Alice in Chains discography
Alice in Chains in 2019
Studio albums6
Live albums3
Compilation albums5
Video albums4
Music videos44
EPs3
Singles34
Soundtrack albums6

The discography of Alice in Chains, a Seattle-based rock band, consists of six studio albums, three extended plays (EP), three live albums, five compilations, two DVDs, 44 music videos,[1][2] and 34 singles (as of September 2019)4

Alice in Chains was formed in 1987 by guitarist Jerry Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney, who then recruited bassist Mike Starr and singer Layne Staley.[3][4] The band signed to Columbia Records in 1989 and released its first EP, We Die Young, in July 1990.[5] Later that year, the band released its debut studio album, Facelift. The single "Man in the Box", which reached number 18 on the Mainstream Rock chart, helped Facelift achieve double Platinum status.[6] The band toured in support of the album for two years before releasing the acoustic EP Sap in early 1992. In September 1992, Alice in Chains released Dirt. The critically acclaimed album, also the band's most successful, debuted at number six on the Billboard 200, and was certified quintuple Platinum.[6] The band did not tour in support of Dirt for very long, due to Staley's drug addiction.[7] While touring, Starr left the band due to personal reasons and was replaced by Mike Inez.[8] 1994 saw the release of Alice in Chains' second acoustic EP, Jar of Flies. It entered the charts in the top slot, making it the first Alice in Chains release—and the first EP in history—to debut at number one. In 1995, the band released a self-titled album, which debuted at the top of the Billboard 200, and has since been awarded—along with Facelift—double Platinum status while Jar of Flies maintains Quadruple Platinum status.[6] Alice in Chains entered a hiatus after not touring since the release of Dirt.[9]

From 1996 to 2002, the band was mostly inactive, releasing two live albums, including the successful Unplugged,[6] and three compilations. On April 19, 2002, Staley was found dead in his home after overdosing on heroin and cocaine, causing the group to break up.[10] In 2005, the band reunited with new vocalist William DuVall.[11] On April 25, 2009, it was announced that Alice in Chains had signed to Virgin/EMI making it the band's first label change in their 20-plus year career.[12] Black Gives Way to Blue, the group's first album with DuVall, was released on September 29, 2009.[13] In 2011, Alice in Chains began work on their fifth studio album, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, which was released on May 28, 2013.[14] Alice in Chains' sixth studio album, Rainier Fog, was released on August 24, 2018.[15]

As of 2019, Alice in Chains has had 18 Top 10 songs and five No. 1 hits on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart.[16]

