Alice In Chains. Dirt (1992)

Dirt is a grunge album by Alice in Chains, released on September 29, 1992.

The band's breakthrough album, Dirt is regarded by many as Alice in Chains' best album, and classic from the golden age of grunge. Recorded while lead singer Layne Staley was suffering through a heroin addiction, the album's gloomy, tortured music helped turn it into a hit, reaching #6 on Billboard's 200 albums chart, and over the years climbing up to 4x platinum.

The songs "Sickman", "Junkhead", "Dirt", "God Smack", "Hate to Feel" and "Angry Chair" are based on Staley's experiences with heroin. The song "Rooster" is based on the experiences of Jerry Cantrell's father, who fought in the Vietnam war. Cantrell's father was a member of the 101st Airborne, who wore patches on their arms featuring a bald eagle. There are no bald eagles in Vietnam, so the Vietnamese referred to them as roosters.

"Iron Gland", the untitled track before "Hate to Feel", is a parody of the Black Sabbath song "Iron Man" and features vocals by Tom Araya of Slayer, whom the band brought in so he could provide an Angel of Death-style scream.

Dirt was released on the same day as the Stone Temple Pilots album Core, an album from another very popular grunge band.

Track Listing

1. "Them Bones" (Cantrell) – 2:30
2. "Dam That River" (Cantrell) – 3:09
3. "Rain When I Die" (Cantrell, Staley, Kinney, Starr) – 6:01
4. "Down in a Hole" (Cantrell) – 5:38
5. "Sickman" (Cantrell, Staley) – 5:29
6. "Rooster" (Cantrell) – 6:15
7. "Junkhead" (Cantrell, Staley) – 5:09
8. "Dirt" (Cantrell, Staley) – 5:16
9. "God Smack" (Cantrell, Staley) – 3:50
10. "Iron Gland" (unlisted) (Cantrell) – 0:43
11. "Hate to Feel" (Staley) – 5:16
12. "Angry Chair" (Staley) – 4:47
13. "Would?" (Cantrell) – 3:28

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