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Birds in Hell wrote:It's not worth paying $185 to this just to see Alice in Chains is it?

No, don't worry, I know it's not.

But still.

I would go.

The vinyl of Black Gives Way To Blue is beautiful...transparent, big, and sounds awesome.

When The Sun Rose Again is a great song.

VinylGuy wrote:The vinyl of Black Gives Way To Blue is beautiful...transparent, big, and sounds awesome.

When The Sun Rose Again is a great song.

That's my favorite song on BGWTB. Seemed to me the most 'experimental' too for lack of a better word, a direction I hoping they would pursue with the Dinosaurs album. Maybe next time...

Revelator wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:The vinyl of Black Gives Way To Blue is beautiful...transparent, big, and sounds awesome.

When The Sun Rose Again is a great song.

That's my favorite song on BGWTB. Seemed to me the most 'experimental' too for lack of a better word, a direction I hoping they would pursue with the Dinosaurs album. Maybe next time...

Jerry said that one was supposed to be a up tempo song, and their producer changed it. Funny, because i dont like his work on both albums.

Still Dinosaurs....is a grower. I like it more now than when it was released.

I'm enjoying Scalpel quite a lot, actually.

EJ wrote:I'm enjoying Scalpel quite a lot, actually.

Its a pretty good song, yeah...i really like William there.

I just bought a Dirt cd at a yard sale for 25 cents.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:I just bought a Dirt cd at a yard sale for 25 cents.

YEAHHH Dirt!!!!! listen loud.

Devil/Dinasours is a real strong grower and the second half has some gems actually no weak moments on the second half of the album.

BladeRunner wrote:Devil/Dinasours is a real strong grower and the second half has some gems actually no weak moments on the second half of the album.

yeah, its a grower for sure. I realize how strong this album is after a while.

Minus a couple songs I loved this one from the get go. Cantrell is the man!

The thing is that there are no standout tracks like previous albums..it's very consistent in that most songs vary between 6.5 to 8 out of 10! But like I've said previously the second half is a lot better IMO. Scalpel, Hung On A Hook, Low Cieling and Phantom Limb are really strong set of songs. I'm not a big fan of Hollow or even Pretty Done though.

BladeRunner wrote:The thing is that there are no standout tracks like previous albums..it's very consistent in that most songs vary between 6.5 to 8 out of 10! But like I've said previously the second half is a lot better IMO. Scalpel, Hung On A Hook, Low Cieling and Phantom Limb are really strong set of songs. I'm not a big fan of Hollow or even Pretty Done though.

i didnt like those two and now they are in the favorite ones bunch.
Phantom Limb is amazing.

Twenty years ago,in a day like this, Jar Of Flies was released.

My favorite EP ever.

I will never ever ever ever ever ever get tired of listening to AIC.

Any record, any era. Layne era was obviously the best but Cantrell is a friggin genious in his own right and I'm glad he continued making music after Layne died.

When BGWTB was in the works I didn't like them still using the name Alice In Chains - but the music was still Alice In Chains so it still works.

2nd best rock band of all time behind PJ.

Bammer wrote:2nd best rock band of all time behind PJ.

How to do you feel about the Stones, Zeppelin, etc?

VinylGuy wrote:Twenty years ago,in a day like this, Jar Of Flies was released.

My favorite EP ever.

Write-up on the AV Club this week: http://www.avclub.com/article/jar-flies ... ter-203922

Simple Torture wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:Twenty years ago,in a day like this, Jar Of Flies was released.

My favorite EP ever.

Write-up on the AV Club this week: http://www.avclub.com/article/jar-flies ... ter-203922

Excellent article.

Yeah. There's something about that record, man. I recently dropped $40 on a vinyl re-issue (it included "Sap," too) and felt like it was 100% worth it.

yeah i have the same vinyl..its a haunting, sad, and at the same time beautiful, album