Not every song on Dirt is explicitly about heroin, but Jerry Cantrell's solo-written contributions (nearly half the album) effectively maintain the thematic coherence - nearly every song is imbued with the morbidity, self-disgust, and/or resignation of a self-aware yet powerless addict. It's a primal, sickening howl from the depths of Layne Staley's heroin addiction, and one of the most harrowing concept albums ever recorded. "Dirt is Alice in Chains' major artistic statement and the closest they ever came to recording a flat-out masterpiece. The album was voted Kerrang! Critic’s Choice Album of the Year for 1992 and in October 2011, Guitar World ranked Dirt as the #1 guitar album of 1992. Laying down tracks for Dirt at Eldorado Recording Studio in Burbank, California, London Bridge Studio in Seattle, and One on One Studios in Los Angeles from April to July 1992, Alice In Chains surpassed all expectations, creating one of the foundational albums of grunge and the best-selling album of the group’s career.ĭirt peaked at #6 on the Billboard 200 and remained on the Billboard charts for nearly two years. Dirt was the last Alice In Chains album to be recorded with the Seattle group’s core four founding members: Jerry Cantrell (guitar, vocals), Sean Kinney (drums), Mike Starr (bass) and Layne Staley (lead vocals).Īlice In Chains began recording Dirt in the spring of 1992, working again with producer Dave Jerden, who’d helmed their debut studio album, Facelift, in 1990. Originally released through Columbia Records on September 29, 1992, Alice In Chains’ second full-length studio album, Dirt, established the band as formidable frontrunners in the alt-rock music revolution rolling out of the Pacific Northwest, achieving multi-platinum mainstream success while remaining true to an uncompromising underground sound and vision. Info for Dirt (30th Anniversary) (2022 Remaster)
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