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BE WHAT YOU WANNA BE
SEE WHAT YOU CAME TO SEE
BEEN WHAT YOU WANNA BE
I DON'T LIKE WHAT I SEE
Alice in Chains
(informally referred to as the
Dog Album,
Dog Record,
or Tripod
is the third
studio album
by the American
rock band
It was released In
November '95
on
Columbia Records,
as the follow-up
to the group's
commercial breakthrough
Dirt
(1992).
It was their last to
feature their
original lead vocalist
Layne Staley,
who died in 2002.
Alice in Chains
had not played live
for a year and a half
due to Staley's
addiction issues.
During the hiatus,
Staley joined the supergroup
Mad Season
and recorded
the album
Above
(1995),
leaving the future of
Alice in Chains
in question.
Staley's growing
heroin addiction
led to rumors
of his death.
Shortly after the release of
Above,
Alice in Chains
began work on their
third album,
with the intention of
putting an end
to the speculation
surrounding the band.
Recorded at
Seattle's Bad Animals Studio
with Toby Wright,
the album's songs
focus on
heavy emotional content
and subject matter
such as drug addiction,
depression,
spirituality,
broken relationships,
and the internal tensions
within the band
that were being fueled by
Staley's substance abuse.
The album's music
relies less on
heavy metal riffs
and more on
melody and texturally
varied arrangements,
some integrating
the acoustic moods
of their EPs,
while others
introduced late
1960s and
early 1970s
rock influences.
Alice in Chains
was released during
the decline
of the grunge era.
The band remained
largely unable
to tour for the album
due to Staley's addiction,
performing live only
on televised events
and opening for Kiss.
Nevertheless,
the album debuted at
number one
on the Billboard 200 chart
and stayed on the chart
for nearly a year.
The tracks
"Grind",
"Heaven Beside You",
and
"Again"
were released as singles.
"Grind"
and
"Again"
were nominated for
the Grammy Award
for Best Hard Rock Performance.
The album was certified
double platinum
by the RIAA
and has sold over
three million copies worldwide.
The album was the band's
last for almost 14 years;
Staley died from a
drug overdose
in 2002,
which caused the band
to dissolve.
The band eventually emerged
with
Black Gives Way to Blue
in 2009
with new
co-vocalist
William DuVall.
NOTES :
WITH THIS I ADDED
SOME
BONUS TRACKS [*]
PLUS
SOME FROM
THE BAND
MAD SEASON
(Layne Staley Side band)
I Thought They Would
Sound Good
With This Album
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