Dave's Room Recording Studio in North Hollywood, California
Genre
Alternative rock[2]
hard rock[3]
post-grunge[3]
country rock[4]
Length
40:42
Label
Double J Music[5]
Producer
Jerry Cantrell
Tyler Bates
Jerry Cantrell chronology
Degradation Trip Volumes 1 & 2 (2002)
Brighten (2021)
Singles from Brighten
"Atone" Released: July 29, 2021
"Brighten" Released: September 10, 2021
"Siren Song" Released: October 21, 2021
Brighten is the third solo album by Alice in Chains guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell. Released on October 29, 2021,[1] it is his first independent album[6] as well as his first solo album in 19 years, since 2002's Degradation Trip Volumes 1 & 2.[7] In addition to singing, Cantrell also played guitar, bass and keyboards on the album.[8] He described the album as "a journey up through darkness to light".[2]
Cantrell produced the album along with Tyler Bates.[8] It also features Duff McKagan on bass, Gil Sharone on drums, Greg Puciato on background vocals, Abe Laboriel Jr. on drums, Tyler Bates on strings, percussion and guitar, Vincent Jones on piano, keyboards and strings, Jordan Lewis on piano, and Michael Rozon on pedal steel.[1][8] The last track is a cover of Elton John's "Goodbye", which John himself approved.[1]
The album's first single, "Atone", was released on July 29, 2021.[1][9] The second single, "Brighten", was released on September 10, 2021.[10] The third single, "Siren Song", was released on October 21, 2021.[11]
^ abcdeBlistein, Jon (July 29, 2021). "Alice in Chains' Jerry Cantrell Previews New Solo Album With 'Atone'". Rolling Stone.
^ abHadusek, Jon (October 28, 2021). "Jerry Cantrell on the Making of Brighten, Recording with Friends, and Touring in 2022". Consequence of Sound.
^ ab"Jerry Cantrell - Brighten". AllMusic. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
^Law, Sam (October 29, 2021). "Album review: Jerry Cantrell – Brighten". Kerrang!.
^"Brighten [Glow In The Dark Packaging]". Easy Street Records. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
^"Jerry Cantrell Talks New Album and Football with WRIF". WRIF. September 17, 2021.
^Hickie, James (July 30, 2021). "Collaborations, classic rock and Clint Eastwood: Inside Jerry Cantrell's first solo album in 19 years". Kerrang!.
^ abcCite error: The named reference credits was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Jerry Cantrell shares brand-new single Atone; announces third solo LP Brighten". Kerrang!. July 30, 2021.
^Cite error: The named reference Brighten single was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Cite error: The named reference Siren was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
Brighten is the third solo album by Alice in Chains guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell. Released on October 29, 2021, it is his first independent album...
Brighten the Corners is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Pavement, released on February 11, 1997, by Matador Records. The album received...
Brighten the Corner is a 1967 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, debut album on Capitol Records. The album charted at #172 in the...
Marine cloud brightening also known as marine cloud seeding and marine cloud engineering is a proposed solar radiation management climate engineering...
Brighton Beach is a neighborhood in the southern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, within the greater Coney Island area along the Atlantic...
10 May 2011 Sheth, N. (28 May 2009), "Outlook for Outsourcing Spending Brightens", The Wall Street Journal, retrieved 3 October 2010 Yep, E. (27 September...
reversal of the dimming trend, sometimes referred to as global brightening. This global brightening had contributed to the acceleration of global warming, which...
phenomenon of "limb brightening" is seen instead. In the Sun, the existence of a temperature minimum region means that limb brightening should start to dominate...
1998 and Degradation Trip Volumes 1 & 2 in 2002. His third solo album, Brighten, was released in 2021. Cantrell has also collaborated and performed with...
a song by American indie rock band Pavement that appears on the album Brighten the Corners. It was also released as a two-part single and as an EP, which...
the later process affecting short a, which is known as Anglo-Frisian brightening or First Fronting (see below). Nasalized ą̄ and the sequences ān, ām...
albedo: historical land cover changes have generally led to a dominant brightening of land" Haywood 2016, p. 456; McNeill 2017; Samset et al. 2018. IPCC...
the resulting tracks were of only demo quality. After "Night Owl" (b/w "Brighten Your Night with My Day") was released as an unsuccessful single by Jay...
Stars, version 4.2, this UV Ceti star or "flare star" can unexpectedly brighten rapidly by as much as 0.6 magnitude at visual wavelengths, then fade after...
Retrieved July 13, 2010. Canby, Vincent (August 29, 1982). "New Faces Brighten a Mixed Batch of Movies". The New York Times. Vernon Scott (February 24...
2013. Caulfield, Keith (November 9, 2011). "Justin Bieber's 'Mistletoe' Brightens Billboard 200 with No. 1 Debut". Billboard. Archived from the original...
government approved the shipping of cotton to Japan. Suzuki's fortunes brightened as orders began to increase from domestic textile manufacturers. But the...
the album did not sell as well as Crooked Rain. The band's 1997 album Brighten the Corners "brought [the band] back" according to West, although shortly...
"'Impractical Jokers' Star Joe Gatto's Kids (and Dogs) Will Instantly Brighten Up Your Instagram Feed". Life & Style. June 4, 2019. Retrieved January...
Pavement. It was originally recorded for the band's fourth studio album Brighten The Corners, but was ultimately left off the final record by Stephen Malkmus...
energy and resources to help other kids and working with Starlight to brighten the lives of seriously ill children. "Starlight Ambassadors". Zane Huett...
the vivid light of the Mediterranean climate his palette significantly brightened. Pink Peach Tree in Blossom (Reminiscence of Mauve), watercolour, March...
her, and unlike other men, is kind to the other prostitutes, trying to brighten their sad lives. When he tells Gulab that he needs a job and somewhere...
effect which prevents resolution of the image at longer wavelengths. The brightening of this material in the 'bottom' half of the processed EHT image is thought...
Global Information