Facelift
by Alice In Chains
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Alice In Chains bestography
Facelift is ranked 3rd 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 202 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,440.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Facelift track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Facelift rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 71 Music Albums of 1990 | 21/71 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 72 Music Albums of 1990 | 33/72 | 3 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 80 Music Albums of 1990 | 33/80 | 3 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 45 Music Albums of 1990 | 20/45 | 3 |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 95 Music Albums of 1990 | 12/95 | 4 |
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 27 Music Albums of 1990 | 10/27 | 3 |
| 2026 | Kettwig | Top 21 Music Albums of 1990 | 21/21 | 0 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  rambleon80 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 84/100 | 17 |
| 2026 | przemool112008 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 19/100 | 80 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 249 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,457 | |||
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Facelift ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 4 days ago | xhitmanx | 1,573 | 76/100 |
| ! | 5 days ago | CjHubb117 | 298 | 89/100 |
| ! | 08/31/2026 20:37 | Devilwoac | 1,453 | 97/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.4/100, a mean average of 76.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.
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Forum mentions
pedro1976 05/30/2026 18:10 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 05/27/2026 12:48 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 03/07/2026 17:19 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Facelift comments
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A great first record for Alice In Chains and the first certified gold album for a grunge band. The first two tracks are fantastic. Sea of Sorrow and Bleed the Freak are almost on par with the first couple and are underrated on this site.
This is some great grunge before Nirvana kicked open the door to the grunge movement. In my opinion, this is Layne's strongest vocal performance, Confusion especially. This obviously contains their first hit, Man In The Box, but We Die Young, It Ain't Like That, Love Hate Love, and Put You Down are on par with the best songs AIC ever recorded. The only reason it's not a 100, is that Sunshine and Real Thing are good, not great songs. Regardless, if you like Alice In Chains, this is a must own. (Edited)
A classic grunge/hard rock/metal debut album that introduced the world to Alice In Chains and it was on the US Billboard 200 albums chart for a total of 60 weeks. (Edited)
Good early grunge album, much better in the first half than the second, my favorite tracks are We Die Young, Sea Of Sorrow and Love, Hate, Love.
Took me over a decade to really appreciate and enjoy this album. Used to only like it for We Die Young, Man in the Box and Bleed the Freak. Now, I hear Layne giving it his all on every song and lots of unexpected twists and turns in the music (e.g. the chorus in Sunshine is not what you'd expect from the rest of the song).
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