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Soundgarden - Superunknown


Soundgarden
Superunknown

    Soundgarden's breakthrough record from 1994 was an inevitable mixture of the band's dense, heavy sound mixed with a vibrant production and some of their most concise songwriting. "Black Hole Sun" and "Fell On Black Days" became staples of alternative radio and even managed to break thru the formerly-etched-in-stone Classic Rock playlists.

Between Kim Thayil's Sabbath-style hypnoriffs and Chris Cornell's keening, Robert Plant-like tenor, Soundgarden are generally written off by alternative fans as just a smarter-than-average metal band. After all, how much was there to "Rusty Cage" or "Outshined" beyond dark, sludgy and tricky Zeppélinesque time changes?

Quite a bit, actually.
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But it's been easy to miss the subtler aspects of Soundgarden in the din of their sledgehammer instrumental attack. As a result, Super-unknown will likely come as a shock to a lot of people – and not just because it offers more than heavy guitars and vocal heroics. For all the aural excitement provided by the surfer psychedelia of "My Wave" or the Beatlesque balladry of "Black Hole Sun," the album's real thrills have more to do with emotional content than stylistic flourishes. At its best, Super-unknown offers a more harrowing depiction of alienation and despair than anything on In Utero.

Take "Mailman," for example. At first glance, this seems to be just another psychokiller number, with Cornell moaning lines like "I'm the dirt beneath your feet/The most important fool you forgot to see" as overdriven guitars tick ominously behind him. But rather than build to the expected payoff, the song focuses instead on the inchoate menace of its protagonist's threats and promises, a device made all the more unsettling by the sexual undercurrent implicit in Cornell's delivery of the chorus: "I know I'm headed for the bottom/But I'm riding you all the way." It's a genuinely scary performance, in large part because it doesn't offer the listener any release; by the song's end, we're still trapped in its vortex of malice and intimidation.

Soundgarden seem to glory in this method-acting approach to songwriting, happily accepting the contradictions within each character's view. Just look at how easily "My Wave" moves from the libertarian sentiments of the verse to the aggressive territoriality of the song's "keep it off my wave" chorus, presenting the view that doing your own thing is fine so long as you do it elsewhere. Yet rather than point up the fallacy in the protagonist's thinking, the music backs him up, shifting from a stuttering, jackhammer syncopation on the verse to an almost blissful psychedelic groove on the chorus. This, in other words, is the world as seen by the surfer; any attempt to impose a moral upon it is left entirely to the listener.

In a lesser band's hands, that approach could easily turn into an aesthetic copout, much as some gangsta rappers try to excuse the blood lust in their music by calling it "reporting." But Soundgarden aren't interested in making moral judgements so much as conveying a sense of the feelings at play in these songs, be they as simple as the idiot bliss bubbling through the infectious rhythms of "Spoonman" or as complex and consuming as the abject despair described in the mournful cadences of "Fell on Black Days." An

Soundgarden Records and CDs:
A Sides
A-sides
Badmotorfinger
Black Hole Sun
Bleed Together
Blow Up The Outside World
Burden In My Hand
Down On The Upside
  Fell On Black Days
Flower
Hands All Over
Interview Cd
Into The Upside
Jesus Christ Pose
Loud Love
  Louder Than Love
Melody Maker
My Wave
Outshined
Pretty Noose
Rusty Cage
Screaming Life/fopp
  Spoonman
Superunknown
The Day I Tried To Live
Ultramega Ok

