Greatest Hits is a greatest hits collection by Alice in Chains. It was released on July 24, 2001, on Columbia Records. Greatest Hits is the second collection of hit songs by the band, albeit shorter than the previous release, Nothing Safe: Best of the Box. Greatest Hits was certified gold by the RIAA on November 30, 2005. It was the last album released by Alice in Chains before the death of singer Layne Staley in 2002. Mike Starr plays bass on the album’s first five songs, while Mike Inez plays bass on the last five. The album featured two covers. The first cover features a photo of boxer Gene Fullmer receiving a crushing right from Neal Rivers during their 10-round bout at Madison Square Garden on November 15, 1957. The unofficial second cover features an image of the members of the band’s heads from the Facelift photoshoot without the text on the cover.
Tracklist:
- Man in the Box (from Facelift) Layne Staley, Jerry Cantrell
- Them Bones (from Dirt) Cantrell
- Rooster (from Dirt) Cantrell
- Angry Chair (from Dirt) Staley
- Would? (from Dirt) Cantrell
- No Excuses (from Jar of Flies) Cantrell
- I Stay Away (from Jar of Flies) Cantrell, Mike Inez, Staley
- Grind (from Alice in Chains) Cantrell
- Heaven Beside You (from Alice in Chains) Cantrell, Inez
- Again (from Alice in Chains)
Credits
Layne Staley: lead vocals, backing vocals on “No Excuses”, “Grind” and “Heaven Beside You” and guitar on “Angry Chair”
Jerry Cantrell: lead guitar, backing vocals and lead vocals on “No Excuses”, “Grind” and “Heaven Beside You”
Mike Starr: bass (tracks 1–5)
Mike Inez: bass (tracks 6–10), additional backing vocals on “Again”
Sean Kinney: drums
Bryan Carlstrom: engineer
Ronnie S. Champagne: engineer
Dave Jerden: producer, engineer, mixing
Stephen Marcussen: mastering
Rick Parashar: producer, engineer, mixing
Toby Wright: producer, engineer, mixing
Tom Nellen: engineer
Rocky Schenck – photography
Mary Maurer: art direction
Marty Temme: photography
Elliott Blakey: engineer
Layne Staley (August 22, 1967 – April 5, 2002)
Mike Starr (April 4, 1966 – March 8, 2011).