Badmotorfinger
by Soundgarden

Miles from Superunknown, my #1 album ever, this is still very good. It does run a bit long and loses momentum in its 2nd half, but deserves a spot in any rock fans collection. Rusty Cage has one of the all Time great album intros, Outshined is a 90's classic, Slaves And Bulldozers and Jesus Christ Pose are brutal, making for a great opening 4 tracks. Later on, Holy Water is probably the other favorite of mine from this album. (Edited)

Great that they didn't go down as morose a path with this unlike some of their other albums. Many tracks of a pumping tempo. First two songs on this are killer openers. Puts it up there with the best starters on any album. My favorite Soundgarden album. One of the heavier of the grunge era classics. (Edited)

Good grunge / alternative metal album, very hit or miss for me and a bit too long. (Edited)

A consistent album with every song being of a good quality and a few going beyond that. The great songs on here are mainly at the beginning of the album where the ideas and energy seem to be flowing freely. The two songs that grabbed me were Rusty Cage and Outshined which I find myself revisiting the most out of all the songs. I do think the further into the record you go the group does lose a little bit of momentum and drive on the songs which leads to my attention being easily diverted away from the music. Despite this, there are some fantastic instrumental performances on here and I think Cornell's voice is brilliant the whole way through. Overall, a great album that has no truly weak songs and it is packed full of energy making it so easy to enjoy.

From pedro1976 01/13/2023 08:17 | #292787

A phenomenal album. A masterclass from each band member - aging like a fine wine and has gradually overtaken Superunknown as my #1 Soundgarden LP.

First 4 songs are amazing, rest is great enough.

great album deserves top 5 for 1991 the music is heavy with a beat Cornell gives his all on the vocals the whole band is just top of there game (Edited)

From fastcore 04/05/2019 17:51 | #234537

All time favorite. It's got riffs and memorable songs. (Edited)

From Fischman 12/08/2018 04:10 | #226485

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From stefano 11/21/2017 09:13 | #201748

I like this one, sometimes more tha Superunknown 'cause more nervous and harsh, like the voice of Cornell on this.Less "organic" than Superunknown but very good songs anyway, hypnotic and hard.