Nothing Safe: Best of the Box

Nothing Safe: Best of the Box
Greatest hits album by Alice in Chains
Released	June 29, 1999
Recorded	1989-1999
Genre	Alternative metal, grunge, alternative rock, heavy metal
Length	62:18
Label	Columbia
Producer	Alice in Chains, Alex Coletti, Dave Jerden, Rick Parashar, Tony Wilson, Toby Wright, Peter Fletcher
Alice in Chains compilations chronology
Nothing Safe: Best of the Box (1999) Music Bank (1999)
Singles from Nothing Safe: Best of the Box
"Get Born Again" Released: July 13, 1999

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

Nothing Safe: Best of the Box is a compilation/greatest hits album by the grunge band Alice in Chains. It was released on June 29, 1999 on Columbia Records.

Overview

The album is the first of Alice in Chains's best-of albums, and also served as a sampler for their Music Bank box set. Nothing Safe contains songs from previous albums Facelift, Sap, Dirt, Jar of Flies, Alice in Chains and Unplugged, as well as the previously unreleased track "Get Born Again". Nothing Safe has received platinum certification by the RIAA.

Despite the "Best of the Box" album title, the demo version of "We Die Young" that appears here is not included on Music Bank and is therefore exclusive to this collection. A "Best Buy Exclusive" issue of the CD included a bonus disc in a cardboard sleeve, with live versions of "Angry Chair" and "Man in the Box".

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Get Born Again" (previously unreleased)	Layne Staley, Jerry Cantrell	5:26
2.	"We Die Young" (previously unreleased demo)	Cantrell	2:28
3.	"Man in the Box" (from Facelift)	Staley, Cantrell	4:46
4.	"Them Bones" (from Dirt)	Cantrell	2:30
5.	"Iron Gland" (unlisted track from Dirt)	Cantrell	0:43
6.	"Angry Chair" (from Dirt)	Staley	4:46
7.	"Down in a Hole" (from Dirt)	Cantrell	5:37
8.	"Rooster" (Live; previously unreleased in North America)	Cantrell	6:46
9.	"Got Me Wrong" (from MTV Unplugged)	Cantrell	4:24
10.	"No Excuses" (from Jar of Flies)	Cantrell	4:15
11.	"I Stay Away" (from Jar of Flies)	Staley, Michael Inez, Cantrell	4:14
12.	"What the Hell Have I" (Music from the Original Motion Picture - Last Action Hero)	Cantrell	3:57
13.	"Grind" (from Alice in Chains)	Cantrell	4:44
14.	"Again" (from Alice in Chains)	Staley, Cantrell	4:04
15.	"Would?" (from Dirt)	Cantrell	3:28

Personnel

• Jerry Cantrell - Guitar, backing vocals and lead vocals on "Grind"
• Layne Staley - Lead vocals and guitar on "Angry Chair" and "Grind"
• Mike Starr - Bass (tracks 2-8,15)
• Mike Inez - Bass (tracks 1,9-14)
• Sean Kinney - Drums
• Alice in Chains - Producer
• Bryan Carlstrom – engineer
• Ronnie S. Champagne – engineer
• Alex Coletti – producer
• John Harris – engineer
• Dave Jerden – producer, engineer, mixing
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
• Rick Parashar – producer
• Andy Wallace – mixing
• Tony Wilson – producer
• Toby Wright – producer, engineer, mixing
• Tom Nellen – engineer
• Peter Fletcher – producer, compilation producer
• Mike Walter – engineer
• Rocky Schenck – photography
• Mary Maurer – art direction, design
• Danny Clinch – photography
• Marty Temme – photography
• Brandy Flower – design
• Young Sun Lim – artwork, art direction
• Chris McCann – photography

Chart positions

Album

Chart (1999)	Position
US Billboard 200[3]	20
Top Internet Albums[3]	17

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US [4]	US Main [5]	US Mod [5]
1999	"Get Born Again"[I]	106	4	12

• I^ Peaked on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, a 25-song extension to the original Billboard Hot 100 chart.

References

1. ^ Huey, Steve. "Nothing Safe: Best of the Box > Overview". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Aqpaxlfhekcqu. Retrieved 23 July 2009. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ Hunter, James (1999-09-02). "Nothing Safe: Best of the Box". Album Reviews. Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/aliceinchains/albums/album/175774/review/6210919/nothing_safe_the_best_of_the_box. Retrieved 2008-10-05. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Alice in Chains - Artist chart History". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=3943&model.vnuAlbumId=624727. Retrieved 2007-11-09. 
4. ^ "Hot 100 Airplay - Alice in Chains". Billboard charts. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?exp=y&Ntt=Alice+in+Chains&Ntk=Keyword&an=bbcom&nor=10&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&N=37+4294122920. Retrieved 2008-05-13. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ ^{a b} "Artist Chart History – Alice in Chains". Billboard charts. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Singles&model.vnuArtistId=3943&model.vnuAlbumId=454488. Retrieved 2008-02-14.