Album: Alice In Chains MTV Unplugged
Original release date: July 30, 1996
Label: Columbia

Personnel:

• Alice in Chains - Producer
• Layne Staley - Guitar, Vocals
• Jerry Cantrell - Guitar, Vocals
• Sean Kinney - Drums
• Mike Inez - Bass, Guitar
• Scott Olson - Bass, Guitar
• Jon Bates - Engineer, Assistant Engineer
• Alex Coletti - Producer
• John Harris - Engineer
• Rich Lamb - Engineer, Assistant Engineer
• Stephen Marcussen - Mastering
• Toby Wright - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• John Seymour - Mixing, Mixing Assistant
• Brian Kingman - Engineer, Assistant Engineer
• Don C. Tyler - Digital Editing, Editing
• Mary Maurer - Art Direction
• Doug Erb - Design
• Danny Clinch - Photography
• John Bleich - Assistant Engineer, Mixing
• Joe Perota - Director
• Audrey Morris - Liner Note Producer
• Audrey Morrissey - Producer

 Track list:

1. "Nutshell" (Cantrell/Inez/Kinney/Staley) – 4:58
2. "Brother" (Cantrell) – 5:27
3. "No Excuses" (Cantrell) – 4:57
4. "Sludge Factory" (Cantrell/Kinney/Staley) – 4:36
5. "Down in a Hole" (Cantrell) – 5:46
6. "Angry Chair" (Staley) – 4:36
   
7. "Rooster" (Cantrell) – 6:41
8. "Got Me Wrong" (Cantrell) – 4:59
9. "Heaven Beside You" (Cantrell/Inez) – 5:38
10. "Would?" (Cantrell) – 3:43
11. "Frogs" (Cantrell/Inez/Kinney/Staley) – 7:30
    
12. "Over Now" (Cantrell/Kinney) – 7:12
13. "Killer Is Me" (Cantrell) – 5:23
    

 Singles:
"Would?"
"Down in a Hole"
"Nutshell"

Billboard Top 200 peak: #3

 

Arguably one of the best live albums ever, and certainly one of my favorite albums of all time. Discuss and appreciate this amazing work.

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Its definately one of my favorites. I listen to it every night to wind down.

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Body Evolution

I always keep my acoustic guitar downtuned just so I can play along to this album whenever I feel like putting it on.

Come to think of it, I haven't done that in a while. 

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Rifugium:

I always keep my acoustic guitar downtuned just so I can play along to this album whenever I feel like putting it on.

Come to think of it, I haven't done that in a while. 

        

I didn't know you played guitar!!!!!!!!!!

How did I not know this?

 

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"We play so fine, don't you agree?" ~ Layne Staley

"We want to celebrate what we did and the memory of our friend." ~ Jerry Cantrell

I don't know. But I play piano too.

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The album that made me an Alice fan.  Greatness in audio form.

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SCB

Damage Inc.

Rifugium:

I always keep my acoustic guitar downtuned just so I can play along to this album whenever I feel like putting it on.

Come to think of it, I haven't done that in a while. 

 

You can do that while were in Hawaii Riffy.

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I'm not fine, fuck pretending.

Think fast. I'm getting ready to plan that trip. I've waited a little too long as it is, I think.

I've never taken a guitar on an airplane though.  

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amazing. woderful. unreachable.

that's the album that hooked me. i gotta listen to ''down in a hole'' at least once a day.

this album is full of little jewels: the moment when layne and jerry go a cappella in ''brother'', the moment when layne fucks up the lyrics in ''sludge factory'' (miss u layne!  u were such a funny guy!), ''down in hole'', which speaks for itself: the way layne's and jerry's voices dance together is something that no word can convey, layne's voice in ''rooster'', so powerful, ''got me wrong'' and ''over now'', that sound even better than in the studio albums, and last, but definitely not least, the icing on the cake: a wonderful brand new song: ''killer is me''.

i'm totally in love with this album. always been, since day one.

thank you guys for that amazing night! thank you for this masterpiece!

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candy heart, what a waste...

When I listened to Nutshell, I decided to buy this album as my very first Alice In Chains album I ever bought.

I'm not gonna lie, my eyes get watery when I watch Nutshell.  So beautiful and sad at the same time. I love the whole performance.

Oh, I'd also like to point out which makes me smile everytime, is when Layne goes to take a drink out of his bottle (at the end of the show) and the cap is on. lol

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Mirror on the wall will show you what you're scared to see...

Hearing and seeing the crowd and the response they gave to the guys, when they came out on stage makes me emotional and gives me chills.

I got to see the accoustic show last year in Orlando.  AMAZING!!! I only wish I could have seen the '96 accoustic show with Layne.

 

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"Walls of thought strong and high"

the only thing this show was missing was a moment were layne and jerry couldve done a song with just the 2 of em prefeably am i inside or i cant remember or confusion

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dear god how have you been then? ........i'm not fine fuck pretending

was anyone on this board at the show?

Yep, at least one person (MaNiNtHeBoX29) has talked about being there:

MTV Unplugged Questions

Lucky dog!

 

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"We play so fine, don't you agree?" ~ Layne Staley

"We want to celebrate what we did and the memory of our friend." ~ Jerry Cantrell