Dirt
Studio album by Alice in Chains
Released	September 29, 1992
Recorded	March–May 1992 at One on One and Eldorado in Los Angeles, California
Genre	Grunge Alternative Metal
Length	57:35
Label	Columbia Records
Producer	Alice in Chains, Dave Jerden
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Alternative Press (favorable) March 1993 (p. 40) Robert Christgau (B) link Q February 2002 (p. 120) Vox (8/10) December 1992 (p. 63) Zona-Zero link
Alice in Chains chronology
Sap (1992) Dirt (1992) Jar of Flies (1994)
Singles from Dirt
"Would?" Released: 1992 "Them Bones" Released: 1992 "Rooster" Released: 1993 "Angry Chair" Released: 1993 "Down in a Hole" Released: 1993

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The band's breakthrough album, Dirt is regarded by many as Alice in Chains' best album, and classic from the golden age of grunge. Recorded while lead singer Layne Staley was suffering through a heroin addiction, the album's gloomy, tortured music helped turn it into a hit, reaching #6 on Billboard's 200 albums chart, and over the years climbing up to 4x platinum. Layne Staley (August 22, 1967 - ca. ... Heroin (INN: diacetylmorphine, BAN: diamorphine) is an opioid synthesized directly from the extracts of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ...

The songs "Sickman", "Junkhead", "Dirt", "God Smack", "Hate to Feel" and "Angry Chair" are based on Staley's experiences with heroin. The song "Rooster" is based on the experiences of Jerry Cantrell's father, who fought in the Vietnam war. Cantrell's father was a member of the 101st Airborne, who wore patches on their arms featuring a bald eagle. There are no bald eagles in Vietnam, so the Vietnamese referred to them as roosters. Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... (Redirected from 101st Airborne) Shoulder sleeve patch of the United States Army 101st Airborne Division, the Screaming Eagles. ...

"Iron Gland", the untitled track before "Hate to Feel", is a parody of the Black Sabbath song "Iron Man" and features vocals by Tom Araya of Slayer, whom the band brought in so he could provide an Angel of Death-style scream. For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... Iron Man is a signature song of Birmingham heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath. ... Tom Araya (born Tomás Enrique Araya June 6, 1961 in Valparaíso, Chile) is the vocalist and bassist of the American thrash metal band Slayer. ... Slayer is an American thrash metal band founded by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. ... Josef Mengele, the SS physician whose acts during WWII inspired the lyrics of Angel of Death Angel of Death is the opening track on the American thrash metal band Slayers 1986 album Reign in Blood. ...

Dirt was released on the same day as the Stone Temple Pilots album Core. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... CORE may refer to: The Congress of Racial Equality in the USA. The Coordinated Online Register of Electors in the United Kingdom. ...

Track listing

1. "Them Bones" (Cantrell) – 2:30
2. "Dam That River" (Cantrell) – 3:09
3. "Rain When I Die" (Cantrell, Staley, Kinney, Starr) – 6:01
4. "Down in a Hole" (Cantrell) – 5:38
5. "Sickman" (Cantrell, Staley) – 5:29
6. "Rooster" (Cantrell) – 6:15
7. "Junkhead" (Cantrell, Staley) – 5:09
8. "Dirt" (Cantrell, Staley) – 5:16
9. "God Smack" (Cantrell, Staley) – 3:50
10. "Iron Gland" (unlisted) (Cantrell) – 0:43
11. "Hate to Feel" (Staley) – 5:16
12. "Angry Chair" (Staley) – 4:47
13. "Would?" (Cantrell) – 3:28

Them Bones is the first song from the Alice in Chains album Dirt. ... Down in a Hole is a track from the album Dirt, recorded by rock legends Alice in Chains. ... Rooster is a popular single by the grunge group Alice in Chains. ... God Smack is a song by the Seattle Grudge group Alice in Chains, from their breakthrough album Dirt. ... Hate to Feel is a track from Alice in Chains album Dirt. ... Angry Chair by grunge band Alice in Chains was the 4th single off their 1992 album Dirt. ... Would? is a song by the grunge group Alice In Chains, appearing on their 1992 album Dirt. ...

