On August 21, 1990, “Columbia” label released “Facelift” the debut Alice in Chains studio album. It was recorded December 1989 – April 1990, at “London Bridge Studio” in Seattle; “Capitol Recording Studio” in Hollywood, and was produced by Dave Jerden. The album was certified 2 x Platinum in the US by the “RIAA”.

Personnel:

• Layne Staley– lead vocals
• Jerry Cantrell– guitar, talkbox, backing vocals
• Mike Starr– bass, backing vocals
• Sean Kinney– drums, percussion, piano, backing vocals
• Kevin Shuss – backing vocals
• Dave Jerden – recording, mixing
• Leslie Ann Jones – engineer assistant
• Ron Champagne – additional engineering
• Bob Lacivita – mixing assistant
• Eddy Schreyer – mastering
• Peter Fletcher – product manager

Track listing:

All tracks by Jerry Cantrell, except where noted.

1. We Die Young
2. Man in the Box
3. Sea of Sorrow
4. Bleed the Freak
5. I Can’t Remember
6. Love, Hate, Love
7. It Ain’t Like That
8. Sunshine
9. Put You Down
10. Confusion
11. I Know Somethin (Bout You)
12. Real Thing – Layne Staley