MB Metal Classics: "Dirt" by Alice In Chains

Trollheart · 05-23-2018, 05:21 AM

As promised, for Wednesday we have this one. Write a few lines or your vote don't count, bitches.

OccultHawk · 05-23-2018, 06:48 AM

Blurs with Faith No More

Sucks.

The Sane Psycho · 05-23-2018, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Blurs with Faith No More

Sucks.

AIC is quite different from FNM. For a few threads now, all you've been doing is saying "this album sucks" without explaining why you hate it. If you hate an album, that's fine, but why don't you tell us why? "It sucks" doesn't tell us anything.

Maajo · 05-23-2018, 07:56 AM

Love this album. I think AIC blend a lot of things that I really like in alternative rock - they sort of have this Guns N Roses vibe throughout all of their early material, but they're also very dark and gloomy. I like how they blend both of those styles to create their own sound, to the extent that only the most astute listener really seems to recognize the GnR influence. Metallica would go on to at least partially adopt this sound with Load ReLoad, which is the ultimate sign of respect from the biggest heavy metal band of all time. My favorite songs are "Them Bones" and "Would?". I could have easily have given this a 9, but I gave it an 8 because I give out too many high scores on these and it's too late to change it to a 9. Sorry AIC.

Chula Vista · 05-23-2018, 08:51 AM

Gave it a 10. Masterpiece.

**Frownland** · 05-23-2018, 09:14 AM

Good rock tunes, love the harmonies. I prefer their s/t because the songwriting on that is really unique. Some tracks like Dam That River and Hate to Feel are straight skippers. 6/10

~~MicShazam~~ · 05-24-2018, 02:55 AM

The vocal harmonies are the best thing about the band, but I'm not so sure about the songs as a whole. I'm not done listening to Dirt yet, but so far, my impression is that it's rather one dimensional and I'm not that into most of the riffs. I feel like this might be a band (or at least album) that I need to take in small doses.

The opening riff to "Them Bones" is a nostalgia trip for me, since it was featured in this promo clip that used to play on all my old anime VHS tapes from Manga Entertainment.

EDIT: Actually, I'm misremembering. That was Celtic Frost - The Heart Beneath. Only slightly similar, but not really at all when you get down to it. Then I'm not even sure where it is I'm remembering this AIC song from...

Akai · 05-24-2018, 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Gave it a 10. Masterpiece.

Agreed, best thing they ever did imo.

Full of good **** but 'Would?' and 'Rooster' have to be my favourite AiC tracks.

~~[MERIT]~~ · 05-24-2018, 06:42 AM

Love it to pieces. Listened to it in high school. Listened to it this past week. 10/10.

**Janszoon** · 05-24-2018, 08:41 AM

AIC were really good at one thing: melancholic, curtains-drawn dirges. For some reason, instead of playing to this strength, they spent most of their career making the kind of tepid cock-waggling rawk that Dirt is filled with. This is seriously one of the most overrated albums of the 90s. 2/10

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05-23-2018, 05:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	MB Metal Classics: "Dirt" by Alice In Chains As promised, for Wednesday we have this one. Write a few lines or your vote don't count, bitches. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

05-23-2018, 06:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	Blurs with Faith No More Sucks. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

05-23-2018, 08:51 AM	#5 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Gave it a 10. Masterpiece. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

05-23-2018, 09:14 AM	#6 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Good rock tunes, love the harmonies. I prefer their s/t because the songwriting on that is really unique. Some tracks like Dam That River and Hate to Feel are straight skippers. 6/10 __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

05-23-2018, 07:56 AM	#4 (permalink)
Maajo Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Colorado Posts: 513	Love this album. I think AIC blend a lot of things that I really like in alternative rock - they sort of have this Guns N Roses vibe throughout all of their early material, but they're also very dark and gloomy. I like how they blend both of those styles to create their own sound, to the extent that only the most astute listener really seems to recognize the GnR influence. Metallica would go on to at least partially adopt this sound with Load ReLoad, which is the ultimate sign of respect from the biggest heavy metal band of all time. My favorite songs are "Them Bones" and "Would?". I could have easily have given this a 9, but I gave it an 8 because I give out too many high scores on these and it's too late to change it to a 9. Sorry AIC.

05-24-2018, 02:55 AM	#7 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	The vocal harmonies are the best thing about the band, but I'm not so sure about the songs as a whole. I'm not done listening to Dirt yet, but so far, my impression is that it's rather one dimensional and I'm not that into most of the riffs. I feel like this might be a band (or at least album) that I need to take in small doses. The opening riff to "Them Bones" is a nostalgia trip for me, since it was featured in this promo clip that used to play on all my old anime VHS tapes from Manga Entertainment. EDIT: Actually, I'm misremembering. That was Celtic Frost - The Heart Beneath. Only slightly similar, but not really at all when you get down to it. Then I'm not even sure where it is I'm remembering this AIC song from... Last edited by MicShazam; 05-24-2018 at 10:51 AM.

05-24-2018, 06:42 AM	#9 (permalink)
~~[MERIT]~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Missouri, USA Posts: 4,814	Love it to pieces. Listened to it in high school. Listened to it this past week. 10/10.

05-24-2018, 08:41 AM	#10 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	AIC were really good at one thing: melancholic, curtains-drawn dirges. For some reason, instead of playing to this strength, they spent most of their career making the kind of tepid cock-waggling rawk that Dirt is filled with. This is seriously one of the most overrated albums of the 90s. 2/10 __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm