The Essential Alice in Chains | ||||||||||
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Greatest hits album by Alice in Chains | ||||||||||
Released | September 5, 2006 | |||||||||
Recorded | 1989–1998 | |||||||||
Genre | Alternative metal, grunge, alternative rock, heavy metal | |||||||||
Length | 2:09:25 | |||||||||
Label | Columbia | |||||||||
Producer | Various | |||||||||
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The Essential Alice in Chains is a two-disc compilation album by the rock band Alice in Chains, and part of Sony BMG's The Essential series. Originally scheduled to be released on March 30, 2004, it was delayed until September 5, 2006. The album was reissued in 2010 with different artwork.
The third and final greatest hits release from the band, it proved to be more a definitive collection than the 10-track Greatest Hits collection and the best of/sampler collection, Nothing Safe: Best of the Box, featuring almost all of the band's hits and singles (with the exception of "Bleed the Freak", "Down in a Hole" "Fear the Voices" and "Don't Follow") as well as fan favorites and also two unplugged tracks. The songs "What the Hell Have I" and "A Little Bitter" which were featured on the Last Action Hero movie soundtrack are the Toby Wright remixed versions found on Music Bank.