Superunknown

Good rock album for an anxious day, didn’t stick with me!

I never got into Soundgarden in any big way when this was new, even though I thought Black Hole Sun was a pretty great song. I feel like grunge kind of comes from two different backgrounds to end up in similar places -- there's the punk and the metal. Soundgarden feels a lot closer to metal, and that might be why I struggle with this a bit. It's quite long at 15 songs and 70 minutes... and takes until track 7 and 8 to get to the best one-two punch of the album in Black Hole Sun and Spoonman. These tracks are still great and would make this a 5/5 album if they were representative of the rest of it. Unfortunately, only Fell On Black Days and The Day I Tried to live are even memorable. The only thing saving this from being drudgery to listen to is Chris Cornell's fantastic voice. I think it's one of the best ever in rock music. That said, I vastly prefer the variety we get in his debut solo album over what we have here. I'm trying to remember anything about "My Wave," "Fresh Tendrils," "Superunknown," etc. and it just blends together. One outlier and easily the worst song in the running order is "Half," which sounds like a Led Zeppelin demo. Can't stand it. Overall, I was hoping to find some hidden gems, but my takeaways are the same songs I liked 30 years ago are still good and the rest is still unnecessary.

Couple good tunes Not my thing

I don't really like Soundgarden, I never have. It's meh. Whatever.

Not for me. But definitely can see the appeal for grunge.

A: Hmmm den hade mycket potential men albuet var alltför långt... Trodde ren de sku va mer cool metal instrumental men nää de va ba tråkig perus btch ass rock... Vissa delar var fr bra men liksom bruh de fanns inget behov för det här. 3?/5 (Fanns vissa s-tier men få, mest låg A-tier) D: Bättre än den vanliga typiska rocken men fattar int hur genren tycks vara förhindrad från att överskrida en viss originalitetsnivå. Jag ska nån dag kasta alla rockslbum i en mixer och extrahera all deras nästanbra och producera det bästa albumet som mänskligheten har sett. 4/5

Good album. Chris Cornell is of course a phenomenal singer. But it went on too long and the other songs just weren’t as good as the hits.

A really good collection of rock songs with a number of well-known tracks on it. The popular songs are easily identifiable and the lesser known songs didn’t miss by much. A really good listen.

recently came around on this one a bit

- 2-3 bc some songs I did not like at all

I don't remember "Spoonman" from the '90s, but I very much like it now.

not my fave grunge

Very solid. Spoonman and Black Hole Sun are great. The other tracks are good but dont wow me

Me pareció muy bueno como cada instrumento, pues tiene su protagonismo como mezclan las melodías, aún siendo bastante pesado, me gustó

I never really understood grunge back in the 90s. To me, it just sounds like 1970s hard rock with baggy jumpers and greasy hair, and certainly not a worrying youth trend that warranted a moral panic about cob nobblers and lame stains. I remember playing Black Hole Sun on Rock Band and enjoying it, but there’s nothing really new here. The only difference really is that the lyrics tend to be somewhat more introspective and depressing than their 1970s counterparts, which is I guess the root of their appeal. Sadly lead singer Chris Cornell was another victim of the rock lifestyle who struggled and didn’t get the help that he was crying out for judging by his songs.

Wouldn't listen to it but it was good metal. Black hole sun is always a banger.

The album is an acquired taste. I liked a few songs, but most of them didn’t do much for me. It’s just not my style. I’d rate it 5/10

I actually only know this band because they opened for Neil Young in 1993. Some songs from the album made the charts, but that didn't interest me at all—neither then nor now. I don't recall Soundgarden's songs getting much airplay on the radio (in Germany). The ballad "Black Hole Sun" is well-known, of course. They play a heavy, sometimes dark style of rock. A true grunge band.

Настя бы сказала недостаточно козлиный голос, не верю)) кроме блэк хол остальные очень тяжёлые

I owned this when I was 15ish. So there's some nostalgia here and, overall I had a decent enough time with Superunkown. Chris Cornell does suffer from the silly American alt rock voice that a lot of singers at the time used although it doesn't annoy me as much as Eddie Vader or the guy from Alice in Chains. The album's also a bit too long and could do with a couple of the tracks, of which Black Hole Sun is the only real standout, cutting. Overall, while I enjoyed the trip down memory lane, I don't really think there's enough here to give a four, although it's close.

This was okay. 3/5. I didn't get Spoonman

The farther I get away from grunge the less I like it. Not enough melodic sensibility for me. These are decent songs but nothing I would go back to.

Black hole sun was the stand out everything else to me was meh might, but I might enjoy it more the more I listen to it or other albums.

For a person who doesn't listen to rock that much, I actually liked it. Added 3 songs to my playlist, guess that's good!

Typical grunge. Interesting only as an album of its era.

Throughout this project I’ve realized that grunge just isn’t a genre I like much (despite a general enjoyment of Nirvana and Pearl Jam). This was better than some grunge but overall it was too long and sludgy save for a few tracks (Superunknown, Black Hole Sun, Spoonman)

Good grungey rock. Not bad at all

might be a tad bit overrated 3.5

I don't think there was anything here I disliked, but I also didn't find this particularly innovative or exciting. I could happily listen to any of it, though it's maybe a little boring when listening to the whole album in one sitting - not helped by the fact it's quite long. The vocals are good, and the backing has moments. Decent in it's own right, but nothing particularly special.

I'm disappointed with this album. It's called SuperUnknown by Soundgarden, it just sounds like I was in store for a ton of interesting effects and stuff I'd not heard before. Instead it just sounds like bog standard grunge.

I am a fan of 90s alt-rock and once I got past the initial songs I really settled into this melodic grunge opus.

I've always only sorta like Soundgarden. They're good but never grip me. Unfortunately -- sorry Ted, please don't maul me -- this reenforced my 'eh, ok' opinion.

I was expecting more from this album. Though I'm not entirely sure why. I've heard Black Hole Sun about a million times, and it an exemplar what this album delivers. The longs are generally longer than necessary and pretty repetitive. The album art always makes me think of Bat Boy from Weekly World News.

not my type of music, but bangers are bangers

SuperUNCknown

Super jammy and loud but fun

This is the record where I kinda jumped off the Soundgarden wagon. Badmotorfinger was just the right mix of sounds for the garden. (See what I did there?) That album still retained a punk rawness with the mix of metal, alternative rock and grunge. On Superunknown the edges were sawed off to make it more palatable for radio and that worked - Black Hole Sun, Spponman, Fell On Black Days and My Wave were played constantly. KROQ must have played these songs 20x per day. I’m not knocking them as songs. But they felt kind of manufactured and taken as a whole the record is a bit aimless as the introduction of new sounds in my opinion took some of the liveliness from the recording. Live versions from the period bear this out as they retain the heaviness but with a punchier, more punk rock leaning, edge. Cornell, as a singer, is powerfully on display throughout the recording but I would have liked to have seen some restraint on a couple of songs, specifically My Wave. Unpopular opinion, but you can have too much Cornell on a song. I blame the producer for not reining in the band a bit, but I’m probably in the minority with this take. Hard to deny this record sold a shit ton. Some people are still playing this record so it has had some legs. 3.5/5

It’s good, but it’s like there are better versions of this in other bands?

it's good maybe I'm feeling cynical about this list because yes, this is good grunge, but I am hoping I still get more variety and can actually learn about other than being mostly music my dad listened to in the car when I was young but that's not Soundgarden's fault

Not sure I ever listened to the whole album before only the hits but it was a good break from my standard listening. A bit nostalgic.

