alice in Chains. They were one of the superstars of grunge that was coming out of Seattle in the 90's. Layne Stanley had such an ache to his voice, especially when he layered it a couple of times in the studio. Their sound is so low and sludgy, with a heavy bass sound, and muddy guitars. Rooster is a fantastic song that was actually written about Jerry Cantrell's dad, who was in the Vietnam War, and had the nickname Rooster. Other topics that were covered on this album included depression, drug abuse, and death. This is a super heavy album, but it is amazing all the same! Overall, loved this album. I've listened to it many times before, and will absolutely listen again!! If you liked this album, listen to their MTV Unplugged album. It hits different in a fully acoustic setting. Favourite songs: Rooster, Them Bones, Would?, Angry Chair, Down in a Hole, Dam That River, Rain When I Die Least favourite songs: Sickman 5/5

aic is the loml

Damn, this Album goes hard! Quite a few bangers, raw music, heavily recommended!

Layne and Jerry at the top of their game. Such a banger album

Great

I wrote out a massive paragraph and accidentally hit the back button and I can't be bothered to rewrite most of it. but I will write about my favourite song on the album; rain when I die. This song ties the closest their later self titled album in its foray into sludge/doom ideas. It uses this to invoke so clearly the feeling of confusion, delirium and fear accompanying Layne's addiction. While these ideas are explored in other ways in other parts of the album, through different lenses, this track for me has stuck in my mind for many years. The return from fadeout at the end invokes so strongly this overwhelmingness that is still unlike anything else I've really heard. There's many other excellent tracks on this album, but Rain When I die really encapsulates the overarching themes. The only real exception to this in my opinion is Rooster, which has always felt like Jerry's song to me. I could honestly go through this album and stop every 10 seconds to talk about why I think every bit is masterful and gorgeous but I've tried to write this review twice now and been shafted by not finishing it and losing it, so I will just close out and say that this album, while less in my rotation now than it was as a teen, still remains one of my favourite albums of all time.

dirt is great. i've listened to it at least once all the way through prior to now, and the singles are phenomenal and powerful grunge tracks. favorite songs: rooster, would?, them bones

First thing first. These guys are not grunge. This is the best kind of metal, borderline progressive, except that sturm and drang are favored over speed and flash. And the feel is real, the experiences written about here are being lived, viscerally, and felt at the deepest level by all four members. This is a historical record of a dying man, and the art does the story justice.

sali subjektiivisuus. PASKA ääni.. vokalisti!! hiljaa.. anna musiikin soida... feel it... feel it move... rooster is coming...... toiselta kuuntelemalta paskempi mutta eka eksperienssi oli sen verran hyvä heh.. yyyyeeeeeeeeeeah heah cum tha rooostaaaaaah rooster

A nostalgic album for me, it's very heavy with great guitar. So many slammers on this album, from Them Bones to Would? Layne lived a hard life and you can feel it in his vocals and lyrics.

I feel set up. I have been primed in about 2 dozen ways to like this album. First it was Def Leppard. Then Megadeth. Then, hearing this album, I realize that one of Dispatch's lead singers, Brad Corrigan– a band that was my North Star when I was younger– must be majorly inspired by the tight, pointy harmonies from Alice In Chains! The resemblance is striking. So I've had Alice In Chains harmonies in my head for years without even knowing. So even though metal/grunge is new to me, part of this album feels like a homecoming, to a harmony land I know very well and that influenced me in a lot of ways. From Alice In Chains! I missed this in high school. I wasn't ready. So I have to go 5 again, dammit! It's catchy, great songs, nothing I know quite sounds like this blend, did I mention I love harmonies, it's clearly MEGA influential, they are giving it their all. If you aren't primed as much as me, I get it. But this was the link for me. I'm trying to think, what's the better version of this album? Not much. Maybe could be 10 minutes shorter. Ah fuck it, 5/5

One of my all time favorite records. Alice in Chains was one of the gateway bands for me into much heavier music, but I learned so much about music in general, song structure, and guitar playing by listening to this album over and over as a teenager. I still love how it sounds to this day. I think this is their best LP, and tied with the Jar of Flies and SAP EPs in my mind for best AIC record.

