Cantrell has proven that his songwriting has reached a level, that few artists have the ability to reach in their lifetimes. This album is THE best album I've heard in decades. I hope that he receives a lot of recognition for this by his peers. It's amazing. This song in particular.. it just glues me to my chair. I can't even function, and do shit around the house. I have to literally sit down and immerse myself into it. Idk where you went to get to this place, Jerry. But, you could rest my friend. Layne, no doubt, is proud of you brother. \,,/
great comment Jerry in my eyes is the best song writer from the I hate saying this (the grunge) era he continues to blow me away this particular song just May be the best he's written to date . thank you Jerry and the rest that all make it happen. thank you so much
Sorry you don't agree, lifelong AIC fan here. Love the guys in the band but you know dang well Kinney and Inez could have been replaced, Starr was...and it wouldn't have made a lick of difference. It was/is always Jerry's brainchild. Layne put it over the top. Jerry put the pain on paper, Layne belted it out. I love Duvall to death, the perfect singer and bandmate for the new AIC, but the "soul" isn't there in my opinion. They've had a gem here and there on these last 3 albums but I feel Jerry peaked during the DT era. That was songwriting at its best.
I was actually unimpressed with this record originally. Now having meditated on it for a couple days, this might be the strongest record of the DuVall era. DuVall and Cantrell have solidified their song writing and singing abilities to extraordinary levels, this record is so deep, psychological and introspective. I'm pretty damned embarrassed by my initial impression. These guys really can do anything.
Agreed. I hated most the album at first. I didn't think much of Tripod at first either, but now it's my favorite. The One You Know, So Far Under, Red Giant, and All I Am are easily as good as anything they've done with William.
I had to reassess my original thoughts still so classic aic girl i was quick to judge. They will never sound like they did in those old records with layne. That time has passed, and oddly enough they are men not boys so the focus changes too add to that they are all sober so dirt part 2 isnt in the works.
As glorious as those early records were, brilliance and self-destruction sadly came in the same package for Staley. You're boys to men analogy is perfect, they're still telling the same story, its just a more matured version.
This song makes me cry, I was 12 when Alice came to me... We are never far. I am 40 now... and THIS song just does IT. Beautifully written and performed.
Don't get me wrong...somehow I think it would be better to end the album with Never Fade ...All I Am is just too beautifully sad (and I mean it in an amazing way ofc), so bittersweet ...but....nevermind...they know better. AIC rules!
Cantrell and Akerfeldt. They were able to capture the most romantic essence of melancholia, transposing it into music in a game of balance between extreme despair and tormented beauty. Thanks ever so much, both of you.
This has immediately become one of the best songs I believe I've ever heard...it's been a long time since a new song has sent chills up my spine in such a way...beautifully capturing that pain. Thank you AiC. For everything.
Every Alice in Chains album has that "one" song that just floors me. "Love Hate Love," "Am I Inside?" "Angry Chair," "Don't Follow," etc... And now it's "All I Am." This song brings me closer to tears each time I listen to it. Simply beautiful.
In my opinion, this music is one of their best since "Facelift". Since i heard the first time, it stood in loop mode. Can't stop listen. It's an atmospheric feeling of darkness, pain, dispair... So perfect melody and lyrics. Thank you AIC!
I've never had a song touch me in such a way to bring me to tears. Never! Until now. Blown away by this album! Never turning them off. Start to finish, one after another this band is by far the best of all time imo. Rip Layne, Mike, Chris, an Vinne Paul. You are all surely missed.
I heard this song this afternoon in a music store, I've never bought an album without knowing anything about the artist or the rest of the album before but this was s o worth it.
I'm glad I found them! His voice is hauntingly beautiful, and combining that with the 'rougher' guitar it genuinely pulled me to a full stop to listen to it (before messing up my phone's pattern three times because I wanted to be in time to shazam it haha)
Juan Perez Already on it! First I went through Rainier Fog because I bought the album anyway. And now I'm listening through all of their albums, starting from their first!
Without a doubt one of the deeper tracks Jerry has ever written, sounds very personal and beautifully pained, dare I say it almost has an element of "progressive rock-ness" to it, have a feeling this will become my favorite track very quickly. The layers of sound (guitars, strings, harmonies, and Sean's as always understated drumming) are something I don't recall hearing quite like this before in an Alice song, fucking brilliant !
jerry cantrell gets every day to surprise me more with the quality that still writes its songs ... solos, effects voices ... everything marries in a perfect harmony and the result is a beautiful music and my favorite of the new album
I think a lot of the traits you highlighted about this song are the same for Over Now. I was really glad when I heard this song as the album closer with a similar vibe to how they ended the self titled album
One day, I'd like to see Jerry Cantrell, and William DuVall make a melodic death metal band with Yohan Heg on lead vocals. I'd love to hear William and Jerry's vocals combine with Yohan Heg's death metal growls!
