Album Rating: 4.5
BGWTB is just behind Dirt for me as well. I do think AiC's newer albums get too much flak sometimes because it's not Layne and stuff like that. But I actually tend to prefer the doomier, sludgier sound that they've utilized more in their newer work. That said, Dirt is still the best album of course
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Album Rating: 3.0
"There’s nothing here that tops A Looking In View, Private Hell, and Black Gives Way to Blue imo.
And Your Decision and When the Sun Rose Again are way better acoustic cuts than Voices and Scalpel."
Truth.
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Album Rating: 4.0
A Looking in View is one of the best AiC songs ever... crazy how after Layne died their music got even doomier in parts, especially since the Layne years are usually considered the darkest musically
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Album Rating: 3.0
I think BGWTB had the benefit of being the best cuts of riffs and songs that Cantrell had written over the previous 7-8 years. There seemed to be creative tension during the recording of Tripod which led to its messiness. Cantrell wanted to write more riffy musically dark tunes while Layne wanted to go in a more alternative experimental and thematically dark direction. BGWTB is definitely more of a metal album and less weird than Tripod, but songs like Looking in View and Private Hell are top notch regardless of era.
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Album Rating: 4.0
For sure. Not to mention, the title track is one of the best ballads they ever did as well. Gotta love Sir Elton John's piano and backing vox :]
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Album Rating: 3.0
Title track is heart wrenching, but not necessarily because it's one of their best songs. Private Hell on the other hand...
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Album Rating: 3.5
These post-Tripod albums really emphasize how essential Jerry Cantrell is to the band’s sound. As much as Layne was, if not more in some cases.
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Album Rating: 4.0
that and his solo albums. I would never diss Layne, he’s probably my favorite vocalist of all time. But without Jerry this band is nothing.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Great band with and without Layne agreed
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Album Rating: 3.5
Phantom Limb absolutely rips
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Agreed
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Album Rating: 4.0
Phantom Limb and Breath on a Window are all time great AiC
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Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off
Title track is still my fave here, eerie track.
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Album Rating: 3.5
man this album wasn't half bad
harmonies weren't fantastic but the music was
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Album Rating: 4.0
Stone is amazing and still one of the best AIC songs for me
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Album Rating: 3.0
That groove is pretty massive.
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Album Rating: 3.5
the title track is top 10 AIC
Phantom Limb, Hung on a Hook and Pretty Done come close too
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Album Rating: 4.0
discog walk; "Pretty Done", one of the best grooving song ever done. Such a satisfying jam.
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Imo this is one of their best albums
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Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off
Hollow bangs.
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