Superunknown

Dobri, dobar je kris, ali te rjeci i ta deprica me malo odbija :/

Nije loš album, ima dobrih stvari. Black Hole Sun mi je ono okej pjesma, ima puno boljih stvari realno, al mi je draga zbog onog jednog komentara, zna Ivan o čem pričam. Dobar grunge album, početak mog priznat da je dosta dobro starto, prvih pet pjesama su mi i najbolje. Ostatak je just fine.

it was alright

whelmed. not under, not over. just flat out whelmed. veers a bit close to the one hit wonder album, but it's an ok album if you removed the hit. just ok.

This album was Superunknown to me. It should remain so. Well produced, but super generic. Again, listened in the car. I don't think I finished the album, so may revisit in the future with a better listening environment, but didn't stir any emotions.

I had only ever heard black hole sun, but there are some bangers on here. Good for getting stuff done - nice and rhythmic but dark too.

Solid 90s rawk, not super grungy but has all the classic elements of heavy distortion riffs, tons of toms, vaguely poignant lyrics, rock screams (CC's are pretty great though), and music videos with creepy bugs and other weird shit for good measure.

Not my usual type of music, but solid for that genre.

I've never really listened to Soundgarden but have always wanted to so I was quite looking forward to this. Aside from a couple of great tracks, though, this just sounded fairly generic (except Cornell's vocals, of course)

Het heeft wel iets wat het goed maakt maar er zijn dingen waar ik liever naar luister

This album was almost superunknown ;) to me before listening to it today. Only really knew Black Hole Sun and Fell On Black Days. Must say it was a good listen. Had to take breaks as it's tough to listen in full in one attempt but the quality of songs on here is great. Especially liked the singles as well as some album cuts including Limo Wreck and 4th of July.

Reasonable 90s Seattle rock. Chris Cornell's voice is superb. RIP

Mediocre songs, not really different 3/5

Been a minute since I listened to this. Solid rock record through and through, with plenty of experimentation (off time shit, odd tunings) to keep things interesting. I dunno how much I care about Chris Cornell as a vocalist but the music’s cool.

So many great songs interspersed with a bit of filler.

As much as I love Chris Cornelll and his voice, listening reminded me how bloated this album. Interspersed with some brilliant tracks is quite a lot of dull songs. Still enjoyable but way down the list of albums I’d recommend for someone wanting to listen to Cornell

Averageunknown

enjoyed some tunes, rest was a bit backgroundy

7/10

Solid album

Great classic grunge album, with the classic Black Hole Sun. Not my type of music, a bit long-winded and I'm not a fan of Chriss Cornell, but great album non the less

OMG. Dit album begint wel heel erg als een dchreeuwerige schoolbandje. De volgende nummers zijn muzikaal best aardig, maar ik blijf me een beetje irriteren aan het schreeuwerige van de zanger. Ik vind het nummer "Fell On Black Days" leuk, maar "Kickstand" bevalt me net iets meer vanwege de energie.

Love it

You can't argue with the fact that Chris Cornell has an incredible voice. And a handful of these songs are really engaging. But goddam, Spoonman just wipes it all out for me. Maybe that's because of my initial reaction to the song when I first heard it, which was "Is he singing about a guy who plays the spoons?" And it turned out he was. And it just seems too ridiculous to me - the song is so heavy, but it's about a guy playing spoons. Maybe it was even more ridiculous back in 1994, when there was so much heavy, serious music going on. I just couldn't dig it. Black Hole Sun holds up pretty well, though.

I guess I'd never listened to any sound garden as I did not know Cornell was the singer. I also didn't know that audioslave is most of ratm. So I learnt a lot?

Nice heavy crunchy riffs and Cornell’s vocals are solid but it’s very repetitive and very not a good Audioslave. There, I said it!

I thought I would (and wanted to) enjoy this more than I did but most of the songs didn't really grab me. Will give it another listen.

I like Soundgarden, but except for the hit "Black hole sun", I think this is a pretty normal grunge album. Reading the Wikipedia article, I realize the importance of the album for Soundgarden history, but the songs themselves are fine and nothing more, nothing special.

1991 rock. Three big songs

ok. 3. not offensive. not transformative.

Grunge

Not a big fan of 90s American Hard Rock. Not a bad Grunge record.

Reasonable rock album, but not much in the way of standout songs to keep you engaged.

But typically a grunge guy, but this works.

Good album. Had a darker feel than I’m used to. Enjoyed black hole sun of course.

Har svårt för soundgarden. Deras singlar gillar man men resten är svårlyssnad

Not for me, but I guess it was a good album?

A lot of modern rock. noisy rock if that makes sense? Nice but a bit loud.

Sans déconner rien ne ressort. C'est pas désagréable hein, mais c'est... standard. pas un seul titre ne m'est revenu. Mais ça s'écoute bien. 6?

Was it music? Or was it just...noise?

Some amazing tracks (Blackhole Sun remains one of my all time favourites) however it's overly long and a bit one note.

As much as I love Chris Cornelll and his voice, listening reminded me how bloated this album. Interspersed with some brilliant tracks is quite a lot of dull songs. Still enjoyable but way down the list of albums I’d recommend for someone wanting to listen to Cornell

Those bloody foxes have been making all sorts of ungodly sounds in my garden of late!

6.5

I really don't love soundgarden but I fully get the appeal after listening to this album! It was interesting and it had a really cool perspective, so I liked it.

