Alice in Chains - Alice in Chains - Greatest Hits Audio CD
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Greatest Hits from Alice In Chains Only half of the smash hits from Alice in Chains are found in "Greatest Hits. I guess I should have gone with "Nothing Safe". " Yes, Man in the Box and Rooster are featured here, but "Nothing Safe" has more songs. After hearing this CD, however, the next time I'm interested in a rock band, I'm going to have to buy all of their official albums. Alice in Chains is one of the ultimate grunge/metal bands of our time, and I don't think a compilation album, especially "Greatest Hits", is appropriate. I'll see if I can purchase "Facelift" and "Dirt" anytime soon.
Pretty good.
1 system. Sound quality is great on my b&k / b&w 2. Loses stars because they put the censored version of Man in the Box instead of the standard that we all know and love. I see no reason for that at all.
Also, can't hear the violins in the stereo version of "I Stay Away. ".
Best Move On
So what I was hoping for, since I have all their original cd's, was something sonically superior. Trying to reduce AIC's output to 10 tracks is like trying to reduce Zep or The Stones to 20 tracks- hang it up. What I got was a very uneven sound that moved from marginally dynamic with a briefly decent inter-song soundstage, to completely lifeless as though it was being streamed from a 128k mp3- ouch! And the results have been the same from system to system. And no- grunge is not about sounding shoddy.
Somebody with decent hearing/sacd mixing skills desperately needs to redo this one- or better yet do the whole catalog.
Good tunes
This cd has a bunch of great songs don't you hate buying a cd,record album or casette tape for a song or two this is full of great songs.
Just what I wanted.
If you like Alice in Chains, or if you've never heard there music, this is the perfect collection for you.
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