- alternative metal, rock, heavy metal, hard rock
- 54 min
- 11 tracks
- Virgin
Black Gives Way to Blue is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Alice in Chains, released on September 29, 2009, through a joint venture between Virgin and EMI Records.
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Grave, spare, character-led and earnest.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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Metacritic 69/100
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The Aquarian WeeklyA−
- Blabbermouth.net8.5/10
- Drowned in Sound7/10
- Kerrang!5/5 ★
- Melodic4.5/5 ★
- Metal Hammer10/10
- Rolling Stone2.5/5 ★
- The Skinny4/5 ★
- Stuff.co.nz4/4 ★
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Tracks
- 1All Secrets Known4:42
- 2Check My Brain3:57
- 3Last of My Kind5:52
- 4Your Decision4:43
- 5A Looking in View7:05
- 6When the Sun Rose Again4:00
- 7Acid Bubble6:55
- 8Lesson Learned4:16
- 9Take Her Out3:59
- 10Private Hell5:38
- 11Black Gives Way to Blue3:03
11 tracks, 54 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Alice in Chains
- Label
- Virgin
- Released
- 2009
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- MY
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