Alice In Chains Discography | Tier List (ft.
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- Breaking down the Alice In Chains discography and compromising where to put each album in a tier list from gold to trash. Joined by Crash Thompson, this video is all about Alice In Chains, how we love the band, and discussing each album.
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Alice in Chains (often abbreviated as AIC) is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1987 by guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney, who later recruited bassist Mike Starr and lead vocalist Layne Staley. Starr was replaced by Mike Inez in 1993. William DuVall joined the band in 2006 as co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist, replacing Staley, who died in 2002. The band took its name from Staley's previous group, the glam metal band Alice N' Chains.
Often associated with grunge music, Alice in Chains' sound incorporates heavy metal elements. The band is known for its distinctive vocal style, which often included the harmonized vocals between Staley and Cantrell (and later Cantrell and DuVall). Cantrell started to sing lead vocals on the 1992 acoustic EP Sap, and his role continued to grow in the following albums, making Alice in Chains a two-vocal band.
Alice in Chains rose to international fame as part of the grunge movement of the early 1990s, along with other Seattle bands such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden. They achieved success during the era with the albums Facelift (1990), Dirt (1992), Alice in Chains (1995), as well as the EP Jar of Flies (1994). Although never officially disbanding, Alice in Chains was plagued by extended inactivity from 1996 onward, due to Staley's substance abuse, which resulted in his death in 2002. The band regrouped in 2006, with DuVall taking over as lead vocalist full-time, and they have since released three more albums: Black Gives Way to Blue (2009), The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013), and Rainier Fog (2018).
Alice in Chains have sold over 30 million records worldwide,[11] and over 14 million records in the US alone. The band has had 18 Top 10 songs on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, 5 No. 1 hits, and received 11 Grammy Award nominations. The band was ranked number 34 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock and was ranked as the 15th greatest live band by Hit Parader. Since its formation, Alice in Chains has released six studio albums, three EPs, three live albums, four compilations, two DVDs, 43 music videos, and 32 singles.
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0:00 - Intro
1:07 - Facelift
4:34 - Sap
6:10 - Dirt
9:31 - Jar Of Flies
11:56 - Alice In Chains
14:27 - MTV Unplugged
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I'm the one outlier that listens to S/T more than Dirt. The big hitters are in the latter, but those grief-stricken songs (God Am, Shame In You, Frogs, Over Now, to a certain extent Sludge Factory) are absolutely genius.
Layne's vocals changed due to his condition, and instead of forcing the power he had in the Facelift/Dirt days, he started utilizing his melody/harmony layers and turning his voice into a sad saxophone. And with the individual and overall production, that grimy/sludgy atmosphere, Jerry's writing and vocals trying to juxtapose with Layne's presence - it's honestly inspiring.
(Shout-out to Mike Inez and Sean Kinney for keeping the groundwork as organic and solid as they did. Especially Inez, because it was probably chaos figuring this shit out after Starr got fired.)
It was a breathtaking experience as a teenager, and it only got better the older I got.
But that's just me. It's an album I modeled my songwriting after.
My rankings depend on my mood and what album or two are hitting the most at the most I needed them, if that makes any sense.
Facelift Silver
Sap Aluminum
Dirt Gold
JoF Gold
Tripod Aluminum
Unplugged Gold
Black Gives Way To Blue Silver
The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here Bronze
Rainier Fog Silver
Facelift - Gold
Sap - Bronze
Dirt - Gold
Jar Of Flies - Gold
Tripod - Silver
Unplugged - Gold
Black Gives Way To Blue - Silver
The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here - Silver
Rainier Fog - Bronze
In my opinion, they haven't released a bad album
Ya and I think they tried to make that as clear as they could without outright saying it lol
Yup but they have a few bad songs in these great albums, I mean in each album at least 2,3 bad songs except dirt facelift maybe? And of course unplugged but it's live and I think it's not categories as album,? Agreed guys? Wait wait.. jar of flies
Nowadays self-titled album tends to be the one that I spin the most. It just has a very unique atmosphere to it
Likewise man, I think it's their best album compositionally and lyrically. I think with that album they became much more than just a Rock N' Roll band
😬
Just one more time.
Agreed. My favorite record.
The dog record it became clear that jerry was a better vocalist than layne. Not all time but at that point.
My only disagreement is the Self-titled album, IMO its a solid silver, its a slow burn record for sure, but when you sit down with it, it hits hard and its a haunting experience in the second half.
It is a grower. But I agree, I think its a great album. Should be silver at least
Also, for me at least, it having “heaven beside you”and “again”gives it extra points. Similar to how I give extra points to Hot Space by queen since it has “under pressure “
I agree. It's a silver for me as well.
I honestly think Jerry stepped it up on their comeback album in 2013, way better riffs on that. No replacing layne tho
@@mikethegrunty5968 heaven beside you is a much better song than again tho imho.
For me, “Frogs” and “Over Now,” the last two songs off of the self-titled album, gain a LOT in hindsight.
The way “Frogs” plods listlessly toward the end of its 8 minutes gives me the impression of someone just rotting away, a feeling that’s only added to by it being the last song that Layne does lead vocals for on the album.
“Over Now,” which begins with a scratchy recording of “Taps,” has Jerry on lead vocals, and its tempo is quicker and more resolute, but there’s still a sense of sadness to it. It genuinely feels like these songs predict Layne’s wasting away on heroin and Jerry having to take the reins.
I couldn't agree more. If you read the Untold Story chapters on the studio sessions and the account of Layne's personal life in the background, it's as harrowing and haunting with or without context.
As a kid, I felt uneasy listening to Frogs.
As an adult who crawled his way out of a heroin habit, it sounds the way withdrawal feels. It feels like being abandoned in a cold swamp with little hope and a wistful longing for loved ones.
A perfect pair of swan songs to conclude the band's first run.
Frogs is one of those songs that I can't quite explain why it's one of my favorite songs of all time.
Did alot of walking at night in the snow playing it, all atmosphere
Holy shit that's deep asf, gave me chills cus it just makes sense
@@samcarver5507Haha I do what I can :P
I feel like William DuVall is so underrated. If we're going to rank guys who have replaced superstars/legends, he's definitely in that first tier with Brian Johnson.
William is amazing, great singer and harmonizes really well with Jerry. Their new stuff is really damn good.
Or Dio tier?
William duvall is super talented, and his solo album One Alone really proves it
I think a lot of folks also underestimate how much more freedom Jerry has in his guitar playing with William. Granted Layne is better singer ( but closer than some think) but William is much, much better Guitar player. Much fuller Guitar sound in William's era.
Self-titled is gold for me. It has Sludge Factory, which goes so hard in a way I can't really describe and is probably a top 3 song if theirs in my opinion. But with Over Now, Again, Grind, Brush Away, Heaven Beside You, and Frogs I can really easily listen through the whole thing, whereas even with Dirt and Jar of Flies there are parts I tend to skip though. They all have a different vibe too but I think the self-titled album is underrated.
I, personally have Self Titled as gold. Sludge Factory, God Am, Again, Grind... and I'm surprised it was never mentioned (especially on Unplugged,) Frogs. Frogs. Frogs. Oh, and peanut butter.
I also think Shame In You is a great song.
Personally I agree with list but Black Gives Way to Blue should be silver tier, the emotion you feel when you hear tracks "Your Decision" and "Black Gives Way to Blue" show how torn and the deepness of the album, that alone should be grounds for silver
yes, AiC's unplugged is in fact better than nirvana's all the while layne was in a pretty terrible state at the time, his performance was still mindblowingly good
Dirt is their best over all IMO. Facelift is a very close second. All of the Layne Staley era are the best. New AiC is great. Duval does a great job with the vocals.
Facelift is better than Dirt purely because Junkhead is such a bad song and Facelift has no bad songs
@@Dragginfleye junk head is a good song but i agree facelift is better
@@Dragginfleye How is Junkhead a bad song?
@@Dragginfleye junkhead is one of my faves how dare you
(jk I'm not gonna be pissed over a music opinion)
Gold: Dirt, Jar of Flies, AIC, Unplugged
Silver: Facelift, SAP
Bronze: Black gives way to Blue
Aluminum: The Devil put dinosaurs here, Rainier Fog
perfect
You put aic above facelift? Besides that 100%
Gold: Dirt, Facelift, Self-Titled Album, Jar of Flies.
Bronze: SAP.
Aluminum: The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, Rainier Fog, Black Gives Way to Blue.
Despite the risk of getting flamed by the Nevermind and Ten fans I'm just gonna say it: Dirt is hands down the best grunge album IMO.
As for the list, just bring BGWTB up to silver and I completely agree.
Facelift is infinitely better than Dirt purely cause of the song Jarhead
I agree on Dirt but i would say Facelift as well. Destroys anything PJ and Nirvana ever did and i enjoy those bands. I would say BGWTB should be Silver if not Gold. This ranking was a joke.
