Facelift
by Alice In Chains
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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 212 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,393.
(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 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Facelift ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 16 hours ago | Pluto11 | 11,958 | 72/100 |
| ! | 01/15/2026 22:30 | glebrus | 194 | 86/100 |
| ! | 12/21/2025 00:41 | Devilwoac | 586 | 96/100 |
| ! | 12/14/2025 20:29 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,416 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/12/2025 00:42 | traistboar | 1,566 | 79/100 |
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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 15.1.
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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).
VictorVale 05/06/2019 10:40 | #235891
Marco do grunge e do rock!
LedZep 07/01/2018 10:17 | #217579
Early AIC, full of classics. Doesn’t get enough love, at least here.
Some may not agree but this is the best Alice in chains album. While a couple songs arn't great, the other songs more than make up for it. This is a solid album and captures more of what the band really is to me in a time before they were just a little too polished
junodog4 06/22/2013 17:03 | #79623
What Bork said. Inconsistent, but shows plenty of promise. I prefer Dirt and their s/t release.
The singles are really good the rest is inconsistent but still a good debut from one of the best band of the 90s
lightmyway 05/18/2012 01:24 | #42611
Decent early AIC but it's not essential, fewer good songs than bad.
pearljammer13 11/22/2011 23:44 | #31040
Maybe not a "great" album, but still a very good one. Sunshine is an awesome song.
mayonaise93 05/08/2010 05:27 | #11562
Starts off like a house on fire but by the end of the album the passion unfortunately disappears. This album does have some of the best songs ever made from the fearless "We Die Young" to the mournful " Man In The box" and the reflective "Sea of Sorrow". The person below me is obnoxious.
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