Album of the day (#904): Superunknown by Soundgarden

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Today's album of the day

Superunknown by Soundgarden (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1994.
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Overall rank: 160
Average rating: 80/100 (from 357 votes).

Tracks:
1. Let Me Drown
2. My Wave
3. Fell On Black Days
4. Mailman
5. Superunknown
6. Head Down
7. Black Hole Sun
8. Spoonman
9. Limo Wreck
10. The Day I Tried To Live
11. Kickstand
12. Fresh Tendrils
13. 4th Of July
14. Half
15. Like Suicide

About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.

Jasonconfused · #2 | Posted: 05/09/2013 20:00 | Post subject:

I remember it being better the second time around. I'll give it a third listen a little later today.
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an_outlaw · #3 | Posted: 05/09/2013 20:02 | Post subject:

Not good. Need a better album. Find Rusty Cage and Jesus Christ Pose much better.

Can't we have a good album of the day? Sad

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gtroda · #4 | Posted: 05/09/2013 20:08 | Post subject:

Good album. Trails off a little at the end. Badmotorfinger is better.

drakonium · #5 | Posted: 05/09/2013 20:14 | Post subject:

Mercurydylan89 · #6 | Posted: 05/09/2013 20:16 | Post subject:

Snooze.
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Patman360 · #7 | Posted: 05/09/2013 20:32 | Post subject:

Fantastic!
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DLGGLD · #8 | Posted: 05/09/2013 20:34 | Post subject:

The video for Black Hole Sun is trill af
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swedenman · Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 2,036 Age: 20 My Charts

I'm guessing it's no secret that I love this album. It was my #2 for a really long time, but it has gone down in recent months. Still, a fucking masterpiece. Literally the only album I've ever heard that lasts over an hour that wouldn't have benefited from being shorter.

Anywho, the album. The highlights aren't as good as the ones on Badmotorfinger, but this album succeeds handsomely by its flow and texture alone. Not a one second of its 70 minute running time feels out of place. Highlights for me are "Fresh Tendrils" (one of the greatest songs of all time), "Fell on Black Days", "Mailman", "Head Down", "Kickstand", and "4th of July". Admittedly, there are songs I don't care for as much ("My Wave", "The Day I Tried to Live"), which is a big part of why it ended up falling on my list, but it doesn't really disrupt the flow at all.

I also really love the way Cornell's voice acts almost as another instrument on this album. It just fits so flawlessly into the production, in my opinion.

Oh, and "Like Suicide" is a beast of a closer.

EDIT: Oh, geez, how did I forget "Limo Wreck"? Easily one of the most haunting musical arrangements I've ever heard (though I could say the same about "Mailman" and "Fresh Tendrils"; it's just kind of creepy album overall, in a good way).

pearljammer13 · #10 | Posted: 05/09/2013 23:10 | Post subject: