Boggy Depot
| Boggy Depot | ||||
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| Studio album by Jerry Cantrell | ||||
| Released | March 31, 1998 (Vinyl record) April 7, 1998 (CD) |
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| Recorded | April - November 1997 at Studio D in Sausalito, California and Studio X in Index, Washington | |||
| Genre | Grunge, alternative metal, alternative rock, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 62:34 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Jerry Cantrell, Toby Wright | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |
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| The A.V. Club | mixed |
| Entertainment Weekly | C+ |
Boggy Depot is the debut solo album by Alice in Chains guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell. It was released on April 7, 1998 through Columbia Records.
In 1996, after Alice in Chains opened for the first Kiss reunion show in Detroit, Jerry Cantrell began work on his first solo album. With the help of producer Toby Wright, whom he'd previously worked with in AIC, Cantrell worked on the album through 1997. Columbia originally gave a projected October '97 release date which had to be postponed greatly. Early net sources gave the tentative album title as "Bogey Depot."
In February 1998, Cantrell spoke about the status of Alice in Chains and his new solo project:
Cantrell and Columbia launched his official website, JerryCantrell.com, in March 1998 to promote Boggy Depot. This would feature song clips and the "Cut You In" music video. It also included QuickTime video interview footage where Cantrell explained that he had been wanting to venture into solo territory for a while and, with Alice in Chains at a standstill, finally had the chance. However, in the June 1998 issue of Guitar World, Cantrell made it clear that his solo venture was actually a reluctant response to Alice in Chains' diffusing:
Boggy Depot incorporates piano, organ, and country elements, namely in the tracks "Hurt a Long Time" and "Between." Cantrell confirmed that as a child he was "raised on country music" and that he admires the strong emotion conveyed through the genre. However, the ominous guitar styles previously heard in Alice in Chains are undeniable in tracks like "Jesus Hands" and "Keep the Light On." The tracks "Settling Down" and "Hurt a Long Time" were originally introduced during the recording sessions for Alice in Chains' self-titled album in 1995, but the group chose not to record them. As such, they were the oldest and longest-awaited songs to be introduced on Boggy Depot.
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