I'm not a huge grunge guy but this was pretty good. As far as a single track goes, Black Hole Sun is up there as top track of any album so far (maybe other than My Sweet Lord from the George Harrison album). Leaning high 3 for this one.

I would have liked to hear more variety but among the baritone 90s rocker style, this band did it better than most.

Chug-a-chug goes the guitars in the grungy era.

Great at the time, not aged as well as other records seem to have.

It's nice, not really my type of thing tho🥹🙏

glad I finally got around to listening to this grunge classic. can't really say I see myself coming back to it, but it is a solid record.

Good sound and album. Enjoyed it, but it didn’t blow me away. Walked away with Black Hole Sun, the single I was familiar with before, still being the standout.

I love the 1990s, but this journey has illustrated to me that the music in that decade just wasn't that great. There, I said it. Whenever I see an album from another popular '90s artist, I expect to hear a legendary album, but I'm disappointed nearly every time. Perhaps if I generated this album just eight days earlier, I would at least have an interesting little coincidence to boast about, but unfortunately, it's mid tier straight white boy Alternative Rock music. Favorite Track: "Black Hole Sun".

soundgarde da hora. Acho mesmo que nunca tinha ouvido esse disco todo.

One very great song in Black Hole Sun. Another pretty groovin song in Spoonman. The rest tends to be superaverage. Better off having some Savagegarden on here instead. Wash away the rain like a chic-a-cherry cola.

Little more rock than I wanted I think?

One of the all time great grunge albums, but one that doesn’t stick with me much outside of the singles. It’s a lot of that macho hard rock energy updated for the brooding ‘90s. Chris Cornell was an excellent frontman, but the songwriting can get a bit samey for me. I like this one, but I’m always going to reach for Nirvana or Alice in Chains first.

Kende alleen Black hole sun, maar de rest was ook aangenaam...

7/10 Divertido, movido, buenos ritmos y la voz acompaña excelente

la verdad que un poco disfruto de este estilo. aveces me aturde, pero me gusta. es un 2.5

many good tracks but it only sounds good when its loud.

man its cool and black hole sun is a great GREAT song (that effin solo man) but i HATE spoonman….

imo weakest band of the big 4 of grunge. their songs just kinda blend into each other in this album

Know 2 songs, not quite the rock I like, but not bad. Grew on me, don't think much of the lyrics. Much better than other Soundgarden on the list. 3.5 rounded down Heard before? Some Owned: Yes, 87/332 (26%) Will I get: No

Chris Cornell had one of those uniquely melodic voices in rock; so powerful yet so tender. For me, there’s a delicacy in listening to artists who have died by suicide. It brings about a feeling of needing to tread lightly when remarking on their art, as if we risk further wounding them when they have already been fatally self-wounded. Perhaps this is an empathic reaction, I’m not sure. It’s especially moving when you consider so much of the lyrical content deals with depression, suicidal thoughts, and the like. It feels so intensely personal, like soul exposure in the most revealing way. Coupled with Chris Cornell’s voice, it’s almost too intense of an experience. All that aside, this is a very loud album. I enjoyed the musicianship and Cornell’s vocals, of course. I felt a bit auditorily assaulted by the end due to listening to the album at a higher volume in headphones. Spoonman remains one of the most creative tracks I’ve ever had the joy of listening to and is in my permanent rotation. I’m glad I listened to this album, but will only revisit my few favorite songs because the album is too heavy for me to experience again. I’m rating it a 3, but it’s really more of a 3.5.

I know a number of people who fawn over this album and see it as one of the best albums of all time, I've never quite seen it that way. Looking forward to an objective listen... Objectively it's fine/good, but perhaps if you didn't live it at the time, it's just a dude with a strong voice crooning over some decent rock songs?

Gotta trim the fat on some of these songs but other than that, an all timer

Rock hype

Enjoyed this more than expected. Always liked a few songs but didn't expect this much depth

I kinda fw it

Better than expected but not a genre I have any appreciation of.

fav songs: fell on black days black hole sun spoonman the day i tried to live melodic, powerful, balanced 60/100

a few songs were good

Great grunge voice that doesn’t sound as messy as other bands of the era.

Sounds like a bunch of white guys screaming. And that's not a bad thing. But like bruh. What are we doing really. Kinda boring. I mean it's fun and rock and metal but like just shut up. It doesn't interest me. Which is a matter of personal taste, I will say, and I can tell that this is very nicely constructed. Idk a lot of this genre just feels stale to me. It's probably because I'm unfamiliar with it but there's just not a lot of variation in sound to the untrained ear such as me, so it's not that nice to listen to. It's just loud instruments and loud screaming. Nothing really. I like it, it just won't go in my playlist and I'll probably never listen to it again. If the kings of Leon were more emo. Very foreboding. Favourite: Black Hole Sun Least favourite: Limo Wreck

Eh it was fine, I’m not in a rush to listen again

It's OK.

Good

An absolute solid rock album. The songs are heavy and enjoyable. And then, in the middle of the album, lies Black Hole Sun. One of the best Grunge songs. So powerful and interesting to listen to. If there were only more songs with similar qualities on the album...

another 3.5 type of album for me

Not my type

The first half is much more energetic than the end in my opinion, it kind of limps to the finish and hurts my overall estimation of the album unfortunately

Let me drown - 3/5 Slaves & Bulldozers - 2.5/5

Not bad but I also don't love it.

The songs I think are good I think they're really good but the overall album is weak and too long!!

another half-great double album that plods through with little experimentation and left me tapping my toes until the next hit finally came in. i was worried about this only being on the list as a delivery vehicle for black hole sun but it is much better than that, at least. high 3.

3/5

J’aime bien mais plus trop mon style trop dark, trop puissant. A part les classiques évidemment. 6/10

ok

Also nice but like it more in my dreams than actually. It requires too much of a specific mood for me being able to enjoy it.

Heavy rock. Awesome vocals.

Led Zeppelin, re-tooled for the nineties

Man... Soundgarden were so great.

I get it. Sort of.

3.5. Started strong. Some great singles. Quite enjoyed it. Sounds very mid 90s and can hear how it was influenced and influenced others.

perdón eh, pero no me gusta este género, lo respeto.

Reasonable rock sound

It wa stood but idk why this is important

Soundgarden have always been a "I enjoy the odd song if it comes on but never felt the need to listen to a whole album" band for me. They remain that.

A genre defining album with some great songs but a bit boring now 30+ years later.

Okay, not massively for me but equally not bad.

Some undeniable CLASSIC grunge tracks. But all in all this is another one that just bled together for me. Mumbled vocals fuzzy riffs, no longer the groundbreaking sound of a new era.

- The Day I tried to Live remains the best song on the album even after multiple listens. A spiralling tune with fantastic lyrics, clear and excellent progression and the best showing of Cornell's vocal power and variety on this album. - Superunknown is strong, a great showing of the production, the drums in particular sound heavy and really bring a dynamic texture to this album, helped by the unique time signatures, Cornell's vocals overpower the track in a fantastic way, helped by the utterly superb riff (thanks Carter) and the electric momentum of the drum line. - Let Me Drown is a great opener that instantly brings you into the vibe of this album, a loud, abrasive trip that leads well into My Wave, maintaining this momentum for an overall song that finds itself forgotten on my listens, mainly because it's overshadowed by the first of our more sludgy, slower tunes, Fell on Black Days - Mailman doesn't stand out to me personally, it does lead nicely into Superunknown but doesn't do enough on its own to join my playlist -Head Down is fantastic and as a follow up to Superunknown completely changes the tone with a beautiful riff and another unbeatable drum line, Matt Cameron is probably the best drummer in the Grunge genre, at least in this period, his control and ability to effectively slide in and out of the forefront makes him a personal favourite. -Black Hole Sun is...fine, I'm not huge on it. It has a unique vibe but I think Head Down does it better Like Suicide disappoints me and the backend of the album is mostly uninteresting, saved by 4th of July but ultimately it fizzles out amongst an album that has a lot going for it as one of the Big Four with Ten, Nevermind and Dirt but I think personally I liked this album more as a high schooler. There's a lot that works here but also a lot that doesn't. This is good but there's better.

When "Superunknown" came out, it was one of the few albums from that era that really caught my interest. I was particularly taken with the video (and the song) for 'Black Hole Sun'. Overall, I have fond memories of the album. Now, many years later, I've put the album on again and I'm a little disappointed. My initial fascination has waned somewhat. Musically speaking, Soundgarden were undoubtedly the best that the grunge scene had to offer and Chris Cornell was a fantastic singer. However, looking back after more than 30 years, I would say that it's just a good, solid alternative metal album with a slight grunge influence. But it's not my cup of tea (anymore). The single 'Black Hole Sun' really stands out, and the other singles 'Spoonman', 'My Wave' and 'Fell on Black Days' are further highlights.

Love the song “Half” and “Fell on Black Days”. How the heavy drums kick in at the 2:50 mark of “Let me drown” is beautiful. The first minute and a half of “4th of July “ is haunting and powerful.

Chugging classic 90s rock. It’s a solid album with no obvious weakness but honestly nothing that meets the very best of their contemporaries like Nirvana, Pearl Jam or Jane’s Addiction

Not my taste

I can still remember the first time that I heard Black Hole Sun. I was watching MuchMusic (Canadian MTV). It hit like a freight train. What an absolute banger. Spoonman, also a complete banger. Cornell was one hell of a vocalist. At over an hour though, the album does start to drag. The sludge/doom metal sound to start 4th of July was great though.

Black Hole Sun has to be a Top 10 song of all time. Spoonman grooves as well. Everything else is pretty okay. When I listen to this I just picture people in a garage passing a joint. This music compliments that.

Not bad, a couple songs I had heard before.

Good

Yeah

Ótimo para ouvir passando fome, focando nas times signatures pra se esquecer do ronco do estômago.

I’ve never listened to this much soundgarden at once- made me realize some doom metal and punk influence id never noticed before! Very pleasant

I do enjoy some soundgarden it must be said but the latter songs on this album were trying

forgettable

This is literally the music I heard last night at Adrian's place at 1 AM. I've always wondered where the straight men bands get their inspiration from. I feel the same way listening to it as I did last night as I was standing there, packed like a sardine: it sounds good i guess, i dont know what this song is, oh theyre headbanging, are they still playiong the same song?, it smells like moldy cigarette

Some bangers a lot of fillers

This was crazy good at the time, but boy does it sound dated now. Sits at an awkward transition point between hair metal and grunge. Chris sounds incredible, and a few of the tracks are outstanding, but overall it's not something I'm going to throw on today.

I didn't hate this album but I was also ready for it to be over well before it actually ended. It felt very much like I got what they were doing and didn't need 30 more minutes of it after I had already hit the 45 minute mark.

Fun! A bit long though.

Some songs were nice, really liked the 4th of july.

Did not know it but would like to.

Great heavy sound, but only really liked 3 or 4 tracks

Was in the gym and is pretty good for a gym listen

One of the better grunge offerings, and I really do believe that “Black Hole Sun” is maybe the best recording from that whole scene. Besides that, I think I most enjoyed the acoustic elements of “Head Down” and “Half,” probably because they were outliers in a mostly sonically monolithic record. 3.5 rounded down.

Spoonman! I’m more of an audioslave guy myself… 2.5

ilk şarkının giriş sağlam. 2-3 şarkıyı beğendim

Classic songs on this album. A little long but good.

semi-real time notes: -soundgarden is one of those bands that i'm always thinking i should give a proper listen, i like other grunge bands, i have massive admiration for chris cornell as a person, and i like a few songs by them, but i've got it in my head that they're a bit too "hard" for my taste which makes me put off listening to their albums. so this was a good way to finally get me to give them a good listen lol should be fun! -loved "let me drown" as album opener. gorgeous -i like "mailman" ... -guitar :-) -gonna preface this by saying that i am as far as can be from having a trained ear for music. but to me soundgarden is one of those bands where most of their songs sound very similar. not in a negative way tho! i think it makes listening to their albums a really unified and absorbing experience. but it makes it harder for me to pick out specific songs that i like. obv the indisputable hit is "black hole sun" but i think listening to it as a song alone is by farrrr inferior to hearing it in the middle of this album. -"spoonman" unequivocal banger. i love a quirky intro and a catchy riff. what is he even singing about. -i like "limo wreck" it reminds me of something but i can't think of what. -"4th of july" when the drums come in. yeah. i love when songs escalate slowly. and i love when songs feel like they're walking in circles. "down in the hole / jesus tries to crack a smile / beneath another shovel load" nice. + ADDED NOTES after reading some (2 stars and lower) reviews. really disheartening that so many people seem to view soundgarden as a macho straight guy band. obviously i disagree with that, but i get why people have those connotations. there's no going back from grunge being co-opted by the mainstream, but it makes me sad that so many people in my generation will only have that bastardised image of them. stream "in bloom" i guess. 18/04/2026

I really liked the first couple of songs, but then it started to wear on me. Maybe should not have listened to near bedtime. Dad music?

Considering I had no expectations fm this album, I was a bit surprised that it didn’t suck as much as I thought. The first four tracks are testosterone-infused yawping that define everything we hate about grunge. Then things get a little interesting and varied as they slowly start to break that mold. The last two songs sound like a different band. I still blame them for Creed, but I will grudgingly admit there’s something there.

Too long with high highs and an incredibly burned-over sound. Everyone wanted to be Soundgarden (and they weren't, obviously) so this much filler kind of sounds like hundreds of also-rans. It's a good album, though maybe not a great one, and Chris Cornell's reputation is earned. This might be THE single album you need to hear to understand the mid-90s, for better or for worse. The other thing about it is that there's not much to pick out here - we know the hits but it is pretty singular in tone otherwise, another knock against its runtime. Did we REALLY need this many songs, and this long? The answer is no. So yeah, great band with some all-timer songs with an iconic sound but not a great album.

