LABEL: Sony
VINYL RELEASE DATE: 3/22/2024
ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: 1994
VARIANT: 30th Anniversary Edition, Black Vinyl LP

Jar of Flies marked a much-needed breath of fresh air for Alice in Chains. Though 1992s Dirt was a monstrous global success, sustaining the depressive, drug-focused and dirge-driven direction of that album mightve seemed a heavy burden to the Seattle quartet at the time. While grunge-glooms greatest sons didnt exactly pull a total 180, Jar of Flies is a comparatively free-and-breezy follow-up EP full of orchestrated whimsy and semi-acoustic, fully-jangling radio hits like No Excuses. It was the first ever EP to top the Billboard 200, and it remains an essential part of Alice in Chains discography.

TRACKLIST:

Side A:

1. Rotten Apple
2. Nutshell
3. I Stay Away
4. No Excuses

Side B:

1. Whale & Wasp
2. Dont Follow
3. Swing on This