• ' Released: June 30, 1992 • ' Released: September 8, 1992 • ' Released: December 6, 1992 • ' Released: March 15, 1993 • ' Released: August 30, 1993 Dirt is the second studio album by the American band, released on September 29, 1992, through. Peaking at number six on the, the album was also well received by music critics. [Verse 1] I broke you in the canyon. I drowned you in the lake. You a snake that I would trample. Only thing I'd not embrace. [Chorus] Oh, you couldn't dam that river. And maybe I don't give a damn anyway. Aug 14, 2009 Disclaimer: I take no credit in writing the music or lyrics of this song or in making the cover art of this album. Dam That River by Alice in Chains tab with free online tab player. One accurate version. Recommended by The Wall Street Journal. ![]() ![]() ![]() It has since been certified four-times platinum by the and gone on to sell five million copies worldwide, making Dirt the band's highest selling album to date. It is the band's last album recorded with all four original members, as bassist was terminated from the band in January 1993. The album spawned five singles: ', ', ', ', and '; all with accompanying music videos. The songs on the album focused on depression, pain, anger, anti-social behavior, drug addiction (primarily ), war, death, and other emotionally charged topics. Rolling Stone listed the album at No. 26 on its list of the 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • Background and recording [ ] The recording of Dirt began in the spring of 1992. Producer, who had previously worked with the band on their debut,, wanted to work with them again. He admired vocalist 's lyrics and voice, and lead guitarist 's guitar riffs. The track ' produced, engineered and mixed by, was recorded before the album, and first appeared on the to the 1992 movie. Dirt was recorded at Eldorado Recording Studio in, in, and One on One Studios in from March to May 1992. [ ] When recording the album, Staley had previously checked out of rehab in and quickly went back to using. [ ] Drummer said in a 2005 interview [ ] that Staley had told Kinney that he was high on heroin and marijuana during the recordings of 'Down in a Hole' and ' as well as taking for back pain. [ ] Cantrell had also agreed with Kinney's report, [ ] saying that Staley, Jerden and the rest of the band would smoke marijuana in the studio room, even saying that Staley would shoot heroin in front of everyone. [ ] 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. Jerden said, 'Apparently he got all mad at me [during the Dirt sessions]. And what's my job as a producer? To produce a record. I'm not getting paid to be Layne's friend.' Staley was not the only one who went through heavy drug use; Sean Kinney and bassist were also struggling with alcohol addiction. [ ] Cantrell was also going through severe clinical depression [ ] from the deaths of his mother and his friend,, and used, [ ] an anxiety medication prescribed by his doctor to ease his depression as well as his heavy drinking on tour. [ ] 'I was going through a tough time, everyone was, but that's what made the album stronger and more intense, I look back on that period of time as the longest four years of sex, drugs and alcohol we all went through,' Cantrell said in a 2007 interview with. [ ] Music and lyrics [ ]. A sample of ' from Dirt. The song originally appeared on the to the film. Is one of Alice in Chains' signature songs, appearing at nearly every concert the band has performed since its release. Problems playing this file? With songs written primarily on the road, the material has an overall darker feel than Facelift. 'We did a lot of soul searching on this album. There's a lot of intense feelings.' Cantrell said, 'We deal with our daily demons through music. All of the poison that builds up during the day we cleanse when we play'. Drug use was front and center as a lyrical theme on the album. Three tracks (Sickman, Junkhead & God Smack) specifically reference heroin use and its effects. Staley later expressed regret about the lyrical content of some songs on Dirt, explaining, 'I wrote about drugs, and I didn't think I was being unsafe or careless by writing about them. I didn't want my fans to think that heroin was cool. But then I've had fans come up to me and give me the thumbs up, telling me they're high. That's exactly what I didn't want to happen.' Cantrell said in 2013: 'That darkness was always part of the band, but it wasn’t all about that. There was always an optimism, even in the darkest shit we wrote. With Dirt, it’s not like we were saying ‘Oh yeah, this is a good thing.’ It was more of a warning than anything else, rather than ‘Hey, come and check this out, it’s great!’ We were talking about what was going on at the time, but within that there was always a survivor element – a kind of triumph over the darker elements of being a human being.
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