The Essential Alice in Chains

~ Release by Alice in Chains (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

1▶Digital Media

2▼Digital Media
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	No Excuses recording engineer and mixer: Toby Wright (producer & engineer) producer: Alice in Chains phonographic copyright (℗) by: Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1994) music videos: No Excuses by Alice in Chains recording of: No Excuses lyricist and composer: Jerry Cantrell	4.25	4:15
2	I Stay Away recording engineer and mixer: Toby Wright (producer & engineer) producer: Alice in Chains phonographic copyright (℗) by: Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1994) music videos: I Stay Away by Alice in Chains recording of: I Stay Away lyricist: Layne Staley composer: Jerry Cantrell and Mike Inez	3.95	4:14
3	What the Hell Have I (remix) recording engineer: Toby Wright (producer & engineer) producer: Alice in Chains mixer: Andy Wallace (engineer) remixer: Toby Wright (producer & engineer) remix of: What the Hell Have I by Alice in Chains recording of: What the Hell Have I (in 1993-04) lyricist and composer: Jerry Cantrell publisher: Buttnugget Publishing	4.2	3:54
4	A Little Bitter (remix) recording engineer: Toby Wright (producer & engineer) producer: Alice in Chains mixer: Andy Wallace (engineer) remixer: Toby Wright (producer & engineer) remix of: A Little Bitter by Alice in Chains recording of: A Little Bitter (in 1993-04) writer: Jerry Cantrell, Mike Inez, Sean Kinney and Layne Staley publisher: Buttnugget Publishing, Jack Lord Music, Lungclam Music, Michael Inez Music, Nancylayneco, LLC and Shylo Viola Publishing	4	3:48
5	Grind assistant recording engineer: Sam Hofstedt recording engineer: Tom “Magnum” Nellen and Toby Wright (producer & engineer) producer: Alice in Chains and Toby “Flobee” Wright (producer & engineer) assistant mixer: John Seymour mixer: Toby Wright (producer & engineer) bass: Mike Inez drums (drum set): Sean Kinney guitar and lead vocals: Jerry Cantrell background vocals: Layne Staley recorded at: Bad Animals Studio in Seattle, Washington, United States mixed at: Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States music videos: Grind by Alice in Chains part of: The Downloader’s Music Source Book (number: 350) recording of: Grind lyricist and composer: Jerry Cantrell publisher: Sony Music Publishing (worldwide except Japan, ended 1995) and Buttnugget Publishing (in 1995)	4	4:46
6	Heaven Beside You assistant recording engineer: Sam Hofstedt recording engineer: Tom “Magnum” Nellen and Toby Wright (producer & engineer) producer: Alice in Chains and Toby “Flobee” Wright (producer & engineer) assistant mixer: John Seymour mixer: Toby Wright (producer & engineer) bass: Mike Inez drums (drum set): Sean Kinney guitar and lead vocals: Jerry Cantrell recorded at: Bad Animals Studio in Seattle, Washington, United States mixed at: Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States music videos: Heaven Beside You by Alice in Chains part of: The Downloader’s Music Source Book (number: 351) recording of: Heaven Beside You lyricist: Jerry Cantrell composer: Jerry Cantrell and Mike Inez publisher: Buttnugget Publishing (in 1995) and Michael Inez Music (in 1995)	4	5:29
7	Again assistant recording engineer: Sam Hofstedt recording engineer: Tom “Magnum” Nellen and Toby Wright (producer & engineer) producer: Alice in Chains and Toby “Flobee” Wright (producer & engineer) assistant mixer: John Seymour mixer: Toby Wright (producer & engineer) bass: Mike Inez drums (drum set): Sean Kinney guitar and background vocals: Jerry Cantrell lead vocals: Layne Staley recorded at: Bad Animals Studio in Seattle, Washington, United States mixed at: Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States music videos: Again by Alice in Chains recording of: Again lyricist: Layne Staley composer: Jerry Cantrell and Layne Staley publisher: Buttnugget Publishing (in 1995) and Jack Lord Music (in 1995)	4.2	4:05
8	Over Now (unplugged) recording engineer: John Harris (live recording engineer) and Toby Wright (producer & engineer) producer: Alice in Chains, Alex Coletti and Toby Wright (producer & engineer) mixer: Toby Wright (producer & engineer) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) recording of: Over Now (on 1996-04-10) lyricist: Jerry Cantrell composer: Jerry Cantrell and Sean Kinney publisher: Buttnugget Publishing (in 1995) and Lungclam Music (in 1995)	3.65	5:56
9	Nutshell (unplugged) recording engineer: John Harris (live recording engineer) and Toby Wright (producer & engineer) producer: Alice in Chains, Alex Coletti and Toby Wright (producer & engineer) mixer: Toby Wright (producer & engineer) live recording of: Nutshell (on 1996-04-10) lyricist: Layne Staley composer: Jerry Cantrell, Mike Inez, Sean Kinney and Layne Staley	3.35	4:32
10	Get Born Again recording engineer: Bryan Carlstrom (engineer, producer), Dave Jerden, Scott Olson and Toby Wright (producer & engineer) producer: Dave Jerden and Toby Wright (producer & engineer) mixer: Toby Wright (producer & engineer) music videos: Get Born Again by Alice in Chains recording of: Get Born Again writer: Jerry Cantrell and Layne Staley	4.55	5:24
11	Died recording engineer: Bryan Carlstrom (engineer, producer), Dave Jerden, Scott Olson and Toby Wright (producer & engineer) producer: Dave Jerden and Toby Wright (producer & engineer) mixer: Toby Wright (producer & engineer) recording of: Died writer: Jerry Cantrell and Layne Staley	3.85	5:57
12	Would? recording engineer and mixer: Rick Parashar artist & repertoire support: Nick Terzo producer: Alice in Chains and Rick Parashar bass guitar: Mike Starr (Alice in Chains) drums (drum set): Sean Kinney guitar and background vocals: Jerry Cantrell lead vocals: Jerry Cantrell and Layne Staley phonographic copyright (℗) by: Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1992) music videos: Would? by Alice in Chains part of: VH1: 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (2008-12-29) (number: 88) and The Downloader’s Music Source Book (number: 353) recording of: Would? lyricist and composer: Jerry Cantrell publisher: Buttnugget Publishing and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)	4.25	3:27

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Release group

part of:	The Essential (Sony/Legacy compilations) (order: 92)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/276224 [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/alice-in-chains/the-essential-alice-in-chains/ [info] https://www.metalmusicarchives.com/album/alice-in-chains/the-essential-alice-in-chains(compilation) [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/30000/ [info] https://www.spirit-of-metal.com/en/album/The_Essential/49022 [info] https://www.spirit-of-rock.com/en/album/The_Essential_Alice_in_Chains/124 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000571655 [info]
Wikidata:	Q1756180 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 884977840698
Format:: 2×Digital Media
Length:: 2:09:30

Additional details

Type:: Album + Compilation
Packaging:: None
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Columbia

Release events

2006-07-24

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