Superunknown
by Soundgarden

Superunknown by Soundgarden
Year: 1994
Release date: 1994-03-08
Overall rank: 169th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 1,235 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1994 (8th)
Award Top 50 albums of of the 1990s (35th)
Award Top 200 albums of all time (169th)

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Superunknown is ranked as the best album by Soundgarden.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Superunknown rankings summary
Overall rank: 169th | 1990s rank: 35th | 1994 rank: 8th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 1,235 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.1/100, a mean average of 80.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.


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90/100
From 05/23/2026 05:18 | #314552
I liked the heavyness of their sound while still being hard rock, and the rich guitar sound with overdubs is impactful. Very interesting drumming, and great vocals reminding me of Ozzy but takes it to a new level. A few weaker songs on the second half but the band still sounds good. Overall it's a unique and classic album. "The louder the better" sort of album.
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From 02/08/2025 12:00 | #307483
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From 11/13/2024 01:52 | #306004
Classic Mult-Platinum Grunge/Hard Rock album, only problem is it has some filler tracks on it and goes on for a little too long.
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85/100
From 05/23/2024 22:44 | #303676
There's quite an overlying darkness resonating on this. Like a grunge Sabbath. Class songwriting as there's almost no filler. My only gripe is I find it a bit too long overall given the deep tones throughout.
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100/100
From 04/15/2024 02:02 | #302984
This is the pinnacle of Seattle music. There are more famous and more popular, but this album brought everything together at a level that transcended everything that was being released at the time.
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90/100
From 04/10/2024 20:43 | #302925
Listening to this again felt brought up so many memories of youthful angst. Each song pushes past grunge-era cliches in a unique way.
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From 03/07/2024 00:09 | #302379
My absolute favorite of all the grunge albums and my absolute album of all time and an album that’s as amazing as everyone says it is.
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80/100
From 10/18/2023 14:12 | #299539
Very good grunge album, but its length holds it back from being one of my personal favorites, there is a lot of great stuff here, but also a fair amount of filler and tracks longer than they need to be.
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100/100
From 08/24/2023 05:39 | #298822
Their most quality and consistent album. Nothing before or after was quite as tight as they had it here. One of the quintessential grunge albums of the 1990s.
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75/100
From 03/15/2023 11:35 | #295033
This is a very similar record to Badmotorfinger in relation to layout, style and quality. The layout is similar with most of the elite songs coming near the start or on the first half of the album. The quality then slowly drifts off the closer you get to the end. They seem to be full of experimentation and ideas at the start and by the end it becomes repetitive and a bit dull. The quality is still present on this release with some outstanding songs such as Black Hole Sun and Spoonman but they just don't maintain this. Cornell's voice, just like on most of their releases, is excellent and he makes even the more dull sounding songs have character and gives them some much needed life. Overall, I absolutely love Soundgarden's style of music but they can't remain consistent with their quality on their records which holds them back in my opinion especially on this release.
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