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Facelift vs Dirt....

Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
edited June 2010 in Other Music
Hard to decide, but I am loving Facelift at the moment.
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  • circlesdowncirclesdown Posts: 308
    dirt, easy.
  • glorified G is hereglorified G is here Posts: 419
    Dirt.

    That album is one of my top 5 albums and has huge significant personal meaning to me. Plus I saw 3 concerts for Dirt and was fortunate enough to have my Dec. 1992 ticket stub signed by Layne.
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  • DeLukinDeLukin Posts: 2,733
    I love Facelift, but gotta go with Dirt as my favorite. That album is just amazing. Tough to listen to now, in retrospect, with all the references to addiction but it's still in my top 10 all-time.
    I smile, but who am I kidding...
  • Hub.Hub. Posts: 1,985
    Dirt, by far.
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  • twisted thoughtstwisted thoughts Posts: 4,374
    FACELIFT!!!

    For these reasons:

    Love, Hate, Love
    Sunshine
    Confusion

    Dirt is still awesome tho....Man I wish they didnt have to replace Layne Staley. RIP
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  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,833
    Dirt.
  • KloddzKloddz Posts: 2,573
    Jar of Files. :lol:

    Of the full albums, I would have to say Dirt as well though. So much awesome stuff on there.

    3 days till I get to see AIC! :twisted:
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  • EdLawEdLaw Posts: 194
    Dirt!

    I do love Facelift as well, but the second half isn't quite as strong as the first.
    And I planted my bolo knife in the neck of mad John Finn. I took his wretched life.
    Now I'm over near the bandstand, every hand moving on John Finn's wife...
  • PorchsitterPorchsitter Loganville, GA Posts: 1,069
    Dirt. I tend to jump around from track to track with Facelift, but Dirt I can listen to from start to finish and never get tired of it. It's also one of those rare albums that flows on repeat from Would? to Them Bones.
    We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.--Bill Hicks
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    It Ain't Like That...

    8-)
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  • youngsteryoungster Boston Posts: 6,574
    Dirt
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

    9/29/04 Boston, 6/28/08 Mansfield, 8/23/09 Chicago, 5/15/10 Hartford
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,225
    DIRT
    Charlotte 00
    Charlotte 03
    Asheville 04
    Atlanta 12
    Greenville 16, Columbia 16
    Seattle 18 
    Nashville 22
  • rhcpjam1029rhcpjam1029 Posts: 1,956
    rachellee420 wrote:
    FACELIFT!!!

    For these reasons:

    Love, Hate, Love
    Sunshine
    Confusion

    Dirt is still awesome tho....Man I wish they didnt have to replace Layne Staley. RIP

    you've got me on sunshine...but nothing can beat dirt. dirt is a classic.
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    Butthead: It means that his friends are like turds and that they like suck.
    Beavis: Heh heh. Oh yeah. Yeah! Get those spoons out of my face before I shove them up your butt!
    Butthead: Huh huh.
  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,486
    Pffffft

    But Sunshine and Real Thing...
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 40,829
    Dirt, but also like Facelift as well as AIC (3 legged dog) and of course Jar of flies.
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    eeriepadave wrote:
    Dirt, but also like Facelift as well as AIC (3 legged dog) and of course Jar of flies.

    yeah can we just all agree that their entire catalog is epic.

    Their MTV Unplugged album is probably the best that that show ever had.
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    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
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  • Jack_C_GregoryJack_C_Gregory Posts: 540
    I love Facelift. The opening songs on that album work like a greatest hits collection, however, I would say Dirt is the stronger album.
  • dadesdades Posts: 321
    Dirt, just an amazing album.

    Also, just bought 2 tix for them at the 02 Glasgow on 2nd August :D
    You better be quick if you want tix, great venue
    Couldnt find any other dates in UK, anybody know if any more announced?
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  • the wolfthe wolf Posts: 7,027
    for me it's dirt by a long shot.
    Peace, Love.

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  • Drowned OutDrowned Out Posts: 6,056
    I listen to Dirt more often now, but I don't know if I could ever decide on one....I think Facelift is just as solid, just a little less intense.
    I was a big metalhead when Facelift came out, and the sound of that album totally changed my taste in music..
    I'll never forget playing it for a musician friend of mine, and watching his face while he listened to It Ain't Like That for the first time....ear to ear grin...he was blown away that such low-tempo music could be so heavy...
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    We Die Young
    Man in the Box
    Sunshine

    Best songs
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  • skippybrewskippybrew Posts: 283
    I was listening to Black Gives Way to Blue a few days ago. It's an okay album, but then I put on Facelift and almost started crying... The comparison is fucking stark.

    Dirt is a better album, but a little too played out for me. Still, every couple years I have an episode where I NEED to listen to it a dozen or so times in a row, and then I'm good for a while.
  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    not even worthy of discussion or debate......DIRT
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
  • OffHeGoes132OffHeGoes132 Posts: 594
    glorified G is here wrote:
    Dirt.

    That album is one of my top 5 albums and has huge significant personal meaning to me. Plus I saw 3 concerts for Dirt and was fortunate enough to have my Dec. 1992 ticket stub signed by Layne.

    That's frigin awesome, man. I can't decide which album I like better, but I have to agree that I tend to skip around LESS with Dirt, if that counts for anything. Two classic albums, IMO. RIP Layne. Ihonestly wish we would have seen more experimentation from him a la Mad Season...another classic
  • audiodaveaudiodave Posts: 1,623
    Dirt is a good album, but I rarely listen to it, and when I do, I don't get all the way through. Facelift is a brilliant album, and by far my favourite of the two.
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  • jammerfalljammerfall Posts: 908
    Technically, Dirt. But speaking from the heart, Facelift rules.
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    I reckon Facelift, been listening to both albums a lot lately.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • SpinTheBlackCircle74SpinTheBlackCircle74 Posts: 1,392
    Dirt
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