Australian/British edition

1. "Them Bones" (Cantrell) – 2:30
2. "Dam That River" (Cantrell) – 3:09
3. "Rain When I Die" (Cantrell, Staley, Kinney, Starr) – 6:01
4. "Sickman" (Cantrell, Staley) – 5:29
5. "Rooster" (Cantrell) – 6:15
6. "Junkhead" (Cantrell, Staley) – 5:09
7. "Dirt" (Cantrell, Staley) – 5:16
8. "God Smack" (Cantrell, Staley) – 3:50
9. "Iron Gland" (unlisted) (Cantrell) – 0:43
10. "Hate to Feel" (Staley) – 5:16
11. "Angry Chair" (Staley) – 4:47
12. "Down in a Hole" (Cantrell) – 5:38
13. "Would?" (Cantrell) – 3:28

"Iron Gland" is a brief cover/parody of the classic "Iron Man" by Black Sabbath. It is not mentioned in the tracklisting printed on the album sleeve, but was later given its name in the Music Bank box set released in 1999. On the album, the track number is listed, but no song title is printed. There may also be some alternate (incorrect) titles to the song: the iTunes store lists the song as "Iron Man" while cdscan lists it as "Intro (Dream Sequence)". Them Bones is the first song from the Alice in Chains album Dirt. ... Rooster is a popular single by the grunge group Alice in Chains. ... God Smack is a song by the Seattle Grudge group Alice in Chains, from their breakthrough album Dirt. ... Hate to Feel is a track from Alice in Chains album Dirt. ... Angry Chair by grunge band Alice in Chains was the 4th single off their 1992 album Dirt. ... Down in a Hole is a track from the album Dirt, recorded by rock legends Alice in Chains. ... Would? is a song by the grunge group Alice In Chains, appearing on their 1992 album Dirt. ... Iron Man is a signature song of Birmingham heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath. ... For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... Music Bank is a box set by the grunge band Alice in Chains. ... This article is about the iTunes application. ...

Some early CD versions, including the Canadian and European releases, feature "Down in a Hole" as the penultimate track instead of the fourth one. This was due to an early error^{[citation needed]}, where putting "Down in a Hole" as the second to last track disrupts the storyline of this semi-concept album about addiction.^{[citation needed]} On this version, the track number of "Iron Gland" is not present anywhere on the album, making it appear that there are only 12 songs on the record. Oddly enough, the Australian CD version was never amended and even later pressings (although now include "Iron Gland" on the disc but not the track listing) have this track sequence, although the cassette version has the correct sequence. The UK versions were never amended either, and still bear the mistake.

Personnel

• Alice in Chains – producers
• Jerry Cantrell – guitar, vocals
• Bryan Carlstrom – engineer
• Annette Cisneros – assistant engineer, mixing assistant
• Kelly Curtis – management
• Doug Erb – design
• Peter Fletcher – product manager
• Steve Hall – mastering
• Dave Jerden – producer, mixing
• Sean Kinney – drums
• Mary Maurer – art direction/fx
• Rocky Schenck – photography
• Eddy Schreyer – mastering
• Susan Silver – management
• Layne Staley – guitar, vocals, sun logo/icons
• Mike Starr – bass
• Nick Terzo – A&R
• Ulrich Wild – assistant engineer
• Tom Araya – vocals on "Iron Gland"

Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. ... Alice in Chains drummer Sean Kinney in 2006 Sean Kinney, born Sean Howard Kinney on May 27, 1966, is a musician best known for being the drummer of the influential grunge band Alice in Chains. ... Rocky Schenck (born 1960 in Austin, Texas) is an American music video director and photographer. ... Layne Staley (August 22, 1967 - ca. ... Michael Christopher Starr (born April 4, 1966 in Honolulu, Hawaii), better known as Mike Starr, is an American musician, and was Alice in Chains original bassist From The groups formation in 1987 to 1993. ... Tom Araya (born Tomás Enrique Araya June 6, 1961 in Valparaíso, Chile) is the vocalist and bassist of the American thrash metal band Slayer. ...

Charts

Album

Singles

External links

• Listen to the album fragments and read the lyrics