Artist: Soundgarden
Title: Superunknown (Super Deluxe)
Year Of Release: 1994/2014
Label: UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
Genre: Rock, Grunge Rock, Alternative Rock
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 04:14:03
Total Size: 1.7 gb
Tracklist:CD1
1. Soundgarden - Let Me Drown
2. Soundgarden - My Wave
3. Soundgarden - Fell On Black Days
4. Soundgarden - Mailman
5. Soundgarden - Superunknown
6. Soundgarden - Head Down
7. Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
8. Soundgarden - Spoonman
9. Soundgarden - Limo Wreck
10. Soundgarden - The Day I Tried To Live
11. Soundgarden - Kickstand
12. Soundgarden - Fresh Tendrils
13. Soundgarden - 4th Of July
14. Soundgarden - Half
15. Soundgarden - Like Suicide
16. Soundgarden - She Likes Surprises (Int'l Vers & Us 12")
CD2
1. Soundgarden - The Day I Tried To Live (Alternate Mix)
2. Soundgarden - Spoonman (Alternate Steve Fisk Remix)
3. Soundgarden - Beyond The Wheel (Live At Exibition Stadium, Toronto _ 1993)
4. Soundgarden - Fell On Black Days (Live At Pine Knob Music Theater, Clarkston, MI _ 1993)
5. Soundgarden - Birth Ritual (Original Demo Version)
6. Soundgarden - Jesus Christ Pose (Live At Rushmore Plaza Civic Center, Rapid City, SD _ 1993)
7. Soundgarden - Like Suicide (Acoustic Version)
8. Soundgarden - Kickstand (Live At Jones Beach Amphitheatre, Wantagh, NY _ 1993)
9. Soundgarden - My Wave (Live At Jones Beach Amphitheatre, Wantagh, NY _ 1993)
10. Soundgarden - Spoonman (Steve Fisk Remix)
11. Soundgarden - Exit Stonehenge
12. Soundgarden - Kyle Petty, Son Of Richard
13. Soundgarden - Black Days III
14. Soundgarden - Ghostmotorfinger
15. Soundgarden - Jerry Garcia's Finger
16. Soundgarden - Fell On Black Days (Video Version)
CD3
1. Soundgarden - Let Me Drown (Demo Version)
2. Soundgarden - Fell On Black Days (Demo Version)
3. Soundgarden - Superunknown
4. Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun (Demo Version)
5. Soundgarden - Spoonman (Demo Version)
6. Soundgarden - Fresh Tendrils (Demo Version)
7. Soundgarden - 4th Of July (Demo Version)
8. Soundgarden - Half (Demo Version)
9. Soundgarden - Like Suicide (Demo Version)
CD4
1. Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun (Rehearsal Version)
2. Soundgarden - Bing Bing Goes To Church (Rehearsal Version)
3. Soundgarden - Half (Instrumentally) (Rehearsal Version)
4. Soundgarden - Head Down (Rehearsal Version)
5. Soundgarden - Kyle Petty, Son Of Richard (Rehearsal Version)
6. Soundgarden - Let Me Drown (Rehearsal Version)
7. Soundgarden - Limo Wreck (Rehearsal Version)
8. Soundgarden - My Wave (Rehearsal Version)
9. Soundgarden - Fresh Tendrils (Rehearsal Version)
10. Soundgarden - Like Suicide (Rehearsal Version)
11. Soundgarden - Ruff Riff-Raff (Rehearsal Version)
12. Soundgarden - Spoonman (Rehearsal Version)
13. Soundgarden - The Date I Tried To Leave (Rehearsal Version)
14. Soundgarden - The Day I Tried To Live (Rehearsal Version)
Soundgarden's finest hour, Superunknown is a sprawling, 70-minute magnum opus that pushes beyond any previous boundaries. Soundgarden had always loved replicating Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath riffs, but Superunknown's debt is more to mid-period Zep's layered arrangements and sweeping epics. Their earlier punk influences are rarely detectable, replaced by surprisingly effective appropriations of pop and psychedelia. Badmotorfinger boasted more than its fair share of indelible riffs, but here the main hooks reside mostly in Chris Cornell's vocals; accordingly, he's mixed right up front, floating over the band instead of cutting through it. The rest of the production is just as crisp, with the band achieving a huge, robust sound that makes even the heaviest songs sound deceptively bright. But the most important reason Superunknown is such a rich listen is twofold: the band's embrace of psychedelia, and their rapidly progressing mastery of songcraft. Soundgarden had always been a little mind-bending, but the full-on experiments with psychedelia give them a much wider sonic palette, paving the way for less metallic sounds and instruments, more detailed arrangements, and a bridge into pop (which made the eerie ballad "Black Hole Sun" an inescapable hit). That blossoming melodic skill is apparent on most of the record, not just the poppier songs and Cornell-penned hits; though a couple of drummer Matt Cameron's contributions are pretty undistinguished, they're easy to overlook, given the overall consistency. The focused songwriting allows the band to stretch material out for grander effect, without sinking into the pointlessly drawn-out muck that cluttered their early records. The dissonance and odd time signatures are still in force, though not as jarring or immediately obvious, which means that the album reveals more subtleties with each listen. It's obvious that Superunknown was consciously styled as a masterwork, and it fulfills every ambition.
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