Soundgarden – Superunknown
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A&M Records – 31454 0198 2,
A&M Records – 31454 0198-2
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Tracklist Hide Credits
| 1 |
Let Me Drown
Lyrics By, Music By – Chris Cornell Piano – Michael Beinhorn |
3:52 | ||
| 2 |
My Wave
Lyrics By – Chris Cornell Music By – Chris Cornell, Kim Thayil |
5:12 | ||
| 3 |
Fell On Black Days
Lyrics By, Music By – Chris Cornell |
4:42 | ||
| 4 |
Mailman
Lyrics By – Chris Cornell Music By, Mellotron – Matt Cameron |
4:25 | ||
| 5 |
Superunknown
Lyrics By – Chris Cornell Music By – Chris Cornell, Kim Thayil |
5:06 | ||
| 6 |
Head Down
Drums [Additional], Percussion – Ben Shepherd, Gregg Keplinger Lyrics By, Music By – Ben Shepherd |
6:08 | ||
| 7 |
Black Hole Sun
Lyrics By, Music By – Chris Cornell |
5:18 | ||
| 8 |
Spoonman
Lyrics By, Music By – Chris Cornell Other [Title] – Jeff Ament Spoons – Artis The Spoonman Vocals [Additional] – Ben Shepherd |
4:06 | ||
| 9 |
Limo Wreck
Lyrics By – Chris Cornell Music By – Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron Performer [Harmonic Guidance] – Fred Chalenor |
5:47 | ||
| 10 |
The Day I Tried To Live
Lyrics By, Music By – Chris Cornell |
5:19 | ||
| 11 |
Kickstand
Lyrics By – Chris Cornell Music By – Kim Thayil |
1:34 | ||
| 12 |
Fresh Tendrils
Clavinet – Natasha Shneider Lyrics By – Chris Cornell, Matt Cameron Music By – Matt Cameron |
4:16 | ||
| 13 |
4th Of July
Lyrics By, Music By – Chris Cornell |
5:08 | ||
| 14 |
Half
Cello – Justine Foy Lyrics By, Music By – Ben Shepherd Viola – April Acevez Vocals, Guitar – Ben Shepherd |
2:14 | ||
| 15 |
Like Suicide
Lyrics By, Music By – Chris Cornell |
7:01 |
Credits
- Bass, Vocals – Ben Shepherd
- Design [Front Cover Design] – Kelk
- Drums, Percussion – Matt Cameron
- Engineer – Jason Corsaro
- Engineer [Assistant] – Adam Kasper
- Layout – Reyzart
- Lead Guitar – Kim Thayil
- Management [Legal, For Mannat, Phelps Et Al] – Jody Graham-Dunitz
- Management [Product Manager] – Jill Glass
- Mastered By – David Collins*
- Mixed By – Brendan O'Brien (tracks: 1 to 12, 14, 15), Michael Beinhorn (tracks: 13)
- Mixed By [Assistant] – Adam Kasper (tracks: 1 to 12, 14, 15)
- Photography By [Band] – Kevin Westenberg
- Photography By [Booklet Page 3] – James K. Agee
- Photography By [Booklet Pages 2, 4, 6 To 9, 14] – Reyzart
- Producer – Michael Beinhorn, Soundgarden
- Technician [Studio Assistance, Mastering] – Gregg Keplinger, Tony Messina
- Vocals, Guitar – Chris Cornell
Notes
Engineered and mixed at Bad Animals Studio, Seattle, WA., except '4th Of July' mixed at Electric Lady, NY. Mastered at A&M Mastering Studios, Hollywood, CA.
Natasha Shneider appears courtesy of Hollywood Records.
Management: Susan Silver Management.
Tracks 1, 3, 7, 8, 10, 13, 15 © 1994 You Make Me Sick I Make Music (ASCAP).
Tracks 2, 5, 11 © 1994 You Make Me Sick I Make Music / In One Ear And Out Your Mother Music (ASCAP).
Tracks 4, 12 © 1994 You Make Me Sick I Make Music / Walpurgis Night Music (ASCAP).
Tracks 6, 14 © 1994 Stupidditties (ASCAP).
Track 9 © 1994 You Make Me Sick I Make Music / Walpurgis Night Music / In One Ear And Out Your Mother Music (ASCAP).
℗ & © 1994 A&M Records, Inc.
Catalogue number (On spines): 31454 0198 2
Catalogue number (On CD/booklet): 31454 0198-2
Made in the U.S.A. Printed in U.S.A.
Issued in a standard jewel case with sixteen page booklet.
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| Title, Format | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Superunknown (Cass, Album) | A&M Records | 540 215-4 | Europe | 1994 | ||
| Superunknown (2xLP, Album, Ora) | A&M Records | 31454 0198 1 | US | 1994 | ||
| Superunknown (CD, Album) | A&M Records | 540 215-2 | Europe | 1994 | ||
| Superunknown (2xLP, Album, Ltd, Cle) | A&M Records | 540 215-1 | Europe | 1994 | ||
| Superunknown (CD, Album) | A&M Records, Columbia House | CD 0198 | US |
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Reviews & Discussion
One of my first CDs, I love the memories of this purchase (frankly, when my father read the lyrics of Kickstand and Black Hole Sun to me as a warning to what I bought..damn over-sensetive parents). Anyways, the whole album really shines and changes moods throughout the whole thing. I was never really a fan of Cornell's voice, but when he dims it down (way down) on awesome tracks like 4th of July and Fell On Black Days (to when he rocks out on Superunknown, Spoonman, and My Wave), you really understand what he's getting at. And Kim's guitar never sounded more solid and refined, with near perfect punches in every song. A classic 90's album full of hits and great trips away from grungy counterparts who cared less about their music than this band.
The pinnacle of this Seattle quartet's commercial success, it debuted at #1. How the heck could one describe all of the different styles found here? The dark pop of "Fell On Black Days"; the spooky balladry (really?) of "Black Hole Sun", the disc' monster anthem; the slow-burning raaaawk of "The Day I Tried To Live"....all the while, THAT voice by Chris Cornell slices above the fray; frankly, how could it not? I recall buying this when it was first out for $7.97 (US) on CD at Sun TV on US 224 - and it was available on cassette for $3 less. Those were the days.....remember? Anyone who wants definitive "alternative" records of the 1990s must have this standard included. It's SO out there.
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