easy 5

"Dirt" is the second album by American rock band Alice in Chains. The music genres are classified as grunge, heavy metal and alertnative metal. Yeah, this is defintely heavy. The subject matters are dark: drug addiction, war, death and bad relationships. According to guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell the album is semi-conceptual with the two themes: one theme dealing with personal anguish and turmoil by turning to drugs which is not the answer and the other about painful relationships with people. Cantrell wrote most of the songs; Lead singer Layne Staley wrote a few songs as well. Other bands members included bassist Mike Starr and drummer Sean Kinney. The album is considered their best and very influential in blending the grunge and heavy metal music and crowds. It was also their most successful peaking at #6 on the US album charts. "Them Bones" opens with an aggressive guitar and rhythm. Cantrell's guitar goes heavy. Layered guitars which are common throughout the album. Staley's "Ahhhhh" and howl. Dealing with mortality and life. Everyone is going to die; you need to live. "Down the Hole" is the fifth of five singles released. A heavy metal acoustic guitar and slow beat open eventually to going an electric guitar riff. About his long time girlfriend and, well, it didn't go well. You know the prospects for an optimistic song are not good when the song opens with "They ain't found a way to kill me yet." "The Rooster" was written about Cantrell's father and the damage Vietnam caused him. A slow prodding guitar and bass. Eerie and yet souful backing vocals. The second half of the album tells sort of a drug-fueled story with a string of songs including "Junkhead" and "God Smack." Darkness continues. Layne Staley wrote "Angry Chair." Grungy, echoing guitar. Looming, desperate vocals going into the mind of a heroin addict. The album ends with "Would?" A lot of us remember this from the "Singles" soundtrack and, for me, at a bar I went to, being the unlisted song on the "Dirt" CD in their jukebox. It's a tribute to Mother Love Bone singer Andrew Wood. It's got a great rhythm groove and guitar. That rattle. Staley's tremendous, shaky and also thunderous vocals. One of my favorite songs of the 90"'s. This album is heavy, haunting and dark. The lead, layers and rhythm quitars are excellent. Staley and Cantrell co-lead and criss-cross vocals at times which really works. Yeah, I always thought of this as grunge but listening to now, the guitar is firmly in the heavy metal area. Whatever. A great album and one of the best in that early 90's grunge/ heavy metal category.

Jerry "riffmaster" Cantrell is one of my all time favorite guitarists. His guitarwork on this album is top tier. "Dam That River" might be my favorite AIC song of all time.. just so "in your face" and heavy. One cool thing is that AIC songs heavily inspired some of the songs on the OG Doom soundtrack: https://doom.fandom.com/wiki/Doom_music

I was in it the minute this album dropped. Fall of '92, my junior year of high school, brought with it wave after wave of delicious grunge. This album was divisive and weeded out the poser yuppies as it straight up drove a fuckton harder than any Pearl Jam or Stone Temple Pilots album. Like a bunch of old world rock vikings, Alice in Chains just fucked it up on track after sick track. If you forced me to, I'd say Down in a Hole, Rooster, and God Smack are the top trax, but it's hard to pick. Tell us how you really feel, Ivey. Yeah. I could listen to this album every day. It was there for some of the best and hardest and tumultuous days of my life. The parties. The cries alone. Dirt will always be remembered as one of the greatest. I saw them at the anthem and there is one original band member left. I went alone and stood in the crowd and loved every single second. Important piece of work here. If you hated it, pour yourself a double rye, put on some headphones, crank that shit up, and try again. Repeat until you get it. PS spell check says God Smack is wrong, but it's obviously right.

Great.I should give it a re-listen.It’s heavy but not too heavy for me.The lyrics are ok I guess.The riffs are good and the singers voice is really nice.The subject could be more varied then drugs though.

Amazing grunge album, not a single bad song. Them Bones is probably one of my favorite opening songs to an album ever.

PEAK

Fantastic album, I love the energy, the riffs and the overall feel and sound of it

Hell Yeah!

