''Music Bank'' is a box set of a large variety of songs by the American rock band

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. It was released on October 26, 1999 on

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. The box set includes previously unreleased

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, hit singles, remixes, alternative versions and four new songs, "

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", " Get Born Again", "Lying Season", and "

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". The track "

" was released as a single to promote the box set. ''Music Bank'' peaked at No. 123 on the

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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 ''

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'', ''

'' and ''

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'' and a CD-ROM disc containing various multimedia. In 1998, vocalist

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reunited with Alice in Chains to record two new songs, " Get Born Again" and "

". Originally written for

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's solo album ''

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'', the songs were released on ''Music Bank''.

Track listing

Disc one

Disc two

Disc three

Chart positions

Album

Singles

Personnel

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– vocals on "Right Turn" *Jeff Beck – graphic design *

– guitar, vocals, liner notes pages 48–53, compilation title, cover concept *

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– 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 Sean Howard Kinney (born May 27, 1966) is an American musician, best known as the drummer and co-founder of the rock band Alice in Chains. Kinney also founded the short-lived supergroup Spys4Darwin, and has collaborated with other artists such ...

– drums, liner notes (inner box), concept, cover concept, supervisor, direction, production concept *Stephen Marcussen – mastering *

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– guitar (disc 3: tracks 11 & 13), bass (disc 3: track 12) *

– 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) *

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– 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

References

{{Authority control Alice in Chains compilation albums 1999 compilation albums Columbia Records compilation albums