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Black Gives Way to Blue by Alice in Chains

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Tracklist

    Track     Duration Listeners
1 All Secrets Known 4:41 99,732
2 Check My Brain 3:57 154,209
3 Last of my Kind 5:51 90,965
4 Your Decision 4:42 120,300
5 A Looking in View 7:04 91,057
6 When the Sun Rose Again 3:59 83,076
7 Acid Bubble 6:54 76,724
8 Lesson Learned 4:15 81,283
9 Take Her Out 3:59 75,645
10 Private Hell 5:37 72,769
11 Black Gives Way To Blue 3:02 80,038
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Virgin Records America (2009) Released: 29 Sep 2009 11 tracks (54:01)
Black Gives Way to Blue is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Alice in Chains, which was released on September 29, 2009. The first Alice in Chains album in nearly fourteen years, Black Gives Way to Blue is their first release with new vocalist William DuVall, who replaced the late Layne Staley. Black Gives Way to Blue marks the first Alice in Chains album released on Virgin Records, their first venture away from Columbia, who released all of their previous releases.

The span of nearly fourteen years between the self-titled album and Black Gives Way to Blue marks the longest gap between studio albums in Alice in Chains’ career. The band had been working on new material since early 2006,shortly before hiring DuVall as their new singer. By April 2007, Alice in Chains had been writing and demoing songs for the album,]but the band did not show further signs of progress until October 2008, when they announced that they had begun recording with producer Nick Raskulinecz (of Foo Fighters, Stone Sour and Rush fame) in the studio. The writing and recording process was finally finished on March 18, 2009, guitarist Jerry Cantrell’s 43rd birthday.
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  • Dyomaeth

    Yeah, the mastering is so loud it hurts but still, nothing can ruin this album. It's godly. Up there with the rest of Alice in Chains' godlike discography.

    Tuesday morning

  • jhansennueve

    This is as good as a comeback album gets.

    Sunday morning

  • Joseph-Bezzina

    it grows on you. best songs are private hell and the title track imo

    Saturday morning

  • Steelvagina

    underrated x 99321

    last month

  • NOHIDDENPATH

    Still getting a real high from this album. I think it's magnificent. I love jerry cantrell's songwriting. Amazing songs and fantastic riffs. www.myspace.com/foxyladydee www.soundcloud.com/dolores-3

    last month

  • cisnenegro

    I subscribe @Dyomaeth's words.

    last month

  • vetinho

    Awesome Songs; Alice in Chains is back with a great Album !!!!

    last month

  • DirkGDF

    Urgh, this is just a perfect example for the Loudness War. I really like the songs on it (Private Hell, A Looking in View, Lesson Learned are my favs), but the mastering is so shitty that I find it really hard to listen to it

    March 2012

  • Rockofages32

    I can't stop listening to this album it's fucking great

    March 2012

  • E-zilla

    Take her out, its the weakest song on the album, when they sing "take her out again" it felt bit cheesey

    January 2012

  • TabooEv

    Layne Staley this, Layne Staley that... He's dead get over it! This album is amazing Jerry is the voice of AIC not Layne so get over it. [2]

    December 2011

  • noizekrieg

    very good album, I don't understand people who dislike it. [4]

    December 2011

  • kangurusergio

    I, I simply veneer that cover.

    December 2011

  • Dyomaeth

    It hurts me to say it but this just proves that there is no such thing as an irreplaceable person. Jerry found the perfect replacement to Layne, used some of Layne's song ideas which he left behind, played some of his own trademark Sabbath-y riffs and the magic happened. Another Alice in Chains masterpiece for us to love.

    December 2011

  • brunaperes

    very good album, I don't understand people who dislike it. [3]

    October 2011

  • dmitry_litium

    very good album, I don't understand people who dislike it. [2]

    October 2011

  • CFH-MadButcher

    one of the best album ever made

    October 2011

  • mk741

    Check My Brain is quite bad (one of AiC's worst tracks), but other than that, a great sludgy album. Indeed better than their self-titled, and maybe even better than Facelift. Major props to Cantrell for pulling this comeback album off so well.

    October 2011

  • frostn

    very good album, I don't understand people who dislike it.

    October 2011

  • Fabiiob

    @RonnieLacey Hahaha... What a joke man! Layne will always be the voice of AIC, but anyway Duvall did a great job.

    October 2011
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