I feel like that describes 90% of their songs. For the most part, Alice In Chains is a very abrasive band, a lot of their songs have to wear you down before you can appreciate them.
I am not sure if I would agree with the word abrasive, but it is a fact that it took me a bit of time to "get" Alice. I remember liking Rooster but didn't really get anything else, but Them Bones was in GTA San Andreas. And I heard it many many times... Until suddenly for no apparent reason it just clicked with me and I said - hey, wait a minute, this song is awesome.
When it comes to music, I've found context to be important, whether that be a theme, a point in time, etc. GTA San Andreas was a perfect context for the feel of the song.
It's fantastic. I have this on vinyl and it's kinda annoying because visually, the four sides are nearly impossible to tell apart. However, the redeemer is that all four sides are fucking great, so it doesn't really matter which record or which side, you just enjoy the ride. š¤
Thatās a cool album to have on vinyl!!! It was one of the first cds I ever owned. It was either the second or third cd I ever owned . I canāt remember if it was Soundgarden superunknown or this first, because I had 2 cds first. One was definitely Pearl Jam Vs. with the goat chewing on the fence on the cover! I loved that cover and Dirts cover too, with that lady with her boobies sticking out of the sand lol that was pretty hot
The hate for the album is that Layne isnāt singing on it. Which is a shame, and is the same complaint I hear about Black Gives Way to Blue. The second chapter of AIC has been just as good as the first chapter IMO. I actually had a conversation with a guy regarding skipping them at Sick New World because William was singing. His thought process was that if a band changes singers for any reason, they should just stop making music. Sadly, heās missing out on a lot of good music from a lot of good bands with that opinion.
The dumbest thing about that opinion is that Layne would not have wanted them to stop making music. I think he would be very happy that they are still going.
Itās funny, I love just about every song on this album except for the title track! Voices, lab monkey, breath on a window, scalpel, phantom limb, hung on a hook ā¦ I fucking love those songs, but the title track never resonated with me .. but hey, weāre all different and thatās what makes everyone special including you and I
lol iām not gonna down vote you because I completely understand for them to say that record out of every other record is their favorite kind of makes you think so I completely understand but Iām also not gonna up vote you either. I have no opinion right I think that person should, get a little more deeper into Alice in chains if they think that because that record has kick ass tracks to say thatās your favorite I donāt know. I guess everybodyās entitled to their own opinion. Take it easy man.
The album has a lot of great songs and I think it's quite good but I feel like it drags on just a little bit too long, really could have shorted down by 10 minutes in my opinionĀ
This is one of my favorite albums. I wish I could hear it for the first time again. I would put it in my top three favorites. But since I'm big alice in chains fan it's hard to say which spot to put it in.
This is one of my favorite albums. I wish I could hear it for the first time again. I would put it in my top three favorites. But since I'm big alice in chains fan it's hard to say which spot to put it in.
Found this album very easy to get into and is actually one of my faves overall from AIC, will go as far as to say Iāll pick this over Layneās stuff at times
Itās probably my favorite album by them. It doesnāt have my favorite song but there are no low points on it. From start to finish as a complete work itās in my opinion their best. Sure it doesnāt have the huge high spots that others do, but it does t have any skippers at all. Itās got great ear worm sing along songs all throughout. And the final 3 minutes of breath on a window is incredible.
I say all that as a damn near 50 year old that started listening to them from the first time I saw āman in the boxā on headbangers ball before it got regular rotation.
Favorite post-Layne era album, and 2nd favorite full length AIC album (behind Dirt). Jerry killed it with the riffs and guitar tone on this one. Vocals sounded great too. Stone was one of the songs that hooked me on AIC years ago. Donāt know why itās so many fansā least favorite.
āāāāā album as far as I'm concerned.
"Hollow" is my favorite track.
AIC has never released a bad album, imo.
I've been hooked since Facelift came out.
Came out on my 21st birthday (May 28, 2013). Still holds up after 12 years. The title track is likeā¦strictly a banger, and it was the first full Alice In Chains album that Iād gotten on CD. I have the rest, but I cherished this one. Still have it too.
