DIRT
Track Listing
Them Bones
Dam That River
Rain When I Die
Down in a Hole
Sickman
Rooster
Junkhead
Dirt
God Smack
Untitled
Hate to Feel
Angry Chair
Would?
My Rating
9/10
Average Critic Rating
9/10
Overview
This album has to be one of the best of the '90s, if not of all time. There isn’t a single song that doesn’t deserve a listen. Understandably, it might not suit everyone’s taste due to its heavy sound and intense themes of drugs and depression, but I feel everyone needs to give it a chance and uncover the true musical brilliance it holds. Singer Layne Staley is at his absolute best here, despite being high on heroin throughout the recording process. Writer and guitarist Jerry Cantrell is in top form, producing excellently written songs with incredible guitar riffs to match. As highly rated as this album is, I still think it deserves more appreciation - this is iconic.
Recommended for Grunge lovers looking for a dark and depressive breakthrough into the Metal universe.
Featured Song
Would?
Most Streamed
Would?
Least Streamed
Untitled
Underrated
Dirt
TVV Top 3 Songs
Rooster | Rain When I Die | Would?
Singles
Them Bones | Down In a Hole | Rooster | Angry Chair | Would?
TVV Top 3 Non-Singles
Dam That River | Rain When I Die | Junkhead
Listen to Again?
Yes
No-Skip Album?
Yes
Album Artwork Rating
8/10
This album screams '90s - the font, the colour scheme, the styling… it just completely works for me. Supposedly, the woman shown within the dirt is open to the viewer's interpretation as to whether or not she is dead - I would argue, after listening, that she’s probably dead. But this album gives me life, so who knows how we interpret it.
Genre
Grunge
RL
Columbia Records
Recording Studio
Eldorado Recording Studios (Burbank, California) | London Bridge Studio (Seattle, Washington) | One on One Recording (Los Angeles, California)
