

The performance featured some of the band's highest charting singles, including "Down in a Hole", "Heaven Beside You", and "Would?", and introduced a new song, "The Killer Is Me". The show marked Alice in Chains' first appearance as a five-piece band, adding second guitarist Scott Olson. It is often hailed as one of the most memorable editions of MTV Unplugged, with a reputation comparable to the famous editions featuring Nirvana, Eric Clapton, and Bob Dylan. The performance was one of the band's final appearances with vocalist Layne Staley. The album was re-released as a CD/DVD package on September 18, 2007. The songs "Angry Chair", "Frogs", and "The Killer Is Me" were cut from the original MTV broadcast but are included on both the CD and home video releases.
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The album has received platinum certification by the RIAA and the home video release has received gold certification by the RIAA. A full length DVD of the concert was also later released in 1999. A live album of the performance was released in July 1996, which debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, and was accompanied by a home video release.

The show first aired on MTV on May 28, 1996. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.Alice in Chains resurfaced on Apto perform their first concert in two and a half years for MTV Unplugged, a program featuring all-acoustic set lists.

"A Little Bitter" (remix, from Music Bank) " What the Hell Have I" (remix, from Music Bank) It is the band’s first release since the death of vocalist Layne Staley.
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The songs " What the Hell Have I" and "A Little Bitter" which were featured on the Last Action Hero movie soundtrack are the Toby Wright remixed versions found on Music Bank. The third greatest hits release from the band, it proved to be more a definitive collection than the 10-track Greatest Hits collection and the best of/sampler collection, Nothing Safe: Best of the Box, featuring almost all of the band's hits and singles (with the exception of " Bleed the Freak", " Down in a Hole" " Fear the Voices" and " Don't Follow") as well as fan favorites and also two unplugged tracks. A DVD with the mockumentary The Nona Tapes came as a bonus disc with the compilation. The album was reissued in 2010 with different artwork.

Originally scheduled to be released on March 30, 2004, it was delayed until September 5, 2006. The Essential Alice in Chains is a two-disc compilation album by the rock band Alice in Chains, and part of Sony BMG's The Essential series.
