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SOUNDGARDEN

Soundgarden made a place for heavy metal in alternative rock. Their fellow Seattle rockers Green River may have spearheaded the grunge sound, but they relied on noise rock in the vein of the Stooges. Similarly, Jane's Addiction were too fascinated with prog rock and performance art to appeal to a wide array of metal fans. Soundgarden, however, developed directly out of the grandiose blues-rock of Led Zeppelin and the sludgy, slow riffs of Black Sabbath. Which isn't to say they were a straight-ahead metal band. Soundgarden borrowed the D.I.Y. aesthetics of punk, melding their guitar-driven sound with an intelligence and ironic sense of humor that was indebted to the American underground of the mid-'80s. Furthermore, the band rarely limited itself to simple, pounding riffs, often making detours into psychedelia. But the group's key sonic signatures -- the gutsy wail of vocalist Chris Cornell and the winding riffs of guitarist Kim Thayil -- were what brought them out of the underground. Not only were they one of the first groups to record for the legendary Seattle indie Sub Pop, but they were the first grunge band to sign to a major label

"SUPERUNKNOWN"

tracklisting

Side A: LET ME DROWN - MY WAVE - FELL ON A BLACK DAYS - MAILMAN

Side B: SUPERUNKNOWN - HEAD DOWN - BLACK HOLE SUN 

Side C: SPOONMAN - LIMO WRECK - THE DAY I TRIED TO LIVE - KICKSTAND

Side D: FRESH TENDRILS - 4TH OF JULY - HALF - LIKE SUICIDE - SHE LIKES SURPRISES

1994     2LP     A&M  RECORDS      31454 0198 1

PRINTED IN U.S.A.    ORIGINAL PRESSING

LIMITED EDITION     ORANGE TRANSPARENT VINYL

(Was also pressed on clear, and blue transparent vinyl)

GATEFOLD COVER + INSERTS

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 7 31454-0198-1 1

LABEL: A&M - BLACK (A,B,C) & PHOTO (D) LABELS - WHITE/SILVER TEXT

Catalog on cover: (spine, rear, inserts) 31454 0198 1

Catalog on labels: 31454 0198 1

DISC ONE: (31454 0198 1-A) / (31454 0198 1-B)

DISC TWO: (31454 0198 1-C) / (31454 0198 1-D)

DISC ONE Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): 31454-0198 1A SP1  l-l  KP    (Stamped): SCR

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): 31454-0198-1B-SP1  l-l  KP    (Stamped): SCR

DISC TWO Matrix / Runout (Side C, Etched): 31454-0198-1C-SP1  l-l  KP    (Stamped): SCR

Matrix / Runout (Side D, Etched): 31454 0198 1D  SP2  RE-1  l-l  KP    (Stamped): SCR

On labels: ? & © 1994 A&M Records, Inc........

Printed in U.S.A.

On Inserts: Lyrics & Credits

On Back Cover: Produced by Michael Beinhorn & Soundgarden

.........? & © 1994 A&M Records, Inc........

Printed in U.S.A.

grading

RECORDS EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)

Soundgarden's finest hour, Superunknown is a sprawling, 70-minute magnum opus that pushes beyond any previous boundaries. Soundgarden had always loved replicating Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath riffs, but Superunknown's debt is more to mid-period Zep's layered arrangements and sweeping epics. Their earlier punk influences are rarely detectable, replaced by surprisingly effective appropriations of pop and psychedelia. Badmotorfinger boasted more than its fair share of indelible riffs, but here the main hooks reside mostly in Chris Cornell's vocals; accordingly, he's mixed right up front, floating over the band instead of cutting through it. The rest of the production is just as crisp, with the band achieving a huge, robust sound that makes even the heaviest songs sound deceptively bright. But the most important reason Superunknown is such a rich listen is twofold: the band's embrace of psychedelia, and their rapidly progressing mastery of songcraft. Soundgarden had always been a little mind-bending, but the full-on experiments with psychedelia give them a much wider sonic palette, paving the way for less metallic sounds and instruments, more detailed arrangements, and a bridge into pop (which made the eerie ballad "Black Hole Sun" an inescapable hit). That blossoming melodic skill is apparent on most of the record, not just the poppier songs and Cornell-penned hits...(AllMusic)