No es mi estilo de musica predilecto, pero reconozco que es un buen album de Grunge. Buenos riffs, me gusto Black Hole Sun

Wasn't bad

I only knew Black hole sun. Actually, that is the only Soundgarden song I knew, which is telling of how much I care about this kind of music. The album is OK but nothing exciting. One point more because of the Beatlesque (quite Abbey Road-like) melodies of that famous song (I didn't fail to notice that even before reading other comments)

Good album, I love Chris Cornell but I prefer Audioslave

Divorced dad rock - not in a good way

love Chris Cornell’s voice. a little more moody than I would go for but a solid album.

Grimly, grungy rock that's fun to listen to. It is a long enough album that it drags a bit, though.

ben fatto, ma non particolarmente entusiasmante. non ho trovato nessuna canzone che mi piace

I thought I would like this more than I do but it just doesn't grab me much at all. 3 stars or C+.

Nah. This ain't it.

Good, but the album was just too long.

Vaguely enjoyed but also will never listen to again

3,4/5 Black Hole Sun und The day i tried to live sind natürlich mega aber der Rest überzeugt mich nicht ganz so. Trotzdem gutes Album.

it wasn't a bad album. i saved one song in my playlist :4th of july. I do like the rock vibes, but it's not really my thing. can't say it was bad though.

These are all going to be really good albums so i should treat it as personal preference from the best. And this seems to be pretty consistently in the middle. 3 would work nicely 5- Best of the Best 4- Outstanding 3- Really Great 2- Pretty good 1- I don't get it 0- Why is it here Black hole sun is stellar

I was pleasantly suprised by this album after the first couple of songs and began to get into it. Realised i knew Black Hole Sun, and that was probably the pick of the bunch for me, quite enjoyable. I'd give the album a 2.5/5 Let Me Down 5 My Wave 4 Full on Black Days 5 Mailman 3 Superunknown 6 Head Down 7 Black Hole Sun 8 Spoonman 3 Limo Wreck 4 The Day I Tried to Live 7 Kickstand 5 Fresh Tendrils 6 4th Of July 6 Half 5 Like Suicide 3

My favorite album to shoot up to during the 90's 💉🥄

Good stuff 3 stars

Good classic rock songs, amazing guitar solos. "Let me Drown" is a really good song. Might be a bit repetitive.

Classic of the grunge genre. I do not dislike it but agree with other’s opinions that it is overly long and the songs start to sound indistinguishable after awhile. Yes he is a great grunge frontman but much of that consists of yelling. Some good riffs and definitely gets in your gut but not gonna seek it out just for that.

All the tracks are sooooo long and heavy. I fully understand this was loved when it came out but not my bag

I know I'm in the minority here, but I never could get into Chris Cornell's voice. I know he's objectively talented. And his voice doesn't ruin the rest of what Soundgarden does for me or anything like that. Maybe it's that he took some creative approaches to melody that don't always work for me. Or something like that. I really don't know. I don't hate his voice, but I don't think I've really ever fallen in love with Soundgarden because of that. I've always thought really highly of Kim Thayil's guitar work and the Matt Cameron's drumming is tight. They've written some songs that I genuinely do enjoy. Superunknown is a pretty decent record, and I can certainly understand why this one is on the list. I wish Chris Cornell's voice resonated with me more than it does (I guess I'm saying that I've always wanted to love Soundgarden), but this is still a pretty solid representation of the musical highpoints of 1994. I do, however, resonate with Pup's point in "Robot Writes a Love Song" that if I ever hear Black Hole Sun again, I might self destruct. Boy, that song has been played into oblivion over the years. 7.5/10

Bra men kanske inte för mig

Just because I don't like Chris Cornell singing does not mean I don't think he was a very talented fella with a powerful voice. I just don't like that singing style, sue me. But in my opinion, the best thing about Soundgarden is the actual band. Their instrumentation is fantastic. Top-notch creative songwriting. That guitarist is great.

Some nostalgia, but samey with about 4 good songs. Songs are generally longer

The album as a whole was okay, it's just not my usual style of music. I enjoyed the instrumentation and the vocals, but the songs altogether just didn't really speak to me personally. But that doesn't mean it isn't an objectively good album; it is just my personal preference. There were more stand-outs than filler, to be totally honest, which I did like. There were a couple of tracks that, in the chorus, I kind of thought, 'yeah, I might listen to that again'. Stand-outs: My Wave The Day I Tried To Live Mailman Limo Wreck (my favourite)

7/10

J’entends biens les qualités de l’album. Des solos fous des instructions qui changent et une voix maîtrisée mate. J’entends aussi l’influence qu’a eu ce groupe sur d’autres, justement les voix ressemblent à Kings of Leon par accents, U2 etc. L’album s’inscrit dans cette lignée du rock et est certainement emblématique. Mes préférées : black hole sun / Half / like suicide.

I enjoyed listening to this one. There wasn't anything that especially stood out to me, other than Black Hole Sun, which I think became a hit for a reason

Struggling with this because I really liked some of the songs and the overall sound, but there are also a lot I would skip if I were going to listen again. I need to revisit but going 3 for now. Top Songs: My Wave, Head Down, Black Hole Sun, Spoonman

A superb refresher after a string of kinda boring ones for me. Best songs are Superunknown and Black Hole Sun. 6/10, a solid Rock album.

Black Hole Sun obviously a classic; I really enjoyed Kickstand. 3*

Spet band, k razen ta najbl znanih komadov (se prav tisti, ki so mel videospote), ne poznam baš neki. So far, par komadov notr, čist všečno. Majo nek svoj zvok, ne morš jih zamenjat z drugim bandom of the time. Pomaga tud Cornellov glas. "Mailman", "Superunknown" in "Head Down" so mi med ljubšimi do zdaj. Hm, ampak na splošno: it is just fine.

So there are 3 songs I consider to be iconic 5 star songs in an album i otherwise struggle to connect with. Despite me wanting to rate this higher its a "torn 3" for me.

I always thought I would hate this album because I haaaate Black Hole Sun with a white hot intensity that has not lessened with time. But it's really not bad. The overall sound feels repetitive to me (like if I would listen again, I couldn't just raw dog the whole album straight through), but I am pleasantly surprised how much I don't hate this.

Je mets 3 bien parce que Black Hole Sun est très cool mais sinon rien ne m'a fait réagir dans l'album

I had forgotten i listened to this on friday which kinda says a lot. I did enjoy it at the time but not gonna win any awards from me.

More than ok, less than great

A bit hardcore for me, but Black Hole Sun is one of my favorite songs.

I liked this album fine, but I expected more than just roughly half of this album to be worth listening to more than once...

I liked about half the songs. Thought about knocking it down to a 2 since they didn’t mic the spoons properly.

The highs are super high, the rest are just ok. Notables include Fell On Black Days, Black Hole Sun, Spoonman, The Day I Tried To Live, Fresh Tendrils.