02/08 - Yesterday I worked on finishing up detail development in the Drum Storage building and setting up an area 1 RCP for the manufacturing building. Although im not one for metal music, I thought Soundgarden was definitely an exception with there cross-over metal/alternative sound. I actually really enjoyed listening to this album and had it on repeat for about half the day. My favorite songs were Black Hole Sun and Spoonman.

Disappointed, was expecting more tunes like Black Hole Sun but only a couple of decent tunes for me. 2* would be harsh however

stoner rock vibes, good mixing

Pretty good for grunge, never been much of a fan though.

Another album that was really much too long for my liking, I can only take about 45 minutes of the machine I’m supposed to be raging against

A slightly more interesting version of Nirvana.

It's fine, I guess? I don't think it's a masterpiece or anything like some reviewers seem to think, but it's certainly listenable. Maybe you had to be there, I don't know.

Better the second time

Good album, just not what I was feeling at the time. I think 3/5 is a bit harsh, but here we are.

Black Hole Sun = Tune!

yeah, i mean...i was there for the 90s. this is about how grunge sounded back then. nothing special about it, though, is the thing. just...there.

Ok

Grunge can be good but most of the time it just sounds like monotonous noise where all instruments and voice get lost in a jumble of sounds. The notable exception on this album being of course Black Hole Sun, where the musical arrangement is noticeably more "pop"

skipping this one. liked this band in 4th grade and don't feel like i need to go back

Está bueno y está bien.

Personalmente me caga Soundgarden y Black hole sun me tiene hasta la madre... Fuera de eso no es un mal disco. He dicho!

fresh tendrils

Wasn't feeling like this kind of album when listening to it so impacted the score

I’ll have to listen more. Some days yes some days no

Black Hole Sun just sounds very different to the rest of the album. Every song is a rock marathon... Must have a guitar solo to make the song 6+ mins. The guitar work is pretty incredible, but just gets redundant when every song does it. I love the drummer as well.

The older I get, the faster this style gets old when I give it a listen. It was key pop of my heyday as a creature of my culture, masquerading as something non-mainstream. Black Hole Sun is an amazing song though.

Soundgarden is obviously really good. Just not exactly my flavor. Fell on Black Days and Black Hole Sun can't be skipped, though.

Typical modern rock, lots of radio hits. Spoonman was the track I enjoyed most.

not something I would have listened to without 1001 albums. But kinda nice.

It’s ok. Not great

a classic grundge album

I'm not sure I was ever a big fan of Soundgarden. Cornell's voice is awesome, but aside from Black Hole Sun and Spoonman, I'm not sure how much I like this.

bit heavy for me

1994. Key Songs: Spoonman, Black Hole Sun

I thought this was a pretty average grunge album. It had some nice moments that I connected with, but overall I found it a little dull and repetitive.

One hit wonders don't make great albums.

just not special

I just don’t really care for it all that much

The peerless black hole sun elevates this from the ordinary. The rest of the sings are listenable if a little turgid

Not really me thing

meh

divorced dad core

Chris Cornell's got an amazing voice, there's a few songs on here that are great especially towards the front and back, Black Hole Sun is great. Also this album is a nightmare of compression artifacts and sounds awful.

Creo que no lo pillo. Buena sorpresa cuando llegó Black Hole Sun pero poco más. No le veo distinción entre otros del género.

Generic sounding metal album

I honestly could not finish this album for the life of me. I got 8 songs in before calling it quits. They all sounded the same and I had lost all hope of any of the remaining songs sounding even remotely unique. I just don't think that rock, as a genre, is for me. That's not to say that there aren't rock songs that I enjoy, but they are few and far between - especially in comparison to other genres. 'Black Hole Sun' was the only song I actually liked, and that's because I saw it used in an edit of Dark Souls 3.

Better than Nirvana Worse than something that would be on my playlist

First of all, what a great band name. I wish they lived up to it. The vocalists' vocal range is great, and distinct. But the rest just feels so generic. And the songs are the same sound with slight timing differences. For over an hour. The singles that I recognized did add some nostalgia.

I’m 10 boring songs in and there are five more to go. They had no business making a 70-minute album. Every song sounds the same, has a predictable chord and lyric progression. Meh. 2 stars.

I've never been a fan of Soundgarden. I don't like Chris Cornell's voice. He's too yelly. I do like the music video for Black Hole Sun, and I don't mind that song. I recognized a couple other songs on the album: Fell on Black Days and Spoonman.

i love black hole sun but thats it

Ah it’s alright, just found it quite boring really. It’s the kind of music that the weirdo in year 7 was into, that later turned out to be a nonce

5/10

5/10 - reminiscent of a cheap Foo Fighters/Queens of the Stone Age, begins to drag and sounds the samey towards the end

Thank God my garden doesn’t sound like this. I can’t believe all the reviews praising this guy’s singing.

To me, sounds like a GTA radio music. Soundgarden works in that kind of scenarios but I would never really reach for them when searching for what to play.

Every interminable intro was painful. Not my jam.

Favorite songs, Black Hole Sun and Head Down. 2 stars

Black hole sun is good?

dnf

Un peu bizzare, y'a un morceau que j'ai vraiment aimer, black hole sun

Not for me

The only reason this didn't get 1 star is because of "Black Hole Sun," an oasis in a desert of grunge.

songs sound pretty similar to each other, can not really relax listening to this

Ik luister vaak ‘s ochtends al naar een album. Dat was een verschrikkelijke fout… Ik kan niet anders zeggen dat ik mega opgefokt raak van deze herrie. Ja het is knap hoe de muzikanten het ritme en tempo in een lied kunnen opbouwen en versnellen, ja sommige liedjes hebben oké stukken; like suïcide. Nee ik luister het niet graag en nee ik kom dit album niet doorluisteren.

Je hebt een distorted gitaar, van de drum worden de symbalen veelvoudig gebruikt. De bas heeft dezelfde riff als de gitaar en de zanger zit er door heen te janken. Tadaa je hebt een hardrock album. Voormij klinken ze allemaal hetzelfde. Ik vind het saai.

Сара опет није слушала...мен Марко 2,5

Meh... The actual riffs are OK. But most of the songs are too long without much happening (which is not bad per se if I dig the vibe, which I don't feel here), and obviously the whole album is much too long without enough variation. Also I'm not a fan of "grungy" vocals, what most people see as a strength of this album. Of the many many tracks I only really liked "Mailman" and "Black Hole Sun". 2/5 - below average

Black Hole Sun and Spoonman are good. The rest is pretty forgettable.

Classic butt rock

Knew some, but wouldnt really listen to 4/10

+ Valt toch een beetje tegen

Niet echt mn ding

legal, mas só gostei de duas músicas

Let Me Down - 3 My Wave - 3 Fell On Black Days - 3 Mailman - 2 Superunknown - 3 Head Down - 2 Black Hole Sun - 1 Spoonman - 2 Limo Wreck - 2 The Day I Tried To Live - 2 Kickstand - 1 Fresh Tendrils - 2 4th Of July - 2 Half - 1 Like Suicide - 2

Listening to the entire album hasn't changed my opinion on the songs from it whatsoever. I kinda like Black Hole Sun and Spoonman, and that's it. Nothing is different now. I mean...yeah. I've had too many 2s or 1s in a row. Can my next album be something really good, please?

quando eu tinha 15 (?) anos eu tinha uma banda que eu fui expulso por brigar com o baixista e imediatamente após a minha saída ela foi renomeada pra black hole sun era bem ruim e os cara nunca tocaram 1 do soundgarden porque ngm dava conta/não tinha os pedais necessários a vida imita a arte, esse álbum é 100% música de hominho jovem raivoso tem uma ou outra que não é horrível, mas no geral, é ruim sim

eh, sei não. tem umas relativamente decentes, mas falta algo. já outras são bem ruins mesmo. MUITO mais metal do que eu esperava, o que é paia. acho que entra um pouco no balaio dos "clássicos do grunge" (alice in chains, esses mano, pearl jam) que eu sinto que são a mesma coisa: mei xoxo e sem sal.

i’m a fan of psychedelic rock so every time it wasn’t that i was a bit bored. perhaps it was the fault of my environment that i give this low stars. i was playing minecraft on PS3 while listening so it didn’t really fit the mood. i just found the whole thing quite same and boring. my favorite was the final track, like suicide, the only one i listed to twice. i also enjoyed fell on black days. both of them are a bit more slow so i likey likey yum yum my least favorite could honestly be any of the other ones. it’s not egregiously bad, it’s just all the same.

I'm not a big grunge fan, It's one of those genres which I find is improved when you add "inspired" to the end of it. The real reason I'm writing this review is because the titular track "Superunknown" has an almost identical guitar/drum section to "Lean On Me I Won't Fall Over" by Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine. I can't find anyone else who is pointing this out, the albums both came out within a few months of each-other which makes me think this isn't a case of one sampling the other and instead either sampling a third older riff or maybe just some insane luck. Anyway I feel like I'm going crazy here, they're almost identical. Every other opinion I have about this album is second to this. Lowkey I think I would've enjoyed a lot of these songs more if they were a little shorter. Maybe it's just a grunge thing or maybe It's a me thing but a lot of the songs started to feel quite same-y especially around the 25 minute mark. I liked Black Hole Sun, Superunknown. The Day I tried to Live and Spoonman were alright- and man, I wish I was listening to Carter USM right about now. I wasn't a fan of mailman; I'm allergic to chuggy butt-metal guitars. A little disappointed Like Suicide doesn't sound like Suicide, I guess I was expecting too much. There’s only room for one Alan Vega on this list.

Heureusement y avait black hole sun

Just not my thing I think

dnf'd, not for me

Great riffs. Great tones. Great drums. Not great melodies. Not great vocals. Not great song writing.

Not a fan

No that into Grunge, few good ones but overall not my thing ! Cover : Good one !

Not my fav stylee but it’s fun

Personal Enjoyment overall: medium to low. Did not finish. Replay? no Stand out: Black Hole Sun

#345/1001. Oh, it's grunge and it has black hole sun and ond funny song.

Two stars meh. Should be my kind of thing, but I'm not vibing with this. The guitars are great. I just can't with the vocals. The songs don't feel particularly cohesive. i) heard before: no ii) would i buy a copy: no iii) based on this album, do i want to check out the band? no. 1. let me drown: 3 2. my wave: 3 3. fell on black days: 2 4. mallman: 2 5. superunknown: 2 6. head down: 3 7. black hole sun: 4 8. spoonman: 2 9. limo wreck: 2 10. the day i tried to live: 2 11. kickstand: 3 12. fresh tendrils: 2 13. 4th of july: 1 14. half: 1 15. like suicide (album ver): 1

would give it more stars if i were a divorced dad

not my thing

ngl this album really does not stand the test of time. every song just kinda keeps going. Black Hole Sun and Spoonman are fun and engaging but the rest of it was kinda just radio noise.