I'm pretty sure I can say without exaggeration that I've listened to this damn near once a week for the past couple of years. Alice in Chains wasn't my favourite of the Seattle bands in real-time, but over the subsequent years they've become my most listened-to by far, and the only thing they put out that I've listened to more than this is the Jar of Flies EP. This album is as beautiful as it is harrowing as it is heavy. "Rooster" is an all-timer and "Would?" has always been one of my other favourite Alice in Chains songs (Thanks Singles soundtrack!) but "Junkhead" has been doing its best to catch up to it over the past year or two. I don't believe I could ever get tired of this album.

Incredible album. Alice In Chains, easily one of the greatest rock bands ever, and possibly the greatest grunge band to exist. Great songs, love the dark energy they radiate. Chef’s kiss!

Iconic

Nirvana may have kickstarted the "grunge" movement, but I feel Alice in Chains better embodied the spirit and sound of 'grunge', the epitome being this fantastic album. Layne Stanley's haunting vocals and deeply personal lyrics are the heart and soul of this album, although the band itself more than holds their own, a highlight for me being the absolutely unreal drumming on 'Would?'. A high point for 90's alternative rock and an absolute must listen.

was never a great fan of Alice in Chains but I must accept and acknowledge them as one of the key ingredients of the amazing grunge wave of the early 90s. This album rocks from the first song, and Jerry Cantrell was in credible singer and songwriter. The guitars are cleaner than Nirvana, closer to the heavy metal bands they proceeded to destroy, but the final product is dirty and grungy as we should expect. This is a great album.

Awesome slice of grunge!

Great grungy stuff here

lots of nostalgia hits, but still feels like an incredible album

Soy de una generación que disfruta de esete disco de principio a fin. Todas las canciones son buenas, pero algunas aún más: «Them Bones», «Sickman», «Rooster», «Dirt», «Hate to Feel», «Angry Chair» y «Would?».

alice in chains is an artist whose music i only know from the radio--so only their biggest hits. i enjoyed what i knew, but i wasn't quite prepared for this album. alice in chains go so hard! every song is different yet masterfully crafted. dirt is a great combination of metal and grunge; it's gritty and it's dark. there is a heavy purpose in the songs combined with meaningful lyrics. while a lot of their songs have a focus on drugs, there's a lot of relatability regardless of your drug status. "hate to feel" must be about heroin ("pin cushion medicine") but covers the pain someone can feel at any given time ("hate to see (wish i couldn't see at all)/hate to feel (wish i couldn't feel at all)"). and alice in chains shows somewhat of a softer side--as much as you can with grunge and metal, anyway. "down in a hole" isn't soft per se, but as one of the softer songs on the album, its lyrics hit home and are beautifully written. it's no surprise this song endures to this day. there hasn't been as much metal on this list as there probably should be. dirt is definitely a prime album and its place on this list is well deserved. i will definitely enjoy listening to this album more and more.

I discovered Alice in Chains in my teenage years, during my grunge craze. They were easily one of my favorite discoveries to come out of that phase, and this album is a big reason as to why. This is grunge that maintains a metal edge, and Alice in Chains are masters at making it work. This album starts with a bang with "Them Bones", and in my opinion, does not let up. Every track is a dirty headbanger. Even the slower tracks have capturing, gritty guitar and substantial vocals and harmonies. Rooster has one of the greatest musical build-ups of all time with some of the band's most prime instrumental and vocal oddities. It's irresistible. Overall, the band deploys a lot of other unique vocal and instrumental tricks and styles that I don't have the musical knowledge to describe, but it creates a very specific Alice in Chains signature style, and that signature is in its prime and peak on this album. Suffice to say, I never have to wonder or guess who I'm hearing when Alice in Chains comes on. I wouldn't say this is a perfect 5 for me, but it's such a high 4 that I just may as well round up at this point.

rich

This is my favorite flavor of 90s metal. The music is massive. Super crunchy. And Cantrell's solos are face-meltingly good. Add to that lyrics that are self-aware and intelligent and it's hard to find anything to fault. Yes, I know that the vocals are polarizing. They don't bother me in the slightest, however. Especially given the fantastic harmonies at play here. These ain't your usual 3rd-step harmonies. These vocal lines were clearly written by folks who understood how to construct complex melody lines. And I just can't get past the sheer intelligence of the songwriting. There's not a dumb song in here. Every one of them deals with serious stuff and does so with a poeticism, awareness, and maturity that just adds to the gravitas. I thought it was brilliant. Immediately listened to it twice through.