I had to listen through this album a few times to really narrow down my feelings about it. I loved the vocals, the lyrics, the music. Really everything about it was great. Still, I didn't find myself really falling in love with it or latching on to any particular songs. I couldn't really pinpoint why, but I do think that length does play a bit of a role. I felt some of the magic of this album kind of started to dissipate over time. This is not to say the album was at all bad. Quite the contrary. I did really like it, and, admittedly, the length is a bit of a nitpick. There were also just not really "stand outs." There were great tracks, sure, but none I instantly grew attached to or wanted to listen to over again.

When I saw Soundgarden generated, I got pretty excited. Unfortunately, I kind of forgot that they're one of those bands that I like in theory, but they never quite live up to that theory when I actually listen to them. I'm a fan of grunge and hard rock, everyone in the band plays incredibly well, Chris Cornell was one of the best singers out there, but in the end I just get tired of it so quickly. There are a few standout tracks (Black Hole Sun, Spoonman), but the rest all sound way too similar to me. It doesn't help that this is a really long album too. They're apparently a perfect candidate for a playlist band, but unfortunately, I don't really listen to playlists any more.

It is rock. Not terrible stuff, nothing remarkable imo.

Grunge that leans metal. I've tried Soundgarden many times, and such as either this album, om not drawn to the sound. I get how visceral the music could be, but it just doesn't click for me. Not bad, just not for me.

its dad music for sure gotta agree on that part. still i think its pretty good lmao

3.5

Solid rock. Good 3. Just dudes doing dudes stuff.

Me ha sorprendido gratamente este disco y me parece que tiene canciones bastante escuchables. Tiene la duración ideal, psicodelia, con riffs brutales y la voz impresionante. Debe ser el mejor disco de Soundgarden

Prima om naar te luisteren, wou het niet afzetten enkel op het einde

2,5

Entertaining listen

not so much for me. the music isnt very appealing and lyrics dont do it for me either. some songs tho..

Great album. I always liked Soundgarden but still for the genre don't like it more than 10 by Pearl Jam or Nevermind by Nirvana

Acceptable Rock.

Liked it good rock album

Actually pretty good I just don't like grunge

Very Soundgarden. Good for a while, but wears after a bit.

Ganz cool, war entspannt zu hören beim arbeiten, Black Hole Sun Banger aber ich glaube Rock ist nich so meins leider

Mid first few songs

Mid album, good chords but bland vocals, lack of personality. 3/5

I've always thought that this is the weakest of the Big 4 grunge albums, but I was at the record store a while back and they were playing it, and it was sounding like the coolest album ever. Unfortunately, I find it too long to ever make time to listen to it, even though I actually really like several of the songs!

Classic dad rock albums

Decent album. This kind of rock isn't my favourite, but some songs were quite enjoyable (Head Down and The Day I Tried To Live were nice). Big fan of guitar solos, and the ones in this album were really neat. The songs got a bit repetitive and way too long though. It's pretty generic for what you usually hear in this genre and honestly, only a few songs were solid.

Man I love Chris Cornells voice. And the way he knows the perfect vocal melody is insane

Highlights: Fell On Black Days, Superunknown, Black Hole Sun, Spoonman Lowlights: Mailman, Limo Wreck, Half Didn't do too much for me. Most of the album sounds extremely similar and almost every song is like a minute too long. Wouldn't say it's bad by any means, just, eh?

Had a long drawn out review but then got distracted by work and lost it. Not starting from scratch. This album is better than what I was expecting. Only ever heard good things about sound garden and I understand why. Guitar and drums carry through out. Good not great songwriting. Nothing life changing, but really solid album. A little too prestige, but it does have some good changes of pace. Good title track which is a plus. Overall probably won’t listen to agin but not upset that I did. 3.3 stars.

I went back to listen to Soundgarden's earlier work while waiting to post my review, since none of them are part of the 1001 albums. "Superunkown" is definitely different from their more raw, gritty sound that they originally had. And I think it's for the worst. "Black Hole Sun" is the defining hit on this album. I quite liked “4th of July” and “Half.” I might be unique in that though. Those songs aren’t on their compilation albums. The rest of "Superunknown" is.. fine? Safe maybe?

Disfrutable Tiene joyas escondidas 3.5

I think that the album was definitely my music type. I just feel like it loses a star because the lack of memorability and another for the moderate lyricism. I did enjoy it and would not skip it if it came on.

3.5 pas si mal mais m'interesse pas

Superunknown is the fourth studio album by American rock band Soundgarden, released on March 8, 1994. Superunknown was a critical and commercial success and became the band's breakthrough album. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. The album also topped the Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand charts. In 1995, the album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album. The album has been certified six times platinum by the RIAA in the United States. In April 2019, Superunknown was ranked No. 9 on Rolling Stone's "50 Greatest Grunge Albums" list.

Black hole sun was admittedly good but beyond that none of the songs were that incredible. Not really the thing.I typically listen to, which isn't bad but it means it'll be harder to like. This was fine but nothing incredible. 63/100

Going into this I was expecting to really like it. I like a lot of Chris Cornell's other work, but I hadn't listened to this album in full. I found it astoundingly okay. A lot of it didn't interest me, and I was only really enticed by the songs I had already heard before(Fell on black days, Black Hole Sun). Maybe I'm just boring, but the rest of the album felt quite generic and didn't hit well.

I have a strange relationship with Soundgarden. They have some decent songs, but I think on the whole they sound like a weird amalgamation of Foo Fighters and Shinedown (probably because they influenced these bands). Sadly it’s just a sound I can’t really get on board with. I also feel like this goes on far too long. It’s an hour 10 of the exact same sound over and over again with very little variation, by the end I was willing it to finish.

2.5

Its nice but also forgettable I feel like

It rocks pretty hard for way too long

The slow tempos throughout really makes this album drag. Individually I think the songs are decent.

Sound quality is awesome. The problem here is, Chris Cornell's voice isn't really my type. Matt was cool here. This album subjectively felt average.

It’s fine. The music is objectively pretty good, it just doesn’t hold my interest. Grunge isn’t my favorite, and it all kind of sounds the same. This didn’t need to be quite so long

Det var bra, men ikke mitt favorittalbum. Sangene var veldig enten eller.

A few classics but a bit bloated for my taste

3.5/5 não é um album mau mas tb não é daqueles que ouviria muitas vezes. as músicas são bons e as letras são interessantes mas algumas não precisavam de ser longas como são.

me gusto demasiado. la voz del cantante es -cheff kiss- tremenda banda, voy a escuchar mas de ellos. me parecio un poquito largo el album, pero muy bueno

Honestly, I didn't expect to like this too much but I genuinely enjoyed a handful of songs. Black Hole Sun is a certified classic but The Day I Tried To live took me by surprise by how melodic it was. Overall, this album I heavy but it is tinged with sound and the lyrics range with interesting themes about one's relationship to others, oneself, and loved ones.

A few songs had cool riffs, effects, or time signatures. I wish I liked it more. I'd seek them out before Foo Fighters, but I don't think I'll make this album a regular listen.

