Alice in Chains Black Gives Way to Blue
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PanasonicYouth
September 23rd 2009


7413 Comments


i am completely shocked
this is really good
i was expecting... not good
because i don't normally like alice in chains
WTF BRAIN MELT

fireaboveicebelow
September 23rd 2009


6835 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

fireaboveicebelow you think Check My Brain sucks? It reminded me of their 90s material instantly.
I thought it was incredibly lackluster compared to the new direction of the opener track, so perhaps it was simply where the track was placed

Romulus
September 23rd 2009


9117 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I personally think Check My Brain's the worst on the album.

fireaboveicebelow
September 23rd 2009


6835 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

same here

StrizzMatik
September 23rd 2009


4232 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

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Jerry Cantrell has this knack for making dissonant stuff really catchy.

rotterdog
September 23rd 2009


489 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

If that's actually the worst on this album then I really need to pick this up.

myhigherpie
September 23rd 2009


3029 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

second only to dirt.



will be on my aoty list for sure.

TheGreatD17
September 23rd 2009


1141 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Check My Brain is fine, at least it's fun to sing along with. I think Last of My Kind is probably the worst, I got pretty nervous about the album after listening to it my first time through.

cjgone
September 23rd 2009


828 Comments


So far so good, gotta listen a bit more to decide. Going at a 4 i think.

myhigherpie
September 23rd 2009


3029 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

and just some constructive criticism for the review.



you're too comma heavy. It reads awkward. All I see are sentences with misplaced commas and areas where you could have replaced a comma with something more fitting to make it flow better.



you don't have to add a comma before every "and or but".



this is really only prominent in your first couple of paragraphs but the problem is still there through the review.

LepreCon
September 23rd 2009


5482 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

I personally think Check My Brain's the worst on the album.


That tells me that this is awesomesauce.

radianteclipse
September 23rd 2009


534 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

In my opinion, this is the only album in the Top 10 for 2009 here on Sputnik that actually deserves to be there...

Bullitt
September 23rd 2009


1666 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I'm officially dedicating comment #700 to Alice In Chains for giving us a wonderful comeback that is no way a letdown! Here's to many more years of AIC!

atacrawl
September 23rd 2009


1 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"All Secrets Known" is, honestly, a terrible way for a legendary band to open an album this important. Slow, tuneless, and unsure of its footing, the song kills four minutes of time before the real Alice In Chains steps out of the shadows.



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Are you kidding?! I kinda freaked out a little during this song the first time I heard it because it's such a great song, and I had been nervous that this album would totally suck.



That said, William DuVall is no Layne. Not even close. He can hit the notes, but he's lacking the power in his voice that Layne had.

fireaboveicebelow
September 23rd 2009


6835 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"All Secrets Known" is, honestly, a terrible way for a legendary band to open an album this important. Slow, tuneless, and unsure of its footing, the song kills four minutes of time before the real Alice In Chains steps out of the shadows.
yeah they should've hired an orchestra with lots of brass for their triumphant return you moron slow is not a negative element, tuneless and unsure makes no sense whichever way you think about it since it's basically 4 minutes of a sludgy crescendo, way to be ignorant

angle2040
September 23rd 2009


21 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

perfect review deff. better than the last review i read for ffdp :D

Romulus
September 23rd 2009


9117 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Did anyone else shit themselves after hearing Duvall hit that note at the end of Private Hell?

Boognish
September 24th 2009


1003 Comments


It's ok

Master616
September 24th 2009


21 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Awesome album.

Layne would be proud =]

StrizzMatik
September 24th 2009


4232 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Did anyone else shit themselves after hearing Duvall hit that note at the end of Private Hell?


This. Whoever said DuVall doesn't have Layne's power is sorely mistaken.



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