Dirt by Alice In Chains (CD, Sep-1992, Columbia USA)

Dirt is the second studio album by the American Alternative Metal 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. Five singles were released from the album, "Would?", "Them Bones", "Rooster", "Angry Chair", and "Down in a Hole". Dirt is often considered by critics and fans as Alice in Chains' best work.
Cantrell had stated that this album was the band's best work and most intense work, and that they all intentionally for years wanted to make a "brutal" record. Six songs on the album were about heroin, including "Sickman", "Junkhead", "Dirt", "God Smack", "Hate to Feel" and "Angry Chair".

Dirt began recording in the spring of 1992. Producer, Dave Jerden was determined to work with Alice In Chains again, as well as vocalist, Layne Staley and lead guitarist, Jerry Cantrell, he truly admired Staley's vocals and Cantrell's riffs and lyrics. For the songs "Them Bones", "Rain When I Die", "Down In A Hole, "Dirt" and "Would?", Cantrell brought in his Black Gibson Les Paul and an amplifier he had bought when he was 17 which had a faster and much raunchier distortion than any amp he used in the past. Layne Staley had recently met Kurt Cobain, and Cobain had showed him some vocal techniques Cobain had used on Nirvana's Nevermind album.

When recording the album, Staley had previuosly checked out of rehab in Portland, Oregon and quickly went back to using heroin. Sean Kinney claimed in a 2005 interview that Staley had told Kinney that he was extremely high on heroin and marijuana during the recordings of Down In A Hole and Angry Chair as well as taking Oxycodone for back pain on every other song on the album, Cantrell had also agreed with Kinney's report, saying that Staley, Jerden and the rest of the band would smoke marijuana in the studio room, even saying that Staley would shoot heroin in front of everyone.

For the bands cover design, Layne Staley provided the artwork, even painting his girlfriend Demri Parrott on the cover, when approaching the band with the design they quickly agreed with it. In June 1992, the albums post-production was complete and the album was 100% complete by the end of June.

Pick it up, this is a classic.

This has got to be one of the GREATEST CD's put out by a band- ALICE IN CHAINS.
I bought this...again because I have lost my original copy. This CD has some of the GREAT classics ( not classical mucic!) on it like Damn That River,Rooster, Dirt and Angry Chair just to name a few. I really love every song on this CD!!!! You just can't go wrong with it. If you have never tried ALICE IN CHAINS- you have got to try DIRT !!!

If you like Alice in Chains, or just any old good rock-n-roll, this is a CD worth listening to. This will give you a look into the complicated, disturbed mind of Jerry Cantrell, the gifted writer that made this band what it is. His songwriting is painfully personal and at the same time beautiful. This CD has some incredible songs, along with some just OK songs, but all part of the magic that is Alice in Chains. A must have!

I bought this album because I liked their first album. This is by far their best album. Them Bones and Rooster are hard driving rock songs with the signature dark sound that is Alice in Chains and embodies the Seattle Sound of the 90's.

I decided to buy this cd because it was part of the soundtrack to my youth. It can be somewhat difficult to find these types of items when you are out and about. often there are "best of" and "greatest hits" on the market, but they just are not the same. luckily we have the internet, and ebay.

I was very lucky to end up with a 13 year old used cd that doesnt skip. The case was in good condition as well, all for less than ten dollars. I dont want to sound like im writing a commercial for E-Bay, but this really is one of the best outlets for finding items that are no longer mass produced.

Must have grunge Album.Awesome album and also has hits would?, rooster, down in a hole, them bones, and angry chair.what more do you want with staley and cantrell.

Flannel shirts, baggy pants, coffee shops, PDA’s, road rage, and Twin Peaks. Aside from these obvious examples, it would be difficult to find anything more indicative of the 90’s than Alice In Chains’ Dirt. Filled with loud guitars, driving bass, crashing cymbals, and hollow wails, AIC defined not only a sound, but a generation. Song after song (from The Bones to Would?), Dirt delivers catchy yet raw rhythmic masterpieces. There are no duds. Every song is a winner. This CD should be in everyone’s collection. It reminds us that grunge rock is dead, but it will never be forgotten.

GREAT CLASSIC ALBUM. I SAW ALICE IN CHAINS BACK IN THE DAY..HERE IT IS 17 YEARS LATER AND IM BUYING THE CD AGAIN FOR MY DAUGHTER..THIS ALBUM WILL ALWAYS BE A GREAT.. R.I.P. LANE STALEY

very good cd i especially like the song junk head, as all ways alice in chains rocks!!! I recommend it!!

I liked this cd cuz my dad used to play this and others like it to put me to sleep when I was a kid. So I guess its in my blood and in my subcon'.
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I would have thought this Cd was bought and never used! it was that good. all i can say is wicked item, wicked buyer. thank you!

I love the cd it arrived as described and quick! It was also very affordable! sorry for the late review. Thanks again!

Great cd, I want more of their albums.... This cd was in great shape no scatches. I recommend this cd if you like rock.

this is alice in chains in there hey day with dirt and them bones,the rooster they went to the top and keep the 90s grunge alive

This is a awsome cd.The songs are a little down, but songs like that are usually the ones that make the most sense. Great singers!!!! The group really belongs togather. I would say, you like grung.....Go For It

Perfect. That's all I got to say. Perfect. Alice In Chains really came through with this 4x platinum success. They did a great job writing and performing this album. For any rock and roll fan period, I recommend this beautiful work of art.

Has some good, classic songs on it, but not all the songs are strong. This is probably their best album, and they've got a great grunge/metal sound.

This is one of my favorite CDs ever--Layne Staley & Jerry Cantrell are awesome together, as they always were. But I am an AIC fan forever!

this is the best cd ever, never thought that I would own it again, coolbeans to the seller, AWESOME TRADE

This was the best Alice 'n' Chains CD ever!! Well that's one man's opinion anyway.. I saw this tour after hearing this CD at least 45 times ( Honestly ) and of coarse the radio playing the song ( Rooster ) over & over & over again.. I believe the song Rooster was written by Jerry Cantrell about a close relation to him that went to Vietnam.. Well that's what I heard anyway... Everything on this CD is typical of the time and place of that sound. Plus, all of this CD is going to be around for a long time...