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[17] 		AUS
[18] 		CAN
[19] 		FIN
[20] 		GER
[21] 		NLD
[22] 		NZ
[23] 		NOR
[24] 		SWE
[25] 		UK
[26]
Facelift 42 38 53 — 41 — — — — —
Dirt
  • Released: September 29, 1992
  • Label: Columbia (#52475)
  • Format: CD, cassette, LP
 6 13 25 — 25 17 36 15 11 36
Alice in Chains
  • Released: November 7, 1995
  • Label: Columbia (#67248)
  • Format: CD, cassette, LP
 1 5 5 13 93 75 28 11 11 37
Black Gives Way to Blue 5 12 4 11 21 34 7 9 20 19
The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
  • Released: May 28, 2013
  • Label: Capitol
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
 2 10 2 6 23 52 12 6 35 22
Rainier Fog
  • Released: August 24, 2018
  • Label: BMG
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
 12 15 11 7 8 30 23 20 19 9
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[17] 		AUS
[18] 		CAN
[32] 		FIN
[20] 		GER
[21] 		NLD
[22] 		NZ
[23] 		NOR
[24] 		SWE
[25] 		UK
[26]
MTV Unplugged
  • Released: July 30, 1996
  • Label: Columbia (#67703)
  • Format: CD, cassette, LP
 3 12 9 13 46 33 8 9 7 20
Live
  • Released: December 5, 2000
  • Label: Columbia (#85274)
  • Format: CD
 142 — — — — — — — — —
Live Facelift
  • Released: November 25, 2016[34]
  • Label: Sony Legacy (88985374931)[35]
  • Format: Vinyl
 — — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[17] 		AUS
[18] 		CAN
[19] 		NZ
[23] 		UK
[26]
Jar of Flies/Sap[36]
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Columbia (#4757132)
  • Format: 2-CD
 — 2 — — 4
Nothing Safe: Best of the Box
  • Released: June 29, 1999
  • Label: Columbia (#63649)
  • Format: CD
 20 — 37 41 —
  • RIAA: Platinum[6]
Music Bank
  • Released: October 26, 1999
  • Label: Columbia (#69580)
  • Format: 3-CD box set
 123 — — — —
Greatest Hits
  • Released: July 24, 2001
  • Label: Columbia (#85922)
  • Format: CD, SACD
 112 — — — —
  • RIAA: Platinum[6]
The Essential Alice in Chains
  • Released: September 5, 2006
  • Label: Columbia (#92090)
  • Format: 2-CD set
 139 — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions
Title EP details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[17] 		AUT
[37] 		CAN
[19] 		GER
[21] 		NLD
[22] 		NZ
[23] 		NOR
[24] 		SWE
[25] 		SWI
[38] 		UK
[26]
We Die Young
  • Released: July 1990
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: cassette, LP
 — — — — — — — — — —
Sap
  • Released: February 4, 1992
  • Label: Columbia (#67059)
  • Format: CD, cassette, LP
 134
[A] 		— — — — — — — — —
Jar of Flies
  • Released: January 25, 1994
  • Label: Columbia (#57628)
  • Format: CD, cassette, LP
 1 22 5 25 17 1 7 6 31 4
  • RIAA: 4× Platinum[6]
  • BPI: Silver[28]
  • CRIA: 2× Platinum[30]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[39] 		US
Main
Rock
[40] 		US
Rock
[41] 		AUS
[18] 		CAN
[42] 		EU
[43] 		FIN
[44] 		IRL
[45] 		NLD
[22] 		UK
[26]
"We Die Young" 1990 — — × — — — — — — —[B] We Die Young EP and Facelift
"Man in the Box" 1991 — 18 × — — — — — — —
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum[6]
 Facelift
"Bleed the Freak" — — × — — — — — — —
"Sea of Sorrow" 1992 — 27 × — — — — — — —
"Would?" — 31 15 69 — 77 36 — 33 19
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[6]
 Dirt
"Them Bones" — 24 ×[C] 93 — 76 38 22 — 26
  • RIAA: Platinum[6]
"Angry Chair" — 34 ×[D] — — 79 — 28 — 33
"Rooster" 1993 — 7 × — — — — — — —
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[6]
"Down in a Hole" — 10 × — — — — 29 — 36
  • RIAA: Platinum[6]
"What the Hell Have I" — 19 × — — — — — — — Last Action Hero soundtrack
"No Excuses" 1994 —[E] 1 ×[F] — 17 — — — — — Jar of Flies
"I Stay Away" — 10 × — — — — — — —
"Don't Follow" — 25 × — — — — — — —
"Got Me Wrong" — 7 ×[G] — — — — — — — Clerks soundtrack/Sap
"Grind" 1995 — 7 ×[H] 77 53 70 — — — 23 Alice in Chains
"Heaven Beside You" 1996 —[I] 3 ×[J] 60 — 94 — — — 35
"Again" — 8 ×[K] — — — — — — —
"Over Now" — 4 ×[L] — 50 — — — — — Unplugged
"Would?" (Unplugged) — 19 × — — — — — — —
"Get Born Again" 1999 —[M] 4 ×[N] — — — — — — — Nothing Safe: Best of the Box
"Fear the Voices" — 11 ×[O] — — — — — — — Music Bank
"Man in the Box" (live) 2000 — 39 ×[P] — — — — — — — Live
"A Looking in View" 2009 —[Q] 12 27 — — — — — — — Black Gives Way to Blue
"Check My Brain" 92 1 1 — 62 — — — — —
"Your Decision" —[R] 1 1 — 57 — — — — —
"Lesson Learned" 2010 — 4 10 — — — — — — —
"Hollow" 2012 — 1 37 — — — — — — — The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
"Stone" 2013 — 1 37 — — — — — — —
"Voices" — 3 —[S] — — — — — — —
"Tears" 2016 — — — — — — — — — — Rush - 2112 (40th Anniversary Edition)
"The One You Know" 2018 — 9 36 — — — — — — — Rainier Fog
"So Far Under" — — — — — — — — — —
"Never Fade" — 10 —[T] — — — — — — —
"Rainier Fog" 2019 — 20 — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
"×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived

Soundtracks

Year Song Album[53] Comments
1992 "Would?" Singles soundtrack Later appeared on Dirt
1993 "What the Hell Have I?" and "A Little Bitter" Last Action Hero soundtrack Remixed versions of these songs later appeared on Music Bank
1994 "Them Bones" Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie English soundtrack Originally appeared on Dirt
"Got Me Wrong" Clerks soundtrack Originally appeared on Sap
1996 "Again" Marvin's Room soundtrack Originally appeared on Alice In Chains
2004 "Them Bones" Riding Giants soundtrack and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Originally appeared on Dirt
2008 "Would?" Burnout Paradise soundtrack Originally appeared on Dirt
2009 "Rooster" Terminator Salvation soundtrack Originally appeared on Dirt
"Them Bones" Madden NFL 10 soundtrack Originally appeared on Dirt

