ALICE IN CHAINS - 3 LEGGED DOG

1 Grind
2 Brush Away
3 Sludge Factory
4 Heaven Beside You
5 Head Creeps
6 Again
7 Shame In You
8 God AM
9 So Close
10 Nothin' Song
11 Frogs
12 Over Now

Alice in Chains is a sonically detailed effort that ranks as their best-produced record, and its best moments are easily some of their most mature music. Alice in Chains relies less on metallic riffs and more on melody and texturally varied arrangements than the group's previous full-length albums, finally integrating some of the more delicate acoustic moods of their EPs. The lyrics deal with familiar AIC subject matter -- despair, misery, loneliness, and disappointment -- but in a more understated fashion, and the lyrics take on more uplifting qualities of toughness and endurance, which were missing from much of their previous work.