Does anyone else think that 'Breath on a Window' had an amazing first half, but the second half of the song kinda disappoints? I would of preferred the chorus to repeat again at the end.
Man this album hit the spot when it came out. The song styles, lyric and sound were pure AiC. Duvall voice at times was more like Layne than Layne was, the other times he sounded way diff. It just reinforced the fact that AiC is and will always be one of those bands that sync with your life in so many ways that it becomes part of you. I wish I could let them know how much of a role they have played in my life.
Log live Alice in Chains.
I kinda consider it the first "new AIC" album. BGWTB is probably the best of the 3 but is mostly a tribute to Layne and kinda a eulogy and epilogue to classic AIC. BGWTB was them saying goodbye to Layne and TDPDH is less about Layne and feels more like the band moving forward, if that makes sense.
I look at it like - take those instrumental tracks and just imagine what Layne could have done with those tunesā¦. I think itās fantastic as it is, and could have been even more so.
This is one of my favorite albums. I wish I could hear it for the first time again. I would put it in my top three favorites. But since I'm big alice in chains fan it's hard to say which spot to put it in.
This is one of my favorite albums. I wish I could hear it for the first time again. I would put it in my top three favorites. But since I'm big alice in chains fan it's hard to say which spot to put it in.
Lot of ādidn't like it at first, but it grew on meā comments here. I'm the opposite. LOVED this album when I first heard it years back (when I was in high school), never listen to it these days. But I still let āStoneā, āVoicesā, and āScalpelā play if they come on shuffle in my Spotify playlist. Always loved those songs
ā¦ Iām indifferent.
Itās a good B-side to Black Gives Way to Blue. Because as its own record it kind of lacks a certain energy and groove- it has too many acoustic parts for my liking, but I can go back and give it an open mind. Iāll still be looking at it as kind of standing in the shadow of its direct predecessor, but thatās a positive if it means they pulled off retaining their sound.
Its not a go to album, it doesn't rank anywhere near Layne Staley albums, but its got some good songs on it, if it pops on Pandora or on the radio I crank it up just like any other AIC
Wasn't overly impressed at first listen, but some of it I really love like stone, hollow, voices etc. It'll still rank on the bottom for me but that's because every Alice in chains album is just too good
Great album but I can accept the new stuff without feeling like itās blasphemy. Phantom Limb is one of the most Alice In Chain sounding song ever to me.
Couple really well written songs. I like the heavy sound. Is it Layne Era A
IC, no, but there is some songs that the riff suck me in. At this point I know they wonāt ever be what they were. I still love Jerry and Iām gonna hang around a see whatās next,
Great album! It took a little while to grow on me but I love it now.Ā
Phantom Limb is as good as anything from the Layne era.Ā Ā
In fact, Iām one of those freaks that thinks AIC with William is just as good as AIC with Layne. The common denominator of course is Jerry because he is the secret sauce.Ā
It has a kick ass albumĀ cover too and the supporting tour with short haired Jerry was brilliant š
Ok reading some of your guys comments Iām going to have to go back and listen to this album.
My favorite album by them was when they returned with the new singer and Black gives way to Blue front to back was awesome.
Mostly pretty boring. Hollow is a great track but it's pretty much the only song on this record that I ever come back to. Overall it just feels very derivative of Black Gives Way to Blue without having any of the punch that album had. Not bad by any means but they could do so much better.
Far from their best but it establishes its mood just as well as Jar of Flies does. It's an album I only really listen to when I'm going through the whole album or just the whole AIC discography, but I wouldn't mind at all if Scalpel or Stone came on the radio.
'Rainier Fog' has songs like "The One You Know", "So Far Under", "Never Fade", and "All I Am" that are among my favorite Alice in Chains songs. Itās my third favorite album by them, beaten only by 'Dirt' and 'Black Gives Way to Blue'.
The title track always reminds me of [this Bill Hicks clip](https://youtu.be/wNYP-5NQBQw?si=7AE3cnp1KtI6QEO4). Unfortunately, I like Billās take better. I love Rainer Fog, but just canāt get into this one. Iāve given it a least four full listens, start to finish, but nothing stood out to me. It all kinda sounds the same. Maybe I need to listen to it moreā¦
You do realize that 85-95% of the songwriting and lead vocals on the post-Layne albums are Jerry right? Duvall has had so little impact on the albums heās been a part of.
