Alice In Chains – Jar Of Flies

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Label:	Columbia – CK 57628, Columbia – 57628
Format:	CD, EP, Stereo, No SID Codes
Country:	US
Released:	Jan 25, 1994
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Grunge, Acoustic

Tracklist

1	Rotten Apple Lyrics By – Staley* Music By – Cantrell, Inez	6:56
2	Nutshell Lyrics By – Staley* Music By – Cantrell, Inez, Kinney*	4:16
3	I Stay Away Lyrics By – Staley* Music By – Cantrell, Inez	4:13
4	No Excuses Lyrics By, Music By – Cantrell*	4:15
5	Whale & Wasp Music By – Cantrell*	2:35
6	Don't Follow Lyrics By, Music By – Cantrell*	4:21
7	Swing On This Lyrics By – Staley* Music By – Cantrell, Inez, Kinney*	4:01

Companies, etc.

Manufactured By – Columbia Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Copyright © – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Copyright © – Jack Lord Music
Copyright © – Buttnugget Publishing
Copyright © – Michael Inez Music
Copyright © – Lungclam Music
Recorded At – London Bridge Studio
Mixed At – Scream Studios
Mastered At – Precision Mastering
Glass Mastered At – Sony Music, Pitman

Credits

Art Direction [A.D.] – M. Maurer*
Bass, Guitar – Mike Inez
Drums, Percussion – Sean Kinney
Engineer, Mixed By – Toby "Ted, Trevor, Tab, Taylor, Tony, Todd, Trent, Timothy, Tyler, Thomas, Tilly, Terry, Tito" Wright*
Guitar [Guitars], Vocals – Jerry Cantrell
Management – Susan Silver
Mixed By [Assisted At Scream Studio] – Liz Sroka
Musician [Additional Musician], Harmonica – David Atkinson
Musician [Additional Musician], Viola – April Acevez
Musician [Additional Musician], Violin – Matthew Weiss, Rebecca Clemons-Smith
Musician [Additional Musician], Violoncello – Justine Foy
Photography By – Rocky Schenck
Photography By [Band Photo] – Pete Cronin
Photography By [Electron Microscope Photos] – Alicia K. Thompson
Producer – Alice In Chains
Recorded By [Assisted At London Bridge Studio] – Jon Plum
Vocals – Layne Staley
Vocals [Additional Vocals] – Darrel Peters*, Mike Inez, Randy Biro

Notes

This pressing is an original pressing without any SID codes.
Jar Of Flies is an original pressing pressed at Sony Music, Pitman, with SID codes.
Jar Of Flies is a repress pressed at Sony Music, Pitman.
Jar Of Flies is a DADC repress with "DIDP-080813" in the matrix.

Released in a standard jewel case with a clear tray and 10-panel foldout booklet with lyrics.
Some copies include a promotional sticker on the jewel case listing the band name, EP name, select song titles, and a third catalog number: CK 57628 S1.
Some copies of the initial pressing were packaged with four plastic flies in the clear spine of jewel case.
Copies with the flies were randomly inserted among the standard commercial release that was found in record stores on the day of release, and there is absolutely no physical difference in the packaging or the disc, other than the presence of the flies.

Catalog Numbers: CK 57628 on spines, disc; 57628 on booklet (back panel and final lyrics panel)

[Booklet]
Written & recorded at London Bridge Studio, Seattle September 7, 1993 - September 14, 1993
Mixed at Scream Studio September 17, 1993 - September 22, 1993
Mastered at Precision Mastering

Track 1
© 1993 Jack Lord Music/Buttnuggett Publishing/Michael Inez Music (ASCAP)
Tracks 2, 7
© 1993 Jack Lord Music/Michael Inez Music/Buttnuggett Publishing/Lungclam Music (ASCAP)
Track 3
© 1993 Jack Lord Music/Michael Inez Music/Buttnuggett Publishing (ASCAP)
Tracks 4, 5, 6
© 1993 Buttnuggett Publishing (ASCAP)

