Dirt (album)
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| Studio album by Alice in Chains | |||||
| Released | September 29, 1992 | ||||
| Recorded | March–May 1992 at One on One and Eldorado in Los Angeles, California | ||||
| Genre | Grunge, heavy metal | ||||
| Length | 57:35 | ||||
| Label | Columbia | ||||
| Producer | Alice in Chains, Dave Jerden | ||||
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Dirt is the second studio album by the American alternative rock band Alice in Chains. The album was released on September 29, 1992 through Columbia Records. Dirt was produced by the band and Dave Jerden. Debuting at number six on the Billboard 200, the album received generally favorable critical reviews and has been certified 4× platinum by the RIAA.
Many of the lyrics contained within the album deal with depression and drug abuse. Four singles were released from the album, "Would?", "Them Bones", "Rooster", and "Down in a Hole". Dirt is often considered by critics and fans as Alice in Chains' best work.
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[edit] Background and recording
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[edit] Music and lyrics
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[edit] Release and reception
Dirt was the band's breakout album. Upon it's release in Septembre 1992, Dirt peaked at number 6 on the Billboard's Top 200 album chart. The album granted Alice in Chains international recognition. Dirt was certified 4x Platinum status in the United States and platinum status in the CAN and Gold status in the UK.
Beginning with the single "Would?", Alice in Chains second album sold became their best-selling album. In the fall of 1992, "Man in the Box" was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Hard Rock Performance.
Steve Huey of All Music Guide said "Dirt is Alice in Chains' major artistic statement and the closest they ever came to recording a flat-out masterpiece. It's a primal, sickening howl from the depths of Layne Staley's heroin addiction, and one of the most harrowing concept albums ever recorded. Not every song on Dirt is explicitly about heroin, but Jerry Cantrell's solo-written contributions (nearly half the album) effectively maintain the thematic coherence -- nearly every song is imbued with the morbidity, self-disgust, and/or resignation of a self-aware yet powerless addict."
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Jerry Cantrell except where noted.
- "Them Bones" – 2:30
- "Dam That River" – 3:09
- "Rain When I Die" (Cantrell/Staley/Kinney/Starr) – 6:01
- "Down in a Hole" – 5:38[I]
- "Sickman" (Cantrell/Staley) – 5:29
- "Rooster" – 6:15
- "Junkhead" (Cantrell/Staley) – 5:09
- "Dirt" (Cantrell/Staley) – 5:16
- "God Smack" (Cantrell/Staley) – 3:50
- "Iron Gland" – 0:43[II]
- "Hate to Feel" (Staley) – 5:16
- "Angry Chair" (Staley) – 4:47
- "Would?" – 3:28
^ I On the Australian, British, and early US versions of the CD "Down in a Hole" is located between "Angry Chair" and "Would?".
^ II "Iron Gland" is unlisted on the CD; the song got its name when Music Bank was released.
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[edit] Charts
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| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1992 | Billboard 200 | 6 |
[edit] Singles
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| 1992 | "Would?" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 5 |
| Modern Rock Tracks | 11 | ||
| "Them Bones" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 24 | |
| Modern Rock Tracks | 30 | ||
| 1993 | "Rooster" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 7 |
| "Angry Chair" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 34 | |
| Modern Rock Tracks | 27 | ||
| "Down in a Hole" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 10 | |
| Modern Rock Tracks | 10 |
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