I was thinking this album was great and very diverse throughout and wondered how it could possible end. As usual, they killed it. This is so hauntingly beautiful, vintage dark ambient style of Alice in Chains but yet so different. The pain is real, the lyrics brutally honest and the vocals A1. A beautiful solo and seven minutes of immaculate musicanship . . . I cried, I was in awe and this is going up my favorite songs list the more I listen to it
From 6:24 til the end: one of the best outro ever made...so melancholic... This world has no hope, it’s dead inside...waiting for the time of humanity to end..
+Shashank Ukhalkar don't bring us down speak for your self. grab your headphones,a cocktail of your choice,fire up a blunt. most I'mportantly don't forget Alice in Chains. I'm alive today because of these men. life is what you make it
Anthony Michel I just watched this video 30 minutes ago after 2 months that I wrote that comment and you just arrived 5 minutes ago with another comment. It’s fucking weird...no, it’s spooky. Anyway, life is beautiful, you’re right, but humanity in general has a sense of egoism and coldness that we cannot deny. Alice In Chains Forevaaa 🤘
Boy did I need this song to be revealed to me today. It hit home in a big way after things in my life just took a bad turn hours earlier. And first listen was while driving around on a drizzly, foggy day to boot. Just perfect. Sad, but somehow comforting at the same time, as AIC continues to do so incredibly well.
One of the only songs in my recent memory that really puts that pain out there. It's songs like this that show the beauty in pain. What an absolutely phenomenal song to end the album I've waited so long on!
@@frankj8773 Very true, lots of similarities, specially in the way they let the notes sing and soar. Best guitar players can do more with a few notes than others with five million of them. Lots of elegance in their choices.
The first time I heard this song, my jaw dropped and I was in awe of how beautiful and poignant it was. It instantly became one of my favorite songs ever. As much as I appreciate William's immense talent, I can't help but wonder what the song would be like with Layne in his prime. It would be even more incredible than it is. His death left a huge hole in the lives of all of Alice's fans.
My mother passed away on Dec 27 I came to this song immediately She passed from symptoms of dementia and these words made the most sense God bless you Jerry, William, Mike, and Sean When words fail music speaks...
This is what music is supposed to do send chills up my spine like i was having a good one Alice in Chains is and always my favorite band of all time theyre are lots of bands out there and this one is the ONE ya know numero UNO #1 like the old AIC is legendary and this new AiC is like a diamond in the rough just shine ready to be seen i love this song its just like listening to down in a hole
From what I have heard so far on the album, this is probably my favorite. TBH tho, it is really hard to choose a favorite on an album that plays through masterfully. A rarity in rock music these days.
This to me takes BGWTB, Choke, Rotten Apple, and Nutshell, puts it all together in a blender and creates an absolute masterpiece of a song. Sure you all may see it differently, but this is just my view on the song. Either way, this album is absolutely amazing. Definitely on par with BGWTB and TDPDH. Maybe even better? Remains to be seen.
I agree. This album definitely takes Dirt and Tripod and throws it in a blender, and Tripod also was similar to Jar of Flies in a way. I was questioning the album at first when I listened to it, because SOME of the songs just seem kind of, I don't know, boring or blandish to me. But later on I'll probably like it more. This song, Never Fade, and Rainier Fog are definitely my favorites from this album so far.
Billybob Schneider I agree. I was a little skeptical at first too... I wonder if Chains still had it after 5 years without an album, but they proved me wrong. My favorites of this album are “All I Am”, “Maybe”, and “Drone.”, but it’s hard to select one good song when the entire album to me is consistently good.
Billybob Schneider Its just... a different direction, perhaps? Like, something with AIC stepping outta their comfort zone, and you being on the fence? No worries man, I totally understand! To me, it’s way too hard to rank one AIC Album from the new lineup over the other cause I love all 3 of em equally. 😂
Wonderful band. I've been listening to their music for 20 years now. Watched them from a far, grew with them and lived sorrows, and pain and A difficult climb to rebirth , without a frontman: Amazing band.
Forever indebted to Alice in Chains. Their music's been helping me in getting through the rough patches in my life.. together with me through thick and thin.
Alice In Chains will go down as one of the all-time greatest alternative rock bands. Jerry Cantrell is a genius. Hopefully they're nominated for the Hall of Fame soon because they deserve it! The quality of music they're producing at the moment puts their peers in the shade.
This is why my favourite band is alice in chains, they just nail it with every fucking album, cantrell is an actual creative genius and its such ashame that millions upon millions of people are missing out on this excellent music!