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European Pressing Of The 1994 Album. Soundgarden's Finest Hour, Superunknown Is A Sprawling, 70-m...
New CD   $10.79   CDQuest
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Mint/all Inserts/original Issue Usa, A/m, 40198-2, 1994
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A&m, 1994. 540215-2. European Release.
CD   $16.32   VinylUK
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Includes Original Artwork - 100% Guaranteed! Ready To Ship! Used8056cd
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Australian A&m 5403372. Cool 2cd Collector's Box Set In Card Slipcase, Housing The Classic Albums...
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Us Promo Interview Cd From 1994. A&m, 8056-2
NM/NM CD   $4.32   Gatefold
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In Stock. Shipped Within 24 Hours. Confirmation Email After Shipping. Number Of Media (discs, Tap...
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Us Promo Interview Disc For 'superunknown', 58 Mins, P/s -, -
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Scarce 1994 Promo Only Interview Disc Us
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Superuninterview - Soundgarden   Soundgarden   Superuninterview
Soundgarden Superuninterview (us Promo-only Cd P/s With Cues!) Approx Postage Is (uk) 1.45, (eu) ...
New/Mint Sticker   $13.85   eil / esprit
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Soundgarden - Superuninterview - 66 Tracks   Soundgarden   Superuninterview - 66 Tracks
Full Length Cd, Soundgarden: Superuninterview - 66 Tracks, A&m 31454 8056/promo Issue/ps/'94... Q...
LIKE NEW CD   $15.75   Music Obsess
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Scarce 66 Track Promo Only Interview, Questions & Answers A&m 31454 8056 2, 1994
ex CD   $19.43   Demon's Disk
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Soundgarden - Superuninterview - Usa   Soundgarden   Superuninterview - Usa
Interview Promo + P/s Usa, A & M, 3145480562
EX CD   $24.48   Rock of Ages
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Soundgarden - Superuninterview - Usa A&m 1994 Promo 66-track Interview Cd   Soundgarden   Superuninterview - Usa A&m 1994 Promo 66-track Interview Cd
Usa A&m 1994 Promo 66-track Interview Cd In Custom Promo Picture Sleeve Usa, A&m, 3145480562
M- M- CD   $30.19   crazy diamon
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    Soundgarden   Superunknow
Promo-only Cassette In Promocover W/4 Listening Samples,vg+ D, Polydor
Cassette+CD   $6.28   Poplife
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NM/NM CD   $3.25   CMS Music
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Let Me Drown/my Wave/fell On Black Days/superunknown/head Down/black Hole Sun/spoonman/limo Wreck...
Ex F CD   $5.16   Vinyl Soluti
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In stock a CD   $4.60   One Stop
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Answer Any Questions nero6724@aol.com post/confirmation 3.50 Usa, A And M, 1994
Nr Mt CD   $5.00   mark nero
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16 Tracks From 1994. A&m Records, 540 215-2
EX CD   $5.00   Heavy Metal
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Near Mint! Mfd For Bmg A&m, 31454
NM CD   $5.75   VINYLCASTLE
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Soundgarden - Superunknown   Soundgarden   Superunknown
Soundgarden's Finest Hour, Superunknown Is A Sprawling, 70-minute Magnum Opus That Pushes Beyond ...
Excellent CD   $6.14   coolforever
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16 Track Cd Album From 1994 On A&m. A&m/5402152
VG+/EX CD   $6.51   Elvis Shakes
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-, A&m 1994, 731454021524
new CD   $8.37   groovetemple
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Soundgarden - Superunknown Album   Soundgarden   Superunknown
Import-gbr Let Me Drown My Wave Fell On Black Days Mailman <li Pid, 1/4/1994
Brand New CD   $8.00   Allmusicimpo
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Soundgarden - Superunknown Record   Soundgarden   Superunknown
Import-gbr Let Me Drown My Wave Fell On Black Days Mailman <li Pid, 1/4/1994
Brand New CD   $8.08   MusicImport
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ex/vg CD   $8.57   F.B. Records
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CD   $9.25   Action
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CD   $9.99   Alternativem
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Import Cd. European Pressing Of The 1994 Album. Soundgarden's Finest Hour, Superunknown Is A Spra...
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ex- / ex- CD   $10.67   PHEONIX
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31454 0198 2 Bmg Disc Club Issue
NM/NM CD   $11.00   MightyVinyl
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16 Track Uk, A&m, 540215-2
EX EX CD   $9.79   Steve Fisher
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New CD   $11.11   CDQuest
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European Pressing Of The 1994 Album. Soundgarden's Finest Hour, Superunknown Is A Sprawling, 70-m...
NEW CD   $11.16   GrooveNet
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Soundgarden - Superunknown Upc: 731454019828 Let Me Drown My Wave Fell On B A&m, 3/8/1994
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Brand New From A Seller With A High Star Rating 03/08/1994
Brand New CD   $12.23   EverCheap
