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- Artist: Alice in Chains
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- Release Date: October 26, 1999
- Type: Compilation (best of), Enhanced CD-ROM, Box set
- Genre: Rock
Review
Three studio albums, two EPs, one live album, and a few European B-sides seemingly is a scant body of work to provide the basis for a box set, but that proves not to be the case with Music Bank, a three-disc retrospective of Alice in Chains' decade-long career. In many ways, the very release of Music Bank and its single-disc distillation, Nothing Safe, is a roundabout admission that AIC is no longer an active proposition for any of its members. But even if the group makes a comeback sometime in the next century, the two compilations are good snapshots of an era when Alice in Chains was one of the best bands in metal. By its very nature, Music Bank is for the hardcore fan, since it spans three discs, but this is one box that gets it right. It does feature all the hits, but they're surrounded by so many rarities -- including an abundance of demos, 12 previously unreleased cuts, live tracks, and alternate mixes and takes -- that it never seems like a hits compilation. More impressively, Music Bank has a real narrative drive; it's easy to hear the band evolve, even if the set begins with the newly recorded "Get Born Again." True, the box set really isn't for casual fans -- they should stick with Nothing Safe or the band's masterpiece, Dirt -- but the dedicated will not be disappointed with this fine set, since it does deliver more rarities than expected. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music GuideTracks
CD 1
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Get Born Again | Jerry Cantrell, Layne Staley | Alice in Chains | (5:24) |
| I Can't Have You Blues [#][Demo Version] | Jerry Cantrell | Alice in Chains | (4:00) |
| Whatcha Gonna Do [#][Demo Version] | Jerry Cantrell, Layne Staley | Alice in Chains | (2:53) |
| Social Parasite [#][Demo Version] | Jerry Cantrell | Alice in Chains | (4:21) |
| Queen of the Rodeo [Live][#] | Layne Staley | Alice in Chains | (4:38) |
| Bleed the Freak [#][Demo Version] | Jerry Cantrell | Alice in Chains | (3:31) |
| Killing Yourself [#][Demo Version] | Jerry Cantrell, Layne Staley | Alice in Chains | (2:38) |
| We Die Young | Jerry Cantrell | Alice in Chains | (2:32) |
| Man in the Box | Jerry Cantrell, |
Alice in Chains | (4:47) |
| Sea of Sorrow [#][Demo Version] | Jerry Cantrell | Alice in Chains | (5:21) |
| I Can't Remember | Jerry Cantrell, Layne Staley | Alice in Chains | (3:43) |
| Love, Hate, Love | Jerry Cantrell, Layne Staley | Alice in Chains | (6:29) |
| It Ain't Like That | Jerry Cantrell, |
Alice in Chains | (4:38) |
| Confusion | Jerry Cantrell, Layne Staley, |
Alice in Chains | (5:45) |
| Rooster [#][Demo Version] | Jerry Cantrell | Alice in Chains | (5:46) |
| Right Turn | Jerry Cantrell | Alice in Chains | (3:14) |
| Got Me Wrong | Jerry Cantrell | Alice in Chains | (4:09) |
CD 2
CD 3
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Down in a Hole | Jerry Cantrell | Alice in Chains | (5:37) |
| Hate to Feel | Layne Staley | Alice in Chains | (5:16) |
| What the Hell Have I [Remix][#][Mix] | Jerry Cantrell | Alice in Chains | (3:54) |
| A Little Bitter [Remix][#][Mix] | Jerry Cantrell, |
Alice in Chains | (3:48) |
| Grind | Jerry Cantrell | Alice in Chains | (4:44) |
| Again [Tattoo of Pain Mix] | Jerry Cantrell, Layne Staley | Alice in Chains | (4:01) |
| Head Creeps | Layne Staley | Alice in Chains | (6:28) |
| God Am | Jerry Cantrell, |
Alice in Chains | (4:11) |
| Frogs (Lyrics) | Jerry Cantrell, |
Alice in Chains | (8:17) |
| Heaven Beside You | Jerry Cantrell, |
Alice in Chains | (5:30) |
| Nutshell [Unplugged Version] | Jerry Cantrell, |
Alice in Chains | (4:28) |
| The Killer Is Me [Unplugged Version] | Jerry Cantrell | Alice in Chains | (5:16) |
| Over Now [Unplugged Version] | Jerry Cantrell, |
Alice in Chains | (5:55) |
| Died [#] | Jerry Cantrell, Layne Staley | Alice in Chains | (5:57) |
CD 4
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Get Born Again [Multimedia Track] | Jerry Cantrell, Layne Staley | Alice in Chains | |
| Jar of Flies [CD Extra Multimedia][Multimedia Track] | Alice in Chains | ||
| The Journey [Multimedia Track] | Alice in Chains |
