Superunknown
by Soundgarden

The peak of Soundgarden's recording career. A brilliant masterpiece, one of the nineties great records. Black hole Sun, is obviously a standout, but there are a wealth of great songs here. My wave, spoonman, and, fell on black days, are all excellent. An album destined to be a classic.

The closest thing that commercial Hard Rock was into jazz and psychedelic heavy stuff. Not only one of the best grunge albums of all time, Is one of the best rock albums of all time.

It's a little shame that is so underrated above the other Grunge bands... The phenomenal different and weird tunings used here, and tracks like "Limo Wreck" in a 12/8 time signature would stomp the feet on all faces of that bands.

From poppmusic TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/11/2015 17:25 | #131276 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

It's not "grunge". Don't expect your usual short songs, boring repetitive pop hooks in 4/4 time we've come to expect from the indie genre.

The musicianship is fantastic. You can really tell everyone's actually listening to each other. And fabulous sound textures without the use of electronic instruments. Chris Cornell's vocals soar like an apocalyptic preacher- the way the timbres bend just puts him a cut above really every other singer.

The style of the music is just badass. You've got a start roughly in early Led Zeppelin's blend of psychedelic rock and heavy metal, but we're adding onto that hardcore punk and alternative. It keeps strong for 15 tracks, with only one semi-weak track ("Mailman") What I love too is the overall tone is not at all "doom metal" or whatever...it's weird to say, but there are moments where I'm almost overcome by reveries and longings. It's actually quite positive, despite the menacing feel.

From RoundTheBend TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/09/2016 14:59 | #165526 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Can you say riff rock? I feel this album would have been 10x better if the songs were half the length. Good stuff, but I get bored halfway through the song. You can only hear the same riff repeated for so long (in my opinion at least).

When Black Hole Sun came out I was the biggest fan... and then I listened to it 100 times and now I know that the whole song could have ended 10 minutes earlier (of course I'm exaggerating).

Spoonman got it right... only 4 minutes and possibly could have done with out the break down or shortened it somehow.

Probably best song on album is Half because it is unique and not 8 minutes long.

From micah88800 10/30/2017 21:22 | #200314 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

179 isn’t near high enough for this fantastic record. Underrated on here. This is light years better than Nirvana and the only grunge album that gives it a run for its money is Dirt. Just look at that track list. Almost every song is an alternative rock classic. Half and kickstand are the only songs that are mediocre. If you’re a fan of the 90s alternative rock sound, this album is an absolute essential.

Favorite tracks: Fell on Black Days, Mailman, Fresh Tendrills, Like Suicide