The Essential Alice in Chains

The Essential Alice in Chains
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)
The Essential Alice in Chains
(2006)
Alternative cover
2010 Reissue Cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[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. TitleWriter(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. TitleWriter(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 from Music Bank)Cantrell 3:54
4. "A Little Bitter" (remix from Music Bank)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" (live acoustic version from Unplugged)Cantrell, Kinney 5:57
9. "Nutshell" (live acoustic 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
Additional personnel

Chart positions

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

References

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Essential Alice in Chains > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
  2. "Alice In Chains - The Essential (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
  3. "Alice in Chains - Artist chart History". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2007-11-09.
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