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Music Bank is a box set by the grunge band Alice in Chains. It was released on October 26, 1999 on Columbia Records. The set consists of previously unreleased demos and mixes by the band as well as previously released material from their albums Facelift, Sap, Dirt, Jar of Flies, Alice in Chains and Unplugged and a CD-ROM containing various multimedia.

Track listing

Disc one

# Title Length Writer(s) Notes
1 "Get Born Again" 5:26 Cantrell/Staley Taken from Nothing Safe: Best of the Box
2 "I Can't Have You Blues" 4:01 Cantrell 1988 demo, previously unreleased
3 "Whatcha Gonna Do" 2:54 Cantrell/Staley 1988 demo, previously unreleased
4 "Social Parasite" 4:22 Cantrell 1988 demo, previously unreleased
5 "Queen of the Rodeo" 4:39 Staley/J. Silver Live, previously unreleased
6 "Bleed the Freak" 3:32 Cantrell 1988 demo, previously unreleased
7 "Killing Yourself" 2:38 Cantrell/Staley 1988 demo, previously unreleased
8 "We Die Young" 2:32 Cantrell Taken from Facelift
9 "Man in the Box" 4:46 Cantrell/Kinney/Staley/Starr Taken from Facelift
10 "Sea of Sorrow" 5:20 Cantrell 1988 demo, previously unreleased
11 "I Can't Remember" 3:43 Cantrell/Staley Taken from Facelift
12 "Love, Hate, Love" 6:26 Cantrell/Staley Taken from Facelift
13 "It Ain't Like That" 4:38 Cantrell/Kinney/Starr Taken from Facelift
14 "Confusion" 5:44 Cantrell/Staley/Starr Taken from Facelift
15 "Rooster" 5:47 Cantrell 1991 demo, previously unreleased
16 "Right Turn" 3:14 Cantrell Taken from Sap
17 "Got Me Wrong" 4:10 Cantrell Taken from Sap

Disc two

# Title Length Writer(s) Notes
1 "Rain When I Die" 6:02 Cantrell/Kinney/Staley/Starr Taken from Dirt
2 "Fear the Voices" 4:58 Cantrell/Staley/Starr Previously unreleased
3 "Them Bones" 2:29 Cantrell Taken from Dirt
4 "Dam That River" 3:09 Cantrell Taken from Dirt
5 "Sickman" 5:30 Cantrell/Staley Taken from Dirt
6 "Rooster" 6:14 Cantrell Taken from Dirt
7 "Junkhead" 5:11 Cantrell/Staley 1992 demo, previously unreleased
8 "Dirt" 5:17 Cantrell/Staley Taken from Dirt
9 "God Smack" 3:51 Cantrell/Staley Taken from Dirt
10 "Iron Gland" 0:44 Cantrell Taken from Dirt
11 "Angry Chair" 4:47 Staley Taken from Dirt
12 "Lying Season" 3:21 Cantrell/Staley Previously unreleased
13 "Would?" 3:28 Cantrell Taken from Dirt
14 "Brother" 4:27 Cantrell Taken from Sap
15 "Am I Inside" 5:08 Cantrell/Staley Taken from Sap
16 "I Stay Away" 4:14 Cantrell/Inez/Staley Taken from Jar of Flies
17 "No Excuses" 4:16 Cantrell Taken from Jar of Flies

Disc three

# Title Length Writer(s) Notes
1 "Down in a Hole" 5:38 Cantrell Taken from Dirt
2 "Hate to Feel" 5:16 Staley Taken from Dirt
3 "What the Hell Have I" 3:57 Cantrell Remix, from Last Action Hero soundtrack
4 "A Little Bitter" 3:52 Cantrell/Kinney/Inez/Staley Remix, from Last Action Hero soundtrack
5 "Grind" 4:45 Cantrell Taken from Alice in Chains
6 "Again" 4:02 Cantrell/Kinney/Staley Tattoo of Pain remix, previously unreleased in the United States
7 "Head Creeps" 6:27 Staley Taken from Alice in Chains
8 "God Am" 4:07 Cantrell/Inez/Kinney/Staley Taken from Alice in Chains
9 "Frogs" 8:17 Cantrell/Inez/Kinney/Staley Taken from Alice in Chains
10 "Heaven Beside You" 5:29 Cantrell/Inez Taken from Alice in Chains
11 "Nutshell" 4:29 Cantrell/Inez/Kinney/Staley Unplugged, taken from Unplugged
12 "The Killer Is Me" 5:18 Cantrell Unplugged, taken from Unplugged
13 "Over Now" 5:53 Cantrell/Kinney Unplugged, taken from Unplugged
14 "Died" 6:06 Cantrell/Staley Previously unreleased

Personnel

  • Mark Arm - Assistant vocals on Right Turn
  • Jeff Beck - Graphic Design
  • Jerry Cantrell - guitar, vocals
  • Chris Cornell - Assistant guitar, lyrics, vocals on Right Turn
  • Peter Cronin - Photography
  • Paul Hernandez - Photography
  • Dennis Keeley - Photography
  • Sean Kinney - drums, Liner Notes, Concept, Supervisor, Direction, Production Concept
  • Stephen Marcussen - Mastering
  • Layne Staley - vocals, guitar
  • Mike Starr - bass
  • Jonathan Meyer - Graphic Assistant
  • Peter Fletcher - Compilation Producer, Foreword
  • Neil Zlozower - Photography
  • Jeffrey Mayer - Photography
  • Catherine Wessel - Photography
  • Karen Moskowitz - Photography
  • Mike Inez - bass
  • Michael Simpson - Package Supervision
  • Mary Maurer - Art Direction, Design
  • Chris Cuffaro - Photography
  • Doug Erb - Design
  • Danny Clinch - Photography
  • Steffan Chirazi - Liner Notes
  • Marty Temme - Photography
  • Brandy Flower - Design
  • Christopher Wray-McCann - Photography

Chart positions

Album

Year Chart Position
1999 The Billboard 200 No. 123
1999 Top Internet Albums No. 12

Singles

Year Song Chart Position
1999 Fear The Voices Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 11
1999 Get Born Again Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 4
1999 Get Born Again Modern Rock Tracks No. 12