Muy pesado para mi gusto

Heavy guitar

This was the first time I listened to Superunknown in its entirety, and at first I was a little excited because an album with such a high reputation has to be good! Pretty soon I noticed that it's not. There are a couple of decent songs on the album but the 70 minute runtime makes it feel monotonous, bloated and dull. Relatively polished production doesn't help either. At first I thought about giving it three stars, then two, but the more I think about this album, the closer it gets to one star. Better stop now.

idk why but I’ve always really struggled with soundgarden/audioslave - and it’s not cos of Chris Cornell, i don’t hate his voice. Just the style I think. Bit samey 5 / 10 Best track: Black Hole Sun, Spoonman was alright too

depresión

I do not like screaming guitars but he has a great voice

This is so ‘90s [derogatory]

Gran parte del disco se siente como si solo fuera una canción de 1 hora (no en el buen sentido), aunque en momentos random si me gustó bastante y me daba mucha energía.

Really just felt like the one good song. Others not my vibe

Lacking subtlety

Should have stuck to Bond movies. Dull and long

didn’t get into it

God I miss the days of vinyl records. The invention of CDs was truly terrible, because it means that albums don't have to stop at the 45 minute mark. This woulda done so much better if it was condensed. It's got some nice tunes. Almost passes.

The album cover just about describes this album - indistinct screaming. Lots of tracks have heavy rock guitar solo sounds which I particularly dislike. There was a bit more variety than I feared when the opening track kicked off very noisily. Attempts were made at times to sound like Nirvana and some tracks were less of an assault on the ears than others. However, I suspect if you like this genre there are much better albums you could listen to.

Not bad

This was another 90s throwback, but this style of music is just not for me. I find it really grating and loud to listen to. Just not my favourite.

Listening to this confirmed my impression of Soundgarden - they're very talented, but their music doesn't do tonnes for me. The album is too long and just feels a bit '90s rock by numbers' to me personally. Black Hole Sun is brilliant though and definitely stands out. 5/10

Yeah, the cover says it all. A dude with hyper-expressive, rock-style vocals yells at you for an hour straight. To make it worse, the band lets the guitars chug and solo in equal measure, and the drummer plays - like what? - 25 cymbals and 10 toms or so. Can we please have some goddamn subtlety for a change? No? Okay then. Thanks, I’ll pass.

in general I did not like this album. I would not willingly listen to it again but I would not rip it off of the turntable if someone else put it on. It is not a sound (voices/music) that I hate, I just did not find it interesting

No esta mal. No es un grunge tan agresivo y ruidoso y las canciones suenan bien.

It's okay, but I am not really into noisy, grunge, type of music.

Prefiero está banda que Audioslave..

Grunge was never really my thing, though one would think it would be. Cornell has a fantastic voice and this is a very solid hard rock record, I don't ever really have a bad time listening to it, but none of it particularly grabs me. My bad.

Indrømmet, jeg er begyndt at skippe når jeg hører det er for rocket. Noget af det var lidt dizzy miss lizzy vibes, og nogle af de store hits fra albummet lyttede jeg til og det var faktisk ikke helt dårligt. Men stadig ikke noget jeg lige vender tilbage til. Kan ikke rate det for jeg har ik givet en ærlig chance, men lad os prøve med en 2'er

My 800th album and it could have been a lot better. This is another good example of the major disadvantage of CD’s. The temptation of some artists to fill the disc up with loads of padding instead of keeping it at under 40 minutes, the good old fashioned way. Heavy US grunge was never going to resonate with me however long I was expect to waste my time listening. Still could have been worse. It’s not hip hop (c)rap. 800 albums and my average star score is still 2.62. Not much scope now to getting that up to 3. So depressingly looks like this list was not meant for me. 2/5 12/3/26

Puntje gewonnen voor Black Hole Sun ma da ist dan ook wel.

Every song is too long & annoyingly slow & droning for my taste. Fond memories of Spoonman making me laugh playing Rock Band. Equally unfond memories of having to play Black Hole Sun. Jed sang em better

It’s an alright album.

Меня удивляет количество высших баллов этому альбому. Это сбивает с толку. Затянуто и однообразно, скучно, плоско. Первый интересный трек на альбоме - пятый по счету. В любом другом случае я бы выключил ещё на первой песне. Не переношу такую музыку, я знаю, всему виной нулевые с этим вездесущим звуком, ее повсеместное присутствие в фильмах, рекламе, на радио. Примерно так я себе представляю вкус Дина Винчестера. Музыка для мужиков в грязных джинсах и кожанке. Тут в отзывах упомянули Nickelback. Фу, действительно, похоже. Самый популярный трек - Black Hole Sun - хорош только в своих акустических отрезках. Вообще, кажется, альбом выиграл бы от отсутствия перегруза и гитарных риффов в большей части песен. Бесспорно, ребята - мастера, звук крутой, но пустой какой-то, все сливается воедино, но не в цельное произведение, а в кучу шума.

Allemaal hetzelfde

Long noise

If you likw grunge its a near perfect album. Turns out I like Soundgarden less than I thought (Aside from a couple amazing songs on thje album).