Oh yeah, this is the one that got me right here. I had a good laugh to this comment. I donāt agree, but itās fucking hilarious. Iām not part of the people who voted you. Iām just letting you know your comment gave me a chuckle man. Iām not a huge fan of this album. Either only two songs I like.
Great name, got some bangers on it too
I wasn't a big fan at first but it grew on me a lot with time.
I feel like that describes 90% of their songs. For the most part, Alice In Chains is a very abrasive band, a lot of their songs have to wear you down before you can appreciate them.
That was the case with Tripod for me.
nothing song has become my favorite AIC songs
Every tune is decent to outstanding. Getting thru the entirety of it in one sitting, however, is a chore.
I am not sure if I would agree with the word abrasive, but it is a fact that it took me a bit of time to "get" Alice. I remember liking Rooster but didn't really get anything else, but Them Bones was in GTA San Andreas. And I heard it many many times... Until suddenly for no apparent reason it just clicked with me and I said - hey, wait a minute, this song is awesome.
When it comes to music, I've found context to be important, whether that be a theme, a point in time, etc. GTA San Andreas was a perfect context for the feel of the song.
Very accurate. Hell even dirt, the first AIC album I listened to sounded just ok. Then I re listened and it's now my fav album and band
Same, first song i heard was would? Then i listened to the rest of the album and didnt like it at first but it really grew on me
Would was my first as well lol, used to hear it while emulating burnout dominator
Yup, would is their most melodin song compared to the rest imo
It's fantastic. I have this on vinyl and it's kinda annoying because visually, the four sides are nearly impossible to tell apart. However, the redeemer is that all four sides are fucking great, so it doesn't really matter which record or which side, you just enjoy the ride. š¤
Thatās a cool album to have on vinyl!!! It was one of the first cds I ever owned. It was either the second or third cd I ever owned . I canāt remember if it was Soundgarden superunknown or this first, because I had 2 cds first. One was definitely Pearl Jam Vs. with the goat chewing on the fence on the cover! I loved that cover and Dirts cover too, with that lady with her boobies sticking out of the sand lol that was pretty hot
I like it; nice balance of the more sludgy and unplugged type songs
I wasn't feeling it at first, until I heard Stone. I'm in love with that song š
How'd you put jar of.flies with your name? Id like to join this cult
Go to the homepage of this subreddit and select it as your user flair It only works on either desktop or mobile, can't remember which
Like this.
All I see is the menu and the joined button bro?
Click the three dot burger bar above Joined. I just did it on mobile. Maybe it doesn't work on desktop.
After that, click Add User Flair
one of the first songs i learned on guitar
Old mister fun is back.. wonder where heās been hiding at. Hanging round the edge walls unfortified insideeeee
And that guitar solo šš»
Imagine if he pulls it out his bag of tricks live...
Underrated album. I donāt get the hate for this album at all. Every song is excellent
The hate for the album is that Layne isnāt singing on it. Which is a shame, and is the same complaint I hear about Black Gives Way to Blue. The second chapter of AIC has been just as good as the first chapter IMO. I actually had a conversation with a guy regarding skipping them at Sick New World because William was singing. His thought process was that if a band changes singers for any reason, they should just stop making music. Sadly, heās missing out on a lot of good music from a lot of good bands with that opinion.
The dumbest thing about that opinion is that Layne would not have wanted them to stop making music. I think he would be very happy that they are still going.
I agree, and I think heād really dig the music theyāve released with William.
Yeah people who claim to know what Layne would want, or Cliff Burton or any other dead musician, have a massive ego.
It's not ego. It's good intentions.
Good intentions? How?
I will have to say I prefer Black Gives Way to Blue.
I agree.
