Track Listing

1. Rotten Apple
2. Nutshell
3. I Stay Away
4. No Excuses
5. Whale And Wasp
6. Don't Follow
7. Swing On This
8. Brother
9. Got Me Wrong
10. Right Turn
11. Am I Inside
12. Love Story

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #24688 in Music
• Released on: 1994-01-24
• Number of discs: 2

Customer Reviews

One of the best
This is the first album that i got of AIC and from the opening track 'Rotten Apple' this is just a fantastic album. Some of the highlights on there are 'Rotten Apple', 'Nutshell', 'Whale & Wasp' and 'Brother'. This was probably the best start i could have had for AIC. This is so much more mellow than albums like 'Dirt' and 'Alice In Chains'. But if you are starting out with AIC then this will ease into the brooding and pure brilliance that is AIC. This album is for chilling out late at night, and just listening to Layne's fantastic vocals and Jerry's sweet guitar solos and riffs. Great Album. All the songs on here are great, but with the exception of 'Nutshell' which is probably one of their best songs they've ever written.

Short and sweet
These ep's are short and sweet. Chilled listening and all the better for it. Amazing guitar and vocals and some moving songs (nutshell, probably the best AIC song out there). Kick back, chill out and enjoy two slices of laid back AIC. Buy it!

Perfection: No Contest
At the exact time of writing this, I am listening to the opening track of 'Jar of Flies', a song called 'Rotten Apple'. I'm listening to Mike Inez's beautiful bassline, and Jerry Cantrell's wonderful opening riff, and chills are running down my spine at the beauty of the music issuing from my computer. And this album is made up purely of tracks that do this.
I wouldn't go so far as to call this double album acoustic, because if you compare the songs on this to their counterparts on 'Unplugged', even someone who's never picked up a guitar should be able to tell that there are electrics on here. How could they create that riff at the start of 'Rotten Apple' otherwise? Anyway, this is a fantastic record, and I would recommend it to anyone with even a passing intrest in Alice In Chains. It was in my CD player for weeks - it is almost impossible to get tired of music this good.
'Sap' has its good points as well, but I do generally prefer the versions of 'Brother' and 'Got Me Wrong' that were performed for the 'Unplugged' taping. They do work better in simply acoustic format. Or maybe it's just the charisma of the band when they were playing them. Who knows? 'Right Turn' offers a rare treat, collaboration with other bands! Oh wow! Isn't it great! (For thos of limited imagination, that was sarcasm of its lowest form). Anyway, personally I think 'Right Turn' is a great track, but maybe that's just because I've got a recording of pretty much everything Chris Cornell has ever done (buy Temple of the Dog and Soundgarden! Now! Or risk beating by angry Soundgarden fans!). Mark Arm from Mudhoney pops up on here as well - it took a tab search to find that out. Anyway, brilliant album, buy now, do it, do it, DO IT! You won't regret it, unless you're a Westlife fan.