King Animal
by Soundgarden
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King Animal is ranked 5th best out of 14 albums by Soundgarden on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Soundgarden is Superunknown which is ranked number 176 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,419.
(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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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 13 hours ago | traistboar | 1,586 | 79/100 |
| ! | 01/05/2026 18:02 |  paladisiac | 7,278 | 65/100 |
| ! | 12/06/2025 11:19 | Siromynian | 1,629 | 78/100 |
| ! | 08/22/2025 10:25 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,738 | 82/100 |
| ! | 01/24/2025 11:02 | VINYLGUY7788 | 421 | 89/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.1/100, a mean average of 70.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.
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I was part in awe, and part relieved that after having reformed they could make such a great album. it's like they never parted.
Soundgarden are able to pick up where they left off with a consistently good album. I still listen to it regularly.
AAL2014 02/24/2016 08:12 | #160646
(As of 2/24/16) A 71/100? Really? This album might not have the energy that Badmotorfinger or Louder Than Love had, and it might not have the hits like Superunknown, but my god, a 71? Very underrated. It's leagues better than Down on the Upside, and you would have never guessed that there was a 16 odd year gap between that release and this one. The music is intelligent, the lyrics are esoteric, and the vocals are still simply Chris Cornell. This is a very good record and one of my favorites of 2012.
My favourite album by the band, love all the songs! I'd suggest watching Been Away For Too Long on Jools Holland!
choppychop532 05/10/2015 18:12 | #141255
This album grows on me. The more i listen to it, the more i love it. Better and more consistent in quality terms than Down On The Upside.
babyBlueSedan 03/02/2014 21:19 | #105172
The more I listen to this the more I fully believe it fits right in with Badmotorfinger and Superunknown. Somehow they got that spark back. If only Cornell's voice was 20 years younger.
This record really grew on me. I almost removed it from my iPod after my first listen, but by the fifth listen I thoroughly enjoyed every song.
RockyRaccoon 07/10/2013 01:22 | #80810
Ahhh it sounds like 1991 all over again. Soundgarden is back together and have released their first album in sixteen years. But it sounds like they never broke up. Sometimes when bands reunite for the first time in a long time they either sound awful, like they’re trying way too hard to sound like their old selves, or they sound like they never broke up and the latter is what Soundgarden sounds like. They sound a bit older, sure, but the music sounds loud, raw and powerful. Chris Cornell sounds awesome and this album sounds so much like “Badmotorfinger", but not quite there. If you’re a Soundgarden fan, you definitely will not be disappointed in this album.
junodog4 06/19/2013 21:13 | #79403
It's still Soundgarden, so it's still good. Still has powerful riffs and still strains the speakers. However, Chris Cornell has killed his voice. I guess 13 years of Soundgarden plus 6 years of Audioslave and a crappy solo career killed his vocal chords. Too bad - it weakens what could have been a half-decent album.
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