In addition to vocals from Staley and Cantrell, Slayer vocalist Tom Araya provides vocals for the album’s tenth track, the unlisted “Iron Gland.”ĭirt received acclaim from critics and fans alike, with Steve Huey of AllMusic hailing the album as their “major artistic statement and the closest they ever came to recording a flat-out masterpiece.”Ī total of five singles were released from the album, consisting of Would?,” “Them Bones,” the aforementioned “Angry Chair,” “Rooster,” and “Down in a Hole.” They all had music videos to accompany them. On October 17th, 1992, more than two weeks after its release, Dirt peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 and stayed on the chart for 102 weeks (nearly two years) ending its run in mid-September of 1994. It has been certified 4x Platinum by the RIAA for sales of (or exceeding) four million.
It is the band’s highest-selling album to date.The band which practically invented the genre of dark alternative metal, Alice In Chains bridged the gap between the “traditional” heavy metal and the new, alternative inspired “fusion” metals which began to proliferate in the 1990s. With their second album, Dirt the band really came of age. The album was very well received by music critics and sold well commercially, having been certified platinum four times over. Like their 1990 debut album Facelift, this album was produced by Dave Jerden, with songs primarily written on the road prior to entering the studio. Guitarist Jerry Cantrell has stated that Dirt was the band’s best work. There is no doubt that the material on this album has a very dark feel throughout. Themes such as depression, war, death, nihilism, and especially drug abuse are explored thoroughly in the morbid lyrics and suitably complemented by the slow, methodical, bleak and doomy music and melody.
Lead singer Layne Staley was in the middle of his constant struggle with substance abuse (which he would ultimately lose at the age of 34) and he had recently quit a stunt in rehab. The other band members were also struggling with various chemical dependency and depression ailments and were not shy about laying their soul bare on this album.
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