Never listened to an AIC album all the way through. Impressive sound, harmonies. Songwriting is unique in the grunge mold. And a lot of hits on this one.

With arms swinging right out the gate, Alice in Chains brings us to a hell unfathomable and unceasingly catastrophic with this grunge masterpiece. It is not hard to understand why this is frequently heralded as a classic of its era and beyond, what with very few concessions to the mainstream and a neverending quest to delve deep into the grotesque centers that they've become very accustomed to. A 1990s cornerstone and a essential listen.

One of my all time favorite grunge albums. I have this artwork hanging on the wall of my apartment.

baita som

Hard Heavy prog perfection

Freaking love this album. Hands down.

Wonderful

I love this album, one of my favorites of all time!

90's grunge was jam packed with incredible bands. I used to say that "Alice in Chains are the most underrated grunge band" and then I would say "Stone Temple Pilots are the most underrated grunge band" and then I would say "Nirvana are actually the most underrated grunge band" "No wait it's Pearl Jam- yes, the massively famous band Pearl Jam are underrated". All of those statements are true. I have so many great memories with this band and this album. Track 1- "Them Bones" was the first guitar solo I ever learned. Accomplishing it was a true euphoric moment in my life. Track 4- "Down In A Hole" was the teenage depression anthem in my house for both my brother and I in those early teen years. I think it's one of the best songs ever about depression. Track 13- "Would" is so heavy and catchy and MASSIVE sounding. It's also a song that is serious yet the music video has this one funny moment in it - at 3:20 when Layne turns to the camera and says "WOULD" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nco_kh8xJDs) and my friends and I used to mimic it every time we would say the word "would" There's so much weight in the songs, such a heavy production that compliments the arrangements so damn well. The melodies are genuinely catchy like pop songs, but are in minor keys and covered by distorted guitars and raspy voices. The vocal harmonies are SO impressive and different for grunge/rock music. I have yet to hear a rock/metal band do harmonies like Alice in Chains. Dirt is a 5/5 for me and possibly one of my top 10 albums of all time. Layne was a gift, Jerry Cantrell is a gift, Sean Kinney is a gift, Mike Inez is a gift. AIC is a GIFT!

Still as good as ever. Musically Alice in Chains were head and shoulders above all of the other 'grunge' bands. The song writing is spectacular. It, of course is not going to be everyone's taste. There are arguments that can be made that Layne Stanley was not as an accomplished vocalist as Chris Cornell, and these I could agree with. Nevertheless the finished product is better than that of Soundgarden, Nirvana, Mudhoney or even Temple of the Dog. Yes there is some filler on Dirt (Hate to Feel and God Smack) but very little. For me this is the exemplary album for grunge - a solid 5 stars

Awesome!

Top notch start to finish. Lane's voice is haunting and soothing at the same time. Excellent

Great album

Capolavoro triste e avvolgente. La voce di Staley è una meraviglia ultraterrena.

Slaps. Has some funky rhythms. Conveys the message and the emotions behind it really well.

Incroyable que ce soit le premier album proposé alors que je l'ai écouté des dizaines de fois!!!

Essential listening.

Easy metal

love Alice in chains

Grunge classic

Yeah! Seen these guys 6 times. Always an opener, and weird pairings too. Van Halen, Aerosmith. I saw them open for Poison in '89, a last minute replacement for Warrant in Portland, Or. Someone said find me a replacement Now! and someone else said there's this band in Seattle making waves. AIC got booed off the stage. Poison fans were not ready for this. Pretty sure they thought hair metal was going to be around for ever. But then flannel became en vouge. Anyway. Great album. Facelift was better. Fucking love these guys.

A grunge masterpiece. Every song memorable. “Would?” is the perfect ending!

