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Jar of Flies
Alice in Chains
- Type:
- EP
- Release date:
- January 25th, 1994
- Label:
- Columbia Records
- Reviews:
- 6 reviews (avg. 92%)
| 1. | Rotten Apple | 06:58 | Show lyrics |
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| 2. | Nutshell | 04:19 | Show lyrics |
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| 3. | I Stay Away | 04:14 | Show lyrics |
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| 4. | No Excuses | 04:15 | Show lyrics |
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| 5. | Whale & Wasp | 02:37 | instrumental |
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| 6. | Don't Follow | 04:22 | Show lyrics |
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| 7. | Swing on This | 04:05 | Show lyrics |
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| Band members | |
| Layne Staley (R.I.P. 2002) | Vocals, Lyrics (tracks 1-3, 7) |
| Mike Inez | Bass, Guitars |
| Sean Kinney | Drums, Percussion |
| Jerry Cantrell | Guitars, Vocals, Lyrics (tracks 4, 6) |
| Guest/Session | |
| Darrel Peters | Vocals (additional) |
| Randy Biro | Vocals (additional) |
| David Atkinson | Harmonica |
| Matthew Weiss | Violin |
| Justine Foy | Violin, Cello |
| Rebecca Clemons-Smith | Violin |
| April Acevez | Viola |
| Miscellaneous staff | |
| Jon Plum | Assistant |
| Toby Wright | Engineering, Mixing |
| Alicia K. Thompson | Photography |
| Pete Cronin | Photography |
| Rocky Schenck | Photography |
| Mary Maurer | Art direction |
| Liz Sroka | Assistant |
| Layne Staley (R.I.P. 2002) | Vocals, Lyrics (tracks 1-3, 7) |
| Mike Inez | Bass, Guitars |
| Sean Kinney | Drums, Percussion |
| Jerry Cantrell | Guitars, Vocals, Lyrics (tracks 4, 6) |
| Darrel Peters | Vocals (additional) |
| Randy Biro | Vocals (additional) |
| David Atkinson | Harmonica |
| Matthew Weiss | Violin |
| Justine Foy | Violin, Cello |
| Rebecca Clemons-Smith | Violin |
| April Acevez | Viola |
| Jon Plum | Assistant |
| Toby Wright | Engineering, Mixing |
| Alicia K. Thompson | Photography |
| Pete Cronin | Photography |
| Rocky Schenck | Photography |
| Mary Maurer | Art direction |
| Liz Sroka | Assistant |
| Absent Of All Light | 100% | kgerych1995 | May 12th, 2012 | |
| Heavy, but not in the... | 93% | Andromeda_Unchained | November 27th, 2011 | |
| Making Mellow Work | 86% | DawnoftheShred | December 16th, 2006 | |
| AIC nails it on this one. | 95% | hells_unicorn | November 14th, 2006 | |
| You think evolving is a bad... | 90% | WitheringToSerenity | March 17th, 2004 | |
| They managed to do... | 89% | ThunderheaD | April 29th, 2003 |
Written and recorded at London Bridge Studio (Seattle, Washington) between September 7th-14th, 1993.
Mixed at Scream Studio between September 17th-22nd, 1993.
This was the first EP to ever reach #1 on the Billboard 200 United States album chart, and was the only EP to ever gain this distinction until 2004's "Collision Course" by Jay Z & Linkin Park.
Asked about the title, frontman Layne Staley replied: "They gave him two jars full of flies. One of the jars they overfed, the other jar they underfed. The one they overfed flourished for a while, then all the flies died from overpopulation. The one they underfed had most of the flies survive all year. I guess there's a message in there somewhere. Evidently that experiment had a big impact on Jerry".
Rereleased with the Sap as a double-CD pack.
Videos for "No Excuses" and "I Stay Away" were made to promote this EP.
Mixed at Scream Studio between September 17th-22nd, 1993.
This was the first EP to ever reach #1 on the Billboard 200 United States album chart, and was the only EP to ever gain this distinction until 2004's "Collision Course" by Jay Z & Linkin Park.
Asked about the title, frontman Layne Staley replied: "They gave him two jars full of flies. One of the jars they overfed, the other jar they underfed. The one they overfed flourished for a while, then all the flies died from overpopulation. The one they underfed had most of the flies survive all year. I guess there's a message in there somewhere. Evidently that experiment had a big impact on Jerry".
Rereleased with the Sap as a double-CD pack.
Videos for "No Excuses" and "I Stay Away" were made to promote this EP.
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