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Greatest Hits is a greatest hits collection by the American rock band Alice in Chains. It was released on July 24, 2001, on Columbia Records.

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
Alice in Chains
ReleasedJuly 24, 2001
Recorded1990–1996
Genre
  • Alternative metal
  • grunge
  • alternative rock
  • heavy metal
Length44:35
LabelColumbia
Producer
  • Alice in Chains
  • Rick Parashar
  • Dave Jerden
  • Toby Wright
Alice in Chains chronology
Live
(2000)
Greatest Hits
(2001)
The Essential Alice in Chains
(September 5, 2006)

Overview


Greatest Hits is the second collection of hit songs by the band, albeit shorter than the previous release, Nothing Safe: Best of the Box. Greatest Hits was certified gold by the RIAA on November 30, 2005.[1] It was the last album released by Alice in Chains before the death of singer Layne Staley in 2002. Mike Starr plays bass on the album's first five songs, while Mike Inez plays bass on the last five.


Album cover


The album featured two covers. The first cover features a photo of boxer Gene Fullmer receiving a crushing right from Neal Rivers during their 10-round bout at Madison Square Garden on November 15, 1957.[2] The unofficial second cover features the members of the band's heads on a rainbow background without the text on the cover.[citation needed]


Reception


Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

The album received a mixed reception from critics, with reviewers criticizing the lack of songs and "Cash grab" nature of the album. AllMusic's Steve Huey called the album "a lower-priced, ten-track sampler of Alice in Chains' career."[3] Bill Adams of Ground Control Magazine questioned the integrity of the album, writing in his review "one has to wonder who this compilation was made for. When it was released in 2001, Alice in Chains had only gone for about six years without a new studio album, and fans had been kept interested with live albums, box sets, and myriad other releases, so why put out something so plainly utilitarian?".[4]


Track listing


No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Man in the Box" (from Facelift)Layne Staley, Jerry Cantrell4:47
2."Them Bones" (from Dirt)Cantrell2:30
3."Rooster" (from Dirt)Cantrell6:15
4."Angry Chair" (from Dirt)Staley4:48
5."Would?" (from Dirt)Cantrell3:28
6."No Excuses" (from Jar of Flies)Cantrell4:15
7."I Stay Away" (from Jar of Flies)Cantrell, Mike Inez, Staley4:14
8."Grind" (from Alice in Chains)Cantrell4:46
9."Heaven Beside You" (from Alice in Chains)Cantrell, Inez5:29
10."Again" (from Alice in Chains)Cantrell, Staley4:05
Total length:44:35

Personnel



Chart positions


Chart (2001) Position
US Billboard 200[5] 112

Certifications


Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[6] Platinum 1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.


References


  1. "Gold and Platinum Database Search :D". Retrieved 2009-09-29.
  2. "Gene Fullmer Being Hit During Boxing Match". Getty Images. November 15, 1957.
  3. Huey, Steve. "Greatest Hits > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
  4. Adams, Bill. (2011). Alice in Chains Discography Part 2 Archived 2015-01-20 at the Wayback Machine Ground Control Magazine. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
  5. "Alice in Chains – Artist chart History". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2007-11-09.
  6. "American album certifications – Alice in Chains – Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 8, 2022.

На других языках


- [en] Greatest Hits (Alice in Chains album)

[es] Greatest Hits (álbum de Alice in Chains)

Greatest Hits es un álbum recopilatorio de los grandes éxitos de la banda de grunge estadounidense Alice in Chains lanzado el 24 de julio de 2001 por Columbia Records. Constituye el segundo álbum compilatorio después de Nothing Safe: Best of the Box, y le fue otorgado por la RIAA la certificación de disco de Oro

[ru] Greatest Hits (альбом Alice in Chains)

«Greatest Hits» — третий сборник лучших хитов американской гранж-группы Alice in Chains. Сборник был выпущен 24 июля 2001 года на лейбле Columbia Records[6].



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