Alice In Chains - Facelift (30th Anniversary - 2020 Remastered) (1990/2020) [Official Digital Download 24/192]

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Alice In Chains debut studio album, Facelift, a newly remastered audio will be released on November 13, 2020. Not only did the album introduce the world to Layne Staley, Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney, and Mike Starr, it was also a pivotal album in the era of grunge music. Facelift has sold over 2 million copies in the US alone and includes the hits “Man in the Box,” “Bleed the Freak,” “We Die Young,” and “Sea of Sorrow.”

"When Alice in Chains' debut album, Facelift, was released in 1990, about a year before Nirvana's Nevermind, the thriving Seattle scene barely registered on the national musical radar outside of underground circles (although Soundgarden's major-label debut, Louder Than Love, was also released that year and brought them a Grammy nomination). That started to change when MTV jumped all over the video for "Man in the Box," giving the group a crucial boost and helping to pave the way for grunge's popular explosion toward the end of 1991. Although their dominant influences – Black Sabbath, the Stooges – were hardly unique on the Seattle scene, Alice in Chains were arguably the most metallic of grunge bands, which gave them a definite appeal outside the underground; all the same, the group's sinister, brooding, suffocating sound resembled little else gaining wide exposure on the 1990 hard rock scene. Neither hedonistic nor especially technically accomplished, Alice in Chains' songs were mostly slow, oppressive dirges with a sense of melody that was undeniable, yet which crept along over the murky sludge of the band's instrumental attack in a way that hardly fit accepted notions of what made hard rock catchy and accessible. Although some parts of Facelift sink into turgid, ponderous bombast (particularly over the erratic second half), and the lyrics are sometimes immature, the overall effect is fresh, exciting, and powerful. While Alice in Chains would go on to do better and more consistent work, Facelift was one of the most important records in establishing an audience for grunge and alternative rock among hard rock and heavy metal listeners, and with its platinum sales certification, it also made Alice in Chains the first Seattle band to break through to a wider, less exclusively underground audience." (Steve Huey, AMG)

TRACKLIST

01. Alice In Chains - We Die Young
02. Alice In Chains - Man in the Box
03. Alice In Chains - Sea Of Sorrow
04. Alice In Chains - Bleed The Freak
05. Alice In Chains - I Can't Remember
06. Alice In Chains - Love, Hate, Love
07. Alice In Chains - It Ain't Like That
08. Alice In Chains - Sunshine
09. Alice In Chains - Put You Down
10. Alice In Chains - Confusion
11. Alice In Chains - I Know Somethin (Bout You)
12. Alice In Chains - Real Thing



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