When recording the album, Staley had previuosly checked out of rehab in Portland, Oregon and quickly went back to using heroin. Layne Staley had recently met Kurt Cobain, and Cobain had showed him some vocal techniques Cobain had used on Nirvana's Nevermind album.

For the songs 'Them Bones', 'Rain When I Die', 'Down In A Hole, 'Dirt' and 'Would?', Cantrell brought in his Black Gibson Les Paul and an amplifier he had bought when he was 17 which had a faster and much raunchier distortion than any amp he used in the past. Producer, Dave Jerden was determined to work with Alice In Chains again, as well as vocalist, Layne Staley and lead guitarist, Jerry Cantrell, he truly admired Staley's vocals and Cantrell's riffs and lyrics. Six songs on the album were about heroin, including 'Sickman', 'Junkhead', 'Dirt', 'God Smack', 'Hate to Feel' and 'Angry Chair'.ĭirt began recording in the spring of 1992. Dirt is often considered by critics and fans as Alice in Chains' best work.Ĭantrell had stated that this album was the band's best work and most intense work, and that they all inten tionally for years wanted to make a 'brutal' record. Five singles were released from the album, 'Would?', 'Them Bones', 'Rooster', 'Angry Chair', and 'Down in a Hole'. Many of the lyrics contained within the album deal with depression and drug abuse. Debuting at number six on the Billboard 200, the album received generally favorable critical reviews and has been certified 4× platinum by the RIAA. Dirt was produced by the band and Dave Jerden. The album was released on Septemthrough Columbia Records.

Dirt is the second studio album by the American Alternative Metal band Alice in Chains.

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