Dirt

by Alice in Chains

Dirt cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September聽29,聽1992
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 57:27
  • Community rating: 4.28/5 from 115 ratings

Artists on this release: Jerry Cantrell, Mike Starr, Sean Kinney, Layne Staley

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Alice in Chains' landmark album 'Dirt' channels a dark, metallic sound rooted in the haunting vocal harmonies of Layne Staley and Jerry Cantrell, and Cantrell's sludgy guitar tones, which producer Dave Jerden famously captured by blending three separate amplifiers. The album's lyrics serve as a harrowing, semi-conceptual narrative exploring the depths of heroin addiction, depression, and mortality, with Staley and Cantrell drawing directly from their personal demons. As a definitive work of the grunge era, 'Dirt' cemented the band's commercial success and lasting influence, packaging its bleak, unflinching themes into a collection of powerful and enduring hard rock anthems.

Genres

Descriptors: sludgy, bleak, addiction, devastating, grim

Tracklist

  1. Them Bones (2:29)
  2. Dam That River (3:09)
  3. Rain When I Die (6:01)
  4. Down In A Hole (5:38)
  5. Sickman (5:29)
  6. Rooster (6:14)
  7. Junkhead (5:09)
  8. Dirt (5:16)
  9. God Smack (3:50)
  10. Untitled (0:43)
  11. Hate To Feel (5:16)
  12. Angry Chair (4:47)
  13. Would? (3:26)

Credits

  • Layne Staley - lead vocals, rhythm guitar on "hate to feel" and "angry chair", artwork [sun logo, icons], vocals
  • Jerry Cantrell - guitars, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "down in a hole" and "would?", vocals
  • Mike Starr - bass
  • Sean Kinney - drums
  • Tom Araya - vocals on "iron gland"
  • Alice in Chains - production
  • Dave Jerden - production, mixed by
  • Rick Parashar - produced, engineered and mixed
  • Nick Terzo - a&r
  • Mary Maurer - art direction, graphics [fx]
  • Doug Erb - design
  • David Coleman - design [logo]
  • Brian Carlstrom - engineer
  • Annette Cisneros - engineer [assistant at el dorado], engineer [assistant, assistant mix engineer]
  • Ulrich Wild - engineer [assistant at one on one], engineer [assistant]
  • Kelly Curtis - management
  • Susan Silver - management
  • Troy Blakely - management [booking - icm]
  • John Jackson - management [booking abroad - icm / fair warning]
  • Peter Fletcher - management [product management]
  • Eddy Schreyer - mastered by
  • Steve Hall - mastered by

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