Love this album so much!

A classic. Bought this on cd when I was in middle school. Not a bad track on this album

I grew up on 90's grunge and it is by far my favorite genre of music. Of the big 4 (AIC, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Sound Garden), I'd rank AIC as my 3rd favorite. I like the dual vocals of Layne Staley and Jerry Cantrell. It's a shame that the same addictions that fuelled such powerful lyrics and themes of their songs ultimately led to the deaths of multiple figures in the grunge scene. This album is packed with hit after hit. I would say that this is their best album.

Super album, een van de gaafste in het grunge album

So many epic songs and no junk filler.

Premium grunge

Sempre preciso. Fundamentalmente foda.

Really great album throughout and hits hard. "Down in a Hole" is the best song on the album, IMO. 9/10.

¿Por qué nunca les puse la atención que merecen? Este disco es una joya, de pies a cabeza. Pesado, movido, buenos riffs, una delicia. Va cayendo un poco al final pero Would hace un cierre enorme del disco. Songs: Would?, Rain When I Die, God Smack

The darkness and pain at the core of this album emanate aggressively outwards. It grabs you in a vicelike grip and doesn’t let go, immersing you in a world of unbearable raw agony, even after the album is over. It lives in the exact point of intersection between metal and grunge. It’s a tragic listen when you’re already very familiar with Layne Staley’s unfortunate story. But it is ultimately cathartic. And it fucking bangs. Would? is my all-time favourite AIC song; the way it builds is fucking flawless. And it closes the album perfectly. Goddamn magnificent album.

I know it’s grunge and that’s it. I’am a bit if a newbie to grunge only knowing nevermind and ten before this but still lets see how it is: The album starts with the song them bones, arguably a strange song to open off an album but still a good song with a killer guitar solo. Dam that river is quite good, really choppy guitars, and another good solo. Does show how good the singing is for what it’s meant to be. Rain when I die has these really strange guitars, not too sure if it works to be fair, the intro is a little long but I know longer ones. The song is alright, it has a nice chorus which really complements the guitars. The short bridge is cool too. Down in a hole slows down the pace of the album significantly which is good as it shows the verity of the band. It’s really good though just not one that will probably stick out in the future. Stickman is another slower one it’s cool there is an angrier bit as well but it dwells in the slower sludgier side honestly what a song! Rooster is good too, really slow and great lyrics another favourite alongside stickman! Junkhead goes back to the heaviness of the earlier tracks. It’s still fairly nice but just overshadowed by the rest of the tracklist. The title track has a really cool guitar riff so sludgy and heavy. I’am not too sure about the slowness of the singing on the verses on here but still passes overall for me. Next is god smack, the only reason why I’ve herd of this song before is because there’s a not very good band with the exact same name. The song itself is alright the singing is a bit odd on the verses but it’s good just like junkhead it isn’t as good as the others. Then is an untitled track it’s alright just some yelling and an alright lead in to… Hate to feel is one if the sludgier songs in the verses then completely breaks into a pre chorus that slowly leads into the simple but effective chorus. Great outro too. Now the penultimate track angry chair another sludgier song, one I really enjoyed! Great lyrics, great singing, great guitars all you need. The album ends in would?, a great closer not necessary a slow song but slow by their standards what a song honestly!,and the lyrics fit for the closer too! Yeah, I liked it has to be a 5/5 even with two weaker songs.

Such deep sorrow and hurt can be felt in this music. Such a good album - one of my all-time favs.

A kick-ass grunge classic with a focus on heavy subject matter lyraclly. Outside of some tracks in the middle, all of the songs here could pass as singles for how heavy and memorable they are. Favourites: "Them Bones", "Rain When I Die", "Down In A Hole", "Rooster", "Angry Chair"

A grunge masterpiece.

A pretty damn perfect album

Another great one from high school, I've listened to this album countless times

Ja, eindelijk weer eens 5 sterren, het is jammer dat ik niet meer sterren kan uitdelen, want dit is echt een geweldig album waar ik veel herinneringen aan heb.

