Dirt (album) - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dirt
Dirt
Studio album by Alice in Chains
Released	September 29, 1992
Recorded	March–May 1992
Genre	Grunge, heavy metal, alternative metal
Length	57:35
Language	English
Label	Columbia
Producer	Dave Jerden, Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains chronology

Dirt is the second studio album by American rock band, Alice in Chains. Dirt was released on September 29, 1992. The album featured the singles "Would?", "Them Bones", "Angry Chair", "Rooster", and "Down in a Hole".

Dirt is currently the band's highest selling album to date and has gone on to sell 5 million copies worldwide. The album was certified four-times platinum by the RIAA.^[1]

Dirt was the final album to feature Mike Starr on bass before he was kicked out of the band and replaced by former Ozzy Osbourne bassist Mike Inez.^[2]

The album was also included in the 2005 book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die and was ranked #1 on Guitar World magazine's top ten list of guitar albums of 1992^[3]^[4]

Songs

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Them Bones"
2.	"Dam That River"
3.	"Rain When I Die"
4.	"Down in a Hole"
5.	"Sickman"
6.	"Rooster"
7.	"Junkhead"
8.	"Dirt"
9.	"God Smack"
10.	"Intro (Dream Sequence)/Iron Gland" (unlisted)"
11.	"Hate to Feel"
12.	"Angry Chair"
13.	"Would?"

References

↑ "RIAA - Gold & Platinum Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
↑ ""2006 band bio - Aliceinchains.com". Aliceinchains.com. Archived from the original on 2006-07-19. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
↑ "1001 Albums You Must Hear - 2008 Edition". rocklistmusic.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2010-03-07. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
↑ "Photo Gallery: The Top 10 Guitar Albums of 1992". Guitar World. Retrieved 2013-01-21.

Other websites

Dirt at Allmusic

[1] "RIAA - Gold & Platinum Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2013-01-21.

[2] ""2006 band bio - Aliceinchains.com". Aliceinchains.com. Archived from the original on 2006-07-19. Retrieved 2013-01-21.

[3] "1001 Albums You Must Hear - 2008 Edition". rocklistmusic.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2010-03-07. Retrieved 2013-01-21.

[4] "Photo Gallery: The Top 10 Guitar Albums of 1992". Guitar World. Retrieved 2013-01-21.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

v t e Alice in Chains
Jerry Cantrell Sean Kinney Mike Inez William DuVall Layne Staley Mike Starr
Studio albums	Facelift Dirt Alice in Chains Black Gives Way to Blue The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here Rainier Fog
Extended plays	We Die Young Sap Jar of Flies
Live albums	Unplugged Live Live Facelift
Compilations	Nothing Safe: Best of the Box Music Bank Greatest Hits The Essential Alice in Chains
Video albums	Live Facelift The Nona Tapes Music Bank: The Videos
Singles	"We Die Young" "Man in the Box" "Bleed the Freak" "Sea of Sorrow" "Got Me Wrong" "Would?" "Them Bones" "Angry Chair" "Rooster" "What the Hell Have I" "Down in a Hole" "No Excuses" "I Stay Away" "Don't Follow" "Grind" "Heaven Beside You" "Again" "Get Born Again" "Fear the Voices" "Over Now" "A Looking in View" "Check My Brain" "Your Decision" "Lesson Learned" "Hollow" "Stone" "Voices" "Tears" "The One You Know" "So Far Under" "Never Fade" "Rainier Fog"
Other songs	"Sunshine" "Brother" "Hate to Feel" "Nutshell" "Died" "Black Gives Way to Blue" "Phantom Limb"
Film	Black Antenna AIC 23
Related	Discography List of songs List of awards and nominations Susan Silver Blackdiamondskye Sleze Alice N' Chains Spys4Darwin
Category