Nothing Safe: The Best Of The Box - Definition and Overview

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

The album is the first of Alice in Chains's best-of albums, and was released as an abridged version of their box set Music Bank. The album contains songs from previous albums Facelift, Sap, Dirt, and Jar of Flies. Many of the bands most popular singles were included.

Track listing

1. "Get Born Again" (Cantrell/Staley) - 5:26
2. "We Die Young" (Cantrell) - 2:28
3. "Man in the Box" (Cantrell/Kinney/Staley/Starr) - 4:46
4. "Them Bones" (Cantrell) - 2:30
5. "Iron Gland" (Cantrell) - :43
6. "Angry Chair" (Staley) - 4:46
7. "Down in a Hole" (Cantrell) - 5:37
8. "Rooster" [live] (Cantrell) - 6:46
9. "Got Me Wrong" (Cantrell) - 4:59
10. "No Excuses" (Cantrell) - 4:15
11. "I Stay Away" (Cantrell/Inez/Staley) - 4:14
12. "What the Hell Have I" (Cantrell) - 3:57
13. "Grind" (Cantrell) - 4:44
14. "Again" (Cantrell/Staley) - 4:04
15. "Would?" (Cantrell) - 3:28

Personnel

• 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

1999	Nothing Safe	 The Billboard 200	    No. 20
1999	Nothing Safe	 Top Internet Albums	    No. 17

Singles

1991	Man In The Box	 Mainstream Rock Tracks     No. 18
1992   Them Bones       Mainstream Rock Tracks     No. 24
1992   Them Bones       Modern Rock Tracks         No. 30
1993   Angry Chair      Mainstream Rock Tracks     No. 34
1993   Rooster          Mainstream Rock Tracks     No. 7
1993   Angry Chair      Modern Rock Tracks         No. 27
1993   Down In A Hole   Mainstream Rock Tracks     No. 10
1994   Down In A Hole   Mainstream Rock Tracks     No. 11
1994	I Stay Away	 Mainstream Rock Tracks	    No. 10
1994	No Excuses	 Mainstream Rock Tracks	    No. 1
1994	No Excuses	 Modern Rock Tracks	    No. 3
1994	No Excuses	 Top 40 Mainstream	    No. 32
1995	Got Me Wrong	 Mainstream Rock Tracks	    No. 7
1995	Got Me Wrong	 Modern Rock Tracks	    No. 22
1996   Would?           Mainstream Rock Tracks     No. 19