Down On The Upside
by Soundgarden
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Down On The Upside is ranked 3rd best out of 14 albums by Soundgarden on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Soundgarden is Superunknown which is ranked number 163 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,507.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Down On The Upside track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Down On The Upside rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | FanGrunge22 | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 21/40 | 49 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Best albums from '95 to '04 | 76/100 | - |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 72/100 | 6 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 95 Music Albums of 1996 | 66/95 | 2 |
| 2026 |  pedro1976 | 2025: Most Played | 82/100 | - |
| 2026 | markl73 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 94/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1996 | 64/100 | - |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 97 Music Albums of 1996 | 2/97 | 5 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (64), #0501-0600 | 72/100 | - |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 75 Music Albums of 1996 | 18/75 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 187 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 851 | |||
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Down On The Upside ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 41 hours ago | Siromynian | 1,773 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/29/2026 19:16 | wizardalien | 908 | 48/100 |
| ! | 09/28/2026 20:57 | luukvdschepop | 767 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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Down On The Upside forum mentions
pedro1976 08/04/2026 13:21 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
BestEverAlbums 07/09/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5368): By pago82 pedro1976 05/29/2024 10:04 in What album are you listening to right now?Down On The Upside comments
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AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/28/2016 17:55 | #160965 | TOP COMMENT
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Some very good songs on DotU is *far* too long. By the middle of this record I am normally put into a state of sadness because of the drab production and depressing songs. I enjoy tracks like Burden in my Hand, Blow Up the Outside World, Pretty Noose, and Ty Cobb on their own, but I can't sit through this album as a whole. It's honestly a daunting task.
This is the worst Soundgarden record. (Edited)
poppmusic TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/21/2015 22:21 | #132157 | TOP COMMENT
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What happened? The secon half of the album is just a WTF. The first half has its moments, but even those feel not only too polished, but creatively spent. Take "Burden in My Hand", for instance. It starts out well, but then just gets boring and repetitive- like, the bridge? Overall pretty disappointing.
Nevertheless, two standouts: "Rhinosaur" and "Ty Cobb" (Edited)
there are some amazing tracks. the thing is, is that there are SIXTEEN of them. you can't have a perfect album like "superunknown" when you have a few mediocre tracks bringing down what could have been soundgarden's masterpiece
choppychop532 05/10/2015 18:07 | #141254 | TOP COMMENT
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The first seven songs, plus "Tighter & Tighter" and "Switch Opens" are overall amazing, while the rest are average.
The top 3 here are "Pretty Noose", "Blow Up The Outside World", and "Burden In My Hand". (Edited)
pearljammer13 TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/12/2011 01:56 | #30425 | TOP COMMENT
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Yes Superunknown is better, but this one seems to always go completely overlooked. Pretty Noose, Burden In My Hand, Zero Chance, Ty Cobb...so many top notch songs here.
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