(You may find this date on the order confirmation sheet included in your shipment). Revolver Mag must receive the merchandise within 14 days from the date of delivery. We hold NO RESPONSIBILITY for MAGAZINES that may be damaged, confiscated, or not delivered. In June 1992, the albums post-production was complete and the album was 100% complete by the end of June.We strongly suggest you check with any STATE RUN FACILITY website under mail rules before placing any orders. Sean Kinney claimed in a 2005 interview that Staley had told Kinney that he was extremely high on heroin and marijuana during the recordings of Down In A Hole and Angry Chair as well as taking Oxycodone for back pain on every other song on the album, Cantrell had also agreed with Kinney's report, saying that Staley, Jerden and the rest of the band would smoke marijuana in the studio room, even saying that Staley would shoot heroin in front of everyone.įor the bands cover design, Layne Staley provided the artwork, even painting his girlfriend Demri Parrott on the cover, when approaching the band with the design they quickly agreed with it. When recording the album, Staley had previuosly checked out of rehab in Portland, Oregon and quickly went back to using heroin. Layne Staley had recently met Kurt Cobain, and Cobain had showed him some vocal techniques Cobain had used on Nirvana's Nevermind album. For the songs "Them Bones", "Rain When I Die", "Down In A Hole, "Dirt" and "Would?", Cantrell brought in his Black Gibson Les Paul and an amplifier he had bought when he was 17 which had a faster and much raunchier distortion than any amp he used in the past. Producer, Dave Jerden was determined to work with Alice In Chains again, as well as vocalist, Layne Staley and lead guitarist, Jerry Cantrell, he truly admired Staley's vocals and Cantrell's riffs and lyrics. Six songs on the album were about heroin, including "Sickman", "Junkhead", "Dirt", "God Smack", "Hate to Feel" and "Angry Chair".ĭirt began recording in the spring of 1992. Dirt is often considered by critics and fans as Alice in Chains' best work.Ĭantrell had stated that this album was the band's best work and most intense work, and that they all intentionally for years wanted to make a "brutal" record. Five singles were released from the album, "Would?", "Them Bones", "Rooster", "Angry Chair", and "Down in a Hole".
Many of the lyrics contained within the album deal with depression and drug abuse. Debuting at number six on the Billboard 200, the album received generally favorable critical reviews and has been certified 4× platinum by the RIAA. Dirt was produced by the band and Dave Jerden.
The album was released on Septemthrough Columbia Records. Dirt is the second studio album by the American Alternative Metal band Alice in Chains.
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