Alice In Chains: MTV Unplugged (2LP) [COLUMBIA/LEGACY]

Why you'll love it

This 30th anniversary 2LP puts the full 13-song set on US vinyl for the first time. MTV Unplugged debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, went double platinum in the US and gold in Canada, and is now widely regarded as one of the great live albums.

This edition

• 30th anniversary edition
• 2LP set, the full 13-song set
• First time on vinyl in the US

About the album

Recorded on April 10, 1996 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York, MTV Unplugged was Alice In Chains' first concert in two years, and one of the very last with singer Layne Staley. Heart guitarist Scott Olson joined the band for the night, making it their only performance as a five-piece, and Jerry Cantrell finished a brand-new song, "Killer Is Me," just hours before the taping.

Stripped back to acoustic guitars, the band's heaviest material somehow lands even harder: "Nutshell" is spine-tingling, "Down in a Hole" and "Rooster" are devastating, and the eerie harmonies between Staley and Cantrell on "Would?" and "Got Me Wrong" are among the most haunting sounds of the whole grunge era. It's a landmark, and this anniversary pressing finally gives it the full 2LP treatment it deserves.

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Tracklist

Listen

On Columbia/Legacy (cat# 19802848671), a 30th anniversary reissue of the 1996 album.