Music videos

Year Title Director Notes
1990 "We Die Young" (version one) The Art Institute of Seattle
"We Die Young" (version two) Rocky Schenck
1991 "Sea of Sorrow" (version one) Paul Rachman
"Man in the Box"
"Sea of Sorrow" (version two) Martyn Atkins
"Bleed the Freak (live)" Josh Taft From Live Facelift
1992 "Would?" Cameron Crowe
Josh Taft
"Them Bones" Rocky Schenck
"Angry Chair" Matt Mahurin
1993 "Rooster" Mark Pellington
"What the Hell Have I?" Rocky Schenck
"Down in a Hole" Nigel Dick
1994 "No Excuses" Matt Mahurin
"I Stay Away" Nick Donkin
1995 "Grind" Rocky Schenck
1996 "Heaven Beside You" Frank W. Ockenfels III
"Again" George Vale
Layne Staley
"Over Now" (MTV Unplugged) Alex Coletti
1999 "Get Born Again" Paul Fedor
2009 "A Looking in View" Stephen Schuster
"Check My Brain" Alexandre Courtes
"Your Decision" Stephen Schuster
2010 "Lesson Learned" Paul Matthaeus
"Acid Bubble" Nick Goso
"Last of My Kind" (live)[54]
2013 "Hollow" Roboshobo
"Stone"
"Voices"
"The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here" Travis Hopkins
2014 "Phantom Limb" Roboshobo
2018 "The One You Know" (version one) Adam Mason
"Never Fade"
2019 "The One You Know" (version two) Episode from Black Antenna
"Rainier Fog"
"Red Giant"
"Fly"
"Drone"
"Deaf Ears Blind Eyes"
"Rainier Fog" Peter Darley Miller & Alice In Chains Official music video
"Maybe" Adam Mason Episode from Black Antenna
"So Far Under"
"Never Fade"
"All I Am"
"Private Hell"[55] Todd Shuss

Videos

Year Video details Peak chart positions Certifications
US UK
[56]
1991 Live Facelift
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Columbia (#49081)
  • Format: VHS
 — 11 RIAA: Gold[6]
1995 The Nona Tapes
  • Released: December 12, 1995
  • Label: Columbia (#50137)
  • Format: VHS
 32[57] 10
1996 Unplugged
  • Released: July 24, 1996
  • Label: Columbia (#50148)
  • Format: VHS, DVD
 7[58] 18 RIAA: Gold[6]
1999 Music Bank: The Videos
  • Released: October 26, 1999
  • Label: Columbia (#50208)
  • Format: VHS, DVD
 11[59] 33 RIAA: Gold[6]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Guest appearances

Year Song Artist(s) Album
2016 "Tears" Rush Rush - 2112 (40th Anniversary Edition)
2019 "Would?" Heart Live in Atlantic City[60]
"Rooster"

Notes

  1. ^ Sap charted in the US upon its vinyl Record Store Day release in 2020.
  2. ^ "We Die Young…" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 11 on the UK Physical Singles Chart Top 100.[46]
  3. ^ "Them Bones" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, which wasn't introduced until 2009, but peaked at number 30 on the US Alternative Airplay chart.[47]
  4. ^ "Angry Chair" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, which wasn't introduced until 2009, but peaked at number 27 on the US Alternative Airplay chart.[47]
  5. ^ "No Excuses" did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100 but charted at number 48 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart,[48]
  6. ^ "No Excuses" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, which wasn't introduced until 2009, but peaked at number three on the US Alternative Airplay chart.[47]
  7. ^ "Got Me Wrong" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, which wasn't introduced until 2009, but peaked at number 22 on the US Alternative Airplay chart.[47]
  8. ^ "Grind" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, which wasn't introduced until 2009, but peaked at number 18 on the US Alternative Airplay chart.[47]
  9. ^ "Heaven Beside You" did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100 but charted at number 52 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart.[48]
  10. ^ "Heaven Beside You" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, which wasn't introduced until 2009, but peaked at number six on the US Alternative Airplay chart.[47]
  11. ^ "Again" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, which wasn't introduced until 2009, but peaked at number 36 on the US Alternative Airplay chart.[47]
  12. ^ "Over Now" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, which wasn't introduced until 2009, but peaked at number 24 on the US Alternative Airplay chart.[47]
  13. ^ "Get Born Again" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number six on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[49]
  14. ^ "Get Born Again" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, which wasn't introduced until 2009, but peaked at number 12 on the US Alternative Airplay chart.[47]
  15. ^ "Fear the Voices" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, which wasn't introduced until 2009, but peaked at number 12 on the US Active Rock chart.[50]
  16. ^ "Man in the Box" (Live) did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, which wasn't introduced until 2009, but peaked at number 38 on the US Active Rock chart.[50]
  17. ^ "A Looking in View" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 42 on the US Heatseeker Songs chart.[51]
  18. ^ "Your Decision" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number nine on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[49]
  19. ^ "Voices" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 18 on the Hot Rock & Alternative Airplay chart.[52]
  20. ^ "Never Fade" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 32 on the Hot Rock & Alternative Airplay chart.[52]

See also

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