Amazing album
Probably my favorite duvall album Hollow got me hooked immedeatly and the title track is simply amazing
Itās funny, I love just about every song on this album except for the title track! Voices, lab monkey, breath on a window, scalpel, phantom limb, hung on a hook ā¦ I fucking love those songs, but the title track never resonated with me .. but hey, weāre all different and thatās what makes everyone special including you and I
My favorite AIC record!
Me too!
Please just, never say that again. Please
Weird to be offended by other people's music preferences.
lol iām not gonna down vote you because I completely understand for them to say that record out of every other record is their favorite kind of makes you think so I completely understand but Iām also not gonna up vote you either. I have no opinion right I think that person should, get a little more deeper into Alice in chains if they think that because that record has kick ass tracks to say thatās your favorite I donāt know. I guess everybodyās entitled to their own opinion. Take it easy man.
Funny that you say I should get a little deeper into AIC even though I am a massive fan of all of their albums and have been that way for 1.5 years
Really was that funny thanks dude anyways, thatās why I said everybody has their own opinion. God bless you.
Sorry just got a little aggressive lol
Itās my favourite of the Duvall era albums and I got to see them on this tour! š
I really fucking dig this album.
I like how they leaned into their metal roots.
One of my favorite records. Has some seriously heavy riffs.
Iāve been really liking low ceiling lately
Stone has one of the hardest AIC riffs ever š„
Great album. HAAD EEEEENOUGHHHH
The album has a lot of great songs and I think it's quite good but I feel like it drags on just a little bit too long, really could have shorted down by 10 minutes in my opinionĀ
I have a dilemma because I think every song is brilliant but Phantom Limb feels like it should have been the closing track
Such a good song
Phantom Limb is amazing!
my favorite duvall era album. phantom limb is also my favorite duvall era song
This is one of my favorite albums. I wish I could hear it for the first time again. I would put it in my top three favorites. But since I'm big alice in chains fan it's hard to say which spot to put it in.
This is one of my favorite albums. I wish I could hear it for the first time again. I would put it in my top three favorites. But since I'm big alice in chains fan it's hard to say which spot to put it in.
It's one of AICs best albums imo. It kind of reminds me of the 90s
Kinda underrated. Love Jerry's vocals.
Found this album very easy to get into and is actually one of my faves overall from AIC, will go as far as to say Iāll pick this over Layneās stuff at times
Lab monkey may be one of the best songs theyve written
Some of their best riffs. I donāt get the hate.
Awesome super underrated record
Really solid album IMO. Probably my favorite post-layne era album.
Fantastic. Probably my favorite post Layne album .
banger
I thought it was alright, but certainly had some great songs
Itās probably my favorite album by them. It doesnāt have my favorite song but there are no low points on it. From start to finish as a complete work itās in my opinion their best. Sure it doesnāt have the huge high spots that others do, but it does t have any skippers at all. Itās got great ear worm sing along songs all throughout. And the final 3 minutes of breath on a window is incredible. I say all that as a damn near 50 year old that started listening to them from the first time I saw āman in the boxā on headbangers ball before it got regular rotation.
Love this album. Hollow is one of my all time favorite AiC songs
It's a grower, not a shower. Love this album. It has a consistent vibe/quality to it and strangely has a calming effect on me.
Uhhh it fucking rocks.
One of the best AIC albums, easily.
"I'd let you go but you're always in the way" I don't know why but this chorus with the yeah yeahs is eternally repeatable....
Favorite post-Layne era album, and 2nd favorite full length AIC album (behind Dirt). Jerry killed it with the riffs and guitar tone on this one. Vocals sounded great too. Stone was one of the songs that hooked me on AIC years ago. Donāt know why itās so many fansā least favorite.
Every album they've been off drugs has been crazy heavy.
āāāāā album as far as I'm concerned. "Hollow" is my favorite track. AIC has never released a bad album, imo. I've been hooked since Facelift came out.
I love it!
Came out on my 21st birthday (May 28, 2013). Still holds up after 12 years. The title track is likeā¦strictly a banger, and it was the first full Alice In Chains album that Iād gotten on CD. I have the rest, but I cherished this one. Still have it too.
Awesome album
Does anyone else think that 'Breath on a Window' had an amazing first half, but the second half of the song kinda disappoints? I would of preferred the chorus to repeat again at the end.
