Facelift (album)

Facelift
Studio album by
Alice in Chains
ReleasedAugust 28, 1990 (1990-08-28)[1]
RecordedDecember 1989 – April 1990
Studio
Genre
Length54:02
LabelColumbia
ProducerDave Jerden
Alice in Chains chronology
We Die Young
(1990) 		Facelift
(1990) 		Sap
(1992)
Singles from Facelift
  1. "We Die Young"
    Released: July 1990
  2. "Man in the Box"
    Released: January 1991
  3. "Bleed the Freak"
    Released: Mid 1991
  4. "Sea of Sorrow"
    Released: Late 1991

Facelift is the debut studio album by the American rock band Alice in Chains, released by Columbia Records on August 28, 1990.[1] The tracks "We Die Young", and "Man in the Box" were released as singles. "Man in the Box" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocal in 1992.[5] Facelift became the first grunge album to be certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), achieving this feat on September 11, 1991.[6][7] The album peaked at No. 42 on the Billboard 200 chart,[8] and has been certified triple-platinum by the RIAA for shipments of three million copies in the United States.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Advertisements" (PDF). Billboard. 1990-08-18. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-11-08 – via World Radio History.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference AMG Facelift was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Rivadivia, Eduardo (August 21, 2015). "HOW ALICE IN CHAINS BRIDGED ROCK ERAS WITH 'FACELIFT'". Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  4. ^ Childers, Chad (June 6, 2013). "BEST DEBUT HARD ROCK ALBUMS". Loudwire. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference First Grammy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ a b "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference first gold and platinum was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "Alice in Chains Chart History – Billboard 200 – Facelift". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 14, 2018. Retrieved December 6, 2017.