6 on its list of "50 Greatest Grunge Albums" in 2019.Īlice in Chains' fourth studio album, Black Gives Way to Blue, was released on the 17th anniversary of Dirt, on September 29, 2009. Loudwire named it as one of the best Metal albums of the 1990s, and Rolling Stone ranked it at No. Guitar World named Dirt as the best guitar album of 1992. It was voted " Kerrang! Critic's Choice Album of the Year". Dirt was included in the 2005 book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. 26 on its list of the 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time. Most of the music from the album was written by guitarist Jerry Cantrell, but for the first time vocalist Layne Staley wrote two songs by himself: "Hate to Feel" and "Angry Chair", both also feature Staley on guitar. The track "Iron Gland" features Tom Araya from Slayer on vocals. The songs on the album focused on depression, pain, anger, anti-social behavior, relationships, drug addiction (primarily heroin), war, death, and other emotionally charged topics. The music video for "Would?" was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film, as the song was featured on the soundtrack to Cameron Crowe's 1992 film Singles. Dirt was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. The album spawned five singles: " Would?", " Them Bones", " Angry Chair", " Rooster", and " Down in a Hole" all with accompanying music videos. It is the band's last album recorded with all four original members, as bassist Mike Starr was fired from the band in January 1993. It has since been certified four-times platinum by the RIAA and gone on to sell five million copies worldwide, making Dirt the band's highest selling album to date. 6 on the Billboard 200 chart, the album was also well received by music critics. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).Dirt is the second studio album by the American rock band Alice in Chains, released on September 29, 1992, through Columbia Records. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. Reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. You can also send an e-mail to with pertinent details. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint ofĭoes not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. Story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. A spring air date for the program is to be announced shortly. The surgery included the repair of Cantrell's glenoid labrum, a ring of fibrocartilage that is part of the shoulder joint as we as the removal of bone spurs.Ĭantrell's next scheduled performance is set for February 17 when he and his ALICE IN CHAINS bandmates, Sean Kinney and Mike Inez, are scheduled to appear in an episode of VH1's "Decades Rock Live!", a tribute to HEART that will take place at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City. Lombardo, a noted sports medicine practitioner, attended him. He was admitted to Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles where Dr. The album, which was originally released on Jon Columbia Records, is the second collection of hit songs by the defunct Seattle band, and could be considered a shorter version of their previous one, "Nothing Safe: The Best of the Box".Īs previously reported, ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell underwent surgery last week after complaining of acute pain in his left shoulder. ALICE IN CHAINS' "Greatest Hits" collection has been certified gold by the RIAA ( Recording Industry Association of America) for shipments in excess of 500,000 copies in the United States.
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