This song epitomizes how I feel about my life at 50. Fortunate yet filled with self hate. I’m pretty sure that Mr. Jerry Cantrell will go down in history as one of the best motherfucking songwriters in the history of this kind of music. The man has somehow tapped into the most painfully beautiful way of expressing his feelings through a musical note that I’ve ever heard. Somehow a person I’ve never met knows exactly how I feel. Year after year after year. Thank you Jerry Cantrell. I wish I could of been there with you guys.
I am mostly into heavy metal music, but I gave a chance to this album. Not my cup of tea,but this song,the last one on the album, gave me chills. Great song,beautifull,sad,painful...
It's Rainier Fog, this song, and Never Fade for me, but Red Giant and The One You Know are behind it. I'll probably like the other songs more after I listen more. I didn't like Drone too much but I love the guitar (and bass) line too
Love, Hate, Love Part 2. "All I Am" is definitely one of the best songs by AiC. And the album sounds like a sequel to Facelift. Can't get any better than that.
Sometimes, a song comes along and it penetrates the darkest, holed-up recesses of your soul. You get the sense, falsely contrived of course, that its author penned it just for you. I’m always on the prowl for such fresh music from Seattle bands of the 90’s, and I particularly look out for the work of Jerry Cantrell, who grew up in my neck of the woods south of Tacoma. Alice in Chains’ last full-length album, “Rainier Fog,” jumped out of its CD case and into my F350’s Pioneer surround-sound two years ago as fast as I could knife my way through its obnoxiously packaged plastic. It didn’t have a noticeably epic song like “I Stay Away” or “Rooster” or “Man in the Box,” but it is true to form, a thorough-going composition by one of the leaders in the so-called Grunge genre. There was this one song, however, the final selection for Rainier Fog that worked its way into those pernicious recesses of mine. It’s a brooding, angst-y minor-chord constructed melody replete with incisive lyrics that I hadn’t read until just tonight. If you’re like me, you find it difficult to decipher the exact enunciated words that most rock stars belt out and so you “make up” what you believe the genuine lyrics to be. Lord, did I get them wrong. I’ll provide a brief literary criticism and exegete Jerry’s stanzas at a later date, but for now-if you are so inclined and appreciate his style of music and insight into the human condition, knock yourself out with multiple, on-repeat, plays of “All I Am.” Now that I know the words, it just may become an “epic” for me too. #jerrycantrell #aliceinchains #ALLIam
Irish Spring Soap What do you mean with "too long"? "Love, Hate, Love", "A Looking in View", "Acid Bubble" for example are also long songs and they performed them all when I was at their concert years ago. But you know everything as I read.
@@addisonlewis723 well as it turns out I was right. I went to the following three shows and this one was never done live. So yes. I knew what I was talking about.
+Adam Turner I mean AIC music (if you really like it) stays with you for the rest of life. I've been listening to AIC music since I was 14, I'm 40 now. That's my point bro Adam ;) And I really like their new album Rainier Fog too ofc. Awesome.
You're getting a reminder to remind you just how great Jerry is. He is so underrated in his talents. Just a tremendous musician and vocalist. Layne is licking his chops.
Every time i hear that end guitar im waiting for it to drag me into a painful solo but get left with a feeling of being unfulfilled. Crazy being as the song is over 7 minutes and one of the most beautiful songs i've ever heard.
Good lord this is awesome! I haven't been impressed with new original music and quite some time and this is just sooooo good! I'm getting Goosebumps just like several others have said! Grsbrmps! Ermagerd!
Haunting....excellent way to bring the pain to the top so we can all relate. Melancholy at its best about the past and looking back. Definitely something we all go thru.... RIP Layne....Mike...
Amo este tema , el álbum es todo increible. Lo que Layne hacia con su voz Jerry lo logra con sus letras y su guitarra. Todos ponen lo suyo . son unos genios estos tipos ! Los adoro
That was my First thought too....it's definitely a melancholy song about the past and I agree it's about Layne and all they went thru. Its a hole that can't be filled but Jerry's brilliance can help us all relate. RIP LAYNE....Mike....
Wow totally blown away kind of brings ya back to their early days of dark moody times fuckin absolutely killer song so glad this album came out when it did
Damn. So far this album is hitting home for my current life situation. Don't know if I'm taking lyrics as intended.... But my wife of going on 20 yrs and me are separated ..... I'm still clinging to the memory of her prime.... But had to keep my kids safe..... She started doing dope bad and staying gone doing weird shit, getting crazy, different face before me.... She brought dangerous mother fuckers to our home.... 4 kids we have, all she dangers.... For her dope getting ability.... Unsure what to do or if it's over for good.... I miss her so fucking bad .... Been 2 wks now..... I hope she gets better... Fuck.