Idk.. Hands down? I'd say it's a toss up between Dirt and Badmotorfinger
That's kinder than what I'd say since I find Nirvana in general overrated and think they're the weakest of the big grunge bands.
It's apples and oranges and it is not fair to compare.
Grunge is not like 50s and early 60s rock. The four big ones were in fact doing quite different things. Nirvana had a punk/pop thing going. AiC were metalheads. Soundgarden were stoner rockers, Pearl Jam were hippies. And then there's Mudhoney and the other pioneers of the scene that also did their own thing. The concept of "grunge" is even more constructed than "punk" or even "metal". "Alternative rock" doesn't even describe what was going on very well.
What was labeled as "Grunge" is in fact nothing but "Indie Rock". Rock artists that started out on small labels that actively tried to come up with something that breaks with the mainstream. And out of all the bands on the scene, Alice in Chains is the perfect example because they started out going with the mainstream. But neither of these bands actually identified themselves as part of a "scene".
Which is very different to american punk rock, thrash metal and so on. The idea of "grunge" is a media conception that no band from the scene can or should identify themselves with. I believe it was Layne that said something like "what the hell is grunge? It sounds like something I want to wipe off my boots".
Mine goes something like this, from favourite to "least" favourite (I put captions on least because I love them all):
1. Tripod / Jar Of Flies EP (Equal. My favourites)
2. Dirt
3. Sap EP
4. Facelift
5. Black Gives Way To Blue
6. The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
Never actually listened to Rainer Fog
Well this saves me the time of making a list post. Well done.
listen to rainer fog
Self titled and Facelift are underrated. Passing mention to the last 2 tracks with Layne: Get Born Again and Died are amazing
If The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here album didn't have to succeed the name AIC, it would be such a sick album.
"If I can't be my own...I'd feel better dead". One of the best lines ever written.
When he says that the album DIRT doesn't have a 'skipable moment' I thought that was the perfect description for DIRT. The album is amazing from start to finish and I don't think I've ever skipped a song when listening to it. It one of those rare albums that is completely good. Thanks and keep smiling 🤘 🙂
A little harsh on TDPDH. Hollow, Hung on a Hook, Phantom Limb, Voices, Low Ceiling(my fav), Choke all real good songs. Every song on the album is listenable and not bad TBH.
Also where does Jerry's Solos rank and Layne's Mad Season album?
😐 Facelift is gold tier, easily. I’d pretty much just move a few albums up a couple notches. To me they’ve never had an “aluminum” or “trash” level album.
Alice in Chains Unplugged: Gold... greatest Unplugged album of all time.
Their self titled record shouldve been on silver to be honest. Hot take, I actually kinda like this record a little bit more than facelift to be honest. Much more atmospheric compared to anything else they’ve made before or afterwards not including Jar of Flies, especially the track “Frogs”
Jar of Flies is, without a shadow of a doubt my favourite Alice album, its tremendous! I know it's an EP, but man, I always treated it like a full album, and like you guys said, when you play one song, you gotta play the whole thing!
I'm a huge fan of the stripped back sound of it, along with Unplugged, which would be tied along with Dirt as numero two on my list!
Thanks guys!
The Devil is the BEST post Layne AiC album, I don’t understand why more people don’t agree.
It has the most unimaginative verses I have ever heard from the band.
I would put Black Gives Way to Blue much higher than the other two most recent albums. I think Layne's death still hangs over the band on the first release with DuVall, but in a way that makes the album stronger in a sad way. There is a sense of both mourning and attempting to move on. It kind of feels like the album is really about finding closure. It obviously doesn't belong in the gold tier, but it's a pretty solid album nonetheless.
Nope I can't do the Duval albums at all , it isn't Layne and really no one xcan replace Layne , that be like Nirvana getting a new Singer
@@KannaLyst There is certainly no replacing Layne, but that doesn't mean the DuVall era is completely useless.
Rainier Fog is a fantastic album! One of the bands best, in my opinion.
I actually like the self titled the most out of all Layne records. Then Dirt, Jar of Flies and lastly Facelift.
Devil Put The Dinosaurs Here has Hollow and the title track that I really dig, especially Hollow gives me goosebumps when the wall of sound comes in and destroys. It's pretty much Slowdive When The Sun Hits but AIC version.
Self titled album is my favourite, love how it sounds, sharp and anxious.
