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The Essential Alice in Chains

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Released
  
September 5, 2006

Length
  
2:09:25

Artist
  
Alice In Chains

Label
  
Columbia Records

Recorded
  
1989–1998

Producer
  
Various

Release date
  
5 September 2006

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The Essential Alice in Chains (2006)
  
Black Gives Way to Blue (2009)

Genres
  
Grunge, Heavy metal, Alternative rock, Alternative metal

Similar
  
Alice In Chains albums, Grunge albums

Alice in chains we die young


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.

Contents

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.

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"

    • Songs

    1We Die Young2:32
    2Man in the Box4:47
    3Sea of Sorrow5:50

    References

    The Essential Alice in Chains Wikipedia
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