Music Bank (album)

Music Bank is a box set of a large variety of songs by the American rock band Alice in Chains. It was released on October 26, 1999, on Columbia Records.<ref name="release date"/> The box set includes previously unreleased demos, hit singles, remixes, alternative versions and four new songs, "Fear the Voices", "Get Born Again", "Lying Season", and "Died". The track "Fear the Voices" was released as a single to promote the box set.<ref name="release date"/> Music Bank peaked at No. 123 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Overview

The box set consists of three music discs, 48 songs, including rarities, previously unreleased demos and mixes by the band, and previously released and remastered material from their albums Facelift, Sap, Dirt, Jar of Flies, Alice in Chains and Unplugged and a CD-ROM disc containing various multimedia.

In 1998, vocalist Layne Staley reunited with Alice in Chains to record two new songs, "Get Born Again" and "Died".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Originally written for Jerry Cantrell's solo album Degradation Trip,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the songs were released on Music Bank.<ref name="Music Bank">Template:Cite AV media notes</ref>

Chart positions

Album

Chart (1999)	Peak position
US Billboard 200<ref name="Alice in Chains - Artist chart History">Template:Cite web</ref>	123
Top Internet Albums<ref name="Alice in Chains - Artist chart History"/>	12

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Peak position
1999	"Fear the Voices"	US Mainstream Rock	11

Personnel

• Mark Arm – vocals on "Right Turn"
• Jeff Beck – graphic design
• Jerry Cantrell – guitar, vocals, liner notes pages 48–53, compilation title, cover concept
• Chris Cornell – vocals on "Right Turn"
• Peter Cronin – photography
• Paul Hernandez – photography
• Mike Inez – bass (disc 1: track 1, disc 2: tracks 16 & 17, disc 3: tracks 3–11, 13–14), guitar (disc 3: track 12)
• Dennis Keeley – photography
• Sean Kinney – drums, liner notes (inner box), concept, cover concept, supervisor, direction, production concept
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
• Scott Olson – guitar (disc 3: tracks 11 & 13), bass (disc 3: track 12)
• Layne Staley – vocals, guitar ("Angry Chair", "Hate to Feel", "Head Creeps", "Died")
• Mike Starr – bass (disc 1: tracks 2–17, disc 2: tracks 1–15, disc 3: tracks 1–2)
• Ann Wilson – vocals on "Am I Inside"
• Jonathan Meyer – graphic assistant
• Peter Fletcher – compilation producer, foreword
• Neil Zlozower – photography
• Jeffrey Mayer – photography
• Catherine Wessel – photography
• Karen Moskowitz – photography
• Michael Simpson – package supervision
• Mary Maurer – art direction, design
• Chris Cuffaro – photography
• Doug Erb – design
• Danny Clinch – photography
• Steffan Chirazi – liner notes
• Marty Temme – photography
• Brandy Flower – design
• Christopher Wray-McCann – photography