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I'm not getting paid to be Layne's friend.' And what's my job as a producer? To produce a record. Jerden said, 'Apparently he got all mad at me . Jerden later said that he was told Staley felt animosity toward him dating back to the Dirt sessions due to Jerden repeatedly recommending to Staley that he get sober at the time. Staley later went cold-turkey on his own while reading The Bad Place, by horror novelist Dean R. When recording the album, Staley had previously checked out of rehab and quickly went back to using heroin. They took Slayer vocalist Tom Araya with them and went to the Joshua Tree desert for four or five days until things calmed down, then moved back into the studio and started recording the album. The band tried to get out of the town without getting hurt while LA was protesting against police brutality. Cantrell also got stuck in traffic and saw people pulling each other out of their cars and beating them. Jerry Cantrell was in a store buying some beer when a man came in and started looting the place.

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The band was watching TV when the verdict for the incident was announced. The riots started on the first day of recording. ĭirt was recorded during the Los Angeles riots that erupted following the acquittal of four LAPD officers caught on camera beating unarmed black motorist Rodney King. Dirt was recorded at Eldorado Recording Studio in Burbank, California, London Bridge Studio in Seattle, and One on One Studios in Los Angeles from April to July 1992.

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The track ' Would?' produced, engineered and mixed by Rick Parashar, was recorded before the album, and first appeared on the soundtrack to the 1992 movie Singles. He admired vocalist Layne Staley's lyrics and voice, and lead guitarist Jerry Cantrell's guitar riffs. Producer Dave Jerden, who had previously worked with the band on their debut, Facelift, wanted to work with them again. The recording of Dirt began in the spring of 1992. 6 on its list of '50 Greatest Grunge Albums' in 2019.Īlice in Chains' fourth studio album, Black Gives Way to Blue, was released on the 17th anniversary of Dirt, on September 29, 2009. Loudwire named it as one of the best Metal albums of the 1990s, and Rolling Stone ranked it at No. Guitar World named Dirt as the best guitar album of 1992. It was voted ' Kerrang! Critic's Choice Album of the Year'. Dirt was included in the 2005 book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

26 on its list of the 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time. In retrospect, the album has continued to receive acclaim, with Rolling Stone placing the album at No. Most of the music from the album was written by guitarist Jerry Cantrell, but for the first time vocalist Layne Staley wrote two songs by himself ('Hate to Feel' and 'Angry Chair'), both also featuring Staley on guitar. The track 'Iron Gland' features Tom Araya from Slayer on vocals. The songs on the album focused on depression, pain, anger, anti-social behavior, relationships, drug addiction (primarily heroin), war, death, and other emotionally charged topics. The music video for 'Would?' was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film, as the song was featured on the soundtrack to Cameron Crowe's 1992 film Singles. Dirt was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. The album spawned five singles: ' Would?', ' Them Bones', ' Angry Chair', ' Rooster', and ' Down in a Hole', all with accompanying music videos. It was also the band's last album recorded with all four original members, as bassist Mike Starr was fired in January 1993 during the tour to support the album. It has since been certified five-times platinum by the RIAA making Dirt the band's highest selling album to date. 6 on the Billboard 200 chart, the album received critical acclaim. Dirt is the second studio album by the American rock band Alice in Chains, released on September 29, 1992, through Columbia Records.