Superunknown

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On March 8, 1994, Seattle rock bandSoundgardenreleased their critically acclaimed fourth full length album,Superunknown, on A&M Records. An immediate #1 in the US, it earned the band two Grammy Awards, and sold millions of records worldwide. ConsideredSoundgardensmasterpiece, the album yielded such iconic tracks as Black Hole Sun, Spoonman, and Fell on Black Days, and helped redefine alternative rock and change the course of music history.
In 2014, the band celebrates the20th anniversaryof this groundbreaking album with a special reissue, anew 2LP edition with the original 16 tracks remastered on 180-gram double vinyl and housed in a gatefold cover with slightly updated cover art.
Soundgardensstrongest and most diverse effort, the aptly namedSuperunknownwas co-produced withMichael Beinhorn. No track is entirely derivative of any previous or past release, though cuts like the album’s powerful opener, “Let Me Drown,” “Limo Wreck,” and “Spoonman” carry on the soulful metallic blues that the band has made their own. Tracks like the emotive “Black Hole Sun” and “4th Of July,” among others, also marked a massive growth in the band’s songwriting.
Superunknownhas been certified five times platinum by the RIAA in the US and has sold in excess of 9 million copies worldwide, making it the bands most commercially successful release. Black Hole Sun and Spoonman won Grammy Awards in 1995, whereSuperunknownwas also nominated for Best Rock Album. Rolling Stone magazine has ranked the album as one of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time as well as one of the 100 Greatest Albums of the Nineties.
“We made an album instead of a record that has a couple of good songs and filler. We made an album in the classic sense of the term which goes back to records we bought growing up in the seventies. Bands like Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin made these records where every song counted and I think that’s what we did.” – Matt Cameron
SoundgardenSuperunknownTrack Listing:
LP11. Let Me Drown2. My Wave3. Fell On Black Days4. Mailman5. Superunknown6. Head Down7. Black Hole Sun
LP21. Spoonman2. Limo Wreck3. The Day I Tried To Live4. Kickstand5. Fresh Tendrils6. 4th Of July7. Half8. Like Suicide9. She Likes Surprises