I'd never have thought of putting on a whole album of Soundgarden (less attractive than Nirvana or RATM). Unappealing opening (first 2 tracks too slow and repetitive for my taste) but it got better. Tracks 7-9 (Black Hole Sun, Spoonman, Limo Wreck) make an exciting three-in-a-row. By the end of the album, I was impressed with strength/range of lead vocals (carried the words well) and variety of playing styles, as well as sheer grunge and grunt. But still very same-y. It's on the high side of 'Okay': 6/10. Favourite track: Limo Wreck.

Classic grunge all the way through. It's hard to deny the sheer power of the sound, from the vocals, to the screaming guitars to the drums. Not my favorite album from that era, but definitely solid. Doesn't have enough songs that really stand out from one another, but nonetheless a great album. 3/5 from me.

Seems like a thick solid grunge record. Cornels vocals are awesome. I know them best from audioslave personally, but here they sound more natural and raw and integrated with the band. Some of the guitar sounds great - I think I like the guy's playing, but some places it suffers from that generic grunge tone in a way that makes it sound kind of grating for me.

I had pretty high hopes for this album. I already knew Black Hole Sun and Spoonman. I like both of those, but really the rest of the songs were just ok. Mailman might have become one of my least favorite songs on the generator so far. Still a fine album, but I wasn't impressed.

Run of the mill, slightly dirgey rock. It fluctuates between decent and a bit under that. I’ve liked Black Hole Sun as a song for some time and I’ve heard a few others on the album but clearly I’ve been listening to the high water marks. I don’t think the more whimsical songs really work (Spoonman), they just sound a bit off. But the instrumental stuff is well put together.

I quite like this but not sure what its USP is. Its not particularly special in any regard. Some of the songs historically get served up to me as part of my streaming algorithm so not unfamilar with them. When I was younger I enjoyed Rage against the machine and when audioslaves first album came out got that so you could say I am some way in "this" club. This is where it gets subjective I guess. I love Rage and enjoyed Audioslave (probably marginally better than Soundgarden). OK its not as pop rock as say Nickleback or extremely mainstream examples but its not got the raw edge of Rage either. I will happily listen to some of their songs and enjoy the sound but doubt I will want to listen to the whole album.

On the face of it this is a good album. It has a lot of the basic elements that I enjoy, but somehow it never quite elevates beyond "quite good". The music is all structurally fine but it seems to lack a spark. There is a particular type of Americanised operatic rock singing that I find really grating and this album has it all the way through. Also, this album is too long considering it's lack of artistic depth. A totally acceptable, but instantly forgettable rock album.

Again, this is super embarrassing to admit as a ten-year resident of Washington (four years in the Seattle area), but I wasn’t really familiar with Soundgarden until super recently. I definitely thought “Black Hole Sun” was a Nirvana song prior to this year – WA state police probably ought to revoke my license for that mix-up. However, my wife and I did watch the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony just a couple of weekends ago and Soundgarden was one of the artists that were honored. Their induction included a performance from the band (featuring Taylor Momsen on “Rusty Cage” and Brandi Carlile on “Black Hole Sun”), a tribute from Toni Cornell and an oddly heartfelt speech from Jim Carrey. Founding bassist Hiro Yamamoto also spoke out about the mistreatment of immigrants in the United States (something that has been weighing on my heart heavily these past few months). It was all very touching and came together as probably my favorite part of the entire ceremony, in spite of my unfamiliarity with the band. All that said, I was quite excited to finally give Superunknown a listen – I really hoped it would be a favorite among favorites, especially since this challenge has exposed me to so much great grunge already! While I did come away from the album with a greater appreciation of Chris Cornell’s voice and the abilities of the band as a whole, I can’t say in good faith that Superunknown is going into regular rotation for me. The main thing holding this one back for me is that it’s just too long – they could have chopped out at least 20 minutes of material (basically everything between “Spoonman” and “Like Suicide”) and the album wouldn’t have really lost anything. There are some amazing cuts in the front half, but that doesn’t save the back half from being so utterly boring. If you’re not looking to spend 70 minutes of your life running through the full album, just check out all the tracks that have music videos – they’re easily the biggest standouts from Superunknown (I reckon “My Wave” was my overall favorite)! “Like Suicide” is a great ending to the album as well, but probably not a must-listen if you’re just looking for a sampler. I might have to check out Badmotorfinger just for kicks (seeing as it’s not on the 1001 Albums list). If that ends up being a banger album, I’ll report back here in a future edit! Highlights: My Wave, Fell on Black Days, Superunknown, Black Hole Sun, Spoonman, Like Suicide

It's good. Somewhat average. Though Black Hole Sun is gonna be stuck in my head for days. 3/5

Prima album voor een keertje, maar niet iets wat ik nog snel een keer zou opzetten, met uitzondering van de banger 'Black Hole Sun'.

Did not expect to struggle through this one but I did

Opening track had me interested from the get go, however became quite bored of it after about 3 tracks. Not bad but not that exciting.

Its not my thing, but it seems fairly high level of what it is. Good. But I definitely think if it didnt exist, we wouldn't have nickelback, and im sure that weighed on the every single day. Because of this i had to hear Rockstar

Love 90s alternative rock/grunge, love the doom metal energy, love Chris Cornell and the slick time signatures on this. But… that’s all I’ve got. I expected to love this instead I can just barely differentiate it, a shame. The length is diabolical too.

This will be the first highly ranked album that I didn’t like. It’s good and the band is talented it’s just not my style. I do however understand the appeal and could see how someone would rank it 4 or even 5 stars if this sound was their thing.

For being on the harder side I actually found this a charming album. Faves are Black Hole Sun, The Day I Tried To Live.

I did think at first it would sound "ominous/dark" because of the album cover. But compared to Nirvana, this is more Led Zeppelin-hard rock. The album doesn't really stray from the heavy guitar-drum sound, so for me it gets repetitive after Black Hole Sun.

Ha dato soundtrack di un qualsiasi teen drama di inizio 2000

It's good I guess. I don't think I have the capacity to enjoy more grunge. His voice sounds trained so it's not really grass roots more manufactured

Little too angsty and a little too long for me. I really enjoy his vocals. Not really a grunge girl but there were quite a few songs on this album that I really enjoyed (although possibly they were the less grungey of the songs). Is definitely the kind of music I could imagine I would have really loved at my angstiest, but I'm probably ten years too late now. Favourite song: Black Hole Sun (or The Day I Tried to Live) Least: Half

Fire. Has Black Hole Sun on it.

1/15 bekannt 6/10 Beste Songs: black hole sun, my wave, 4th of july

Normal.

I liked this overall, a few standout tracks for me but probably not an album I would listen to again in full

This was quite enjoyable. I already knew that I liked “Fell On Black Days” and “Black Hole Sun”, but also particularly enjoyed “Mailman” and “4th of July”. The other tracks were also completely fine to listen to, albeit a bit more forgettable. If I could go 3.5*, I would - but I didn’t enjoy it as much as a 4* album.

