The American rock band Alice in Chains has released six studio albums, three extended plays (EP), three live albums, five compilation albums, four video albums, 44 music videos, and 34 singles. Alice in Chains was formed in 1987 by guitarist Jerry Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney, who then recruited bassist Mike Starr and singer Layne Staley. The band signed to Columbia Records in 1989 and released its first EP, We Die Young, in July 1990. Later that year, the band released its debut studio album, Facelift. The single "Man in the Box", which reached number 18 on the Mainstream Rock chart, helped Facelift achieve double Platinum status. The band toured in support of the album for two years before releasing the acoustic EP Sap in early 1992.

In September 1992, Alice in Chains released Dirt. The critically acclaimed album, also the band's most successful, debuted at number six on the Billboard 200, and was certified quintuple Platinum. The band did not tour in support of Dirt for very long, due to Staley's drug addiction. While touring, Starr left the band for personal reasons and was replaced by Mike Inez. 1994 saw the release of Alice in Chains' second acoustic EP, Jar of Flies. It entered the charts in the top slot, making it the first Alice in Chains release—and the first EP in history—to debut at number one. In 1995, the band released a self-titled album, which debuted at the top of the Billboard 200, and has since been awarded—along with Facelift—double Platinum status while Jar of Flies maintains Quadruple Platinum status. Alice in Chains entered a hiatus after not touring since the release of Dirt.

From 1996 to 2002, the band was mostly inactive, releasing two live albums, including the successful Unplugged, and three compilations. On April 19, 2002, Staley was found dead in his home after overdosing on heroin and cocaine, causing the group to break up. In 2005, the band reunited with new vocalist William DuVall.Wood, Mikael (May 2009). "Get Born Again". Revolver. On April 25, 2009, it was announced that Alice in Chains had signed to Virgin/EMI making it the band's first label change in their 20-plus year career. Black Gives Way to Blue, the group's first album with DuVall, was released on September 29, 2009. In 2011, Alice in Chains began work on their fifth studio album, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, which was released on May 28, 2013. Alice in Chains' sixth studio album, Rainier Fog, was released on August 24, 2018. As of 2019, the band has had 18 Top 10 songs and five No. 1 hits on Billboards Mainstream Rock chart.

