Spin - 11/92, p.114
Recommended - "...There's a brutal, though troubling, honesty in the lyrics...as a means of cutting yourself open and letting the listener look inside, Alice In Chains has certainly spit out a mouthful..."
Entertainment Weekly - 10/16/92, p.76
"...The pain and insight that went into these 12 songs make Alice In Chains shine above and beyond most of its Seattle neighbors..." -
Rating: AQ - 2/02, p.120
4 stars out of 5 - "...DIRT's layered harmonies and fashionable nihilism transformed AIC from sludge metal also-rans to short-lived stars of the post-grunge landscape..."
Alternative Press - 3/93, p.40
"...a big leap forward from 1990's FACELIFT. Where the latter was buried deep under water, DIRT surfs with abandon..."
Vox (12/92, p.63) - 8 - Very Good - "...At their best guitarist Jerry Cantrell's towering riffs and singer Layne Staley's impassioned caterwaul make for a dramatic, vital dose of New Metal..."
Alice In Chains: Layne Staley, Jerry Cantrell (vocals, guitar); Michael Starr (bass); Sean Kinney (drums).
Additional personnel: Tom Araya (background vocals).
Recorded in 1992.
Personnel: Jerry Cantrell, Layne Staley (vocals, guitar); Sean Kinney (drums).
Audio Mixer: Dave Jerden.
Based on 
![Slave to the Grind [Clean]](http://d3dvedx3sqrauf.cloudfront.net/i/boxart/mid/98/081227989019.jpg "Slave to the Grind [Clean]")
