Greatest Hits (Alice in Chains album)

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

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.^[2] It was the last album released by Alice in Chains before the death of singer Layne Staley in 2002. Mike Starr plays bass on tracks 1-5, and Mike Inez on Tracks 6-10.

Track listing

1. "Man in the Box" (Jerry Cantrell, Layne Staley) – 4:47
2. "Them Bones" (Cantrell) – 2:30
3. "Rooster" (Cantrell) – 6:15
4. "Angry Chair" (Staley) – 4:48
5. "Would?" (Cantrell) – 3:28
6. "No Excuses" (Cantrell) – 4:15
7. "I Stay Away" (Cantrell, Mike Inez, Staley) – 4:14
8. "Grind" (Cantrell) – 4:46
9. "Heaven Beside You" (Cantrell, Inez) – 5:29
10. "Again" (Cantrell, Staley) – 4:05

Personnel

• Layne Staley – lead vocals, backing vocals on "Grind" and "Heaven Beside You" and guitar on "Angry Chair", "Grind" and "Heaven Beside You"
• Jerry Cantrell – lead guitar, backing vocals and lead vocals on "Grind" and "Heaven Beside You"
• Mike Starr – bass (tracks 1-5)
• Mike Inez – bass (tracks 6-10), additional backing vocals on "Again"
• Sean Kinney – drums
• Bryan Carlstrom – engineer
• Ronnie S. Champagne – engineer
• Dave Jerden – producer, engineer, mixing
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
• Rick Parashar – producer, engineer, mixing
• Toby Wright – producer, engineer, mixing
• Tom Nellen – engineer
• Rocky Schenck – photography
• Mary Maurer – art direction
• Marty Temme – photography
• Elliott Blakey – engineer

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