© 1993, 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. /
℗ 1993 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

[Tray Card; Disc Face]
© 1993, 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. / ℗ 1993 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 0 7464-57628-2 1
Barcode (Scanned): 074645762821
Rights Society: ASCAP
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): 1A CK57628 04 C2
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): 1A CK57628 06 C2
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3): 1A CK57628 17 C1
Matrix / Runout (Variant 4): 1A CK57628 02 C2
Matrix / Runout (Variant 5): 1A CK57628 15 C1
Matrix / Runout (Variant 6): 1A CK57628 16 C3
Matrix / Runout (Variant 7): 1A CK57628 09 C3
Matrix / Runout (Variant 8): 1A CK57628 07 C1
Matrix / Runout (Variant 9): 1A CK57628 08 C3
Matrix / Runout (Variant 10): 1A CK57628 18 D3
Matrix / Runout (Variant 11): 1A CK57628 08 C2

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Jar Of Flies (CD, Mini-Album, EP)	Columbia, Columbia	474855 2, COL 474855 2	Europe	1994
Recently Edited	Jar Of Flies (CD, EP)	Columbia, Columbia	752.267, 2-474855	Brazil	1994
Recently Edited	Jar Of Flies (Cassette, EP, 1993 1994)	Columbia, Columbia, Columbia	CT 57628, CT57628, 57628	US	1994
Recently Edited	Jar Of Flies (12", EP)	Columbia, Columbia	01-474855-20, Col 474855 1	Europe	1994
Recently Edited	Jar Of Flies (CD, EP)	Columbia	CEPK 57628	Canada	1994

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Reviews

UltimateMusicLover Aug 26, 2024
This and the original cassette beat the remastered pressing I got on vinyl recently.
Murphquake Apr 11, 2024
This CD blows the recent vinyl reissue out of the water. If you collect both mediums, the CD is definitely the way to go on this one (unless you have the original vinyl press, which I have heard is as good or better than the CD)
ringorider Apr 3, 2024
Any upfront info on the "filled with flies" version that might be coming out?
Cranmaro99 Mar 24, 2024
Someone should upload the new release cassette version/variant sold (out) from the official AIC store. :)
Cranmaro99 Mar 23, 2024
Hoping someone can add the anniversary cassette release from the AIC official store!
av8rdav Nov 12, 2023
This was the first EP in music history to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.
desconocidos27 Nov 8, 2023
i remember listening to this on repeat when it was released and just staring at the artwork. i was in middle school and dealing with problems with growing up. but this ep was definitely an escape from all the bs.
GuyMontag21 Sep 21, 2023
i assume this gets a re-release in 2024! am thinking it's jar of flies alone, since sap got a RSD reissue...but who knows
dja4055 Feb 24, 2022
A masterpiece... I stay away and No excuses and even the slightly unusual Don't Follow just have this haunting "sound" to them
justinsgaines Mar 16, 2019
As much as I love Alice in Chains's full-length albums, I think their EP releases are the best evidence of the band's versatility, talent, and soul. Case in point is the 1994 EP Jar of Flies. Coming after two unrelentingly heavy albums like Facelift and Dirt, a laid back, almost mellow collection of material is about the last thing you'd have expected from Alice in Chains, yet it never seemed out of character.

The disc starts off with a pair of very slow-paced songs that retain the gloom and atmosphere of Dirt, if not that album's fury. After that comes a pair of upbeat (for Alice in Chains anyway) singles – “I Stay Away” and “No Excuses” - which are among the band's all-time best songs. Next is the soulful instrumental track “Whale & Wasp,” followed by the laid back, harmonica driven “Don't Follow,” which is one of my absolute favorite Alice in Chains songs. Closing track “Swing on This” is an odd one, sounding like a bizarre swinging version of Dirt's God Smack.

If you're an Alice in Chains fan, you have to own Jar of Flies. It's an important moment in the band's progression, and one of the better albums the 90's alternative rock scene had to offer.