| Alice in Chains discography | |
|---|---|
| Alice in Chains in 2019 | |
| Studio albums | 6 |
| EPs | 3 |
| Soundtrack albums | 6 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 5 |
| Singles | 34 |
| Video albums | 4 |
| Music videos | 44 |
The American rock band Alice in Chains has released six studio albums, three extended plays (EP), three live albums, five compilation albums, two DVDs, 44 music videos, [1] [2] and 34 singles. Alice in Chains was formed in 1987 by guitarist Jerry Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney, who then recruited bassist Mike Starr and singer Layne Staley. [3] [4] The band signed to Columbia Records in 1989 and released its first EP, We Die Young , in July 1990. [5] Later that year, the band released its debut studio album, Facelift . The single "Man in the Box", which reached number 18 on the Mainstream Rock chart, helped Facelift achieve double Platinum status. [6] The band toured in support of the album for two years before releasing the acoustic EP Sap in early 1992.
In September 1992, Alice in Chains released Dirt . The critically acclaimed album, also the band's most successful, debuted at number six on the Billboard 200, and was certified quintuple Platinum. [6] The band did not tour in support of Dirt for very long, due to Staley's drug addiction. [7] While touring, Starr left the band for personal reasons and was replaced by Mike Inez. [8] 1994 saw the release of Alice in Chains' second acoustic EP, Jar of Flies . It entered the charts in the top slot, making it the first Alice in Chains release—and the first EP in history—to debut at number one. In 1995, the band released a self-titled album, which debuted at the top of the Billboard 200, and has since been awarded—along with Facelift—double Platinum status while Jar of Flies maintains Quadruple Platinum status. [6] Alice in Chains entered a hiatus after not touring since the release of Dirt. [9]
From 1996 to 2002, the band was mostly inactive, releasing two live albums, including the successful Unplugged , [6] and three compilations. On April 19, 2002, Staley was found dead in his home after overdosing on heroin and cocaine, causing the group to break up. [10] In 2005, the band reunited with new vocalist William DuVall. [11] On April 25, 2009, it was announced that Alice in Chains had signed to Virgin/EMI making it the band's first label change in their 20-plus year career. [12] Black Gives Way to Blue , the group's first album with DuVall, was released on September 29, 2009. [13] In 2011, Alice in Chains began work on their fifth studio album, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here , which was released on May 28, 2013. [14] Alice in Chains' sixth studio album, Rainier Fog , was released on August 24, 2018. [15] As of 2019, the band has had 18 Top 10 songs and five No. 1 hits on Billboard 's Mainstream Rock chart. [16]
| Title | Album details | US [17] | AUS [18] | CAN [19] | FIN [20] | GER [21] | NLD [22] | NZ [23] | NOR [24] | SWE [25] | UK [26] | Certifications | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facelift | 42 | 38 | 53 | — | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | 3,060,000 | ||
| Dirt |
| 6 | 13 | 25 | — | 25 | 17 | 36 | 15 | 11 | 36 | 5,235,000 | |
| Alice in Chains |
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 93 | 75 | 28 | 11 | 11 | 37 | 2,160,000 | |
| Black Gives Way to Blue |
| 5 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 34 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 19 | 540,000 | |
| The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here |
| 2 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 52 | 12 | 6 | 35 | 22 | 20,000 | |
| Rainier Fog |
| 12 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 9 | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | US [17] | AUS [18] | CAN [32] | FIN [20] | GER [21] | NLD [22] | NZ [23] | NOR [24] | SWE [25] | UK [26] | Certifications | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTV Unplugged |
| 3 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 46 | 33 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 2,145,000 | |
| Live |
| 142 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Live Facelift | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | US [17] | AUS [18] | CAN [19] | NZ [23] | UK [26] | Certifications | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jar of Flies/Sap [36] |
| — | 2 | — | — | 4 | ||
| Nothing Safe: Best of the Box |
| 20 | — | 37 | 41 | — | 1,000,000 | |
| Music Bank |
| 123 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Greatest Hits |
| 112 | — | — | — | — |
| 1,003,000 |
| The Essential Alice in Chains |
| 139 | — | — | — | — |
| 500,000 |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||
| Title | EP details | US [17] | AUT [37] | CAN [19] | GER [21] | NLD [22] | NZ [23] | NOR [24] | SWE [25] | SWI [38] | UK [26] | Certifications | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| We Die Young |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Sap |
| 134 [A] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Jar of Flies |
| 1 | 22 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 4 | 3,275,000 | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [39] | US Main Rock [40] | US Rock [41] | AUS [18] | CAN [42] | EU [43] | FIN [44] | IRL [45] | NLD [22] | UK [26] | |||||
| "We Die Young" | 1990 | — | — | × | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [B] | We Die Young EP and Facelift | ||
| "Man in the Box" | 1991 | — | 18 | × | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Facelift | ||
| "Bleed the Freak" [promo] | — | — | × | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Sea of Sorrow" [promo] | — | 27 | × | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Would?" | 1992 | — | 31 | 15 | 69 | — | 77 | 36 | — | 33 | 19 | Dirt | ||
| "Them Bones" | — | 24 | × [C] | 93 | — | 76 | 38 | 22 | — | 26 |
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| "Angry Chair" | — | 34 | × [D] | — | — | 79 | — | 28 | — | 33 | ||||
| "Rooster" | 1993 | — | 7 | × | 121 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Down in a Hole" | — | 10 | × | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | 36 |
