Greatest Hits (Alice in Chains album)

Greatest Hits is a greatest hits collection by the American rock band Alice in Chains. It was released on July 24, 2001, on Columbia Records.

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
Alice in Chains
ReleasedJuly 24, 2001
Recorded1990–1996
Genre
Length44:35
LabelColumbia
Producer
Alice in Chains chronology
Live
(2000)		 Greatest Hits
(2001)		 The Essential Alice in Chains
(September 5, 2006)

Overview

Greatest Hits is the second collection of hit songs by the band, albeit shorter than the previous release, Nothing Safe: Best of the Box. Greatest Hits was certified gold by the RIAA on November 30, 2005.[1] It was the last album released by Alice in Chains before the death of singer Layne Staley in 2002. Mike Starr plays bass on the album's first five songs, while Mike Inez plays bass on the last five.

Album cover

The album featured two covers. The first cover features a photo of boxer Gene Fullmer receiving a crushing right from Neal Rivers during their 10-round bout at Madison Square Garden on November 15, 1957.[2] The unofficial second cover features the members of the band's heads on a rainbow background without the text on the cover.

The album received reviews criticizing the lack of songs and "Cash grab" nature of the release. AllMusic's Steve Huey called the album "a lower-priced, ten-track sampler of Alice in Chains' career."[4] Bill Adams of Ground Control Magazine questioned the integrity of the album, writing in his review "one has to wonder who this collection was made for. When it was released in 2001, Alice in Chains had only gone for about six years without a new studio album, and fans had been kept interested with live albums, box sets, and many other releases, so why put out something so plainly useful?".[5]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Man in the Box" (from Facelift)Layne Staley, Jerry Cantrell4:47
2."Them Bones" (from Dirt)Cantrell2:30
3."Rooster" (from Dirt)Cantrell6:15
4."Angry Chair" (from Dirt)Staley4:48
5."Would?" (from Dirt)Cantrell3:28
6."No Excuses" (from Jar of Flies)Cantrell4:15
7."I Stay Away" (from Jar of Flies)Cantrell, Mike Inez, Staley4:14
8."Grind" (from Alice in Chains)Cantrell4:46
9."Heaven Beside You" (from Alice in Chains)Cantrell, Inez5:29
10."Again" (from Alice in Chains)Cantrell, Staley4:05
Total length:44:35

Personnel
  • Layne Staley – lead vocals, backing vocals on "No Excuses", "Grind" and "Heaven Beside You" and guitar on "Angry Chair"
  • Jerry Cantrell – lead guitar, backing vocals and lead vocals on "No Excuses", "Grind" and "Heaven Beside You"
  • Mike Starr – bass (tracks 1–5)
  • Mike Inez – bass (tracks 6–10), additional backing vocals on "Again"
  • Sean Kinney – drums
  • Bryan Carlstrom – engineer
  • Ronnie S. Champagne – engineer
  • Dave Jerden – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Rick Parashar – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Toby Wright – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Tom Nellen – engineer
  • Rocky Schenck – photography
  • Mary Maurer – art direction
  • Marty Temme – photography
  • Elliott Blakey – engineer

Chart positions
Chart (2001) Position
US Billboard 200[3] 112

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[4] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. "Gold and Platinum Database Search :D". Retrieved 2009-09-29.
  2. "Gene Fullmer Being Hit During Boxing Match". Getty Images. November 15, 1957.
  3. "Alice in Chains – Artist chart History". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2007-11-09.
  4. "American album certifications – Alice in Chains – Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America.
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