2.2

Love the time signatures of My Wave, the chorus of Head Down and the guitar solo in Like Suicide. Other than that it's so incredibly boring and somehow grating at the same time (courtesy of the singing style) - those three songs are the only things bringing the rating to a 2 (and JUST ABOUT).

Could have easily just played black hole sun and told me the rest of the album was just like that but worse. Would have saved me some time on a Tuesday.

Black hole sun a classis. The rest forgettable. Guitar fights with bass. Kick inaudible

Still not remotely moved by this.

Grunge wannabe album, not on a level with nirvana.

I couldn't get into this one either. I just liked one song

meh...

Unable to make it through this one. A couple of these grunge-type 90's songs are okay, but there is nothing to make this album a journey of any kind.

RIP to a legend but I just don’t feel millennials rock music in my soul

4/10

Hate soundgarden so bad, principally didn't dislike it enough to give it a 1 bit it was close. Very boring to me

I like the sound in here but not much did it for me in particular.

Another overrated album from the 1990s I’m afraid.

Too f-ing long Not a valid complaint but this album is too long for songs that begin to sound the same at some point, easily could have been shorter (much better) Songs are good tho,

I like grunge, however I’ve always been allergic to Soundgarden. The mix is mushy to me. The instrumentation sounds simplistic and samey. Not my cup of tea.

It was fine. Some songs run into each other and some songs are drawn out.

I did't really like this. It just sounds very same same. Generic stadium rock but like soooooo generic.

Ah, 1994, l'année où le monde a décidé que porter des chemises en flanelle de bûcheron de Seattle était le comble du chic. Je bossais à la radio à l'époque, et je peux te dire que le programmateur musical avait dû faire un pacte avec le diable — ou avec A&M — parce qu'on a bouffé du "Black Hole Sun" jusqu'à la nausée. Alors, parlons-en de ce fameux "Superunknown" de Soundgarden, le quatrième pavé dans la mare des "quatre grands" du grunge. Le bouquin nous vend ça comme le "summum de leur carrière". Mouais, on sent surtout que Michael Beinhorn, le producteur, a voulu faire les choses en grand : une production épaisse, des tonnes d'overdubs, des effets dans tous les sens. Résultat ? Un truc qui pèse trois tonnes et qui, avec le recul, sent un peu trop la naphtaline des années 90. C'est marrant, le bouquin souligne leur "expérimentation diversifiée". Ils citent même "Half" et ses textures moyen-orientales pour dire qu'ils n'étaient pas comme les autres groupes de l'époque. Franchement, à mes oreilles de l'époque (et d'aujourd'hui), ça sonne surtout comme des types qui ont trop écouté Led Zeppelin en essayant de paraître "arty". Le côté "brooding Sabbath-esque", on l'entend, c'est sûr. Les riffs sont lourds, visqueux ("sludgy" comme ils disent), mais est-ce que ça transporte vraiment ? Le vrai problème, c'est la durée. 73 minutes. Putain c'est interminable, même l'éditeur du livre admet qu'un petit coup de ciseau n'aurait pas fait de mal. On sent que c'est un album fait pour les CD, cette époque maudite où les groupes se sentaient obligés de remplir chaque mégaoctet disponible sur la galette argentée. On nous ressort évidemment le tube "Black Hole Sun" et "Spoonman", les deux vaches à lait qui leur ont rapporté des Grammys et des chiffres de vente monstrueux. Je sauve le tube, parce qu'il faut admettre qu'en 1994, ce refrain avait un truc. C'était l'hymne des mécontents, la bande-son du désespoir d'une génération. Mais pour le reste ? "Fell On Black Days", "The Day I Tried To Live"... ça s'écoute, mais ça a quand même pris un sacré coup de vieux. Chris Cornell avait une voix incroyable, personne ne dira le contraire. Ses paroles bizarres, sa livraison impeccable... c'est ce qui tenait la baraque. Mais quand je compare ça à ce que j'écoutais vraiment en 94 — les trucs plus sombres, plus viscéraux — Soundgarden me paraissait déjà un peu trop "Rock FM déguisé". Bref, c'est un disque charnière, c'est le moment où le grunge est devenu une formule, un produit bien emballé par Michael Beinhorn. Pour moi, c'est un 2 sur 5, et encore, c'est parce que je suis de bonne humeur et que le tube me rappelle mes années radio. Soundgarden, c'était bien pour l'époque, mais aujourd'hui, ça ressemble à une vieille relique qu'on a peur de dépoussiérer de peur qu'elle ne tombe en miettes.

My least favorite flavor of 90s rock

Only good songs are the their three most popular ones. Generally I don't like their sound, they are too boring :p

I like grunge, but how this lot became as big as they did (say compared to The Screaming Trees) is a mystery on the basis of this album.

Most albums could be cut to 25 minutes. This is a great example. Would be a ripper. Also, why do so many bands have to add a 7 minute last track like they're trying to do their own version of Desolation Row

A little piece of H. Land trivia: Black Hole Sun is my least favorite song, beating out Cotton Eyes Joe because it’s a full two minutes longer. When I saw the run time of this album, I slumped. But I made it through, and even turned it up real loud. There were about 2 minutes of this that I really liked, on My Wave and I think Head Down. Ranking this album is hard, because I’m just not into the sonic palette of grunge. Ultimately, it gets a two, because it’s definitely not worse than Aftermath, but I wouldn’t listen to either again.

Algunas buenas canciones. Black Hole sun God.

I didn’t like it but glad I listened to it. Standout: Black Hole Sun

Ugh, this annoys me so much - I listened to it in its heyday because of a boy.

Too long by half. Cannot stand the front man's voice. Starts off hot but never really changes or evolves, creating a similar sound throughout.

Not for me. Too harsh. Didn’t get much from the lyrics. Seems important in the evolution of music, but I didn’t enjoy listening.

I personally just find grunge to be very uninteresting. If I liked the genre, I’d probably like this album, but I don’t.

Idk I don't have much on this. Nothing really hit for me. I can see how it's actually good because the vocals are insane, but it just wasn't for me.

such a post nirvana slog. bleh

4/10 - wanted to give this album a chance but really just not the type of music I enjoy

Just another one of them rocky rock mc rock too much for me I only want the rock with the female #femminsim

Wasn't for me back in the day and isn't for me now.

Not my genre :,(

This album walked so Nickleback could also walk

I need to give this a listen when I am in a different frame of mind. I'm just not in the space for this right now. The album is not bad, the timing of this suggestion is. LOL

Hmm some good moments and time sig changes but overly long and plodding for me. 2.5/5

Känns som jag är med i en romcom och vi följer det dystra emot

Inte riktigt min genre egentligen men fattar charmen med det

only one unique song, everything else sounded the same

I don't think Grunge/Heavy Metal are for me. Everything sound kind of similar. The songs are soo long and it does not provoke any emotional response for me. I don't like the singers voice. I just don't like that kind of music.

Superunknown - Soundgarden Well… it’s just white! That’s all. Great vocals though.

Not really my thing but I can appreciate the craftsmaship that went into it. There are some songs that I enjoyed but if I am really gonna appreciate this album I'll have to listen to it a few more times.

I’m just not a very big rock girly. The album would’ve been amazing if I was into that sort of thing. The songs all sounded the same to me, but they were good songs. I could see myself turning this album on to impress someone else with really good music taste.

Klinkt goed Voor de hardere muziek is het lastig tekst te verstaan. Voorkeur voor de rustige nummers. Beste nummers: Kickstand, my wave, black hole sun en spoon man. Kickstand bracht lach op mijn gezicht. Standout op het album Vrij dramatisch.

It was fine, don’t necessarily love this type of rock

I've always found Soundgarden empty and vapid.

Spoonman and Black Hole Sun to one side this is as generic as it comes.

Love Black Hole Sun, but this isn't my fav genre and hard to get through this one.

Favorite Song: Black Hole Sun Least Favorite Song: Superunknown I'm sure I would appreciate this more if I was a straight man. Some of the songs are just uninteresting and drag on for a little too long.

Not really my style, but I'll give it another listen.

Big swing cock rock. I know it was sold as grunge in the day, but hard to hear huge differences from LA and hair metal bands of the same time. And there is nothing wrong with hair metal. It has the CD-era problem of too many songs: like 4 or 5 could be cut for a leaner meaner record. Glad they broke big from this, I guess

nepatinka metalas

Gibt mir nix :/f

One of the albums of all time

What did rock music ever do to you 90s? 90s mainstream rock is not to my liking and this is no real difference. I just find it quite boring. The vocals are good though. Just your run of the mill 90s grunge. The album length was way too long. Strong 2.

I find the vocals grating and each song contains such a similar energy that I skipped through them all. Not the vibe for me despite liking grunge-derived bands and genres. Where is the emotion to make me care? Favourite song(s): Blackhole Sun and Spoonman are the standout classics, of course Least favourite(s): everything else, I suppose… none of it was memorable at all… oops!

hard rock, metal, whatever, it’s fine. black hole sun

This album has a lot of great singles, but overall the album was medicore at best. Especially with the mix on the first track sounding so muddy that you could barely hear Chris's voice.

exhibit three million that the most important aspect of producing a good album is knowing when where and what fat to trim. the second most important is not having a sound that is evocative of a sweaty armpit

Ploddingly mediocre.

Average American rock

Melting Barbies aside this is a slog. I know, I know - “something, something grunge.” But maybe the most interesting part of this is Chris Cornell’s voice? Dude had some pipes.

I love Black Hole Sun, so was really looking forward to this album. It was a disappointment. The songs have some nice guitar work, but nothing else really works for me. My Wave starts out ok, but then devolves into this weird repetitive noise section. The next few tracks are mostly forgettable. Then Black Hole Sun kicks in and I'm fully vibing with it, wonderful song. Spoon man keeps that energy going, also a great song. Limo Wreck has some really good music. Then the album dips back down and just loses steam for the rest of it. And its also way too long to be this meh. Best song: Black Hole Sun

I really blackl hole sun, great song the rest is terrible grunge noise.

Never been too sure about this album, it's alright but ultimately just a bit bland and unexciting, boring even, and somehow not grungey enough.

A bit tedious.

This was such dad rock droning noise. Literally nothing memorable to speak of.

