gotta go with iron gland.
― original bgm, Monday, 20 April 2009 14:03 (fifteen years ago) link
i knew there would be one
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 20 April 2009 14:04 (fifteen years ago) link
IRon Gland??
― the next grozart, Monday, 20 April 2009 14:04 (fifteen years ago) link
;-)
― original bgm, Monday, 20 April 2009 14:10 (fifteen years ago) link
this is pretty tough, tho.
― original bgm, Monday, 20 April 2009 14:13 (fifteen years ago) link
most of the tracks deserve multiple votes.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 20 April 2009 14:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 21 April 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
vote!
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 13:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Going to listen to this now then choose. I was a big fan as a teenager, they were all over MTV when I visited the USA as an impressionable 14 year old.
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 14:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Is it me, or do those multi-tracked vocals on this record sound quite a lot like modern autotuned vocals?
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 14:16 (fifteen years ago) link
just you
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 14:20 (fifteen years ago) link
The hidden links between Alice In Chains and T-Pain REVEALED!
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 14:21 (fifteen years ago) link
either "Would?" or "Them Bones" - think I'm going with "Would?"
― Bo, a 6-month-jackson Portuguese overdrive (Curt1s Stephens), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 15:04 (fifteen years ago) link
went with "would?" after much deliberation. but considered "down in a hole" and "angry chair" (two other sentimental, 8 grader favorites) as well.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 15:21 (fifteen years ago) link
"Would?" it is.
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 15:27 (fifteen years ago) link
the winner is a bit predictable now
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 15:30 (fifteen years ago) link
someone please vote for non singles!
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 20:15 (fifteen years ago) link
i think this is the only one of the big grunge blockbusters of my youth that i haven't listened to since the 90s and might've actually discarded or gave away...i vaguely remember liking "Dam That River" but I still gotta go with one of the singles, "Them Bones"
― Excuse Me While I Pimp My Al Shipley (some dude), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 20:17 (fifteen years ago) link
i would never give dirt away, i gave a mate a loan of it and never got it back so i ended up buying it again on ebay for 99p
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 21:25 (fifteen years ago) link
the excitement...
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 22:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
well its nice to see that everything got voted for at least once.
― borntohula, Wednesday, 22 April 2009 23:12 (fifteen years ago) link
the top 4 are about right. i'd put dam that river or the title track at number 5.
― Charlie Howard, Thursday, 23 April 2009 07:07 (fifteen years ago) link
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 15:16 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalinkjust you
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 22 April 2009 15:20 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
No way - Neil is right! Especially on "Rain When I Die" on those choruses! Very good call.
― Shannon Whirry & the Bad Brains, Thursday, 23 April 2009 08:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Ha ha glad it's not just me! And a good turn-out for this poll...
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Thursday, 23 April 2009 09:38 (fifteen years ago) link
wasn't bad. at least some people voted for the non singles :)
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 23 April 2009 12:20 (fifteen years ago) link
what did you vote for?
― original bgm, Thursday, 23 April 2009 13:49 (fifteen years ago) link
this is ILM, we don't have to prove that we've heard more than just the singles
― Bo, a 6-month-jackson Portuguese overdrive (Curt1s Stephens), Thursday, 23 April 2009 15:01 (fifteen years ago) link
"Rain When I Die"
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 23 April 2009 15:03 (fifteen years ago) link
good call. almost voted that myself! but I think the singles are very strong on this one.
― original bgm, Thursday, 23 April 2009 15:59 (fifteen years ago) link
but man, how ugly is that cover???
― original bgm, Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:00 (fifteen years ago) link
photoshop: the dark ages
those first-generation grunge covers were pretty dire
― Bo, a 6-month-jackson Portuguese overdrive (Curt1s Stephens), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:26 (fifteen years ago) link
lol @ me calling Alice in Chains "first-generation grunge"
did God Smack lose out in votes because of a shitty unoriginal band taking it as their name?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:39 (fifteen years ago) link
10. "Iron Gland" – 0:43
totally forgot there was some kind of short placeholder track on this album -- was it a skit? amp noise?
― Excuse Me While I Pimp My Al Shipley (some dude), Thursday, 23 April 2009 16:40 (fifteen years ago) link
it's basically amp noise and some yelling. but I just looked the album up on wikipedia, and this was on there:# Tom Araya: vocals on "Iron Gland"
what?!?
― original bgm, Thursday, 23 April 2009 17:03 (fifteen years ago) link
it tells you on the album credits on the cd that it's tom araya. You guys just had taped from a mates cd copy? ;)
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 23 April 2009 17:06 (fifteen years ago) link
what album was that "alice mudgarden" song on? i thought it was a bonus on dirt or something.
