This was a pivotal album for me in the early 90's. Along with the 1st Pearl Jam album, Temple of The Dog & Mother Love Bone, this helped take me in another direction musically. Brilliant albums all.

I think superunknown's got more great songs but Outshined & Slaves & Bulldozers are 2 of the best rock songs ever

This is less refined than Superunknown. In some regards that's good - it's raw, unbridled and thunderous. In other regards it means the songs lack that upper level. They are good, but there's not phenomenal on here. This album is solid from start to finish, but there's no sublime parts. A solid 8/10.

This is a big leap forward from Louder Than Love. The songs are for the most part excellent. This is an album you listen to and you don't just hear a band, you hear immense talent from every member.

My all time favorite (what I call "hard rock") record.

Song for song, it's the best album of any of the top four grunge groups - alice, PJ, SG and Nirvana. It's hardly the most popular - Rusty Cage, outshined are the two best known songs - but there are so many great songs on here! and the guitar work/range of vocals, plus the writing.... it's so far superior to Superunknown it's just crazy!!! And i love Superunknown, but just like Mayonaisse said, it's so polished. BMF is, from track one to 10, the best song-for-song grunge album out there. not one throwaway song here, in my opinion.

The first 4 songs here are outstanding. It's hard to believe that they were capable of making a better album than this, but they were. Chris Cornell wails on this record. Good stuff!

slaves and bulldozers and jesus christ pose are both awesome but i dont like them nearly as much as i use to

I wouldn't call this album standard heavy metal. At worst there are two mediocre songs on it. Rusty Cage & Outshined may be their two most well known tracks on the album; but Slaves and Bulldozers may be the best. Alongside Jesus Christ Pose, Room A Thousand Years Wide, and Holy Water. But I must admit, I'm biased as you surely can tell by my username.

A standard heavy rock album with a huge stand out track. That song is Jesus Christ Pose. Fantastic song! You will like this album a lot if you are a big fan of their Superunknown album.