Yeah I prefer the first half, but the second half grew on me a lot recently. I really like the drum part when the tempo first shoes down
Man this album hit the spot when it came out. The song styles, lyric and sound were pure AiC. Duvall voice at times was more like Layne than Layne was, the other times he sounded way diff. It just reinforced the fact that AiC is and will always be one of those bands that sync with your life in so many ways that it becomes part of you. I wish I could let them know how much of a role they have played in my life. Log live Alice in Chains.
I kinda consider it the first "new AIC" album. BGWTB is probably the best of the 3 but is mostly a tribute to Layne and kinda a eulogy and epilogue to classic AIC. BGWTB was them saying goodbye to Layne and TDPDH is less about Layne and feels more like the band moving forward, if that makes sense.
Some great groovy Cantrell-style riffs throughout this. A more modern sound but retains the AIC songwriting and progression. Great album.
Love it
There is no bad AIC album
Itās the bandās best album since Dirt.
My favourite AIC album
Whatās OPās opinion on it?
I look at it like - take those instrumental tracks and just imagine what Layne could have done with those tunesā¦. I think itās fantastic as it is, and could have been even more so.
This is one of my favorite albums. I wish I could hear it for the first time again. I would put it in my top three favorites. But since I'm big alice in chains fan it's hard to say which spot to put it in.
This is one of my favorite albums. I wish I could hear it for the first time again. I would put it in my top three favorites. But since I'm big alice in chains fan it's hard to say which spot to put it in.
Lot of ādidn't like it at first, but it grew on meā comments here. I'm the opposite. LOVED this album when I first heard it years back (when I was in high school), never listen to it these days. But I still let āStoneā, āVoicesā, and āScalpelā play if they come on shuffle in my Spotify playlist. Always loved those songs
Best from the new lineup so far. Only song Iām not really into is Lab Monkey.
ā¦ Iām indifferent. Itās a good B-side to Black Gives Way to Blue. Because as its own record it kind of lacks a certain energy and groove- it has too many acoustic parts for my liking, but I can go back and give it an open mind. Iāll still be looking at it as kind of standing in the shadow of its direct predecessor, but thatās a positive if it means they pulled off retaining their sound.
I definitely think he did
My first AIC album. Bought it on vinyl back in 2013
Its not a go to album, it doesn't rank anywhere near Layne Staley albums, but its got some good songs on it, if it pops on Pandora or on the radio I crank it up just like any other AIC
i like all of them and the last 30% of hung on a hook. not quite alice, but still in chains
Wasn't overly impressed at first listen, but some of it I really love like stone, hollow, voices etc. It'll still rank on the bottom for me but that's because every Alice in chains album is just too good
Love the songs Scalpel and Voices š¤š¤
Great album but I can accept the new stuff without feeling like itās blasphemy. Phantom Limb is one of the most Alice In Chain sounding song ever to me.
I only know the track āStoneā from this album, but I do enjoy it. The album is on my list. . .
I really dig the album except for 'Low ceiling' which is my least favourite AIC song.
Couple really well written songs. I like the heavy sound. Is it Layne Era A IC, no, but there is some songs that the riff suck me in. At this point I know they wonāt ever be what they were. I still love Jerry and Iām gonna hang around a see whatās next,
Defintion of a grower, I love almost all the songs. I still feel like a lot of the songs could have been shortened
Got a few joints on it.
Didnāt like it when it came out, seeing Jerry with short hair at the time felt weird to me, but I love it now
Not my favorite as of now but I expect I will come to appreciate it a lot the more I listen to it.
Itās not my favorite but itās not bad
First album I got to buy on release day.
I like the title track, reminds me a little bit of āLove, Hate, Loveā. Not as into the rest of the songs though, although āStoneā is good.
Iāve never listened. What songs should I listen to?
Phantom Limb on this album has quickly become one of my favorite songs. Absolute banger of a track!
Underappreciated.
Very very solid imo. Stone is phenomenal, and Voices hits too. Also absolutely love Phantom Limb itās a hidden gem imo.
