Release and Reception
"Sea of Sorrow" was released as a single in 1992. "Sea of Sorrow" peaked at number 27 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. "Sea of Sorrow" was a moderate success and is still occasionally played on hard rock radio stations.
Ned Raggett of Allmusic said that the song "showed that even as a fairly young group Alice in Chains wanted to fool around with expectations at least a bit" and that "just about every member gets a little moment of flair on the track."
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