Alice in Chains - Unplugged [Import]

This is as important an album as Nirvana's MTV unplugged. Strongly recommend it

Absolutely amazing, I haven't stopped watching it. Hard to believe what you get for the price. Only wish I knew this existed sooner. 10/10

Just to hear a great band

Nirvana's 1994 Unplugged CD was certainly ground-breaking, and has many similarities with Alice In Chains' 1996 effort. Both Kurt Cobain and Layne Staley were heavily dependent on heroin at the times of recording yet both managed to not only perform to an incredible level, but also manage to bring subtlety and melody to a genre previously decried as post-punk garage music. Where I think Alice In Chains' Unplugged set offers more than Nirvana's undoubted classic is down to the music itself, AIC capturing the dark beauty of the Seattle scene, Layne Staley's vocals particularly haunting given his state of health, and barely out of tune despite the fact that the band hadn't played a gig for nearly two-and-a-half years. All thirteen tracks are original works (where half the Nirvana equivalent are covers of one sort or another) and, while "the concentrated catharsis in Alice in Chains' music is still best heard with the amps cranked up to eleven" according to Sandy Masuo of The Rolling Stone Magazine, I think that this really captures the talent of AIC as a group and will appeal to anyone who loved the music coming out of Seattle at that time, particularly and obviously AIC fans. If you've got a lot of Nirvana, Pearl Jam or Soundgarden music, you will love this, whether you've got all of AIC's studio albums or never heard of them before today.

Tidy

simply superb

Layne Staley. Nothing else

As this show was filmed by MTV the production values are top notch and the dolby 5.1 mix is the best I've heard on a music DVD, which makes up for the limited extras on the disc. Alice's songs work really well in an acoustic format. This intimate, atmospheric set is well performed and the song selection is just about right, although it can be a bit depressing to watch following Staley's death. He looks worse for wear to say the least and its not suprising that this was the bands first performance for three years.

This is a recording from 96 so don't expect much in terms of video quality. Sound is clear. A good recording. The playlist is really satisfying with best songs from aic. Nice nostalgic experience for the olds. A weird look into our past for the youngs.

素晴らしい作品です！

O DVD parece pirata. A caixinha não é das melhores. Não vale o custo.

This is the best unplugged show ever, and probably the last time Staney was seen on stage with AIC. It looks like a funeral, which is veryfitting. Sounds amazing cranked to 10. Interesting note: Metallica was in the front row with their new short hair look, Inez wrote on his guitar Friends don't let friends get haircuts...

Se avete un impianto ad alta fedeltà degno di questo nome, questo concerto vi terrà appiccicati al divano. Qualità rara, MTv unplugged ci ha abituati a buoni concerti, questo ne è uno dei migliori esempi. Non conoscevo molto gli Alice in chains, questo concerto me li ha fatti apprezzare. Consiglio vivamente. PS verificato sul sito di riferimento "dr.loudness-war" e con le orecchie, questo DVD suona al pari del vinile e sicuramente meglio del CD. In più il video completa l'esperienza. Straconsigliato