Tja, niet de meest vrolijke of lichtvoetige plaat, maar wat een gewelsige energie en drive! Echt alles is raak. Fantastisch album, waar heel veel herinneringen aan vast zitten.

From Washington but somehow sounds like they're coming straight out of the swamp

Fucking love it

how dare they even ask, fucking 5

Damn this has so many good songs on this. Them Bones is sUCH a good opener.

so cool

The best grunge album. Period.

I haven't listened to this in maybe 7 or 8 years and wasn't sure how it would hold up... ooh boy it holds up. Dirt is certainly the right word, everything about this is pure grit and filth The swaggering riffs! The dense, enveloping vocals! The sheer power of the lyrics and songwriting! Is it grunge? Is it metal? Who cares - it absolutely slaps

5/5. 👍 Kinda sad doe

Donker, ietwat bombastisch, zo heb ik mijn muziek wel graag. Topalbum

This album is a HUGE part of my late teens/early 20's. The one-two punch of Them Bones then Dam That River might just be my favourite opening to an album ever. Then it just keeps going. So many incredible tracks here, where both the playing AND songwriting are immaculate. One of the best rock albums ever. Absolutely loved revisiting this behemoth.

Absolutely one of the best

Iconic Grunge record. Layne Staley's voice gives me goosebumps

Det är så bra!! I ren lyssningsvolym måste detta vara på min topp 10 all time-lista. Men Layne Staley är ju så *otroligt* deprimerad, väljer att inte reflektera över vad det betyder för mig. Them Bones, Rooster, Would? Kanonriff på kanonriff! Älskar Jerry Cantrells gitarrspel så mycket. Inte en tråkig stund, varje låt är ägig

Grunge-tastic

One of my favorite albums.

Suuuuuperb

Killer. Several great hits and pretty much every other song holds up well. A lot of them do sound similar, but that's really my only criticism... And what's wrong with that when they rock so hard?

5/5 - love this album

sujão

Il miglior disco dell'era grunge.

Like Bones, Junkhead, Rooster.

The absolute best.

Brilliant

Love this album. Digs deep and the music is masterfully done. The album just bangs through and rocks on. 9.3/10

Een album dat ik al lang heb willen luisteren maar er nooit van is gekomen. eerste twee tracks lekker riff based, mooie gitaar solo's. - rain when I die : is "she" de dood herself? "Did she call my name? I think it's gonna rain Oh, when I die" EPIC vocals wel in de chorus. voor de rest weer lekker gitaarwerk en mooie basintro. - down in a hole: heerlijke harmonies tussen lead guitar en lead vocal, both can sing. Een meer rustig nummer dat de emoties en de boodschap mooi meegeeft. standouttrack so far. - sickman: "I can feel the wheel but I can't steer When my thoughts become my biggest fear" --> relatable. zeer lekkere riffs man. speciaal nummer maar wel echt graaf. -rooster: grave opbouw, zang heeft iets speciaal als hij uithaalt en het rauwe in zijn stem naar boven komt. mooie tribute naar de papa rooster. - junkhead: drug abuse addict to addict. zanger is jammer genoeg zelf overleden aan OD. - dirt net zoals de rest raw vocals en instrumentaal sterk. - god smack: einde van de drugtrilogie ( junkhead, dirt en godsmack) -iron gland : enter SLAYEEEEEEEEEEEEEER -hate to feel: zet de toon verder van de rest van het album: STEIREK. - angry chair: ze zijn duidelijk boos.. sterke vocals met sterke instrumentals. - would? : het enige nummer dat ik al kende van AiC. THIS IS IT. verses gezongen door lead guitar, chorus door lead singer. prachtig nummer. MI MA MASTERPIECE? ik twijfel nog. al denk ik wel dat het nog groeit hoe vaker je luistert. JA het moet in den boek SOWIESO must listen, dus daarom de 5.

Definitely a classic and one of my faves from this era

Really great

Wow this is so emotional

Amazing

Un imprescindible del rock, de principio a fin es un disco perfecto.

Love this album. It was helping me trhough my Bachelor thesks.

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

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

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.

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

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 🤌

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.

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.

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.

