Greatest Hits (Sl) [Super Audio CD - DSD]

Alice In Chains | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 18, 2001)
• Please Note: Requires SACD-compatible hardware
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Super Audio CD - DSD
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00005OAIF
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (107 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #353,977 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Man in the Box

2. Them Bones

3. Rooster

4. Angry Chair

5. Would?

6. No Excuses

7. I Stay Away

8. Grind

9. Heaven Beside You

10. Again

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I have to tell you this, March 17, 2006

By 

Brandon "AIC FOR EVER" (Phoenix, Az USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alice in Chains - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

ok this was my first album from alice in chains. i liked it then but never understood the 10 song thing. most albums have 12-15.

After a while my friend let me borrow nothing safe by alice in chains and i learned that well... it has all of the songs that are on the greatest album and the rest of the hits. if you are a fan like i am then you will know this and i have tripod so i can listen to heaven beside you. just so you know

all of the songs are good as they should be. it has the songs of

Man in the Box

Them Bones

Rooster

Angry Chair

Would?

No Excuses

I Stay Away

Grind

Heaven Beside You

Again

See thats it nothing safe has

Again

Grind

Man in the Box

Them Bones

Angry Chair

Rooster

Would?

No Excuses

I Stay Away

Got Me Wrong (Unplugged)

Get Born Again

Iron Gland

What the Hell Have I

Down in a Hole

See what i mean so buy nothing safe

Hope this helps...

30 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this album, August 29, 2001

By 

Melkor "dark lord" (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alice in Chains - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Why do I say this? Because Alice in chains never wrote a bad song. Instead of getting the "Greatest Hits CD" (which is the third "Greatest Hits" this band has come out with: "Music Bank" and "Nothing Safe" preceding it); go out and get "Dirt", "Jar of Flies/SAP", "Alice in Chains (Tripod)", and "Unplugged" instead. That's only four discs, and you'll get all the music that you're going to miss on this ten track CD.

This is obviously some sort of contractual obligation album. Since the band has no new material, they have to put out yet another Greatest Hits. Actually, if you want a really good Alice CD, which is virtually a greatest hits, just buy the "Unplugged" album. I hate to support Mtv, but it really is their best album. Honestly though, rather than buy this Greatest Hits, it'd be worth it to pick up "Dirt" and "Jar of Flies" instead. Those two CD's will give you six of these ten tracks. Also, check out Jerry Cantrell's solo stuff, it's really good!

20 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Look what they've done to my song, ma!, March 4, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Greatest Hits (Sl) (Audio CD)

Part of the joy and enthusiasm that fans hold dear regarding the ill-fated Alice In Chains is their harmonies, vocal and instrumental, and their not-by-the-numbers approach to crafting excellent songs and stand-out albums. One could always expect that, upon playing any of their CDs for the first time, the music would be exceptional and the aural landscape pleasing. The CD greatest hits package sounds very good, but fans are more likely to shell out for the individual CDs in addition to the Greatest Hits package. When the SACD version of the their Greatest Hits was released, I expected the mix to be that much more interesting. At worst, I expected the lily to be gilded. However, the soundscape of this SACD, as played through multi-channel speakers is ABSOLUTELY ATROCIOUS. A horrible job has been done in separating the two-way stereo into 5.1, so much so that the entire sound is completely artificial. Compounding the problem is the becoming-more-frequent habit of engineers (specifically those those who engineer stereo CDs into 5.1 multi-channel) to REMIX the tracks in addition to the necessary repositioning of tracks to specific channels. In too many instances to count, the mix of these great, familiar songs is completely and very unsatisfyingly changed. This does not have anything to do with making a multi-channel mix from a stereo 2-channel mix, per se, but has everything to do with obliterating specific percussives, add-on guitar overdubs, and vocal tracks that you come to expect to hear. Example: In "Angry Chair" on the CD version, you hear Jerry Cantrell sing "I don't mind, yeah/ I don't mind" and expect to hear Layne Staley follow up with the background "I, I, I". Layne is gone from the mix on the SACD! This is only one example of countless many that make the SACD version of Alice In Chain's Greatest Hits a horrible, incomprehensible expenditure of the engineer's time and our money. I agree with "A music fan from Santa Monica"'s assessment but am more disappointed than he'she; as for "ballparkvisitor", you don't have a clue.