Album · Alice In Chains
Black Gives Way to Blue by Alice In Chains
Black Gives Way to Blue is an album by Alice In Chains, released in 2009. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 64 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Check My Brain”, on 29 lists with a best position of #10.
Black Gives Way to Blue, released in September 2009, was Alice in Chains' first album without Layne Staley, who died in 2002, and their first with William DuVall, who joined on rhythm guitar and vocals in 2006. With no label behind them, Jerry Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney paid for the sessions themselves, and Nick Raskulinecz produced with the band at Dave Grohl's Studio 606 and Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles. No gap between their studio albums had ever been longer.
Cantrell sings most of the leads, DuVall steps forward on "Last of My Kind" and weaves harmonies everywhere else, and Mike Inez's bass anchors a sound that goes back to the heavy metal grind of Dirt and Facelift, with some of Cantrell's heaviest riffs next to acoustic passages. "A Looking in View", "Check My Brain", "Your Decision" and "Lesson Learned" were the singles. It debuted at number 5 on the Billboard 200 and went gold.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Black Gives Way to Blue on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Check My Brain | 29 | #10 | – | 2009–2010 | |
| 2 | Your Decision | 21 | #4 | – | 2009–2010 | |
| 3 | Lesson Learned | 8 | #28 | – | 2010 | |
| 4 | A Looking in View | 6 | #28 | – | 2009 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.