Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Get Born Again
2. I Can't Have You Blues [#][Demo Version]
3. Whatcha Gonna Do [#][Demo Version]
4. Social Parasite [#][Demo Version]
5. Queen of the Rodeo [Live][#]
6. Bleed the Freak [#][Demo Version]
7. Killing Yourself [#][Demo Version]
8. We Die Young
9. Man in the Box
10. Sea of Sorrow [#][Demo Version]
11. I Can't Remember
12. Love, Hate, Love
13. It Ain't Like That
14. Confusion
15. Rooster [#][Demo Version]
16. Right Turn
17. Got Me Wrong

Disc 2:

1. Rain When I Die
2. Fear the Voices [#]
3. Them Bones
4. Dam That River
5. Sickman
6. Rooster
7. Junkhead [#][Demo Version]
8. Dirt
9. God Smack
10. Iron Gland
11. Angry Chair
12. Lying Season [#]
13. Would?
14. Brother
15. Am I Inside
16. I Stay Away
17. No Excuses

Disc 3:

1. Down in a Hole
2. Hate to Feel
3. What the Hell Have I [Remix][#][Mix]
4. Little Bitter [Remix][#][Mix]
5. Grind
6. Again [Tattoo of Pain Mix]
7. Head Creeps
8. God Am
9. Frogs
10. Heaven Beside You
11. Nutshell [Unplugged Version]
12. Killer Is Me [Unplugged Version]
13. Over Now [Unplugged Version]
14. Died [#]

Disc 4:

1. Get Born Again [Multimedia Track]
2. Jar of Flies [CD Extra Multimedia][Multimedia Track]
3. The Journey [Multimedia Track]

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #37097 in Music
• Released on: 1999-10-26
• Number of discs: 4
• Formats: Box set, Enhanced

Customer Reviews

best of 5 albums, demos, acoustic, music videos, interviews
This boxed set is amazing, first off 3 discs featuring the best of all 5 of Alice In Chains Albums (disc1 Facelift and Sap disc2 Dirt, Jar of Flies disc3 Alice In Chains), along with lots of unreleased demos before anyone heard of Alice (demos sound like Guns N' Roses). There are even three acoustic versions of songs (disc3 MTV Unplugged). These CDs are packed with 80 minutes of music each, so its well worth the price, all the hits like Would, Got Me Wrong and dozens more. Also the jams like Toad, and Bleed the Freak are in the set. Next if the fourth disc, a CD-ROM for your MAC or PC, includes full screen videos of Born Again, I Stay Away, Love Hate Love, Man In The Box, No Excuses, and 3 more. Also on the disc are five video interviews, and countless radio interviews answering questions of callers like why they are called Alice In Chains. Finally on the disc is an interactive game to save the Goat Doll. Its stupidly fun, and you navigate with your mouse through the game. Finally there is a very thick book that comes in the bank and goes through the band's history in photos and brief statements. ...

For TRUE DIEHARD Alice fans only!
Don't get me wrong, I love Alice in Chains and most of their songs, but this box set is a bit expensive for who it's aimed for.

Now, some of the reviews here are by stupid people who think this was supposed to have all the original albums included in the box set, hence, it has "missing" songs. But this isn't an all-in-one album box set. This is actually a glorified "Best of Alice in Chains" box set that includes previously unreleased material.

What bothers me is that the diehard fan already has the vast majority of the songs. I'll admit their albums have some filler songs, especially Facelift, but they're all worth buying. If you need a chronological list: Facelift, Sap, Dirt, Jar of Flies, self-titled (Tripod) and Unplugged.

From around 50 tracks, only 16 of them were new to me, including the two "remixes" of their songs from the Last Action Hero soundtrack (I like the original A Litter Bitter better). I haven't heard the Best of the Box CD, but it doesn't have a live version of Rooster on it, but a cool demo of it. The fourth disc, a CD-ROM, has an interactive program on it that was released with some versions of Jar of Flies as well as a bizarre adventure game set to AiC music that's interesting at best, but I've only played it once or twice when I first bought the set.

New material:
Get Born Again
I Can't Have You Blues (demo)
Whatcha Gonna Do (demo)
Social Parasite (demo)
Queen of the Rodeo (live)
Bleed The Freak (demo)
Killing Yourself (demo)
Sea of Sorrow (demo)
Rooster (demo)
Fear The Voices
Junkhead (demo)
Lying Season (demo)
What The Hell Have I (remix)
A Little Bitter (remix)
Again (remix)
Died

Of the new material, I like Get Born Again and several of the demos the best. I could've lived without ever hearing half of these. The best (new) thing about the box set is the 3/8" thick booklet by singer/guitarist/songwriter Jerry Cantrell with some history of the band and commentary on most of the songs in the set.

Ultimately, I just let this set sit on a shelf without ever opening it again after the first few listens and preferred the original albums over it. A few years later, I've only recently opened it up again to put the songs exclusive to it on my iPod.

Music Bank Cashes In
In short, Music Bank is the perfect collection of songs to display the talents of the most versatile band in modern rock. The four-CD set chronicles the best of AIC from the garage to MTV Unplugged, starting with some unreleased demos that would later lead to a record contract with Columbia Records. The demos are a bit lacking in recording quality, but the energy is still there. All the favorites are there too, like "Would?," "I Stay Away," "What the Hell Have I?," and two different versions of "Rooster." There are also new mixes and demos of previously released songs, like "Junkhead" and "Again," both of which add a new, pleasant flavor to those old favorites. The only brand-new track, "Died," is a heavy, riff-driven song that proves that Alice In Chains can still rock with the best of them. This boxed set is a must-buy for any Alice In Chains fanatic.