Unplugged (Alice in Chains album)

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Unplugged
Live album by Alice in Chains
Released	July 30, 1996
Recorded	April 10, 1996 on MTV Unplugged
Genre	Grunge
Length	71:26
Label	Columbia
Producer(s)	Alice in Chains, Alex Coletti, Toby Wright, Audrey Morrissey
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link
Alice in Chains chronology
Alice in Chains (1995)	Unplugged (1996)	Nothing Safe: Best of the Box (1999)

Unplugged is a live album by Alice in Chains. It was recorded at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Majestic Theatre as part of the MTV Unplugged series of concerts and contains live, acoustic versions of the band's songs. The show first aired on MTV on May 28, 1996. The performance was Alice in Chain's first concert in two and a half years, as well as one of the band's final appearances with Layne Staley. In addition to the CD, a full length DVD of the concert was also released.

The songs "Angry Chair," "Frogs," and "Killer Is Me" were cut from the original MTV broadcast but are included on both the CD and DVD releases.

It is often hailed as one of the most memorable unplugged's ever, compared among the ranks of Nirvana, and KISS. Mike Inez's bass has the phrase "Friends Don't Let Friends Get Friends Haircuts," referencing the band Metallica, whose members had recently cut their hair prior to the release of Load.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Chart positions 3.1 Album 3.2 Singles

[edit] Track listing

1. "Nutshell" (Cantrell/Inez/Kinney/Staley) – 4:58
2. "Brother" (Cantrell) – 5:27
3. "No Excuses" (Cantrell) – 4:57
4. "Sludge Factory" (Cantrell/Kinney/Staley) – 4:36
5. "Down In A Hole" (Cantrell) – 5:46
6. "Angry Chair" (Staley) – 4:36
7. "Rooster" (Cantrell) – 6:41
8. "Got Me Wrong" (Cantrell) – 4:59
9. "Heaven Beside You" (Cantrell/Inez) – 5:38
10. "Would?" (Cantrell) – 3:43
11. "Frogs" (Cantrell/Inez/Kinney/Staley) – 7:30
12. "Over Now" (Cantrell/Kinney) – 7:12
13. "Killer Is Me" (Cantrell) – 5:23

• The DVD release shows another take of "Sludge Factory", in which Layne Staley mixes up the lyrics and the song breaks down. They then go into the "formal" take which was used on the CD.

[edit] Personnel

• Alice in Chains - Producer
• Audrey Morris
• Jon Bates - Engineer, Assistant Engineer
• Jerry Cantrell - Guitar, Vocals
• Alex Coletti - Producer
• John Harris - Engineer
• Sean Kinney - Drums
• Rich Lamb - Engineer, Assistant Engineer
• Stephen Marcussen - Mastering
• Scott Olson - Bass, Guitar
• Layne Staley - Guitar, Vocals
• Toby Wright - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• John Seymour - Mixing, Mixing Assistant
• Mike Inez - Bass, Guitar
• Brian Kingman - Engineer, Assistant Engineer
• Don C. Tyler - Digital Editing, Editing
• Mary Maurer - Art Direction
• Doug Erb - Design
• Danny Clinch - Photography
• John Bleich - Assistant Engineer, Mixing
• Joe Perota - Director
• Audrey Morris - Liner Note Producer
• Audrey Morrissey - Producer

[edit] Chart positions

[edit] Album

• 1996 - The Billboard 200 # 3

[edit] Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1996	"Would?"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	19
1996	"Down In A Hole"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	24
1996	"Nutshell"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	15

Alice in Chains
Jerry Cantrell | Mike Inez | Sean Kinney | William DuVall
Layne Staley | Mike Starr
Discography
Studio Albums: Facelift | Dirt | Alice in Chains
EPs: We Die Young | Sap | Jar of Flies
Live Albums: MTV Unplugged | Live
Compilations: Nothing Safe: Best of the Box | Music Bank | Greatest Hits | The Essential Alice in Chains
Singles: "Bleed the Freak" | "'We Die Young" | "Man in the Box" | "Sea of Sorrow" | "Would?" | "Them Bones" "Angry Chair" | "Rooster" | "Down in a Hole" | "What the Hell Have I" | "Got Me Wrong" | "No Excuses" "I Stay Away" | "Grind" | "Heaven Beside You" | "Again" | "Over Now" | "Get Born Again" | "Fear the Voices"
Videos
Live Facelift | The Nona Tapes | MTV Unplugged | Music Bank: The Videos
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Categories: Alice in Chains | Alice in Chains Albums | Alice in Chains songs