Albums Studio albums + List of albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications US AUSAustralian (ARIA) chart peaks: Top 50 peaks: Top 100 peaks to December 2010: "Rooster": "Grind": N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached. "Heaven Beside You": CANPeaks in Canada: All except noted: Peaks since 2009: FIN GER NLD NZ NOR SWE UK Facelift Released: August 28, 1990 Label: Columbia (#46075) Format: CD, cassette, LP 42 38 53 — 41 — — — — —RIAA: 3× Platinum BPI: Silver RMNZ: Gold Dirt Released: September 29, 1992 Label: Columbia (#52475) Format: CD, cassette, LP 6 13 25 — 25 17 36 15 11 36RIAA: 5× Platinum ARIA: Platinum BPI: Gold CRIA: Platinum RMNZ: Platinum Alice in Chains Released: October 31, 1995 Label: Columbia (#67248) Format: CD, cassette, LP 1 5 5 13 93 75 28 11 11 37RIAA: 2× Platinum ARIA: Gold BPI: Silver CRIA: Platinum Black Gives Way to Blue Released: September 29, 2009 Label: Virgin/EMI Format: CD, LP, digital download 5 12 4 11 21 34 7 9 20 19RIAA: Gold CRIA: Gold The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here Released: May 28, 2013 Label: Capitol Format: CD, LP, digital download 2 10 2 6 23 52 12 6 35 22 Rainier Fog Released: August 24, 2018 Label: BMG Format: CD, LP, digital download 12 15 11 7 8 30 23 20 19 9 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums + List of live albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications US AUS CAN FIN GER NLD NZ NOR SWE UK MTV Unplugged Released: July 30, 1996 Label: Columbia (#67703) Format: CD, cassette, LP 3 12 9 13 46 33 8 9 7 20RIAA: 2× Platinum ARIA: Gold BPI: Silver CRIA: Gold Live Released: December 5, 2000 Label: Columbia (#85274) Format: CD 142 — — — — — — — — — Live Facelift Released: November 25, 2016 Label: Sony Legacy (88985374931) Format: Vinyl — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums + List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications US AUS CAN NZ UK Jar of Flies/Sap Released: 1994 Label: Columbia (#4757132) Format: 2-CD — 2 — — 4 Nothing Safe: Best of the Box Released: June 29, 1999 Label: Columbia (#63649) Format: CD 20 — 37 41 —RIAA: Platinum BPI: Gold Music Bank Released: October 26, 1999 Label: Columbia (#69580) Format: 3-CD box set 123 — — — — Greatest Hits Released: July 24, 2001 Label: Columbia (#85922) Format: CD, SACD 112 — — — —RIAA: Platinum The Essential Alice in Chains Released: September 5, 2006 Label: Columbia (#92090) Format: 2-CD set 139 187 — — —RIAA: Gold "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays + List of extended plays, with selected chart positions Title EP details Peak chart positions Certifications US AUT CAN GER NLD NZ NOR SWE SWI UK We Die Young Released: July 1990 Label: Columbia Format: cassette, LP — — — — — — — — — — Sap Released: February 4, 1992 Label: Columbia (#67059) Format: CD, cassette, LP 134 — — — — — — — — —US: Gold Jar of Flies Released: January 25, 1994 Label: Columbia (#57628) Format: CD, cassette, LP 1 22 5 25 17 1 7 6 31 4RIAA: 4× Platinum BPI: Silver CRIA: 2× Platinum "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US USMainRockFor "Would?": USRock AUS N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart. CAN*For "No Excuses": For "Grind": For "Over Now": For: "Check My Brain" and "Your Decision": EUPeaks on the European Hot 100 Singles chart: For "Would?": For "Them Bones": For "Angry Chair": For "Angry Chair": For "Grind": For "Heaven Beside You": FINPeaks on the Finnish singles chart: For "Would?": For "Them Bones": IRL NLD UK "We Die Young" 1990 — — × — — — — — — — We Die Young EP and Facelift "Man in the Box" 1991 — 18 × — — — — — — —RIAA: 3× Platinum BPI: Silver Facelift "Would?" 1992 — 31 15 69 — 77 36 — 33 19RIAA: 2× Platinum BPI: SilverDirt "Them Bones" — 24 × 93 — 76 38 22 — 26RIAA: Platinum "Angry Chair" — 34 × 188 — 79 — 28 — 33 "Rooster" 1993 — 7 × 121 — — — — — —BPI: Silver RIAA: 2× Platinum "Down in a Hole" — 10 × — — — — 29 — 36RIAA: Platinum "What the Hell Have I" — 19 × — — — — — — —Last Action Hero: Music from the Original Motion Picture "No Excuses" 1994 — 1 × — 17 — — — — —RIAA: Gold Jar of Flies "Grind" 1995 — 7 × 77 53 70 — — — 23Alice in Chains "Heaven Beside You" 1996 — 3 × 60 — 94 — — — 35RIAA: Gold "Again" — 8 × — — — — — — — "Over Now" — 4 × 102 50 — — — — — Unplugged "Would?" [airplay] — 19 × — — — — — — — "Get Born Again" 1999 — 4 × 141 — — — — — — Nothing Safe: Best of the Box "Man in the Box" (live) 2000 — 39 × — — — — — — — Live "A Looking in View" 2009 — 12 27 — — — — — — —Black Gives Way to Blue "Check My Brain" 92 1 1 — 62 — — — — — "Your Decision" — 1 1 — 57 — — — — — "Lesson Learned" 2010 — 4 10 — — — — — — — "Hollow" 2012 — 1 37 — — — — — — —The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here "Stone" 2013 — 1 37 — — — — — — — "Voices" — 3 — — — — — — — — "Tears" 2016 — — — — — — — — — — Rush - 2112 (40th Anniversary Edition) "The One You Know" 2018 — 9 36 — — — — — — —Rainier Fog "So Far Under" — — — — — — — — — — "Never Fade" — 10 — — — — — — — — "Rainier Fog" 2019 — 20 — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory."×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived