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| "What the Hell Have I" [promo] | — | 19 | × | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Last Action Hero: Music from the Original Motion Picture | |||
| "No Excuses" | 1994 | — [E] | 1 | × [F] | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jar of Flies | |
| "I Stay Away" | — | 10 | × | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Don't Follow" [airplay] | — | 25 | × | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Got Me Wrong" [promo] | — | 7 | × [G] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Clerks: Music from the Motion Picture /Sap | |||
| "Grind" | 1995 | — | 7 | × [H] | 77 | 53 | 70 | — | — | — | 23 | Alice in Chains | ||
| "Heaven Beside You" | 1996 | — [I] | 3 | × [J] | 60 | — | 94 | — | — | — | 35 |
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| "Again" | — | 8 | × [K] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Over Now" | — | 4 | × [L] | — | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | Unplugged | |||
| "Would?" [airplay] | — | 19 | × | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Get Born Again" | 1999 | — [M] | 4 | × [N] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nothing Safe: Best of the Box | ||
| "Fear the Voices" | — | 11 | × [O] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Music Bank | |||
| "Man in the Box" (live) | 2000 | — | 39 | × [P] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Live | ||
| "A Looking in View" | 2009 | — [Q] | 12 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Black Gives Way to Blue | ||
| "Check My Brain" | 92 | 1 | 1 | — | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Your Decision" | — [R] | 1 | 1 | — | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Lesson Learned" | 2010 | — | 4 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Hollow" | 2012 | — | 1 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here | ||
| "Stone" | 2013 | — | 1 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Voices" | — | 3 | — [S] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Tears" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Rush - 2112 (40th Anniversary Edition) | ||
| "The One You Know" | 2018 | — | 9 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Rainier Fog | ||
| "So Far Under" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Never Fade" | — | 10 | — [T] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Rainier Fog" | 2019 | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. "×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Song | Album [54] | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | "Would?" | Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Later appeared on Dirt |
| 1993 | "What the Hell Have I?" and "A Little Bitter" | Last Action Hero: Music from the Original Motion Picture | Remixed versions of these songs later appeared on Music Bank |
| 1994 | "Them Bones" | Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie English soundtrack | Originally appeared on Dirt |
| "Got Me Wrong" | Clerks: Music from the Motion Picture | Originally appeared on Sap | |
| 1996 | "Again" | Marvin's Room soundtrack | Originally appeared on Alice In Chains |
| 2004 | "Them Bones" | Riding Giants soundtrack | Originally appeared on Dirt |
| Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | |||
| 2008 | "Would?" | Burnout Paradise soundtrack | |
| 2009 | "Rooster" | Terminator Salvation (Original Soundtrack) | |
| "Them Bones" | Madden NFL 10 soundtrack | ||
| 2025 | "Them Bones" | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 soundtrack |
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | "We Die Young" (version one) | The Art Institute of Seattle | |
| "We Die Young" (version two) | Rocky Schenck | ||
| 1991 | "Sea of Sorrow" (version one) | Paul Rachman | |
| "Man in the Box" | |||
| "Sea of Sorrow" (version two) | Martyn Atkins | ||
| "Bleed the Freak (live)" | Josh Taft | From Live Facelift | |
| 1992 | "Would?" | Cameron Crowe Josh Taft | |
| "Them Bones" | Rocky Schenck | ||
| "Angry Chair" | Matt Mahurin | ||
| 1993 | "Rooster" | Mark Pellington | |
| "What the Hell Have I?" | Rocky Schenck | ||
| "Down in a Hole" | Nigel Dick | ||
| 1994 | "No Excuses" | Matt Mahurin | |
| "I Stay Away" | Nick Donkin | ||
| 1995 | "Grind" | Rocky Schenck | |
| 1996 | "Heaven Beside You" | Frank W. Ockenfels III | |
| "Again" | George Vale Layne Staley | ||
| "Over Now" (MTV Unplugged) | Alex Coletti | ||
| 1999 | "Get Born Again" | Paul Fedor | |
| 2009 | "A Looking in View" | Stephen Schuster | |
| "Check My Brain" | Alexandre Courtes | ||
| "Your Decision" | Stephen Schuster | ||
| 2010 | "Lesson Learned" | Paul Matthaeus | |
| "Acid Bubble" | Nick Goso | ||
| "Last of My Kind" (live) [55] | |||
| 2013 | "Hollow" | Roboshobo | |
| "Stone" | |||
| "Voices" | |||
| "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here" | Travis Hopkins | ||
| 2014 | "Phantom Limb" | Roboshobo | |
| 2018 | "The One You Know" (version one) | Adam Mason | |
| "Never Fade" | |||
| 2019 | "The One You Know" (version two) | Episode from Black Antenna | |
| "Rainier Fog" | |||
| "Red Giant" | |||
| "Fly" | |||
| "Drone" | |||
| "Deaf Ears Blind Eyes" | |||
| "Rainier Fog" | Peter Darley Miller & Alice In Chains | Official music video | |
| "Maybe" | Adam Mason | Episode from Black Antenna | |
| "So Far Under" | |||
| "Never Fade" | |||
| "All I Am" | |||
| "Private Hell" [56] | Todd Shuss | ||
| Year | Video details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | UK [57] | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | Live Facelift
| — | 11 | RIAA: Gold [6] | |||||||||||||
| 1995 | The Nona Tapes
| 32 [58] | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Unplugged
| 7 [59] | 18 | RIAA: Gold [6] | |||||||||||||
| 1999 | Music Bank: The Videos
| 11 [60] | 33 | RIAA: Gold [6] | |||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||||||||||
| Year | Song | Artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | "Tears" | Rush | Rush - 2112 (40th Anniversary Edition) |
| 2019 | "Would?" | Heart | Live in Atlantic City [61] |
| "Rooster" |