This was an awesome surprise!

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

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

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.

This IS grunge.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Kinda good old fashioned grunge. Not revolutionary

“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.

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

for me, good but not brilliant

cool cool cool

07/29 Pretty good

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

The best of the era, and some other eras -

Grundgey

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

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

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

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?

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.

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

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.

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'⭐⭐⭐⭐

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

4.4

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.

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

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

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

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".

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

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.

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

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.

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

Great!

I have to be honest… of the big 4 “grunge” (whatever that means) bands, Nirvana is the only one who can hold my interest for a whole album (maybe I’m basic, but I like them hooks). Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice In Chains all have great songs, but getting through a whole album is a bit of a slog (which could have been a better descriptor for the Seattle music scene… Slog Rock!). That being said Dirt is a damn good record and, as far as I’m concerned, AIC’s best (I do like that Sap EP though). However, there’s a few songs that bring it down. If this album was 10 or 11 songs deep, it’d be near perfect. 3.9

This was moody

This is rock!

Listened

Favorite Track: Down in a Hole Least Favorite Track: Iron Gland

Solid hard rock! Does it's thing and I can't complain too much

ganz gut, alice in chains halt

Depressing and at times a tad monotonous, just like life. Now let’s drown our sorrows in drugs. Peak 90’s.Grunge 3.5⭐️

Feels kinda long at times, but those hits still hold up. And those harmonies.... ::::chefs kiss::::

While I do like the individual tracks, they all have such similar sound that the album becomes a bit of a slog to get through. My favorite track was "Rooster". 3.5 stars.

A majority of this album still kicks one major ass! Quite frankly only three of the twelve I wasn't really big on, but when you faced with heavy hitters like "Them Bones", "Rain When I Die" "Down in a Hole", "Rooster" "Dirt", "Angry Chair" and "Would?". There is so much great stuff in this album thar a couple of miss fire won't dip it out of my excellent category. (9.6), ★★★★½

My favourite grunge album so far. 4 stars

Muy buen álbum de rock pesado Tiene muchas canciones acá pero no se hace pesado, es un muy buen viaje y letras acordes a su sonido fuerte y desolador por momentos Hate to Feel mi favorita personal, pero hay otras muy emblemáticas que se disfrutan por igual La voz del vocalista muy melódica, e instrumentalmente hablando son muy fuertes La verdad si se merece el 4, fue una grata sorpresa toparme con una banda así de robusta, no los había escuchado objetivamente hablando

Them Bones is one of the best openers I’ve heard. Album could have been shorter though.

liked the metal-punk ish vibe. interesting, but didn't stand out too much for me.

What an album. Was looking forward to this, and it absolutely blew me away more than expected. Just pure angst, self hate, loathing, and pain all rolled into one. How I've not listened to this in its entirety before is beyond me. Just an absolute pleasure from start to finish.

A lot of nostalgia with this one. AIC was maybe the 4th grunge band I heard (behind Nirvana, Screaming Trees, and Pearl Jam). They always had the most interesting sound because of the vocal harmonies between Layne and Jerry. The opening shout of "Them Bones" is in the pantheon of "Most Memorable Opening Album Sounds". There are a couple tracks ("Rain When I Die" and "Hate to Feel") that are a bit too... sludge-y(?) for my liking. I know I tend to skip those when I revisit this album. "Angry Chair" and "Would?" may be the two best songs to end an album of all time.

this dirt's worth it's weight in gold

81/100. What impressed me most is how committed the album is to its atmosphere. Alice in Chains find a lane early on and stay in it. The record rarely breaks from its dark, oppressive mood, yet it never becomes boring because the songwriting and musicianship are strong enough to sustain that emotional weight. Thematically, the album is brutal. It explores what happens when addiction, depression, self-destruction, and isolation slowly take over a life. There is very little hope here, and that emotional honesty is a huge part of what makes the record so powerful. Musically, the blend of crushing metal riffs, eerie vocal harmonies, and constant feelings of despair creates an atmosphere that is both heavy and hypnotic. The guitar work and drumming deserve special praise as well. They provide the backbone of the album, balancing heaviness with groove. The sound was a lot cleaner the what I thought it would be, I was expecting something more messy before going into this record since grunge can be a bit of a hit or miss for me.

