King Animal
by Soundgarden
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Soundgarden bestography
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 166 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,461.
(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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King Animal track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
King Animal rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 86 Music Albums of 2012 | 3/86 | 5 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 61/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 82 Music Albums of 2012 | 40/82 | 3 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 57 Music Albums of 2012 | 29/57 | 3 |
| 2026 | paladisiac | top 65r albums (65), #0301-0400* | 64/79 | - |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 82/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  serpico | Top 71 Music Albums of the 2010s | 41/71 | 9 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 84 Music Albums of 2012 | 28/84 | 3 |
| 2026 | DJStuart79 | Top 97 Music Albums of 2012 | 15/97 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 89 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 310 | |||
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King Animal ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/02/2026 00:39 | Devilwoac | 1,529 | 97/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2026 04:38 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,702 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/17/2026 18:22 | cicadelic | 14,045 | 73/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.1/100, a mean average of 70.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.6.
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King Animal forum mentions
pedro1976 08/17/2026 18:07 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 05/18/2024 17:57 in What album are you listening to right now?King Animal comments
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AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/24/2016 08:12 | #160646 | TOP COMMENT
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(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.
choppychop532 05/10/2015 18:12 | #141255 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
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.
Necharsian TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/07/2012 20:28 | #57074 | TOP COMMENT
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I quite enjoy it. More than Superunknown. Sue me. Plus it has the best album cover of 2012. So there.
RockyRaccoon TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/10/2013 01:22 | #80810 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
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