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Recorded at \u003cstrong\u003eOne On One Studios in Los Angeles\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eEldorado Recording Studio in Burbank, California\u003c\/strong\u003e from April to July 1992, and mixed at Eldorado, with mastering completed at \u003cstrong\u003eFuture Disc in Hollywood, CA\u003c\/strong\u003e, the album was produced by \u003cstrong\u003eDave Jerden\u003c\/strong\u003e — who had also produced the band's debut \u003cem\u003eFacelift\u003c\/em\u003e in 1990. It entered the US Billboard 200 at \u003cstrong\u003enumber six\u003c\/strong\u003e, eventually being certified \u003cstrong\u003e5× Platinum by the RIAA\u003c\/strong\u003e and selling over 3.3 million copies in the United States alone, with significant chart success in Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK. It is \u003cstrong\u003eAlice in Chains' most commercially successful album\u003c\/strong\u003e and is consistently cited as one of the defining recordings of the early 1990s Pacific Northwest rock scene — named among the best metal albums of the 1990s by \u003cem\u003eLoudwire\u003c\/em\u003e, ranked highly in \u003cem\u003eGuitar World\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e best-of lists, and nominated for the \u003cstrong\u003eGrammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance\u003c\/strong\u003e. It was the \u003cstrong\u003elast Alice in Chains studio album recorded with all four original founding members\u003c\/strong\u003e, making it a document of the band at their creative and commercial peak before Staley's increasing isolation from the music industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album is distinguished from the broader grunge movement of the period by the density and precision of its guitar arrangements — Cantrell and Staley's vocal harmonies, with their characteristic minor-third intervals, create a sound unlike anything else in contemporary rock — and by the unflinching directness of its lyrical content. Where much grunge drew on generalised adolescent alienation, \u003cem\u003eDirt\u003c\/em\u003e addressed Staley's developing heroin addiction, alongside themes of depression, mortality, trauma and self-destruction, with a specificity and honesty that continues to resonate across subsequent generations of listeners. \u003cstrong\u003e\"Rooster\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — written by Cantrell about his father, a Vietnam veteran who bore the nickname from his long hair before the Army shaved it — is among the most emotionally complex songs in the catalogue, its final verse describing the elder Cantrell's survival of combat with a directness that transforms the album's darkness into something approaching catharsis. \u003cstrong\u003e\"Them Bones\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — Cantrell's meditation on mortality, its opening riff one of the most immediately identifiable in heavy music — opens the record with ferocious intent. \u003cstrong\u003e\"Would?\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — the closing track, written as a tribute to \u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Wood\u003c\/strong\u003e (lead singer of Mother Love Bone, who died of a heroin overdose in 1990) — returns to the album's central themes at its conclusion, Staley's delivery carrying a weight that would acquire additional resonance following his own death in 2002. The five singles drawn from the album — \"Them Bones\", \"Would?\", \"Angry Chair\", \"Rooster\" and \"Down in a Hole\" — all reached the top 30 of the US mainstream rock charts, each accompanied by a music video.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide C closes with \u003cstrong\u003e\"Untitled\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — a track that segues without break into the unlisted hidden track \u003cstrong\u003e\"Iron Gland\"\u003c\/strong\u003e (originally titled \"Iron Man\" at recording, referencing the famous Black Sabbath track), featuring \u003cstrong\u003eTom Araya\u003c\/strong\u003e of Slayer on lead vocals, appearing courtesy of Def American Records. The track is not listed on any sleeve or label, and does not appear in the official tracklist — it is an Easter egg that has appeared on every CD and vinyl pressing of the album since 1992.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cstrong\u003e30th Anniversary edition\u003c\/strong\u003e on \u003cstrong\u003eColumbia \/ Sony Music\u003c\/strong\u003e — notably the \u003cstrong\u003efirst ever release of the album on double vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e (all previous vinyl pressings were single LP) — features \u003cstrong\u003eremastered audio\u003c\/strong\u003e pressed on \u003cstrong\u003eyellow opaque vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e, manufactured by \u003cstrong\u003eSony Music Entertainment International Services GmbH in Gütersloh, Germany\u003c\/strong\u003e. The reissue was released on 23 September 2022, simultaneously with exclusive variants including a translucent orange artist web exclusive and an apple red Walmart exclusive. 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