Alice In Chains – Jar Of Flies

With this record you get what you pay for in my opinion... I've not heard other versions on vinyl but own the original European CD.. which to my ear has clearer dynamics. The pressing quality isn't the best unfortunately If you had to own a version I'd steer away from the tri colour one. This pressing suffers from quite abit of surface noise in between tracks and particularly on the start of each side. I'm yet to clean it as with these pressings dynamics often surprisingly improve apon cleaning so i'll update when I eventually do.

In conclusion, should you buy it? Absolutely its cheap, widely available and an awesome album. Defo a must have on vinyl but i'll be seeking an original or a Jar of flies/SAP MOV pressing.

Update: I'm relistening to it as writting the review. The second side shines more than the first for sure i'll be cleaning it his week and will update. Update 2: post cleaning theres still quite alot of surface noise can't fault it for a cheap reissue will be looking to get a MOV or Original at somepoint for sure

Final Thoughts: I compared this to the original CD which I own European origin and it absolutely blows it out of the water from the first few seconds onwards. Unless you have pockets & hearts deep enough to fork out original or MOV Pressings the CD is incredible.

What an incredible EP! Every track gives me goosebumps. “I Stay Away”, “No excuses” and “Whale and Wasp” are standout songs that truly shine on this record.

Mine came warped, dirty and has a couple scratches and is very noisy in places. Why is it now hit or miss with vinyl? It seems all mass production and poor quality control! Might have just picked up a bad copy, and will probably replace. Don't get me wrong, the vinyl still plays fine and sounds fine however these problems aren't really acceptable for a brand new record.

Nice songs, sharp mastering, find soundscape, good pressing. Certainly their best release.

My copy has 2 labels printed on top of each other. Am I the unlucky one or are there other friends who have the same unlucky situation?

Really disappointed with how my pressing turned out. The vinyl is warped, dirty, and scratched. There’s surface noise throughout, with clicks, skips, and even a part where the record gets stuck on the same loop. The sound is decent, but it’s hard to focus on it with all the other problems. I’ll try to replace it and hope for a better result.

Amazing. Immaculate. Would love to sing along to nutshell in my car while crying

Really dynamic and overall amazing sound. Whale and Wasp blew me away

Perfect sounding record for me. Zero surface noise and barely any pops and clicks. This pressing gets a 9.5/10

The sound quality and soundstage of this pressing is quite frankly amazing. Dead quiet and with a full wide stereo range. Very nice addition to my vinyl collection, I wish they would re-issue Alice in Chains 3 legged Dog lp on wax next.