Alice In Chains Discography
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. The band signed to Columbia Records in 1989 and released its first EP, We Die Young, in July 1990. 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. 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. The band did not tour in support of Dirt for very long, due to Staley's drug addiction. While touring, Starr left the band for personal reasons and was replaced by Mike Inez. 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. Alice in Chains entered a hiatus after not touring since the release of Dirt.
From 1996 to 2002, the band was mostly inactive, releasing two live albums, including the successful Unplugged, 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. In 2005, the band reunited with new vocalist William DuVall. 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. Black Gives Way to Blue, the group's first album with DuVall, was released on September 29, 2009. In 2011, Alice in Chains began work on their fifth studio album, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, which was released on May 28, 2013. Alice in Chains' sixth studio album, Rainier Fog, was released on August 24, 2018.
As of 2019, Alice in Chains has had 18 Top 10 songs and five No. 1 hits on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
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AUS |
CAN |
FIN |
GER |
NLD |
NZ |
NOR |
SWE |
UK | |||
| Facelift | 42 | 38 | 53 | — | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Dirt |
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6 | 13 | 25 | — | 25 | 17 | 36 | 15 | 11 | 36 | |
| Alice in Chains |
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1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 93 | 75 | 28 | 11 | 11 | 37 |
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| Black Gives Way to Blue |
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5 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 34 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 19 |
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| The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here |
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2 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 52 | 12 | 6 | 35 | 22 | |
| Rainier Fog |
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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
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
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FIN |
GER |
NLD |
NZ |
NOR |
SWE |
UK | |||||
| MTV Unplugged |
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3 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 46 | 33 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 20 |
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| Live |
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142 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Live Facelift |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||
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| US |
AUS |
CAN |
NZ |
UK | |||
| Jar of Flies/Sap |
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— | 2 | — | — | 4 | |
| Nothing Safe: Best of the Box |
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20 | — | 37 | 41 | — |
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| Music Bank |
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123 | — | — | — | — | |
| Greatest Hits |
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112 | — | — | — | — |
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| The Essential Alice in Chains |
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139 | — | — | — | — |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||
Extended plays
| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
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| US |
AUT |
CAN |
GER |
NLD |
NZ |
NOR |
SWE |
SWI |
UK | |||
| We Die Young |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Sap |
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134 |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Jar of Flies |
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1 | 22 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 4 |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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| US |
US Main Rock |
US Rock |
AUS |
CAN |
EU |
FIN |
IRL |
NLD |
UK | |||||
| "We Die Young" | 1990 | — | — | × | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | We Die Young EP and Facelift | ||
| "Man in the Box" | 1991 | — | 18 | × | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Facelift | |
| "Bleed the Freak" | — | — | × | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Sea of Sorrow" | 1992 | — | 27 | × | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Would?" | — | 31 | 15 | 69 | — | 77 | 36 | — | 33 | 19 |
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Dirt | ||
| "Them Bones" | — | 24 | × | 93 | — | 76 | 38 | 22 | — | 26 |
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| "Angry Chair" | — | 34 | × | — | — | 79 | — | 28 | — | 33 | ||||
| "Rooster" | 1993 | — | 7 | × | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Down in a Hole" | — | 10 | × | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | 36 |
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| "What the Hell Have I" | — | 19 | × | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Last Action Hero soundtrack | |||
| "No Excuses" | 1994 | — | 1 | × | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — |
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Jar of Flies | |
| "I Stay Away" | — | 10 | × | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Don't Follow" | — | 25 | × | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Got Me Wrong" | — | 7 | × | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Clerks soundtrack/Sap | |||
| "Grind" | 1995 | — | 7 | × | 77 | 53 | 70 | — | — | — | 23 | Alice in Chains | ||
| "Heaven Beside You" | 1996 | — | 3 | × | 60 | — | 94 | — | — | — | 35 |
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| "Again" | — | 8 | × | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Over Now" | — | 4 | × | — | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | Unplugged | |||
| "Would?" (Unplugged) | — | 19 | × | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Get Born Again" | 1999 | — | 4 | × | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nothing Safe: Best of the Box | ||
| "Fear the Voices" | — | 11 | × | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Music Bank | |||
| "Man in the Box" (live) | 2000 | — | 39 | × | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Live | ||
| "A Looking in View" | 2009 | — | 12 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Black Gives Way to Blue | ||
| "Check My Brain" | 92 | 1 | 1 | — | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Your Decision" | — | 1 | 1 | — | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Lesson Learned" | 2010 | — | 4 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Hollow" | 2012 | — | 1 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here | ||
| "Stone" | 2013 | — | 1 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Voices" | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Tears" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Rush - 2112 (40th Anniversary Edition) | ||
| "The One You Know" | 2018 | — | 9 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Rainier Fog | ||
| "So Far Under" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Never Fade" | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "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 | 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 |
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| "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 |
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| "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) | |||
| 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" | Todd Shuss |
Videos
| Year | Video details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||||
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| US | UK | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | Live Facelift
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— | 11 | RIAA: Gold | |||||||||||||
| 1995 | The Nona Tapes
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32 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Unplugged
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7 | 18 | RIAA: Gold | |||||||||||||
| 1999 | Music Bank: The Videos
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11 | 33 | RIAA: Gold | |||||||||||||
| "—" 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 |
| "Rooster" |