Best Ever Albums

Re: Album of the day (#5226): Jar Of Flies by Alice In Chains

II — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 10:13:43 GMT

Author: II

Posted: 04/12/2025 14:13

Johnnyo wrote:

One of my favourite EP’s of all time. A great set of songs. Basically what II said.

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Re: Album of the day (#5226): Jar Of Flies by Alice In Chains

Johnnyo — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 11:13:09 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 04/11/2025 15:13

One of my favourite EP’s of all time. A great set of songs. Basically what II said.

Re: Album of the day (#5226): Jar Of Flies by Alice In Chains

II — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 20:00:30 GMT

Author: II

Posted: 04/11/2025 00:00

Just listened to this a few days ago!
Definitely a legendary EP!

The run of the first four tracks is one of the most impressive II've ever encountered in any music release. Just amazing and very well-composed four grunge songs one after another!
As for the last three songs, the EP starts to feel completely different:
Whale & Wasp features two incongruous string-bended notes played continuously which represent the deadly wasp, accompanied by a gently soothing arpeggiated chord melody played on a lush and semi-reverberated acoustic guitar which represents the big whale who swims calmly underwater, and gets its own beautiful middle section melody. The contrast of the two notions makes an interesting track. Like Fleetwood Mac's Albatross but darker, since it flies at midnight and it's a wasp this time, not an albatross. (Fun fact: Wasps don't fly at night, which makes the song feel more interesting, as this wasp breaks the mold!)
The last two songs are more lyrical and direct: Don't Follow has a more country influence II think. And II don't recall how Swing On This goes, but it did feel swingy 🤣

II recommend!

Album of the day (#5226): Jar Of Flies by Alice In Chains

BestEverAlbums — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 16:00:34 GMT

Author: BestEverAlbums

Posted: 04/10/2025 20:00

Today's album of the day

Jar Of Flies by Alice In Chains (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1994.
Country:
Overall rank: 563
Average rating: 82/100 (from 622 votes).

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Tracks:
1. Rotten Apple
2. Nutshell
3. I Stay Away
4. No Excuses
5. Whale & Wasp
6. Don't Follow
7. Swing On This

About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.