Promotional singles + List of promotional singles, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album USMainRock USAlt. "Bleed the Freak" 1991 — — RMNZ: Gold Facelift "Sea of Sorrow" 27 — "Don't Follow" 1994 25 —Jar of Flies "I Stay Away" 10 — RIAA: Gold "Got Me Wrong" 7 22 Sap "Fear the Voices" 1999 11 — Music Bank "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory."×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived

Other charted songs + List of songs, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album "Nutshell" 2025 14RIAA: Platinum RMNZ: 3× Platinum Jar of Flies

Soundtracks Year Song AlbumAlice in Chains. Soundtrack at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved June 3, 2013. Comments 1992 "Would?" Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Later appeared on Dirt 1993 "What the Hell Have I?" and "A Little Bitter" Last Action Hero: Music from the Original Motion Picture Remixed versions of these songs later appeared on Music Bank 1994 "Them Bones" Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie English soundtrack Originally appeared on Dirt "Got Me Wrong" Clerks: Music from the Motion Picture Originally appeared on Sap 1996 "Again" Marvin's Room soundtrack Originally appeared on Alice In Chains 2004 "Them Bones" Riding Giants soundtrack Originally appeared on Dirt Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 2008 "Would?" Burnout Paradise soundtrack 2009 "Rooster" Terminator Salvation (Original Soundtrack) "Them Bones" Madden NFL 10 soundtrack2025 "Them Bones" Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 soundtrack

Music videos Year Title Director Notes 1990 "We Die Young" (version one) The Art Institute of Seattle "We Die Young" (version two) Rocky Schenck 1991 "Sea of Sorrow" (version one) Paul Rachman "Man in the Box" "Sea of Sorrow" (version two) Martyn Atkins "Bleed the Freak (live)" Josh Taft From Live Facelift 1992 "Would?" Cameron CroweJosh Taft "Them Bones" Rocky Schenck "Angry Chair" Matt Mahurin 1993 "Rooster" Mark Pellington "What the Hell Have I?" Rocky Schenck "Down in a Hole" Nigel Dick 1994 "No Excuses" Matt Mahurin "I Stay Away" Nick Donkin 1995 "Grind" Rocky Schenck 1996 "Heaven Beside You" Frank W. Ockenfels III "Again" George ValeLayne Staley "Over Now" (MTV Unplugged) Alex Coletti 1999 "Get Born Again" Paul Fedor 2009 "A Looking in View" Stephen Schuster "Check My Brain" Alexandre Courtes "Your Decision" Stephen Schuster 2010 "Lesson Learned" Paul Matthaeus "Acid Bubble" Nick Goso "Last of My Kind" (live) 2013 "Hollow" Roboshobo "Stone" "Voices" "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here" Travis Hopkins 2014 "Phantom Limb" Roboshobo 2018 "The One You Know" (version one) Adam Mason "Never Fade" 2019 "The One You Know" (version two) Episode from Black Antenna "Rainier Fog" "Red Giant" "Fly" "Drone" "Deaf Ears Blind Eyes" "Rainier Fog" Peter Darley Miller & Alice In Chains Official music video "Maybe" Adam Mason Episode from Black Antenna "So Far Under" "Never Fade" "All I Am" "Private Hell" Todd Shuss

Videos Year Video details Peak chart positionsCertifications US UK 1991 Live Facelift Released: 1991 Label: Columbia (#49081) Format: VHS — 11 RIAA: Gold 1995 The Nona Tapes Released: December 12, 1995 Label: Columbia (#50137) Format: VHS 32 10 1996 Unplugged Released: July 24, 1996 Label: Columbia (#50148) Format: VHS, DVD 7 18 RIAA: Gold 1999 Music Bank: The Videos Released: October 26, 1999 Label: Columbia (#50208) Format: VHS, DVD 11 33 RIAA: Gold "—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Guest appearances YearSongArtist(s)Album 2016 "Tears" RushRush - 2112 (40th Anniversary Edition)2019"Would?"HeartLive in Atlantic City"Rooster"

Notes

See also List of songs recorded by Alice in Chains

References

External links Official website