Not my thing but couple of song were great. 3.3

I can't see the cover of this album and not hear Blackhole Sun. Such an iconic music video. His singing style is a bit whiny. I am saddened to find out he succumbed to his battle with depression. I didn't realize Spoonman was by Soundgarden.

really fun heavy album

Christmas

I liked it buuuut I didn't feel it you know? I mean the songs were good but I didn't connect to them. Overall I liked the album, Chris Cornell's voice is sooo good

7/15 songs added Obviously we have the classic in there (black hole sun)which is just fire fire fire but I feel like I've heard it so much that it just doesn't hit the same as it used to,so i added it to the playlist but it might not have a guaranteed place to stay.(I didn't have it on the playlist so it probably got deleted before) A song that I really enjoyed was fell on black days,chill start,cool beat just amazing and i also think Its a little bit different from the rest of the album. gonna rate it 3/5 stars as I wouldn't listen to the whole album and the grunge type of music is also not always my vibe.

my opinion is in the middle some of the songs are too much for me and sound abit the same i like the ones that are abit different 5/16 ( black hole sun, fell on black days , head down, the day i tired to live , 4th of july)

Bassen sier brom, Cornell sier YEEEeeeaaaaAAHhhh. Det enkelt å plukke fra hverandre elementene til formelen som utgjør Superunknown, men det skal en spesiell kjemi til for å få det til å funke. Det er good shit her, men det er også låter som godt kunne forblitt superukjente for omverden -- ikke fordi de er direkte dårlige, men fordi man allerede har hørt bedre låter som høres nesten like ut. I løpet av sine 70 minutter, rekker trikset å bli gammelt, og det er egentlig bare når de aktiverer stoner-modus på 4th of July at det kommer et høydepunkt etter Spoonman. Siste sporet, Like Suicide, skifter også litt opp i tempoet med tribal-trommene grunge/alt. metal kollegaene Tool gjorde til sitt varemerke på to år senere, og det er i hvert fall litt spennende. Tool gjorde det bedre, da. Tool gjorde også "grunge" bedre ett år tidligere, men det er en annen sak.

I hodet mitt har dette albumet vært en skikkelig klassiker, men nå låter til og med "Black Hole Sun" og "Spoonman" blekere enn jeg husket. Det virker som jeg har utviklet en allergi mot grunge gjennom dette prosjektet. Selv om jeg tenkte at Superunknown egentlig skilte seg ganske mye ut ved å være mer psykedelisk. Slik som på nevnte "Black Hole Sun". Plata er ikke helt krise, liker mye av soundet. På "Limo Wreck" tenderer det mot stonerrock, som jeg syns funker godt. Vokalen funker ikke så godt for meg lenger, dessverre. Og siden det er et CD era-album er det selvfølgelig altfor langt. Etter litt over en time så sitter jeg igjen med et inntrykk av et helt ok rockealbum som fungerer bedre i bakgrunnen enn til aktiv lytting.

Solid album, not exactly my choice but I would listen to this if I was an angsty white boy. Black hole sun kinda iconic though and I gotta give credit where credit is due.

A grunge classic. A little over-long though

Rocking listen. I did not recognize or remember any songs other than Black Hole Sun. Nice, crisp, big rock production

3.5 leaning toward 4 At first I didn't think I would know any of their songs, but Black Hole Sun is a serious banger. There were also a couple other songs I listened to more than once! Overall, nice grungy vibes 🖤

Not really my style and would need to be in the mood but still great album!

I was hoping to like this more than I thought I would but unfortunately not

Taas varmaan oikeiden ihmisten mielestä väärä mielipide, mutta omissa papereissani Chris Cornellin hommista paras ihan ylivoimaisesti oli Audioslave. En tiedä luetellaanko tämä grungeksi vai miksi, mutta itselleni joka tapauksessa ehkä inasen liian tummissa vesissä kahlataan soitannon osalta. Lauluhan on ihan tip top, siitä ei varmasti kukaan voi sanoa mitään. Pari entuudestaan tuttua biisiä (Lusikkamies ja Musta aukko aurinko) tältä levyltä löytyi. Koska en ole kauheasti niitäkään kuunnellut, niin kusi ei ole päässyt polttamaan niitäkään. Kyllä tää kokonaisuudessaan posin puolelle jäi, vaikka alkuodotukset olivat aika matalalla, Chris Cornell vaan kuulostaa niin saatanan hyvältä. Ei tää nyt nelosta silti saa, mutta vahva kolmonen ja ehkä tähän tulee joskus vielä palattua?

Dad rock, thought Black Hole Sun and Supermassive Black Hole were siblings, but they’re more like cousins.

This album is better than " A Northern Soul", yesterday's album. It reminds me of early Pearl Jam, especially their album "Ten". There are quite a few good songs on "Superunknown". "4th of July" is on the same level as "Black Hole Sun", Soundgarden's most popular song. One day, I might come to adore this album. 3 stars for "Superunknown".

Solid, riff heavy rock and roll. Probably more like a 3.5 but not really my thing. I appreciate it though. I don’t think I’ve ever actually listened to it all the way through although certainly familiar with it from being adjacent to some of the music I loved in 1995 or whatever. The coda to super unknown is fun and the little marching band into Beatles melody of head down. Black hole sun is a winner thirty years later. It is just its own distinctive vibe (file under: Chris Isaak wicked game).

It's okay I guess. Good rocking but it starts sounding samey to me after a handful of songs. I know the hits from this one and they're good tunes. I just don't see myself coming back to this one.

This had a lot more music/acoustics than I expected!!

The album was alright, the first half of songs all sounded the same, black hole sun was the tipping point, then the second half all sounded the same as well

I thought it was full of talented musicians. Tempo was changed and lots of timing which was impressive. Very metallic and grunge. Black hole suns a banger.

Fine 3/5

Classic Soundgarden...

Niby spoko ale chyba jednak to nie jest mój ulubiony typ muzyki. Ale kurde, mega ciekawy album i zespół, o którym wcześniej nie słyszałam. Album idealny do filmów/książek akcji. Także ciekawe ale dla mnie jedynie w określonych warunkach :) mimo wszystko - pozytywne odkrycie.

Kinda boring Some songs are good but overall overrated 6/10 2025/12/26

Has all the 90s grunge cliches with Metal cliches thrown in. Huge if you like that sort of thing and seemingly designed for disaffected young men.

Soundgarden was always kind of the odd man out from the "Big 4" of Grunge, drawing inspiration from the other three into an amalgamation of what's supposed to be the "best parts" of Grunge. I'll be honest, I'm not sure if I buy it. Sure, I can listen to Black Hole Sun and think "wow, Grunge really DID peak here", but the rest of the album is far less convincing for me. I could never really get into Superunknown, at least not nearly as much as the other three's albums. Dirt feels so much more destructive, Ten is accessible and has killer singles, and Nevermind needs no explanation. So what role does Superunknown play? It's certainly experimental in its presentation, with many tracks that stretch the definition of the genre. That combined with a few great singles should be enough to make this a classic, right? I'm not going to pretend like this isn't a classic and that everyone who thinks so is wrong, as I don't love Grunge as a whole nearly as much as I like its main bands. I will say though that apart from Black Hole Sun there is almost nothing that attaches me to this album. It feels flat, most Grunge does, but some bands know how to make that flatness work. I think Soundgarden is trying too hard to make the genre sound "not flat", and in doing so sacrifices the simplicity that defined the era. I don't think it's a coincidence that the songs most people praise from this record are arguably the least complex. I'm rambling. I have a lot of respect for Chris Cornell as a vocalist, and I'm by no means saying this album is bad. Superunknown has just unfortunately been the least enjoyable member of the Grunge club for me (at least until Stone Temple Pilots came along).

song one: enjoying the verses, chorus not so much

I’m sure this album was a huge hit for grunge rock dads. Album has some decent songs but I’d probably never listen to the whole album again. 3/5

Prog Grunge. Meandering and loud, but not powerful. They are super talented in technique, no critique of the compositions, Chris Cornell kills it in the high registers, guitars slay the amps, drums deal out destruction, yet it just seemed like undynamic loudness instead of intensity. Anyway, back to my hair metal playlist.

