Dirt (album)
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Dirt is a grunge album by Alice in Chains, released on September 29, 1992 (see 1992 in music).
The band's breakthrough album, Dirt is widely regarded as Alice in Chains' best album, and classic from the golden age of grunge. Recorded while lead singer Layne Staley was suffering through a heroin addiction, the album's gloomy, drug-addicted music helped turn it into a hit, reaching #6 on Billboard's 200 albums chart.
The songs "Sickman", "Junkhead", "Dirt," "God Smack," "Hate To Feel" and "Angry Chair" are based on Staley's experiences with heroin. The song "Rooster" is based on the experiences of Jerry Cantrell's father, who fought in the Vietnam war; the name was his nickname as a soldier.
"Iron Gland", the untitled track before "Hate To Feel", features vocals by Tom Araya of Slayer, who the band brought in so he could provide an Angel of Death scream.
Track listing
- "Them Bones" (Cantrell) - 2:30
- "Dam That River" (Cantrell) - 3:09
- "Rain When I Die" (Cantrell/Staley/Kinney/Starr) - 6:01
- "Down In A Hole" (Cantrell) - 5:38
- "Sickman" (Cantrell/Staley) - 5:29
- "Rooster" (Cantrell) - 6:15
- "Junkhead" (Cantrell/Staley) - 5:09
- "Dirt" (Cantrell/Staley) - 5:16
- "God Smack" (Cantrell/Staley) - 3:50
- "Iron Gland" (unlisted) (Cantrell) - :43*
- "Hate To Feel" (Staley) - 5:16
- "Angry Chair" (Staley) - 4:47
- "Would?" (Cantrell) - 3:27
- "Iron Gland" is not mentioned in the tracklisting printed on the album sleeve, but was later given its name in the Music Bank box set released in 1999. On the album, the track number is listed, but no song title is printed.
Personnel
- Alice in Chains - Producers
- Tom Araya - Vocals on "Iron Gland"
- Jerry Cantrell - Guitar, Vocals
- Bryan Carlstrom - Engineer
- Annette Cisneros - Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant
- Kelly Curtis - Management
- Doug Erb - Design
- Peter Fletcher - Product Manager
- Steve Hall - Mastering
- Dave Jerden - Producer, Mixing
- Sean Kinney - Drums
- Mary Maurer - Art Direction/FX
- Rocky Schenck - Photography
- Eddy Schreyer - Mastering
- Susan Silver - Management
- Layne Staley - Guitar, Vocals, Sun Logo/Icons
- Mike Starr - Bass
- Nick Terzo - A&R
- Ulrich Wild - Assistant Engineer
Charting
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Billboard Heatseekers | 1 |
| 1992 | Billboard Top 200 | 6 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | "Would?" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 5 |
| 1992 | "Would?" | Modern Rock Tracks | 11 |
| 1992 | "Them Bones" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 24 |
| 1992 | "Them Bones" | Modern Rock Tracks | 30 |
| 1993 | "Rooster" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 7 |
| 1993 | "Angry Chair" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 34 |
| 1993 | "Angry Chair" | Modern Rock Tracks | 27 |
| 1993 | "Down In A Hole" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 10 |
| 1993 | "Down In A Hole" | Modern Rock Tracks | 10 |
| 1994 | "Down In A Hole" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 11 |
| 1996 | "Would? (acoustic - live)" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 19 |
| 1996 | "Down In A Hole (acoustic - live)" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 24 |
| Alice in Chains |
| Jerry Cantrell | Mike Inez | Sean Kinney |
| Mike Starr | Layne Staley |
| Discography |
|---|
| Albums: Facelift | Dirt | Alice in Chains |
| EPs: We Die Young | Sap | Jar of Flies |
| Live Albums and Compilations: MTV Unplugged | | Music Bank | Live | Greatest Hits |
| Videos: Live Facelift | Nona Tapes | MTV Unplugged | Music Bank: The Videos |
| Singles: Bleed The Freak | We Die Young | Man in the Box | Sea of Sorrow | Would? | Them Bones | Rooster | Angry Chair | Hate to Feel | Down in a Hole What the Hell Have I | Got Me Wrong | I Stay Away | No Excuses | Don't Follow | Grind | Heaven Beside You | Again | Over Now | Get Born Again | Fear the Voices |
| Related content |
| Alice Mudgarden | Grunge music | Singles | Mad Season | MTV Unplugged |
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