Jar Of Flies (studio album) by Alice In Chains

Jar Of Flies by Alice In Chains
Year: 1994
Overall rank: 557th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 623 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1994 (18th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 1990s (97th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (557th)
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Alice In Chains bestography

Jar Of Flies is ranked 2nd best out of 17 albums by Alice In Chains on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Alice In Chains is Dirt which is ranked number 211 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,605.

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82/100 (from 623 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.8/100, a mean average of 81.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.

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From 04/13/2025 13:39
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.
If you're interested in listening to one of the prettiest grunges all around, this is the EP for you! II recommend!
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From 09/19/2023 11:29
First half is very good, second is a very disappointing for me.
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From 11/15/2022 03:48
An absolute classic. The first E.P. To ever top the Billboard 200 and it definitely earned it with its few but fantastic compositions.
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From 10/04/2022 00:48
One of my favourite Projects from any artist ever. Jar of Flies really Highlights the diversity of Layne’s song writing capabilities. The first four tracks are some of the most gorgeous acoustic songs ever!
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From 05/06/2022 11:37
awesome stuff.
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From 07/15/2021 12:05
This album has an incredible opening four tracks and the way they seamlessly blend together makes for a near perfect start to the album. However, the final 3 tracks are not up to the same standard and the quality definitely dips by the last song. It is an amazing acoustic and slower AIC album but that drop off at the end just keeps it from being better than Dirt in my opinion.
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90/100
From 12/19/2020 16:14
Best EP I've ever heard.
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From 07/11/2020 04:24
Beautiful. It defines the other side of the coin of AIC; their slow, mellow and warm side while still having their original seal. Best EP of all time
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From 04/22/2020 23:15
I can’t think of a better EP. If you were following the group you knew they had this side after Sap but this is another level. This was the perfect way to follow the heaviness of Dirt.
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From 10/28/2019 07:54
Very good acoustic album
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