Hollow is one of their best songs (my personal favorite) - it has a weight to it that is different to any of their songs, it feels just... not just depressed or angry, but downright apocalyptic. It's not an easy song to like but it's so rewarding and the overall build up is incredible
I feel the same way about Hollow to me it represents grunge at it's best gloomy and doomy. I recommend you Windhand - Grey Garden it's like Nirvana mixed with Alice in Chains
@@jetblack4345 just listened to it, never heard of this band but this track is great ! Love the solo, good addition to my playlist , thanks alot
This was fun to be apart of on the livestream! :D Always love these types of vids. I'd say personally, Black Gives Way is more of a Silver type of album for me, but other than that I definitely agree with these as well. :)
Man I've been waiting for this
My tier list would go:
Gold: Dirt and Black Gives Way To Blue
Silver: Facelift, Jar Of Flies, Rainer Fog, and Unplugged
Bronze: Sap, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
Aluminum: Self-Titled
Even then, stuff on the lower end of the scale aren't terrible.
I mean, they're home to some great stuff like Right Turn, Got Me Wrong, Phantom Limb, Stone, Brush Away, and Over Now, it's just comparing albums to one another, it's fairly easy for me to decide my favorite and least favorite.
glad you guys gave jar of flies the ranking it deserves. maybe it's the nostalgia talking, but it really rivals dirt as their best album imo
Can’t stress enough tho that it is an EP lol
Jar of flies is hands down my fav! Followed by self titled Rainer fog and sap
@@pearlspacejam8639 best release* then
Kinda surprised you guys came down so hard on TDPDH? It's not great, but there are a handful of tracks I go back to every now and then. Phantom Limb is one of my favorite AIC songs, honestly. Super underrated deep cut, and the album as a whole is at least a soft bronze imo.
Rainier Fog would probs be my aluminum pick, but maybe I need to listen to it again idk
Solid list otherwise.
I do like this one a lot. My favorite of the new lineup. And this certainly is a hell of a lot better than what the other grunge bands were doing at that time. Soundgarden's come back is forgettable and if you wanna talk about trash albums.... PJ's Lightning Bolt is hot garbage
Personally i would move the self titled to gold and jar of flies to silver but other than that nice job 👍
Gold: Dirt, Jar of Flies, Unplugged
Silver: Facelift, BGWTB, AiC
Bronze: TDPDH, Sap (if only because it's super short)
Aluminum: Rainier Fog
Really great list!! I would only move "black gives way to blue" up to gold... but that's probably because what was going on in my life when the album hit.
Facelift>dirt
"The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here" is fantastic, especially the closing song, "Choke".
That was my first aic album and I still love it
My favorite song off that album is prob either "Stone" or "Voices". The bass on "Stone" is n a s t y , but "voices" is also really chill and stuff.
And Hung on a Hook, this was the first track were Duvall sounds very close to Staley imho.
Facelift is still my all time fav AIC album
Loved this!!
I know next to nothing about Alice In Chains and their discography just never been a band I’ve even listened to or tried to learn about so this should be very educational! I’m excited!
Do you listen to rock? Or what do you like? Alice is def top tier! Listen to jar of flies it’s amazing
Alice in chains is amazing bro. i would start with dirt
Great shirt Crash!
My rating:
Gold: Facelift, Dirt, Jar of Flies, Tripod, MTV Unplugged, Rainier Fog (please don't crucify lol)
Silver: Sap, Black Gives Way to Blue, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
I love AiC and at first I didn't like BGWTB at all, except Acid Bubble and When the sun rose again, but all of their records slowly grew on me. I can't remember how many times I've heard an Alice tune that I didn't like before but at that moment I did, so then I had to re-listen everything to see if there are more songs that I now like.
I've put Rainier Fog so high because to me it doesn't have a bad/boring song. Not one. Maybe has beautiful harmonization, Drone is just psychedelic, Fly is so relaxing and it hits very well after Red Giant (try this: Listen to the end of Red Giant and immediately follow it up with Fly, great transition). Every song is just great.
Dirt is why you need a platinum tier. No discussion needed on that one.
Dirt, Facelift, Jar of Flies, Unplugged in gold. Self-titled is high silver, BGWTB is bronze. Fog and Dinos in aluminum.
Self-Titled deserves much better than a Bronze.
Oh man , just made my day , long time fan of this channel and the Wrestling soup . Dirt is quite possibly the best rock album ever .
I'm one of those Gen X, the Dirt album came out when I was in High School people... Your takes were all within a level of mine. The biggest argument I would make is Rainier Fog is a Silver album. Definitely the best of the Duvall era.
