Track Listing

1. All Secrets Known
2. Check My Brain
3. Last Of My Kind
4. Your Decision
5. A Looking In View
6. When The Sun Rose Again
7. Acid Bubble
8. Lesson Learned
9. Take Her Out
10. Private Hell
11. Black Gives Way To Blue

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #285 in Music
• Released on: 2009-09-28
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .19 pounds

CD Description
Having survived the tragic death of frontman Layne Staley, the Seattle grunge pioneers present their first album in fourteen years. Now fronted by William DuVall, formerly of Atlantan rockers Comes With The Fall, the new album looks set tobe a mixed bag. While web single 'A Looking In View' retains the downtuned grind of classic Alice, albeit shorn of the sense of danger Staley brought to the band, songs such as 'Check My Brain' hint at a commercial overhaul reminiscent of that undergone by Hole on 'Celebrity Skin'.

Customer Reviews

ALBUM OF THE DECADE
Inspiring, emotional, heavy, powerful, poignant, brutal and even heart-wrenching.

This is quite simply a stunning album from Alice in Chains. An incredible return from a band that most people wish had never gone away. The highlights of this album are tracks like All Secrets Known, Check my Brain, Your Decision, A Looking in View, Private Hell and the title track which is a beautiful tribute to Layne.

Believe the hype, it's all true.

Album of the year 2009
Wow! What a record. Heavy as hell, brooding, haunting, melodic, soft...you name it has it. As much as I loved Laynes voice with this record you don't actually miss him. They basically sound the same. I think you realise that it is Jerry Cantrells voice singing just off the main vocal that gives them their signature haunting vocal sound. The new guy William sounds great as well though. Track 4 (Your Decison) is my favourite Alice in Chains song already, in the flavour of Jar of Flies. Acid Bubble turns from an Alice song into Black Sabbath, the riff is amazing...you half expect Ozzy to join in. Alice in Chains is not for everyone, however if they are your cup of tea, this is by far their most complete and best album to date. Welcome back.

No need to be concerned
Having been a avid fan of AIC from their grunge days of the early-mid ninties, I was spectacle about this new album as i was concerned that Layne was irreplaceable. That remains true, however in DuVall they have great new singer who captures the AIC sound.

The album has a good mix of heavy and distinguished grooves intermixed with slower material. The slower material is more akin to acoustic "jar of flies" pace.

If you are a fan of AIC than you can buy this album in confidence, if you are a fan of dam good music you can also buy in confidence. If you are a fan of Girls Aloud then steer clear.