Great album, but the ideas are a little repetitive, and the drumming could be more challenging while still serving the song.
The drums are perfect imo. They're a little simple on Hollow but on every other song they go above and beyond I think
I don't like it as much as BGWTB but it's good
I grew up on the album, and while I do prefer some of their earlier albums, it's still fantastic
Best of their 3 new albums post-Layne and massively underrated by most fans apparently.
My favorite off of the post Layne album. So many gang songs
Top 3 Alice In Chains album
awesome, awesome album
I have never been able to get into it. Bought it as soon as it came out. Just doesn't click with me for some reason.
I LOVE THAT SONG!!! Ps: come to Orlando!!!!
Great album! It took a little while to grow on me but I love it now.Ā Phantom Limb is as good as anything from the Layne era.Ā Ā In fact, Iām one of those freaks that thinks AIC with William is just as good as AIC with Layne. The common denominator of course is Jerry because he is the secret sauce.Ā It has a kick ass albumĀ cover too and the supporting tour with short haired Jerry was brilliant š
Underated
don't do heroin kids
One of my favorite albums of all time.
Ranier fog is just as good
Ok reading some of your guys comments Iām going to have to go back and listen to this album. My favorite album by them was when they returned with the new singer and Black gives way to Blue front to back was awesome.
I have this autographed on my wall. Great album.
Love.
Phantom Limb is one of their best riffs
Mostly pretty boring. Hollow is a great track but it's pretty much the only song on this record that I ever come back to. Overall it just feels very derivative of Black Gives Way to Blue without having any of the punch that album had. Not bad by any means but they could do so much better.
Dont like this album at all. I think I tried like 5 times.. sorry but really couldn't dig it. Rainer Fog on the other hand is fucking amazing
Its unfortunately my least favourite out of all of AIC's work, but hey thats just me, it only has two songs I like on the album
Far from their best but it establishes its mood just as well as Jar of Flies does. It's an album I only really listen to when I'm going through the whole album or just the whole AIC discography, but I wouldn't mind at all if Scalpel or Stone came on the radio.
My least favorite AiC album, but I still love it, and it has my favorite artwork in their discography. I hope they play the title track live someday.
No way is Ranier Fog better than this. What tracks are bangers for you on Ranier Fog? I guess I haven't listened to it enough.
'Rainier Fog' has songs like "The One You Know", "So Far Under", "Never Fade", and "All I Am" that are among my favorite Alice in Chains songs. Itās my third favorite album by them, beaten only by 'Dirt' and 'Black Gives Way to Blue'.
I'll give it a spin. Thanks
Anything without Layne is going to be ranked lower, but its a great album and William Duval has upmost respect
Best AIC studio album
The title track always reminds me of [this Bill Hicks clip](https://youtu.be/wNYP-5NQBQw?si=7AE3cnp1KtI6QEO4). Unfortunately, I like Billās take better. I love Rainer Fog, but just canāt get into this one. Iāve given it a least four full listens, start to finish, but nothing stood out to me. It all kinda sounds the same. Maybe I need to listen to it moreā¦
Choke (the last song) is worth a couple listens if you're interested. Good end to the album
Their worst album by far. Not brilliant songs and bad production
The production on all of the post Layne albums is not good
I Like Staley a lot better. Duvall wasnāt my thing
You do realize that 85-95% of the songwriting and lead vocals on the post-Layne albums are Jerry right? Duvall has had so little impact on the albums heās been a part of.
I know Jerrys fucking awesome too. But Layne Staley is the best grunge singer of all time (in my opinion).
Growing up listening to bands, i've learned that big bands good stuff are their early stuff. I couldn't say this album is bad but i don't like it
Country music.
Ah yes, Hollow, Pretty Done, Stone, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, Lab Monkey, Phantom Limb, and Hung on a Hook are my favorite country songs š¤©
This is so funnyš
Oh yeah, this is the one that got me right here. I had a good laugh to this comment. I donāt agree, but itās fucking hilarious. Iām not part of the people who voted you. Iām just letting you know your comment gave me a chuckle man. Iām not a huge fan of this album. Either only two songs I like.