Facelift is the best AiC album hands down lol
I agree.
I'm not an AICZ fan but I hope that u all have a wonderful and blessed day, please take care of yourselves and be excellent to each other.
God bless🤎
All of their albums deserve to be in gold tier. They’ve never made any bad music in my opinion.
I would agree but I would preface that with “every album they released with Layne is Gold”
Very good ranking. I agree 100%
i really thought i’d be alone in saying self titled is my fave but this comment section is showing me there’s other people. i love that
Other than the self-titled album (which I would put in silver), this is solid.
Thanks for this. One of my fav bands. I think SAP is underrated. I’d put at silver as first 3 songs could be hits on the better rated albums.
I'd bump everything from the Duvall era up one level, but other than that, hard agree.
Heres the thing about mtv unplugged, we have to remember that they didnt just sit down and do the set, they had to stop and start over songs numerous times because they kept messing up and it was being taped. Not hating but them not playing together in however long for sure showed for the live audience
Dirt is my all time favorite AIC album but black gives way to blue is honestly my second
I think I like AIC unplugged better than Nirvana unplugged because their songs are better suited for an unplugged setting. Also, no cover songs. Don’t get me wrong, I love nirvana unplugged ( their cover of “where did you sleep last night is one of my fav nirvana tracks) but I like AIC unplugged just a smidge more
Black Gives Way To Blue Is at least silver
Not one skippable track on that album
“Sun Rose Again” “Your Decision” and the title track are still playlist material
All albums with layne are platinum ... With SAP being a silver .
Black gives way to blue its gold , the devil put.. and Rannier fog are bronze
Dirt is such a great album, so honest and real
I only listened to the Layne era albums
Gold: Dirt, Jar of flies, Alice in Chains
Silver: -
Bronze: Facelift, Sap
Aluminium: -
Trash: -
I love all Layne records - I think Dirt is their best but Self-Titled is my favorite. As for William, Black Gives Way to Blue is close to me and I think it's great. None of the later records held my attention for long.
Story time: I picked up the unplugged album at a garage sale in a church and had never listened to any of their work. I loaded it up in my car and just listened to it. I think if I had picked up any of their other albums, I probably wouldn't have gotten as into the band as I did when I was younger.
Layne Staley era is gold
. Idk why but honestly the self-title kind of did hit me harder than anything off Dirt really. Don't get me wrong, I love Dirt, Down in A Hole, and Them Bones, and even the title track, which are all SS tier. But there's something about the self-title, that just hit me correctly and came in at the perfect time of my life. It's def in my top 5 albums, honestly at this point maybe even top 3 albums of all time. I can see why some may not like it cause it can get *very* dark, even by Grunge and Alice in Chains standards, but for me, it just works.
Everything this band does is gold to me. Even Sap, though its short, is amazing
Wow, i agree with some of your points, but I think you need to revisit 'The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here.' There are some really good tunes on it.
e.g., Tracks 1-4, 6, 8, 10, and 12.
Why the heck did I get a notification for this video 6 days after its release? The heck is going on youtube???
They are all great, I can listen to all of their music and have all of them
The most I know about this band is the out of character lewd lyrics from Owl City on the relient K song summertime.
"Janes Adicted and Alice is in Chinese, U2 like to move me in mysterious ways."
Super lewd for Christian bands lmao!
Listen to Facelift it’s almost a mandatory listen for anyone listening to rock or metal
I would put Sap in the Silver tier. The first four tracks are phenomenal, and then there's Love Song which is just dumb and hilarious.
Self Titled however I believe belongs in Gold. It's crushing. You can tell it was written by a band falling apart from Layne's addiction.
Alice In Chains just holds a special place in my heart for me they’ll always be in my top 3 at least
I agree with most choices but Black Gives Way to Blue is a solid silver to me. Even some of the not-so-memorable songs work well as a part of the tracklist and there are some outstanding moments. All Secrets Known is an epic opening track that couldn't be placed anywhere else on the album, A Looking in View is one of the heaviest AiC tracks and it's a great metal song with guitars driving the package. Also the closer is one of their better songs and I think it's touching and catchy.
I know The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here isn't so great but I'd still place it on bronze maybe, I like some of the stronger songs so much and I've played them a lot but it's very polarized because honestly like 5 of the 12 songs on the album are so forgettable that I have no memory of a single note on them as I'm writing this hehe...
Dirt is Gold, the other Layne era albums are silver, and the new albums are in the middle somewhere. They never made a "bad" album IMO.
The other Layne albums are silver except for Facelift which is somewhere between bronze and aluminum
Holy shit its Crash!
Sap, jar of flies, self titled, and Rainer fog are my fav
Ray-near mountain
The self titled album has gotta be the most underrated. Nothin song, God Am, sludge factory are some of my favorite for all Alice In Chains songs, grind is pretty sick too
And for the newer stuff, “Drone” from rainier fog is also great, probably my favorite from the new era
Tripod is the deepest darkest Alice album ever. Genuis
They’re sleeping on tripod. I put it in the gold tier
Eponymous is gold bro!
have to disagree with Crash - I think Facelift stays strong throughout the whole album. In fact, Real Thing is probably my favorite song on the whole album. Confusion is probably the whole song that falls off a little and it's still a banger. Gold 100%. Also fail to mention all the great songs on Self-titled outside of the ones played on the radio. God Am, Sludge Factory, Brush Away, Shame In You, Over Now, hello? Do we not listen to full albums? They mention Heaven Beside You, Again and Grind several times but nothing else, lol. Self-titled definitely hits you just as hard as DIRT if you care for the bandmates personal history and lyrical content.
Do Soundgarden next please
The devil put dinosaurs here is my favorite AIC album
1. Dirt (Gold)
2. Jar of Flies (Gold)
3. MTV Unplugged (Gold)
4. Facelift (Silver)
5. Black Gives Way to Blue (Silver)
6. Self-Titled (Bronze)
7. Ranier Fog (Bronze)
8. The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (Bronze)
9. Sap (Bronze)
I like TDPDH, I'll admit there are some boring tracks but I really love the title track as well as Voices, Hollow, Low Ceiling and Stone.
Sap might seem sacrilegious at the bottom but It's just because the band is that good. I love how Got Me Wrong was on the Clerks soundtrack, and of course everyone loves Brother but I feel there's not enough content on Sap to put it higher than the others
Gold: self-titled, Dirt, Jar of Flies, Unplugged
Silver: Black Gives Way to Blue
Bronze: Facelift, Sap, Rainier Fog
Aluminum: Dinosaurs
My personal tier list:
Gold: AIC, Dirt
Silver: Facelift, Jar Of Flies, Unplugged, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
Bronze: Sap, Black Gives Way To Blue, Rainier Fog
Fairly spot-on except for Tripod which for me is a solid silver
It's all gold to me except Rainer Fog which I haven't really listened to a lot.
The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here is my personal favorite album from the Duvall era (so far) but I also like Facelift (personal favorite of them all) and the Self-Titled more than Dirt so…
their self titled is easily up their in the gold with the rest for me, personally my favorite album by them and i connected with it hard even with my first listen. it's a long album and a rather sad one, but never really felt like it overstayed its welcome even with the last two long tracks on it.
Self-titled is gold
Facelift belongs in GOLD, no doubt about it.
To the 'boring' point, I hear you. The main thing I think is missing from the Duval records, especially Devil/Dinos, is1-2 more uptempo numbers. They're not a thrash band, I'm not asking for that.
But they need a couple in the tempo of We Die Young, Them Bones, or at least Again. Imagine splitting the record in half, like on vinyl or cassette. You need one of those faster paced tunes on each side, to make for better dynamics and flow of the record as a whole. Check My Brain and Fade Away kind of touch upon that tempo, but not quite. Those are fine, but each of those records would have been so much better with just one more tune of that pace or faster. Devil/Dinos needs two added.
Nirvana fan first and for most, but i also love Alice in Chains
Tripod > Jar > Unplugged > Dirt > Sap > Dinos
Haven't listened to the others enough, though I was not a fan of Facelift the one time I sat through the whole thing.
Self Titled underrated
Black Gives way to Blue is a standout comeback album, to me is a saled silver, almost gold.
The Devil put a Dinosaur Here is also a solid follow up (and a very underrated album in general), with a great title track, solid heavy tracks like Pretty Done, Stone, Lab Monkey, Breath on a Window, Choke and fantastic songs like Phantom Limb and Hung on a Hook, is def a more sludgier, darker and heavier album than Black gives way to Blue but still have that grunge feeling and a consistent songwriting.
Their weakest of the new era is Rainier Fog, wich is not a bad album but is not memorable as their previous.
Gold - Jar Of Flies, Dirt
Silver - Facelift, MTV Unplugged
Bronze - Alice In Chains, Black Give Way to Blue, Sap
Aluminum - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, Rainier Fog
Trash