Not something I would put on myself. Pretty rock. Very raw vocals, although almost distracting at times? All in all, it was alright.

Really grungey. Chris Cornell’s voice is great, and it really soars in some of the earlier tracks here. The huge guitars and drums are at their best when they’re more upbeat and full of life, rather than the dreary mid-tempo songs. The album is bit much to listen to in one go, but there’s some great stuff in there, and if you’re into your grunge, you’d love it.

El clásico por antonomasia del Grunge. Ojo a los tiempos porque su anterior disco, el excelente Badmotorfinger se publicó apenas una semana o dos después del Nevermind de Nirvana, y este Superunknown lo hizo apenas una mes antes del suicidio (y final de Nirvana y del grunge) de Cobain. Puede que este disco fuera el epitafio del grunge, o el Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness de los Smashing (mñas variado sin duda). Superunknown cuenta con temas básicos como Spoonman o Black Hole Sun. Sonidos pesados, pero con algo de psicodelia por ejemplo en Black Hole Sun, Fresh Tendrils (con un registro vocal excelso, a lo Corey Glover de Living Colour) o Mailman, un temazo. Abren a todo ritmo con Let Me Drown, dura como The Day I Tried to Live o la propia Spoonman. Fell on black days suena un poco a los RHCP (compartieron productor). Cornell está superlativo. Superunknown es demasiado dura y monótona para mi gusto (algo similar a Kicksand9, prefiero Head Down por ejemplo, que además sirve de puente al meollo del álbum: la triada Black Jole sun, Spoonman (con su solo de cuchara), The Day I Tried To Live. Like suicide es eso.. un buen final. Nunca fueron una banda que me gustara demasiado (soy mucho más de Pixies-Sonic Youth e incluso Screaming Trees-Nirvana), ni entonces ni ahora, pero eso no quita para darles el reconocimiento que se merecen.

I bypassed Soundgarden when they were around. I didn’t think they brought anything particularly remarkable to the table. I still don’t. Hearing this thirty years later it’s good for what it is. Some good songs, brilliantly produced. Black Hole Sun alone makes it a five, but as an entity it’s a three for me.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Great album! I do want to revisit bc I feel like I would appreciate it more on a second listen

One full listen through of the album later and it's wildly different from anything I've ever listened to in the past. My favorite song so far is Black Hole Sun and Let me Down, and the most of the rest of it sounded like really heavy metal. I also liked Superunknown, but I will be doing another listen through of the album, maybe where I can actually listen to the lyrics.

i haven’t heard this album in years! it’s very tight and has some really good songs on it, i just feel like i’ve heard it too much though 3.5

I think it's a good album but it's not my cup of tea or the style I usually like

01) Let Me Drown - 6,5 02) My Wave - 6,5 03) Fell on Black Days - 7,5 04) Mailman - 6,5 05) Superunknown - 6,0 06) Head Down - 7,5 07) Black Hole Sun - 10,0 08) Spoonman - 9,0 09) Limo Wreck - 7,5 10) The Day I Tried to Live - 8,0 11) Kickstand - 7,0 12) Fresh Tendrils - 6,5 13) 4th of July - 7,0 14) Half - 7,0 15) Like Suicide - 6,5 TOTAL: 7,27 (73/100) Current ranking: 380/760

Pretty cool

I really want to like this. Chris Cornell was a genius, black hole sun is just beautiful... But 70 mins is long and there is not enough variation on songwriting or production for me. It feels like a 90s American rock album where there isn't a lot of subtlety (beyond the elegance of his singing) and I find it draining to listen to. I don't know at what point I started zoning out from it. But I did Alas.

Soundgarden was never on the same level for me as Pearl Jam or Nirvana. Returning to this album thirty years later didn't changey mind

3 for spoonman.

Wasn't super in the mood for Soundgarden today, but Black Hole Sun and Spoonman are bangers any day of the week

6.0/10

It was ok, but not my type. I like Black Hole Sun the best.

I really like Black Hole Sun and didn't get any new favourites after listening to the whole album for the first time. Still a gem of its time though

waaaay too long dude. like come on. im not sure about the music either. good singing obviously but otherwise dont really know man,

The origins of butt rock

Solid album, great writing, but probably wont go back with any consistency

Was listening to this when Joel Asher inadvertently egged the inside of his dad's T-Bird. (He thought the window was rolled down; it wasn't.) I would like to think "Fell on Black Days" was playing, if only to imagine Chris Cornell wailing, "How would I know / That this could be my fate?" as yolk and shell dribbled down the glass.

Very good. Vocals, riffs deep dark sound, really enjoyed.

Guys... I don't think grunge is my thing... or at least this style of grunge in which bands like Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden fall. I think is quite different from what Nirvana were doing, as the sound of this band is very raw and energetic with the fast pace and chaotic performances; while bands like Soundgarden focus way more on creating slow and moody atmospheres. In theory sounds good, but in practice, I don't think it works that well. I believe some Sludge and Doom Metal acts do very similar things but way more effective. This album has that same atmosphere that I talked about, but the riffs didn't appealed me nor the vocals, and I know that might be blasphemy to some people. I'll give credit where credit is due, Chris Cornell was a very talented singer with an incredible range. However, I never liked this style of singing, which is very used in grunge, so not even Chris Cornell's technicality can change my opinion on it. At least I don't think it is a bad album, but I'll dare to say it is quite mediocre. There are even some moments I liked, like the riff in the chorus of 'Superunkown', 'Black Hole Sun', the haunting tone of 'Limo Wrech' and the punk inspired 'Kickstand'. I also believe I would like way more this album if it wasn't that long (one hour and ten minutes is way too much).

Not a huge fan of grunge so wasn't expecting much but liked it more than I thought I would. Favorites: My Wave, Fell on Black Days, Black Hole Sun Would I listen to it again: Probably

Kinda slaps

I really want to like this album. The band has such a cool gritty tone, and I really like Chris Cornell. And I love Audioslave, so this should not be too far away, right? But after sitting through it two times, I'm still not convinced. There are some decent songs here and there, but overall its just not good enough for me. Every half decent song is followed up by a not-so-good one. Even 'Black Hole Sun', which probably is Soundgarden's most famous song, is way too long - just like the album. The best parts are basically when Chris Cornell can just do his thing and let his singing shine. Overall I was disappointed by this. Feels wrong to give it a 3, but that's where it ends up for me. Albeit a strong one.

Patiko :P geriausia vistiek black hole sun, bet naujų irgi išsisaugojau.