Black Gives Way to Blue shouldn't have surprised me as much as it has. Alice in Chains were one of the most consistent bands around in their brief heyday (even the campiest parts of Facelift were still rather good), yes, but the pessimist inside me knows that fourteen years separate Alice in Chains and Black Gives Way to Blue. In that space of time, Alice in Chains' contemporaries in the Seattle grunge scene have either disbanded or fallen on hard times; last week Pearl Jam released their first worthwhile album in years, and in the case of Chris Cornell…well, you know...
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