Following the lukewarm reception of his 1998 debut, Boggy Depot, Jerry Cantrells sophomore album was a course correction. Released just two months after the death of his Alice in Chains bandmate Layne Staley, 2002s Degradation Trip was already a dark record that took on an even grimmer meaning based on those tragic circumstances. The songs have the power and personal introspection that makes his work in Alice in Chains so special, and its unsettling cover art looks great on 2LP vinyl proportions.

TRACKLIST:
– Disc 1 –
1Psychotic Break
2Bargain Basement Howard Hughes
3Anger Rising
4Angel Eyes
5Solitude
6Mother’s Spinning in Her Grave (Glass Dick Jones)
7Hellbound

– Disc 2 –
1Give It a Name
2Castaway
3She Was My Girl
4Chemical Tribe
5Spiderbite
6Locked on
7Gone