Tonight, on a very special edition of me writing about music or something, I am completely losing it. I've had an ear infection for the past couple of days and it's driving me insane. My right ear is ringing. It's in constant pain. I can't go to sleep. Just a lovely combination of pure, unbridled suffering. To add extra stakes to this review, I have rigged my neck up to the Guillotinator 5000 and I WILL behead myself if things become too unbearable. Soundgarden is a vaguely familiar name, though I'm confident I've never listened to a single second of their discography. I'm pretty sure this is a rock group, so I'm hedging my bets on alternative. An hour-tenner. Fuuuuuuuck meeee. Grunge, too. I shoulda known. I'm not swayed by this one. On the bright side, the guitars have a nice sound at times, though the vocals are pretty weak and the songs become a bit of a sludgy mess as the album progresses. This album is also way, way too long, though I'll refrain from bitching about that any longer. "Let Me Drown" is pretty cool. I dig the punchy, weightless guitars. I like the vocal melody on "Head Down". "Black Hole Sun" is a song I've heard before thanks to the Cibo Matto cover. It's a pretty decent tune. The echoey guitars have a nice sound to them and the chorus is pretty good. "4th of July" has a bit of an ominous sound going for it, which I enjoy. Book time. Experimental. That's about it, really. Wikipedia reveals that this album sold well, topped a lot of charts, won a few awards and has a warm critical reception. Yeah, solid pick. I cosign.

while black hole sun is great, queens of the stone age autoplayed after this and it was a lot better

Initial reaction. Tedious Led Zep style rock... More than ever they sound like they just happen to have been formed in Seattle. Positive - Cornell is way better than Robert Plant. Then Head Down comes along which is something a bit different, Black Hole Sun (I admit is better than the Moog Cookbook version) is great, then back to the grind. Am I really only halfway through this? Double check this isn't some extended reissue version... no, it really is 70 minutes long. Kickstand is like a tea break, then back to work for another 20 minutes. Is this what you had when we were were listening to Britpop?

Me ha entretenido lo justo, pero este estilo de rock no es mi preferido.

I expected more.

At first it was fine, it played in the background and neither really grabbed me or really annoyed me. But the longer it went on the more annoying it got. I listened to the 20th Anniversary release, maybe that was linger than the original? Anyway, by the end it got in my nerves and dropped a star as a result.

No mikä ettei. Onko tämä rokkia vai mitä, menevää meininkiä kuitenkin

I never really got Soundgarden. I still don't.

A bit Foo Fighters, a bit Nirvana, a bit average. I think I prefer Chris Cornell’s work with Audioslave…

Like Foo Fighters if you took away anything that made them good.

Not my cup of tea. Smooth production makes it less interesting. Not so keen on polished noise. Never really listened to them in the past. That’s not going to change. Enjoyed the opening track and , change in tempo, Head Down also decent. Mailman / Limo Wreck just plodding rubbish. Title track also dull. And Black hole sun is overrated imo.

I've never really understood how good stuff like Nirvana, Mudhoney, Screaming Trees can be classed as Grunge as well as piss boring standard rock like this.

I was surprised how much I enjoyed some of the earlier grunge-adjacent offerings (Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains) so had some optimism, but found this one a real trudge in the sludge.

Mid

This is Dad Rock. I know Chris Cornell is supposedly a fantastic vocalist but I'm really not feeling it. Just long and boring and all blending together. I was really tired of it by the end. I can see where it's not bad by any means but it actually made my day worse.

Was never a fan of Soundgarden. I’m still not.

Not awful but got bored of this quickly

I’m gonna be honest…I only knew Black Hole Sun, and the only reason that song stuck out is because we are banned from singing it in our DnD campaign. Maybe we should’ve banned the rest of the album it’s from too…

More grunge! Another half decent rock band with a few too many cliches from the genre. Not a favourite but not terrible by any means.

His voice grates on me, a few cool riffs but essentially not for me

His voice is wicked and I do like the bouncy riffs but it was very samey. Liked it but that’s about it.

Didn't listen to this in the 90s. Keen to give it a go, got bored 2/3 in. All a bit one note. 2-3 good songs

Fine, but not really my cup of tea.

decent ig alt heard rock with kris cornel all kinda sounds the same, black hole sun is a great song though

Never was a huge fan. Black hole sun is great though

Of the big Seattle bands Soundgarden is the least interesting. By the time they were known they were .asking .id tier, generic hard rock. They are only considered "grunge" because they're from Seattle and this album is the epitome of their mid tier hard rock. It owes more to Boston or Journey than to the punk and metal that inspired grunge.

Into the category of albums that I don't mind listening to but will never put on for myself.

Either my headbanging days were over so quickly I never noticed them, or they have not arrived yet, but I couldn't get into this 😐

Though I like the first (and only from the band I've listened to) album, this one didn't seem that inspired to me, and it's too long.

I just can’t get into this album - or Soundgarden at all for that matter. I really like Cornell’s voice, but this album largely just bleeds together for me. Aside from the great Black Hole Sun, I just get a bit bored by this. A regretful 2/5 ⭐️⭐️

Would be 5 if it all sounded like black hole sun

Not my cup of tea, doesn't mean it's bad tea, but it's not MY cup of tea.

Not really for me. Black Hole Sun will always be great, but all of the other songs just sound the same to me.

2 dark 4 me

𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 may be a landmark of 90s grunge, but it didn’t work for me. At over 70 minutes, it drags on far too long — this could have been a solid 40-minute record. Chris Cornell’s voice, supposedly the band’s greatest asset, often gets buried in the wall of guitars (with the exception of 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘯). And as much as this is hailed as grunge, it feels more like a heavy metal clone than something fresh. Impressive to some, but not my kind of sound.

