Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains
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AMG Review of Alice in Chains
Steve Huey
All Music GuideDispelling rumors of their demise due to Layne Staley's heroin addiction, Alice in Chains is a sonically detailed effort that ranks as their best-produced record, and its best moments are easily some of their most mature music. Alice in Chains relies less on metallic riffs and more on melody and texturally varied arrangements than the group's previous full-length albums, finally integrating some of the more delicate acoustic moods of their EPs. The lyrics deal with familiar AIC subject matter -- despair, misery, loneliness, and disappointment -- but in a more understated fashion, and the lyrics take on more uplifting qualities of toughness and endurance, which were missing from much of their previous work. The consistent visceral impact Alice in Chains lacks in comparison to that previous work is partially made up for by the skilled production and songs like "Grind," "Brush Away," "Over Now," and the hit allad "Heaven Beside You," which are among the band's best work. Still, in spite of its many virtues, it's hard not to feel a little frustrated with the record, as though, given those qualities, it should have turned out better than it did -- there are some slow spots where the songs are undercrafted and not especially memorable, and those moments can make the band sound uncommitted and distracted. That, in turn, can make the defiance of songs like "Grind" ("you'd be well advised/not to plan my funeral 'fore the body dies") sound more like denial; just when Alice in Chains' music was finally beginning to emerge from the dark side, the intra-band problems became too much to bear and made Alice in Chains the last collection of new material the band would ever release.
30 days of non-stop rock video war Day 6
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here is one of the greatest bands of the 90's and another tragic story one of my favorite bandsthey always came to *ROCK* your asswe will not forgetR.I.P.Layne Nirvana my assfreak with the chainsnuff saiddamn i'm having so much FUN
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Essential Listening Vol 8
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This is good for cloudy days, staring at the wall while you try to want to see tomorrow..Layne knew, he knew.
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A/C's Sludge Factory: When You're Actually "IN" a Funk...
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..."You can either choose to show up on time and do what you're told, with a smile on your face...or you can choose to get another job, Mr. Anderson..." ...*ye fekkin' Gods, people!!!*...is this workday EVER gonna come to an end???...is the conveyor belt of assholes ever going to stop rolling??? and when in the hell is Ed McMahon gonna show with that big-ass check, anyway??? ...man was not mean...
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30 days of non-stop rock video war Day 6
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here is one of the greatest bands of the 90's and another tragic story one of my favorite bandsthey always came to *ROCK* your asswe will not forgetR.I.P.Layne Nirvana my assfreak with the chainsnuff saiddamn i'm having so much FUN
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I don't watch (I only watched bits and pieces of seasons 1 & 2), nor do I care for this show. I have heard people, whine and cry, because their favorite didn't win. This show should not be based on who looks cuter or prettier (which is a huge problem when you have little girls that have access to a cellphone, which it isn't a fucking toy nor should it be in their fucking hands in the first pl...
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MOG it up!
Chris Brown, "I ain't a monster".
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Perhaps this should be the title of your next album, let's just hope it doesn't become a greatest hits (pun intended). It's difficult to decipher what is truth in your statement. For the most part, you could be called a lot worse and is it justified? Well, Chris, those pictures of Rihanna after that fight you had with her in the car didn't look too good in the public eye. She sure as hell d...
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ALICE IN CHAINS WONDERLAND
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What a great weekend! Apparently I'm rich! You see, I got an email from Mr. John Kofi White, branch manager of a financial institution in Ghana, who is offering me 30% of his $7,597.864 family fortune. All I have to do is give him my bank account info and let him transfer it through there, [...]
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ALICE IN CHAINS Sets New Album via EMI / Virgin
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MUSIC NEWS - 90s USA rockers, Alice In Chains have signed a contract with EMI's Virgin US division with plans for an autumn 2009 comeback album release. It'll be AiC's first recorded music since the 1995 self-titled album, and the first since the death of original frontman Layne Stanley. William DuVall will handle vocals duties on the upcoming release. DuVall's been fronting th
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