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European Pressing Of The 1994 Album. Soundgarden's Finest Hour, Superunknown Is A Sprawling, 70-m... Special Order
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0731454021524 Special Order
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6180 used, Condition Sleeve/record: B-side: Mint-/ Mint- Special Order
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Usually Shipped After 2 Business Days. Number Of Media (discs, Tapes, Records…): 1. International... Special Order
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New \ Ex CD   $15.50   Bat Chain
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A&m, 540 2152, 1994
M\M CD   $26.01   Vinylshop
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Jap Promo 1994 Orig W/ Ltd Edn Sticker, Pic Sheet + Obi - Sealed Pocm1065
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EX/EX CD   $230.30   F-seventies
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2 Records In A Gatefold Package On Clear Vinyl. Custom Lyric Inserts. Slight Wear. A&m, 731454019...
Very Good LP   $96.61   Vinylsaurus
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    Soundgarden   Superunknown
Blue Vnyl.,gf. s Amm, 314540198
nm/nm LP   $99.00   Bananas
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    Soundgarden   Superunknown
Inlay Vg++ Usa, A&m, 31454 0198-4
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A&m 31454 0198-4
Cassette   $2.99   Musical Ener
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    Soundgarden   Superunknown
Used \ VG+ Cassette   $3.18   Bat Chain
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Aus, Polydor, 540 215-4, 1994
E/E Cassette   $8.21   Channeller
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New Cassette   $13.89   Music In The
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16 Tracks;with Lyrics Booklet Holland, A&m, 540215-4, 1994
M/M Cassette   $15.24   Recordcorner
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    Soundgarden   Superunknown
Cassette 15 Songs 1. Let Me Drown 2. My Wave 3. Fell On Black Days 4. Mailman 5. Sup...
NEW Cassette   $15.00   Horizons
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    Soundgarden   Superunknown
A&m 198x1032c cassette Conditon: Mint-prefix:a&m 198x1032cass Rock Titlesuperunknown Special Order
Cassette   $41.80   CDExpress
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    Soundgarden   Superunknown
Lp + Cdr Copy: Ex Blue Vnyl.,gf. Stereo Amm:314540198: This Is An Excellent Lp That We Will Acqu Special Order
NEW LP+CDR   $143.95   cdBBQ
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Soundgarden - Superunknown CD   Soundgarden   Superunknown
Original Issue Cd Autographed By The Band On The Front Of The Booklet. Originally Signed For A Ra...
Booklet   $100.00   Southland
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    Soundgarden   Superunknown ( A & M 1994 Release ~ G)
Used \ VG+ CD   $11.42   Bat Chain
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    Soundgarden   Superunknown (1994)
EX CD   $12.75   Fun Records
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Inlay Vg++ Bmg Record Club Usa, A&m, 31454 0198-4 C102515
VG++ Cassette   $3.99   HeavyMetalMu
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Soundgarden - Superunknown (cd German)   Soundgarden   Superunknown (cd German)
16 Track European Addition Includes Bonus Track She Likes Suprises (5402152) German, A&m, 1994
EX/EX CD   $8.14   Vinyl Tap
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Soundgarden - Superunknown (european Edition + Bonustrack !)   Soundgarden   Superunknown (european Edition + Bonustrack !)
Soundgarden: Superunknown (european Edition + Bonustrack !
CD   $9.23   Plattenpage
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    Soundgarden   Superunknown (european Edition Incl. Bonus Track)
In Stock. Shipped Within 24 Hours. Confirmation Email After Shipping. Number Of Media (discs, Tap...
used/gebra CD   $11.17   Total Recall
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    Soundgarden   Superunknown (new)
No Eu, A & M, X, 1994
SS SS CD   $11.46   RECORD WORLD
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    Soundgarden   Superunknown +1
1994, 16 Tracks, Bonus Track "she Likes Surprises". First Press. Japan, Polydor, Pocm-1065
M-/M/obi CD   $23.00   Deleted But
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    Soundgarden   Superunknown - A&m
VG+/VG+ CD   $98.00   Recsim
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    Soundgarden   Superunknown - Am
VG+/VG+ CD   $126.00   Recsim
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Soundgarden - Superunknown - Fully Autographed   Soundgarden   Superunknown - Fully Autographed
Soundgarden Superunknown (rare 1994 Us Fully Autographed 15-track Cd Album Picture Sleeve. The F...
New/Mint Sticker   $163.18   eil / esprit
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Soundgarden - Superunknown - Germany A&m 1994 16-track Cd   Soundgarden   Superunknown - Germany A&m 1994 16-track Cd
Germany A&m 1994 16-track Cd In Custom Picture Sleeve Germany, A&m, 5402152
EX EX CD   $15.10   crazy diamon
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    Soundgarden   Superunknown - Official Uk In-house Cd Gold Sales Award Presentation Disc
Official Uk In-house 16" By 16" Framed Gold Cd Set Celebrating 100,000 Sales.cd And Artwork Mount...
nm Other   $203.97   Left Legged
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    Soundgarden   Superunknown - Sealed
New & Sealed A&m, 1994
sealed CD   $6.47   Demon's Disk
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