History Music / DirtAlbum

''Dirt'' is the second album by famed AlternativeMetal/Grunge band Music/AliceInChains. (Although it’s [[EvenBetterSequel much better known than their first.]]) It was released on September 29, 1992, and recorded between April and July of the same year.

Dirt is considered one of the most seminal albums of {{Grunge}} era, as well as one of the greatest AlternativeMetal, as well as occasionally DoomMetal albums of all time. It currently holds the 2nd slot on Rate Your Music’s top-rated Grunge albums, as well as #26 on Rolling Stone’s greatest metal albums of all time. The album was [[{{Remaster}} remastered]] in 2022.

* ReCut: "Down in a Hole" was originally the penultimate track of the album; a few months after the original release, the order changed so "Down in a Hole" appeared as track 4 instead.

''Dirt'' is the second album by famed AlternativeMetal/Grunge band Music/AliceInChains. (Although it’s [[EvenBetterSequel much better known than their first.]]) It was released on September 29, 1992, and recorded from April-July of the same year.

* DownerEnding: Would? is [[SurprisinglyGentleSong musically softer]] then the other songs, but just as dark lyrically, concerning the late Andrew Wood (of [[{{Grunge}} Malfunkshun]] & [[{{Grunge}} Mother Love Bone]]) and his fatal heroin addiction. It's made darker yet again by the similarities with Layne Staley's [[HarsherInHindsight own slow demise]].

Dirt is considered one of the most seminal albums of {{Grunge}} era, as well as one of the greatest AlternativeMetal, as well as occasionally DoomMetal albums of all time. It currently holds the 2nd slot on Rate Your Music’s top-rated Grunge albums, as well as #26 on Rolling Stone’s greatest metal albums of all time.

* DownerEnding: Would? is [[SurprisinglyGentleSong musically softer]] then the other songs, but just as dark lyrically, concerning the late Andrew Wood (of Mother Love Bone) and his fatal heroin addiction. It's made darker yet again by the similarities with Layne Staley's [[HarsherInHindsight own slow demise]].

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Nowhere near as pronounced as on ''Facelift'', but still present. The album overall has more of a mix of AlternativeMetal and straight DoomMetal, whereas the next 4 albums they'd produce would veer more towards Sludge Metal territory. It also noticeably lacks any mostly acoustic songs in the vein of their two EPs, something that every subsequent album would have

* GriefSong: "Down In A Hole" and "Would?".

* TakeThat: "Dam That River" was written by Sean Kinney as a dis against Jerry Cantrell. Despite being the singer of this song, Layne had no real involvement with their fight.

* BreakupSong: "Rain When I Die," somewhat.

* DownerEnding: Would? is [[SurprisinglyGentleSong musically softer]] then the other songs, but just as dark lyrically, implying the nameless drug addict the album seems to be about (obviously Layne himself) will never recover from his drug addiction, which was [[HarsherInHindsight sadly true]].
* DrugsAreBad: Over half of the songs in some way are this.

* EvilLaugh: “Iron Gland”.
* GriefSong: "Down In A Hole."

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''Dirt'' is the second album by famed AlternativeMetal/Grunge band Music/AliceInChains. (Although it’s [[EvenBetterSequel much better known then their first.]]) It was released on September 29, 1992, and recorded from April-July of the same year.

* LighterAndSofter: In comparison to the musically dour mood of the rest of the album, "God Smack" is a rather upbeat and poppy song (albeit with [[LyricalDissonance lyrics every bit as dark as those on the rest of the album]]).

* LighterAndSofter: In comparison to the musically dour mood of the rest of the album, "God Smack" is a rather upbeat and poppy song (albeit with [[LyricalDissonance lyrics every bit as dark as the rest of the album's]].

* DoomMetal: Many songs on the album qualify as such, with the slow tempos, EpicRiffs and depressing lyrics.

* DatedHistory: "Rooster" repeats the assertion that Vietnam vets were spat on after returning from the war. Studies published since the release of the album have concluded that very little evidence supports that Vietnam veterans were spat upon by anti-war protestors. Although isolated incidents of his happening are possible, no evidence has ever emerged to support the myth.

* DownerEnding: Would? is [[SurprisinglyGentleSong musically softer]] then the other songs, but just as dark lyrically, implying the nameless drug addict the album seems to be about (Obviously Layne himself.) will never recover from his drug addiction, which was [[HarsherInHindsight sadly true.]]

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Gets pretty damn high up for a {{Grunge}} band, and it’s amongst the heaviest AlternativeMetal has gotten.
** 5: Down In A Hole
** 6: Would?, Rooster, Rain When I Die
** 7: Dam That River, Junkhead, Dirt, Angry Chair (latter two are borderline 8)
** 8: Them Bones, Sickman, Godsmack, Hate To Feel (Borderline 9.)
** 9: Iron Gland, Although it’s barely a song (borderline 10.)

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''Dirt'' is the 2nd album by famed AlternativeMetal/Grunge band Music/AliceInChains. (Although it’s [[EvenBetterSequel much better known then their first.]]) It was released on September 29, 1992, and recorded from April-July of the same year.

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# "Dream Sequence/Iron Gland" (0:43) feat. [[Music/Slayer Tom Araya]]

Dirt is the 2nd album by famed AlternativeMetal/Grunge band Music/AliceInChains. (Although it’s [[EvenBetterSequel much better known then their first.]]) It was released on September 29, 1992, and recorded from April-July of the same year.