Ngl I thought he was a new singer

I slept on this for too long

I am not depressed enough for this. I also shouldn't have listened to this when I was in a good mood

I didn't key in on the lyrics much, and when I did I was unimpressed, but every song had me nodding or discretely banging my head. This album rocks hard. 4/5

Like a lot of harder rock/metal, this thing is a pure vibes album. The lyrics aren't great, they're not terrible, but they're not great and I didn't spend much time doing a deep listen to them. The non-lyrical elements does a good enough job of conveying what needed to be conveyed.

Before this I don't know if I could have told you any songs off the top of my head by Alice in Chains but I knew at least 5 songs from this album. As a 90s kid this was the kind of music my babysitter's and they're boyfriends would play, so it's very reminiscent of my childhood. My husband says that some of the guitar stuff they were doing on here was pretty cutting edge for the time, so that's cool also. I love that 90s braaaaang.

Originally I heard this before and told my friends I thought it wasn't good. They proceeded to make fun of me. I can see why, the instrumentals are great and the songs as a whole are oozing angst, which is better than it being boring.

Surprisingly easy to listen to!

Sludgy grunge. I wouldn't call myself an Alice In Chains connoisseur, but they get points for what they did. It's popular and commercial enough to get onto the radio, but not so commercial that they feel formulaic. The big hits are here: "Would?", "Rooster", "Them Bones", and "Down In A Hole", but the rest of the album is good as well. Solid album. My Rating: 4/5

Back in the day this was an instant favorite of mine. The lyrics are deep, instrumentals solid, it fit the mood of the day. Now-a-days my taste is a bit less "heavy" and this album is more heavy (by far actually) than I remembered. It still has the grunge root feel but it takes it into heavy metal pretty often, enough in fact to change the expectation from grunge sound to wall of sound. It almost crosses that line a few times but manages to stay within bounds. I won't make a dumb mistake and underrate it because I am not so into how hard it is, because it was, and still is an amazing album by an amazing band. For you old school types out there that hadn't heard it in a while, you might be surprised by how hard it is.

Pre Listen: I've listened to the odd Alice in Chains song now and then, mostly in playlists others have made where it's been included. I've never really gone out of my way to listen to them, but I've been assured by trusted sources that they're a goated band. Notable Tracks: Sickman - Least favorite song on the album, opinion solidified after about 1 minute. Annoying refrain, pacing is all over the place, the instrumentals range in quality wildly. Almost skipped this one. Rooster - Oh shit I actually know this one. I didn't know they made this song. Easy favorite track on the album. The slow start, the catchy refrain, the overall sound. Very enjoyable, absolute banger, may add to my playlist. Dirt - Surprisingly solid track that really stood out to me, for similar reasons as Rooster. If Rooster wasn't on this album, this would be my favorite song. Untitled - I like this one. No further notes. Post Listen: Listening to this album really makes me *feel* like I'm off the Dizzle. Good album overall, the lead guitarist deserves a gold medal for some of his solos, and overall consistency. I'm not a huge fan of the vocalist. I don't think the lyrics really resonated with me at any point, and his vocal range sort of boils down to "soft singing" into "LOUD SINGING" and then back again. That being said, when it works, it works, and there were some real bangers on this track I've listened back to several times at this point. The issue I really felt about the album was the banger songs were the only good parts. Every other song was either kind of mid to downright bad, and all sounded a bit too similar. The bulk of the songs don't all sound the same, just similar. Very HIGH highs, but rather mediocre lows. I'd give this album a 3.4/5, but out of respect to my trusted sources, I'll round that up to a 4.

its hard so its making me hard Rating=84

Such a great album! Classic of the genre! I will always be a nirvana guy, but as I grow older alice in chains had grown a lot on me! Definitely a piece of history that was taken too soon!

Adictivo hasta el momento.

Never really listened to any of their stuff before, but really liked this. I might listen to some of their other stuff when I get some free time.

Didn’t remember this being so good