It has since been certified four-times platinum by the RIAA and gone on to sell five million copies worldwide, making Dirt the band's highest selling album to date. 6 on the Billboard 200 chart, the album was also well received by music critics.
"Down in a Hole" Released: August 30, 1993ĭirt is the second studio album by the American rock band Alice in Chains, released on September 29, 1992, through Columbia Records. "Angry Chair" Released: December 6, 1992. "Them Bones" Released: September 8, 1992. “Would?” was directed by both Josh Taft and Cameron Crowe. Rendition of “Would?” also made the playlist of Alice in Chains’ “MTV Though shortly thereafter it was also featured on Alice in Chains’ second Produced by Alice in Chains. And the track came out, via Columbia Records,Īppeared on the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for the movie “Singles” (1992), As such, its subject can be viewed as someone who has “made a big mistake” by trying to realize fulfillment in life via a practice which does not yield such results.Īndrew Wood was best known as the lead singer of a band he helped form called Mother Love Bone.Īnd besides Jerry Cantrell, the sole writer of “Would?”, Chris Cornell (1964-2017), the lead singer of Soundgarden, also wrote a couple of songs in his memory. But at the same time he can’t help but to keep indulging in order to reach a specific destination which in the end, as usual, eludes him.Īnd overall, being that it is indeed somewhat of a eulogy, there is a sense of sadness, as the singer does not appear as a harmful or bad person at all. And this effect was likely intentional, as Alice in Chains wanted to put forth a narrative “directed towards people who pass judgement”. So all things considered, this song does a very-good job of encapsulating the trials and tribulations of a drug addict. The narrator is on a trip that he recognizes may very well be his last. addiction), the narrator indeed “goes too far” in his quest to “get home”. And the overall insinuation is that, in spite of recognizing this danger (i.e. However, by engaging in such a dangerous act to achieve this goal, he is putting his life at risk – and is well aware of such. Thus a good portion of the lyrics are dedicated to him questioning if he is in fact tempting fate. Indeed “Would?” is a very inquisitive, introspective track, as the title suggests. Andrew Wood) himself. In fact they have been explained as being relayed from the perspective of someone who has gone to drug rehab and has now come out.īasically, the idea they point to is that the user is partaking in such a practice as a means of escape. But more specifically to the context of the track, Andrew died of a drug overdose. And the lyrics utilized in the song, albeit their ambiguity, seem to insinuate that the singer is taking on the role of a drug addict (i.e.
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