The Essential Alice in Chains

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The Essential Alice in Chains
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Greatest hits album by Alice in Chains
Released September 5, 2006
Recorded 1989–1998
Genre Alternative metal, grunge, alternative rock, heavy metal
Length 2:09:25
Label Columbia
Producer Various
Alice in Chains compilations chronology
Greatest Hits
(2001)Greatest Hits2001		 The Essential Alice in Chains
(2006)
Alternative cover
2010 Reissue Cover
2010 Reissue Cover

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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]

The Essential Alice in Chains is a two-disc compilation album by the rock band Alice in Chains, and part of Sony BMG's The Essential series. Originally scheduled to be released on March 30, 2004, it was delayed until September 5, 2006. The album was reissued in 2010 with different artwork.[2]

Overview

The third and final greatest hits release from the band, it proved to be more a definitive collection than the 10-track Greatest Hits collection and the best of/sampler collection, Nothing Safe: Best of the Box, featuring almost all of the band's hits and singles (with the exception of "Bleed the Freak", "Down in a Hole" "Fear the Voices" and "Don't Follow") as well as fan favorites and also two unplugged tracks. The songs "What the Hell Have I" and "A Little Bitter" which were featured on the Last Action Hero movie soundtrack are the Toby Wright remixed versions found on Music Bank.

Track listing

Disc one

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "We Die Young" (from Facelift) Jerry Cantrell 2:33
2. "Man in the Box" (from Facelift) Cantrell, Layne Staley 4:47
3. "Sea of Sorrow" (from Facelift) Cantrell 5:51
4. "Love, Hate, Love" (from Facelift) Cantrell, Staley 6:29
5. "Am I Inside" (from Sap) Cantrell, Staley 5:09
6. "Brother" (from Sap) Cantrell 4:29
7. "Got Me Wrong" (from Sap) Cantrell 4:12
8. "Right Turn" (from Sap) Cantrell 3:15
9. "Rain When I Die" (from Dirt) Cantrell, Sean Kinney, Mike Starr, Staley 6:03
10. "Them Bones" (from Dirt) Cantrell 2:31
11. "Angry Chair" (from Dirt) Staley 4:49
12. "Dam That River" (from Dirt) Cantrell 3:11
13. "Dirt" (from Dirt) Cantrell, Staley 5:17
14. "God Smack" (from Dirt) Cantrell, Staley 3:51
15. "Hate to Feel" (from Dirt) Staley 5:17
16. "Rooster" (from Dirt) Cantrell 6:15
Total length:
 01:14:39

Disc two

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "No Excuses" (from Jar of Flies) Cantrell 4:16
2. "I Stay Away" (from Jar of Flies) Cantrell, Mike Inez, Staley 4:14
3. "What the Hell Have I" (remix) Cantrell 3:54
4. "A Little Bitter" (remix) Cantrell, Inez, Kinney, Staley 3:48
5. "Grind" (from Alice in Chains) Cantrell 4:46
6. "Heaven Beside You" (from Alice in Chains) Cantrell, Inez 5:30
7. "Again" (from Alice in Chains) Cantrell, Staley 4:05
8. "Over Now" (unplugged version; from Unplugged) Cantrell, Kinney 5:57
9. "Nutshell" (unplugged version; from Unplugged) Cantrell, Inez, Kinney, Staley 4:32
10. "Get Born Again" (from Nothing Safe: Best of the Box) Cantrell, Staley 5:25
11. "Died" (from Music Bank) Cantrell, Staley 5:58
12. "Would?" (from Dirt) Cantrell 3:28
Total length:
 57:32

Personnel

Alice in Chains
  • Jerry Cantrell – lead guitar, backing and co-lead vocals and sitar on "What the Hell Have I"
  • Layne Staley – lead vocals, backing vocals on "Grind", "Heaven Beside You" and "Over Now" and rhythm guitar on "Angry Chair" and "Hate to Feel"
  • Mike Starr – bass (disc 1 and "Would?"), backing vocals (credited only on tracks 1–4)
  • Mike Inez – bass (disc 2, except "Would?"), additional backing vocals (tracks 1–4, 10,11), guitar (tracks 1–7, 10–11)
  • Sean Kinney – drums, percussion and piano on "Sea of Sorrow", additional backing vocals (tracks 1–4 on disc 1)
Additional personnel
  • Alice Mudgarden (performs "Right Turn")
  • Mark Arm – vocals on "Right Turn"
  • Chris Cornell – vocals on "Right Turn"
  • Ann Wilson - vocals on "Brother" and "Am I Inside"
  • April Acevez – viola on "I Stay Away"
  • Rebecca Clemons-Smith – violin on "I Stay Away"
  • Matthew Weiss – violin on "I Stay Away"
  • Justine Foy – cello on "I Stay Away"
  • Scott Olson – acoustic guitar on "Nutshell and "Over Now"

Chart positions

Chart (2006) Position
US Billboard 200[3] 139

References

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