The Essential Alice in Chains

Greatest hits album by Alice in Chains

Released

September 5, 2006

Recorded

1989–1998

Genre

Alternative metal, grunge, alternative rock, heavy metal

Length

2:09:25

Label

Columbia

Producer

Various

Alice in Chains compilations chronology

Alternative cover
Greatest Hits (2001)	The Essential Alice in Chains (2006)
2010 Reissue Cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

The Essential Alice in Chains is a two-disc compilation album by the rock band Alice in Chains, and part of Sony BMG's The Essential series. Originally scheduled to be released on March 30, 2004, it was delayed until September 5, 2006. The album was reissued in 2010 with different artwork.^[2]

Overview

The third and final greatest hits release from the band, it proved to be more a definitive collection than the 10-track Greatest Hits collection and the best of/sampler collection, Nothing Safe: Best of the Box, featuring almost all of the band's hits and singles (with the exception of "Bleed the Freak", "Down in a Hole" "Fear the Voices" and "Don't Follow") as well as fan favorites and also two unplugged tracks. The songs "What the Hell Have I" and "A Little Bitter" which were featured on the Last Action Hero movie soundtrack are the Toby Wright remixed versions found on Music Bank.

Track listing

Disc one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"We Die Young" (from Facelift)	Jerry Cantrell	2:33
2.	"Man in the Box" (from Facelift)	Cantrell, Layne Staley	4:47
3.	"Sea of Sorrow" (from Facelift)	Cantrell	5:51
4.	"Love, Hate, Love" (from Facelift)	Cantrell, Staley	6:29
5.	"Am I Inside" (from Sap)	Cantrell, Staley	5:09
6.	"Brother" (from Sap)	Cantrell	4:29
7.	"Got Me Wrong" (from Sap)	Cantrell	4:12
8.	"Right Turn" (from Sap)	Cantrell	3:15
9.	"Rain When I Die" (from Dirt)	Cantrell, Sean Kinney, Mike Starr, Staley	6:03
10.	"Them Bones" (from Dirt)	Cantrell	2:31
11.	"Angry Chair" (from Dirt)	Staley	4:49
12.	"Dam That River" (from Dirt)	Cantrell	3:11
13.	"Dirt" (from Dirt)	Cantrell, Staley	5:17
14.	"God Smack" (from Dirt)	Cantrell, Staley	3:51
15.	"Hate to Feel" (from Dirt)	Staley	5:17
16.	"Rooster" (from Dirt)	Cantrell	6:15
Total length:			01:14:39

Disc two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"No Excuses" (from Jar of Flies)	Cantrell	4:16
2.	"I Stay Away" (from Jar of Flies)	Cantrell, Mike Inez, Staley	4:14
3.	"What the Hell Have I" (remix from Music Bank)	Cantrell	3:54
4.	"A Little Bitter" (remix from Music Bank)	Cantrell, Inez, Kinney, Staley	3:48
5.	"Grind" (from Alice in Chains)	Cantrell	4:46
6.	"Heaven Beside You" (from Alice in Chains)	Cantrell, Inez	5:30
7.	"Again" (from Alice in Chains)	Cantrell, Staley	4:05
8.	"Over Now" (live acoustic version from Unplugged)	Cantrell, Kinney	5:57
9.	"Nutshell" (live acoustic version from Unplugged)	Cantrell, Inez, Kinney, Staley	4:32
10.	"Get Born Again" (from Nothing Safe: Best of the Box)	Cantrell, Staley	5:25
11.	"Died" (from Music Bank)	Cantrell, Staley	5:58
12.	"Would?" (from Dirt)	Cantrell	3:28
Total length:			57:32

Personnel

Alice in Chains

Jerry Cantrell – lead guitar, backing and co-lead vocals and sitar on "What the Hell Have I"
Layne Staley – lead vocals, backing vocals on "Grind", "Heaven Beside You" and "Over Now" and rhythm guitar on "Angry Chair" and "Hate to Feel"
Mike Starr – bass (disc 1 and "Would?"), backing vocals (credited only on tracks 1–4)
Mike Inez – bass (disc 2, except "Would?"), additional backing vocals (tracks 1–4, 10,11), guitar (tracks 1–7, 10–11)
Sean Kinney – drums, percussion and piano on "Sea of Sorrow", additional backing vocals (tracks 1–4 on disc 1)

Additional personnel

Alice Mudgarden (performs "Right Turn")
Mark Arm – vocals on "Right Turn"
Chris Cornell – vocals on "Right Turn"
Ann Wilson - vocals on "Brother" and "Am I Inside"
April Acevez – viola on "I Stay Away"
Rebecca Clemons-Smith – violin on "I Stay Away"
Matthew Weiss – violin on "I Stay Away"
Justine Foy – cello on "I Stay Away"
Scott Olson – acoustic guitar on "Nutshell and "Over Now"

Chart positions

Chart (2006)	Position
US Billboard 200^[3]	139

References

↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Essential Alice in Chains > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
↑ "Alice In Chains - The Essential (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
↑ "Alice in Chains - Artist chart History". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2007-11-09.

Alice in Chains

Studio albums

Extended plays

Live albums

Unplugged
Live

Compilations

Video albums

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Alice in Chains singles discography

Facelift	"We Die Young" "Man in the Box" "Bleed the Freak" "Sea of Sorrow"

Sap	"Got Me Wrong"

Dirt	"Would?" "Them Bones" "Angry Chair" "Rooster" "Down in a Hole"

Jar of Flies	"No Excuses" "I Stay Away" "Don't Follow" "Whale & Wasp"

Alice in Chains	"Grind" "Heaven Beside You" "Over Now" "Again"

Black Gives Way to Blue	"A Looking in View" "Check My Brain" "Your Decision" "Lesson Learned"

The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here	"Hollow" "Stone" "Voices"

Other singles	"What the Hell Have I" "Get Born Again" "Fear the Voices" "Man in the Box (live)"

Other songs	"Hate to Feel" "Nutshell" "Died"

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