― borntohula, Thursday, 23 April 2009 17:07 (fifteen years ago) link
You mean Sap?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 23 April 2009 17:12 (fifteen years ago) link
― original bgm, Thursday, 23 April 2009 17:25 (fifteen years ago) link
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, April 23, 2009 1:12 PM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark
yes! i don't know why i thought it was on dirt...
― borntohula, Thursday, 23 April 2009 17:44 (fifteen years ago) link
I love Sap. I wrote elsewhere how I searched over Glasgow for that. When it got reissued along with Jar Of Flies , all the critics jizzed over Jar of Flies but it was not a patch on Sap to me.I still have my original cd of Sap and the vinyl of Sap/JoF.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 23 April 2009 17:55 (fifteen years ago) link
lol kerr "I actually OWNED an alice in chains CD"
― Bo, a 6-month-jackson Portuguese overdrive (Curt1s Stephens), Thursday, 23 April 2009 18:39 (fifteen years ago) link
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 23 April 2009 18:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Curtis you surprise me!
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 23 April 2009 18:51 (fifteen years ago) link
yesssss. such a great song. i always get chills when cornell comes in at the end.
― borntohula, Thursday, 23 April 2009 19:03 (fifteen years ago) link
you heard the screaming trees album Uncle Anesthesia Cornell produces and adds backing vox on a couple of songs to?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 23 April 2009 19:08 (fifteen years ago) link
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 23 April 2009 19:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Screaming Trees Best Album Poll
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 23 April 2009 19:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Layne's voice frightened me on "God Smack" too
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Friday, 5 February 2021 16:47 (three years ago) link
was blasting this shit in the car earlier. it was never exactly my fave back in the day but fuck me
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Friday, 5 February 2021 16:51 (three years ago) link
I've not listened to the whole album in a good long while but god it's so beautifully produced. Every slough, every murky corner is lit like an M.R. James story. I don't mind admitting I struggle with Staley's voice over a sustained period but as a document of what he was capable of, this is the album.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 5 February 2021 23:36 (three years ago) link
Sean Kinney is a motherfucker.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 5 February 2021 23:37 (three years ago) link
one thing I love about the song "Dirt" is that it's one of the songs that comes to mind when searching for music in the vein of PJ Harvey's Rid Of Me.
― All cars are bad (Euler), Saturday, 6 February 2021 14:41 (three years ago) link
what's everyone's preferred placement of "down in a hole"
i feel corny for preferring it as a penultimate track. wiki says the band wanted it as track four, but the citation for this information is an interview that... doesn't really reflect that claim
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 6 February 2021 18:05 (three years ago) link
i think my reasoning is less about "down in a hole" and more about how "rain when i die" -> "sickman" is sort of a signal that the record will just be a deepening vortex of bad vibes and things will never get better
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 6 February 2021 18:07 (three years ago) link
The intro to Rain When I Die is gruesome
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Saturday, 6 February 2021 18:57 (three years ago) link
yknow brad i kind of like that idea, because as much as i enjoy it as a kind of "breather" after three songs of wonderful sludge, i always thought that having "angry chair" and "would?" back to back made the ending of this album feel really abrupt, like it seems that there should be something in between those two songs..
― brimstead, Saturday, 6 February 2021 20:12 (three years ago) link
it = "down in a hole"
― brimstead, Saturday, 6 February 2021 20:13 (three years ago) link
otoh, the "i don't mind.." and "i'd like to flyyyy" parts are maybe a little too similar to be back to back? but maybe that's not a problem!
― brimstead, Saturday, 6 February 2021 20:14 (three years ago) link
"Junkhead" is my #1
― billstevejim, Sunday, 7 February 2021 07:10 (three years ago) link
Eric Harvey for Pitchfork Sunday
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/alice-in-chains-dirt/
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 10 July 2022 16:49 (one year ago) link
someone upthread said that “sickman” was their dazed & confused but it’s clearly “hate to feel”!
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Saturday, 30 July 2022 01:20 (one year ago) link
the weighting of tracks in this poll is probably about right, but I think I'd bump up the title track a few notches, and Sickman could go down a bit. maybe.
― charlie rex, Thursday, 4 August 2022 05:39 (one year ago) link
there are so many devastating lines on this album, but one that's unfairly overlooked is "ah, what's the difference, I'll die in this sick world of mine". obviously the entire album is focused on how his addiction was killing him and knowing where it all leads to but there's such an eerie fatalism to that one line, one that hints at much more of a desire to escape it than he shows elsewhere on the album, but understanding the odds are stacked against him
― never trust a big book and a simile (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 24 January 2024 17:13 (three months ago) link