Sunday, September 19, 2010

Alice in Chains - MTV Unplugged (1996)

Easily my favorite Unplugged performances by ones of my favorite bands. It's not there best release but, if you enjoy the slower songs it is definitely for you. My dad had the album back in the day, I've been listening to them forever and it's especially sad to hear one of Layne's last stuff with the band. It was even more depressing watching the actual show and he looked like he'd been on a drug binge. A cool tale from the show is Mike Inez had something written on his guitar saying friends don't let friends get haircuts because Metallica had cut there hair and were in attendance. I noticed on the CD version they edited out when Layne messes up on the lyrics to "Sludge Factory". One of the biggest disadvantages from the televising show was that it didn't feature "Killer is Me" one of my favorites they did that night. That song had been featured in any album, I always wondered if that was a song that didn't make the self entitled album for whatever reason. It could be a song they wrote after that album since Inez wasn't playing bass because Scott Olsen was playing bass on that song so I'm unsure of the origin of that great track. A like all Alice in Chains, if you've never heard it you must have lived under a rock. Songs to check out "Over Now", "Killer is Me" and "Nutshell".

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

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