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How has this album not been reviewed yet??? Artist: Alice In Chains Album: Dirt Genre: Alternative Metal... That's what Wikipedia said... Released: 1992 Dirt is the second studio album recorded by Alice In Chains. It features some of Alice In Chains best work. The combination of Cantrell's awesome riffs, Staley's deathly voice, amazing lyrics and the harmony of Staley and Cantrell on vocals, makes this an unbelievable album... 1. Them Bones 2. Dam That River 3. Rain When I Die 4. Down In A Hole 5. Sickman 6. Rooster 7. Junkhead 8. Dirt 9. God Smack 10. Iron Gland 11. Hate To Feel 12. Angry Chair 13. Would? Them Bones- "AHHH... AHHH... AHHH... AHHH..." This album starts off right away with a loud entrance. Staley comes in singing, "I believe, them bones are me..." Cantrell stays with the same riff in the beginning that gets higher and higher. The shouting starts again and then the next verse begins. Cantrell comes in with a fitting guitar solo that lasts for around half a minute... The song ends with the same line repeated... "I feel so alone, gonna end up a big old pile of them bones..." This is a great opening track to the album. Dam That River- This song starts off with a heavy riff and then another one follows. Staley and Cantrell harmonize very well in the beginning of the song. Staley sings by himself, "Oh, you couldn't dam that river. And maybe I don't give a damn anyway..." A guitar solo starts near the end of the song and Cantrell takes over. He has some extremely powerful guitar solos on this album. Rain When I Die- This song starts off with bass and guitar. A riff starts up a little after a minute into the song. Cantrell and Staley sing, "Is she ready to know, my frustration?..." Cantrell has an extremely distorted guitar on this track. Staley sings, "I think it's gonna rain when I die" a few times during the song. Cantrell and Staley harmonize again during the middle of the song and then everything slows down a little bit, only to pick up again. Cantrell and Staley come in for another verse. The last minute of the song has Cantrell and Staley harmonizing "ohhh's", until the end of the song... Down In A Hole- This song starts out with a beautiful guitar intro. Staley comes in singing, "Oooooh" and then Cantrell hits a few powerful notes. Cantrell and Staley harmonize in such an amazing way in this song. The lyrics are also exceptionally beautifully. Staley sings by himself, "Down in a hole and I don't know if I can be saved. See my heart, I decorate it like a grave..." Cantrell comes in with the perfect riffs on this track. A famous line from this song is, "I'd like to fly but my wings have been so denied..." Near the end of the song, Cantrell and Staley work extremely well together. They sing, "Bury me softly in this womb..." and then they overlap themselves and sing "Oh, I wanna be inside of you..." It's a pretty amazing effect that adds so much to the song. The song ends with a short and fitting outro... Sickman- This song starts out with fast-paced drums and then Cantrell comes in hitting the same note over and over. Staley comes in with an angry voice that sounds perfect with the music. The song slows down when Staley sings, "I can feel the wheel but I can't steer. When my thoughts become my biggest fear. Ahhh, what's the difference of dying, ahhh, in this sick world of mine???" The song picks up again and Staley sings the next verse. This song is amazing because it has so many dimensions to it. It goes from a fast-paced song, to a slow-paced song and then back again, in a matter of seconds. The song slows down drastically for two low voices to sing, "Yeah, though I walk through the valley of rape and despair..." The song becomes even more intense and the harmonizing between Cantrell and Staley is done in an extremely slow way. Cantrell starts to come in with his guitar and then the fast-paced drumming begins again. The song ends with Cantrell and Staley repetitively sing "And..." Rooster- This legendary song which will take you back to the times of the Vietnam War, starts off with a legendary guitar intro. Cantrell and Staley both sing, "Oooooooh... Oooooooh..." Staley begins with his dark and legendary voice. "Ain't found a way to kill me yet. Eyes burn with sting and sweat. Seems every path leads me to nowhere..." This six minute track is intense throughout the entire song. Cantrell and Staley harmonize amazingly in this song. "Yeah, they come to snuff the Rooster, oh yeah..." The song picks up for a verse and then a guitar solo begins. It's a very slow and simple guitar solo but it fits perfectly into this song. Staley sings again, "Walking tall, machine gun man. They spit on me in my home land. Gloria sent me pictures of my boy..." The song ends the same way that it begins. Only Alice In Chains could pull of such an extraordinary song. This is one of the most famous songs that Alice In Chains has ever created... Junkhead- "A good night, the best in a long time. A new friend turned me on to an old favorite..." This is such a dark and powerful song. I get lost in the song whenever I listen to it. Staley sings, "Seems so sick to the hypocrite norm. Running their boring drills. But we are an elite race of our own, the stoners, junkies and freaks..." The lyrics aren't difficult to decipher "You can't understand a users mind but try with your books and degrees. If you let yourself go and open your mind, I bet you'd be doing like me and it ain't so bad..." The lyrics play a very important role in this song. Cantrell and Staley wrote the lyrics and wanted to show how "normal" people don't understand why users use heroin. (I'm guessing that they're talking about heroin) And how using heroin isn't such a big deal to them. This is one of my favorite songs off of the album... Dirt- This song starts off with an extremely distorted riff and then Cantrell and Staley harmonize "ahhhh's..." Staley sings in his usual dark and powerful voice. "I have never felt such frustration or lack of self control. Cantrell and Staley harmonize to sing the chorus and then Cantrell goes back to the same distorted riff. The distortion on this song combined with the powerful lyrics, makes this an extremely dark and dynamic song. Cantrell comes in with one of his most underrated guitar solos and then he starts the same riff again. The next verse begins. "One who doesn't care is one who shouldn't be. I try to hide myself from what is wrong for me..." The song ends similarly to how it