Alice In Chains Albums Ranked From Worst To Best

8. The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here

As the 2010's dawned, Alice in Chains had seemed to have done the impossible. After the drafting of William DuVall proved to be a winning formula, the idea was to take this and expand on the sounds they had hinted at on Black Gives Way to Blue. Though you could argue The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here is the more consistent record, it does have a bit of flab showing every now and again.

This is also an impressive comeback story for Jerry Cantrell, with most of the riffs being developed in his head after coming off of a painful shoulder surgery. When they resurfaced, the songs that were coming together were a lot sludgier than their previous effort, with lyrics that corresponded to Cantrell's time in the hospital such as Phantom Limb and Lab Monkey.

While it's nice to see Alice in their element once again, you can definitely see cracks in the construction here. A lot of the tracks tend to feel like the guys are on easy mode, which they very well may have been considering Jerry's state at the time. Though DuVall still is a great presence behind the mic, the fact that he wasn't able to contribute anything outside of one song feels like a tremendous missed opportunity as well. The idea of Alice in Chains making Black Sabbath style doom rock may sound cool on paper, but the result might be a bit too slow for some.