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1.StopThem Bones – Alice in Chains 02:30
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2.StopDam That River – Alice in Chains 03:09
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3.StopRain When I Die – Alice in Chains 06:01
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4.StopDown in a Hole – Alice in Chains 05:38
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5.StopSickman – Alice in Chains 05:29
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6.StopRooster – Alice in Chains 06:15
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7.StopJunkhead – Alice in Chains 05:09
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8.StopDirt – Alice in Chains 05:16
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9.StopGod Smack – Alice in Chains 03:50
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10.StopIron Gland – Alice in Chains 00:43
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11.StopHate to Feel – Alice in Chains 05:16
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12.StopAngry Chair – Alice in Chains 04:47
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13.StopWould? – Alice in Chains 03:27
Dirt is Alice in Chains' major artistic statement and the closest they ever came to recording a flat-out masterpiece. It's a primal, sickening howl from the depths of Layne Staley's ****** addiction, and one of the most harrowing concept albums ever recorded. Not every song on Dirt is explicitly about ******, but Jerry Cantrell's solo-written contributions (nearly half the album) effectively maintain the thematic coherence -- nearly every song is imbued with the morbidity, self-disgust, and/or resignation of a self-aware yet powerless addict. Cantrell's technically limited but inventive guitar work is by turns explosive, textured, and queasily disorienting, keeping the listener off balance with atonal riffs and off-kilter time signatures. Staley's stark confessional lyrics are similarly effective, and consistently miserable. Sometimes he's just numb and apathetic, totally desensitized to the outside world; sometimes his self-justifications betray a shockingly casual amorality; his moments of self-recognition are permeated by despair and suicidal self-loathing. Even given its subject matter, Dirt is monstrously bleak, closely resembling the cracked, haunted landscape of its cover art. The album holds out little hope for its protagonists (aside from the much-needed survival story of "Rooster," a tribute to Cantrell's Vietnam-vet father), but in the end, it's redeemed by the honesty of its self-revelation and the sharp focus of its music. [Some versions of Dirt feature "Down in a Hole" as the next-to-last track rather than the fourth.] Steve Huey, Rovi
- Genre: Rock
- Subgenre: Hard Rock
- Category Heavy Metal, Grunge, Hard Rock, Alternative Metal, Alternative Pop/Rock
- Label: SONY
- Release Date: September 29, 1992
- Artist: Alice in Chains
- Additional Artist: Jerry Cantrell (Vocals), Layne Staley (Vocals)
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