As much as I was comfortable with the Seattle Sound, I always found myself hesitant to embrace Soundgarden. I liked the singles from Badmotorfinger and some of Temple, but the general sense I had - not dissimilar from AiC and early PJ - was that this was a hard rock band that would be just as happy touring with hair metal trash as Jane’s, but not the Cure or other alternative music standard-bearers. I just couldn’t decide which guise Chris and co ultimately were and with the time having passed, so much of their riffs and general vibe was adopted and crept into the nu-metal and later wave grunge rock of far lesser bands. Even in high school, the dudes who were way into guitar histrionics worshipped Soundgarden and kinda shrugged at punk or post-hardcore. Not in a dismissive sense, but more...Soundgarden were the natural inheritors of Zeppelin and were pushing things forward in their way, whereas punk was off doing its own thing. Which maybe came together later as stoner rock, depending on how you trace the lineage, in large part thanks to Cornell and esp. Thayil’s guitar work. Anyhow, like every Soundgarden album I find Superunknown incredibly overlong and redundant. Fell on Black Days is an all timer, but I prefer Rusty Cage, Jesus Christ Pose, Pretty Noose, Blow Up the Outside, Outshined, Birth Ritual, etc. That’s my sweet spot, but I can listen to Limo Wreck for its guitar tones and be pretty happy, but the sense I come away with is one more of admiration than love. Whereas around the same time this was released I was head over heels for Siamese Dream (but also Helmet...). The narcissism of small differences I suppose.

Heavy. Sometimes too heavy. Catchy in an (un/)enjoyable way. 2.5.

This was mid even black hole sun, 2.

It’s alright, bit samey after a while - few stand out tracks but unlikely to listen again

Don't like hard rock.

I love grunge, but soundgarden has never clicked with me.

Groupe connu, découvert par le tube 'Pretty noose' de leur album suivant, album qui finalement ne m'avait pas beaucoup plus (totalement oublié depuis). Superunknown contient des morceaux un peu originaux (signature rythmique dans quelques morceaux, avec en plus harmonie dans 'Limo Break'), mais de mon point de vue il manque de dynamisme. Les morceaux sont plutôt lents, ses 15 morceaux et 70 mn au compteur m'ont paru terriblement longs. Interminables en fait. Aucune envie de l'écouter une seconde fois. =>2/5

Chris Cornell has an amazing voice, Black Hole Sun is a stunning song. I wish they didn't decide to make such shitty music most of the time. 2/5.

The first half of this album almost felt like easy listening grunge. I guess I'm fine with it. I probably would never reach to put this on. It feels incredibly familiar without ever having heard any of it (except Black Hole Sun). Probably because I can't differentiate grunge from itself very well. Is this Nirvana? Alice in Chains? Silverchair? Today years old learning that Temple of the Dog and Audioslave are also Chris Cornell bands. I will say I loved the shit out of the rhythm on Spoonman. That said, after that track, the sound really started to wear on me and still had half the album to go. It feels pretty long. Great it you love it, not so great if it's not your thing.

Barely noticed it.

Just ok. Not my jam. I’m old I guess.

Not enjoyable for me, other than the songs I already knew

Soundgarden je bend koji ne mogu shvatiti baš ozbiljno jer zvuči kao glazba za 12-godišnjake koji misle da su metalci. Black Hole sun je legendarna stvar dada ok, ali meni ovo nije za više od 2/5, 3/10

There are a few melodic songs on it...they're OK. "Black Hole Sun" is still the best song for me. Otherwise, I hear a lot of "screeching" and no inspiration. It doesn't touch me at all.

I don't mind grunge but I haven't listened to much Soundgarden. What I have heard, I haven't minded. I really like Black Hole Sun. But these songs are tedious back to back and the album goes on too long.

omg this was 100000000 hours long. what’s with the voice that comes with this type of music??? it’s horrible to listen to on top of already shitty instrumentals. gym music for boring people

They never appealed to me. There are some interesting things in Chris Cornell's voice and in the musicianship of the band, but I just was never that into it. At the time Nirvana and Pearl Jam were doing this better. Not terrible, but not required to me.

Wow I really did not like this. Spoonman and obviously Black Hole Sun are decent. The slow emo songs I just can't handle. Not really sure why this late 90s, early 2000s rock sound makes me cringe.

Me duele la cabeza

Grunge just isn't my thing so even one of the best representations of the genre doesn't really do anything for me. For me this was something to be endured and was not enjoyable.

People rave over Chris Cornal and yes some good riffs here but not ground breaking Black hole sun is a masterpiece but the rest blends into one

Back in 1994 my friends played this a lot and I remember liking it, though I never bought the album. Fast-forward 30 years and wow time has changed either me or the album. There's a lot of filler. There's a lot of unbearable grunge grind which has not aged well. And yes, there are some real killer tracks as well and Cornell's voice is incredible. But this is not nearly as good as I remembered.

I’m currently listening and know my opinion won’t change as the album progresses. While I like some grunge, Soundgarden never interested me and apparently still doesn’t. Chris Cornell does have a great voice, but the music is all just the same IMO.

Underwhelming and bloated. It wasn't difficult or challenging or anything, and I didn't want to rate this too poorly, but 70 minutes is a long time for an album to do nothing for me.

I'm too gay to enjoy this

Does nothing for me. I don't like the silly, American rawk voice.

2 stars for black hole sun

Safe for the radio.

Unknown band. I probably wasn't in the mood because I didn't like their sound all that much.

it's okay very dad rock enjoyable but not mind blowing