started... God Smack- This song starts off with a choppy riff and then Staley sings in a demented, evil and shaky voice. He has never sounded more possessed than on this track. Cantrell and Staley sing, "Don't you know that none are blind? To the lie and you think I don't find, what you hide???" Cantrell comes in with a distorted,faced-paced riff and then the next verse begins. Staley sings again with his evil voice and then the chorus starts up. "What in God's name have you done???" Cantrell comes in with a short and amazing guitar solo. The song fades out with Staley singing "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...", with a distortion effect on his voice. Iron Gland- This is a hardcore song that lasts for about forty seconds. According to Wikipedia, Cantrell created a guitar riff that the other band members were annoyed by, so he created this song out of that guitar riff. It starts off with someone singing, "I am Iron Gland!!!" and the band members laugh in creepy voices throughout the track. This song is demented and it fades out with someone singing "Redrum..." | ||
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Hate To Feel- This is one of my favorite songs off of the album. It starts off with a simple but amazing guitar riff. Once again, Cantrell and Staley harmonize throughout most of the song. The verses are song in a very dramatic way. "Stare at me with empty eyes and point your words at me. Mirror on the wall will show you what you're scared to see..." Cantrell and Staley do the overlapping voices effect again when they sing, "I can see... Wish I couldn't see at all... I can feel... Wish I couldn't feel at all... Hate to see... Wish I couldn't see at all... Hate to feel... Wish I couldn't feel at all..." The song slows down again and the guitar riff takes over. The same pattern with the verses is repeated and then a guitar solo begins. This is one of my favorite guitar solos because it's slow-paced and hunting. Cantrell always puts a lot of emotion into his guitar solos. The song fades out with Sean Kinney banging on the drums and Cantrell playing the guitar... Angry Chair- This song starts off with an amazing and simple bassline by Mike Starr. Cantrell comes in with his guitar and Staley begins. "Sitting on an angry chair. Angry walls that steal the air..." I can't say it enough times, how well Cantrell and Staley harmonize together. They sound very intense in this song and are able to change the mood of the song many times. The chorus is much more uplifting than the rest of the song. Cantrell and Staley harmonize in higher voices and then they sing one more verse until the guitar solo. After the guitar solo, the song sounds similar to how it was in the beginning. The song fades out with the same drumbeat that it started with... Would?- The last song on the album starts out with an amazing bassline. Cantrell comes in with a simple and powerful riff. Cantrell and Staley harmonize to sing, "Would???" In the beginning of the song Cantrell sings, "Know me broken" and then Cantrell and Staley harmonize to sing, "By my master..." Cantrell sings, "Teach thee on child" and then Cantrell and Staley harmonize again, "Of love hereafter..." Staley starts to sing in an extremely powerful voice. "Into the flood again. The same old trip it was back then. So I made a big mistake. Try to see it once my way..." Cantrell does the same riff as before and then the next verse starts. Cantrell and Staley do the same echoing effect that they did in the first verse. Cantrell comes in with an intense guitar solo and then the song picks up where it left off. "Into the flood again. Same old trip it was back then. So I made a big mistake. Try to see it once my way. Am I wrong? Have I run too far to get home? Am I gone and left you here alone? Am I wrong? Have I run too far to get home? Yeah... Am I gone and left you here alone? IF I WOULD, COULD YOU???" This amazing album ends with Staley shouting that final question... This is one of my favorite albums of all time. Cantrell comes up with some of his best riffs and guitar solos. Staley's haunting vocals will become engraved into your head as you listen to this album. I would recommend this album to any fan of music...   Last edited by FreeTime; 11-09-2009 at 06:46 AM. | ||
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 How did I miss this thread? 11 hours ago...maybe I was sleeping 11 hours ago. That's a good excuse. Another solid review by you Freetime. Hate To Feel, and Them Bones are two of my favorites off of Dirt...but then the whole album is good. Loved the part about how Iron Gland got to be on the album. How could anyone be annoyed by a Cantrell guitar riff? Have to love his solution to make a song out of it! lol Can you imagine Jerry's comments to the band? ::"Oh, so you guys don't like this riff I'm playing? You say it's annoying? That's unfortunate, cause I'm making it into a song now.":: Love him.
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YEEEEAHHHH love this album. Very good review man, like always This album is just ****ing amazing. Them Bones is the perfect introduction to the album. "But my wings have been so denied"
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songs like "Would?" and "Down in a Hole" just speak to me. i love the album and as a whole, it's an amazing rock record, but those songs in particular seem to really reach me. great review. edit - obviously i'm a little late here
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I thought you all may enjoy this little story....I was reading these reviews for one of the BEST bands ever when I ran across the idiotic statement made by "I love fall out boy". People should NOT comment on things they don't know about. It's annoying to those of us who do. Godsmack, of course, picked their name from the AIC song... however the irony in this whole thing is that as I was reading these comments today I thought the TRUE die hard AIC fans might enjoy the fact that I am wearing my Layne Staley memorial T-sheet that I purchased at the beach this year! In addition, and here is the irony, about 2 weeks ago I took my 15 year old daughter and 3 friends to see Fallout Boy, From First to Last, All American Rejects, and Hawthorne Heights. My daughter made me wear the Layne Staley t-shirt!!! I received many, many comments... Ironic huh??! Love to Layne and the remaining members of Alice in Chains!! P.S. I'm a rockin' 42 year old mom.
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