ALICE IN CHAINS – Dirt – 30th Anniversary Ed. – 2LP – Black Vinyl

2LP – 30th Anniversary Edition Double 140g Black Vinyl.

Dirt casts an unnerving spell unlike anything else from the grunge explosion. Driven by relentlessly aggressive but rhythmically slippery riffs, Would? and God Smack give Layne Staley a chance to explore a vocal arsenal that encompasses bluesy wails, unholy screams, and guttural growls. While Dirt and Hate to Feel are some of the darkest dirges since Black Sabbaths prime, the album peaks with Down in a Hole and Rooster, a pair of spooky, majestic ballads that alter the idea of what a slow-burning hard rock song can sound like.

The album received critical acclaim and has gone on to sell five million copies worldwide, making Dirt the bands highest selling album to date It was also the bands last album recorded with all four original members.

Rolling Stone placed the album at No 26 on its list of the 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time.

Dirt was included in the 2005 book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

It was voted Critics Choice Album of the Year

Guitar World named Dirt as the best guitar album of 1992

Loudwire named it as one of the best Metal albums of the 1990s, and Rolling Stone ranked it at No 6 on its list of 50 Greatest Grunge Albums in 2019.

Tracklist:

SIDE A
1. Them Bones
2. Dam That River
3. Rain When I Die

SIDE B
1. Down in a Hole
2. Sickman
3. Rooster

SIDE C
1. Junkhead
2. Dirt
3. God Smack
4. Untitled

SIDE D
1. Hate To Feel
2. Angry Chair
3. Would?