Sap is the second studio EP by the American rock band Alice in Chains, released on February 4, 1992, through Columbia Records. Sap is mostly acoustic and marks the first time that guitarist Jerry Cantrell sings lead vocals in an Alice in Chains release, with the song "Brother". The EP was produced by Alice in Chains and Rick Parashar and features guest vocals by Ann Wilson of the band Heart, Chris Cornell of Soundgarden and Mark Arm of Mudhoney. The track "Got Me Wrong" became a hit two years later after being featured on the soundtrack to the 1994 film Clerks. On January 14, 1994, Sap was certified gold by the RIAA for the sale of more than 500,000 copies.
Background and recording
Following the tour for Facelift, Alice in Chains entered the studio to record a song for the Cameron Crowe movie Singles, but decided to turn the engagement to their advantage. As the guitarist Jerry Cantrell recalled: "So in the session that was meant for recording that one song ['Would?'], we ended up demoing about 10 songs, which included all the stuff that ended up on the [1992] Sap EP, 'Rooster' and a couple of others from Dirt."
While in the studio, drummer Sean Kinney had a dream about "making an EP called Sap."
The EP was recorded in four or five days in November 1991. The song was featured in the 2001 film Black Hawk Down. It was guitarist Jerry Cantrell who invited Wilson, Cornell and Arm to sing on Sap. The song specifically refers to the period after Cantrell's parents divorced, when his younger brother went off to live with his father while he stayed with his mother, and Cantrell said that the song "was a way of trying to build a bridge."
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On February 4, 1992, Alice in Chains released their second EP, Sap. The band did not want any ads or promotion for the EP, they just put it in the stores to see if people would buy it. Sap was soon certified gold.
| title1 = Brother
| writer1 = Jerry Cantrell
| length1 = 4:27
| title2 = Got Me Wrong
| writer2 = Cantrell
| length2 = 4:12
| title3 = Right Turn
| writer3 = Cantrell
| note3 = performed by Alice Mudgarden
| length3 = 3:17
| title4 = Am I Inside
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| length4 = 5:09
| title5 = Love Song
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| note5 = hidden track
| length5 = 3:44
| total_length = 20:49
Note
- "Alice Mudgarden" is Alice in Chains with Mark Arm of Mudhoney and Chris Cornell of Soundgarden.
Personnel
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- Layne Staley – vocals, drums on "Love Song"
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