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Superunknown is the fourth album by American rock band Soundgarden, released on March 8, 1994 through A&M Records. It is the band's second album with bassist Ben Shepherd, and features new producer Michael Beinhorn. Soundgarden began work on the album after touring in support of its previous album, Badmotorfinger (1991). Superunknown continued a departure from the band's earlier releases while displaying a more diverse range of influences.

Superunknown was a critical and commercial success and became the band's breakthrough album. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 310,000 copies in its opening week and reached high positions on charts worldwide. Five singles were released from the album: "The Day I Tried to Live", "My Wave", "Fell on Black Days", "Spoonman", and "Black Hole Sun", the latter two of which won Grammy Awards and helped Soundgarden reach mainstream popularity. In 1995, the album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album. The album has been certified five times platinum by the RIAA in the United States and has sold around 9 million copies worldwide and remains Soundgarden's most successful album.

Recording

Soundgarden began work on the album about two months after finishing its stint on the 1992 Lollapalooza tour.[1] The individual band members would work on material on their own and then bring in demos to which the other members of the band would contribute.[2] Frontman Chris Cornell said that the band members allowed each other more freedom than on past records.[3] Thayil observed that even though the band spent as much time writing and arranging as it had on previous albums, it spent a lot more time working on recording the songs.[4] After two albums with producer Terry Date, the band decided to seek another collaborator, as guitarist Kim Thayil said, "We just thought we'd go for a change."[4] Eventually they settled on producer Michael Beinhorn, who "didn't have his own trademark sound which he was trying to tack on to Soundgarden" and had ideas the band approved.[2]

The album's recording sessions took place from July 1993 to September 1993 at Bad Animals Studio in Seattle, Washington, as according to Cornell "there was never a decent studio in Seattle and now there's one with a Neve console, so it seemed obvious to use it.".[2] Bad Animals' resident engineer Adam Kasper, who went on to produce Soundgarden's following albums, assisted Beinhorn on the recording process.[5] Soundgarden took the approach of recording one song at a time.[6] The drum and bass parts were recorded first for each song, and then Cornell and Thayil would lay down their parts over top.[1] Cornell said that getting to know Beinhorn contributed to the length of time Soundgarden spent working on the album.[7] The band spent time experimenting with different drum and guitar sounds, as well as utilizing techniques such as layering, resulting in an expansive production sound.[7] Cornell said, "Michael Beinhorn was so into sounds. He was so, almost, anal about it, that it took the piss out of us a lot of the time ... By the time you get the sounds that you want to record the song, you're sick and tired of playing it."[8] Beinhorn tried to add many of his preferred musicians to mold the band's sound, in what Billboard described as "weaning the band from brute force, giving it the impetus to invest in a more subtle power". For instance, prior to recording the vocals of "Black Hole Sun", Beinhorn made Cornell listen to Frank Sinatra.[9]

Superunknown lasts for 15 songs clocking on approximately 70 minutes because according to Cornell, "we didn't really want to argue over what should be cut".[5] Soundgarden took a break in the middle of recording to open for Neil Young on a ten-day tour of the United States.[10] The band then brought in Brendan O'Brien to mix the album, as Beinhorn felt the band needed "a fresh pair of ears"; O'Brien had come recommended by Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard.[11] Thayil called the mixing process "very painless,"[11] and bassist Ben Shepherd said it was "the fastest part of the record."[2]

Composition

"Black Hole Sun"
A sample of "Black Hole Sun", the third single released from the album. The song was written by Cornell and is heavily influenced by The Beatles.
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The songs on Superunknown captured the metal influences of the band's previous works while showcasing the group's newly evolving style. Steve Huey of AllMusic said that the band's "earlier punk influences are rarely detectable, replaced by surprisingly effective appropriations of pop and psychedelia."[12] Cornell labeled the album as more "challenging" and "versatile" than the band's previous releases.[7][13] The songs on the album are more experimental and diverse than the band's previous recordings, with some songs having a Middle-Eastern or Indian flavor (for example "Half", sung by Shepherd). Some songs also show a Beatles influence, such as "Head Down" and "Black Hole Sun". In a 1994 interview with Guitar World, Thayil explained, "We looked deep down inside the very core of our souls and there was a little Ringo sitting there. Oh sure, we like telling people it's John Lennon or George Harrison; but when you really look deep inside of Soundgarden, there's a little Ringo wanting to get out."[11] Drummer Matt Cameron said that the experimentation on the album was "just a matter of refinement."[10] According to The A.V. Club, the album "both redefined and transcended grunge".[14] Michael Beinhorn stated that to achieve the intensity of Superunknown, he sought influence from European electronic music, such as the British Aphex Twin and the Dutch genre of Gabber, described by him as "some of the rawest music made".[9]

Soundgarden utilized alternative tunings and odd time signatures on several of the album's songs. "Spoonman", "Black Hole Sun", "Let Me Drown" and "Kickstand" were performed in drop D tuning while "Mailman" and "Limo Wreck" employed CGDGBE tuning. Some songs used more unorthodox tunings: "My Wave" and "The Day I Tried to Live" are both in an EEBBBB tuning. "Head Down" and "Half" used CGCGGE tuning and "Like Suicide" is performed in DGDGBC tuning. Soundgarden's use of odd time signatures was varied as well; "My Wave" uses 5/4, "Fell On Black Days" is in 6/4, "Limo Wreck" is played in 15/8, "The Day I Tried to Live" and "Spoonman" both alternate between 7/4 and 4/4 sections, and "Black Hole Sun" is in 4/4 and 9/8. Thayil has said that Soundgarden usually did not consider the time signature of a song until after the band had written it, and said that the use of odd meters was "a total accident."[15]

Lyrically, the album is quite dark and mysterious, as much of it is often interpreted to be dealing with issues such as substance abuse, suicide, and depression, with running themes of revenge, annihilation, seclusion, fear, loss, death, and discovery. Cornell was inspired by the writings of Sylvia Plath at the time.[16] Commenting on the album's lyrics, Thayil said that "a lot of Superunknown seems to me to be about life, not death. Maybe not affirming it, but rejoicing—like the Druids [put it]: 'Life is good, but death's gonna be even better!"[16] Cameron said that the lyrics on the album are "a big fuck-you to the world, a plea to 'leave us alone.'"[17] Cornell stated that "Let Me Drown" is about "crawling back to the womb to die,"[18] "Fell on Black Days" is about realizing "you're unhappy in the extreme,"[17] "Black Hole Sun" is about a "surreal dreamscape,"[18] "Limo Wreck" is a "'shame-on-decadence' song,"[7] "The Day I Tried to Live" is about "trying to step out of being patterned and closed off and reclusive,"[19] and "4th of July" is about using LSD. Cornell talked about "Mailman" at a concert saying, "This next one is about killing your boss. It's about coming to work early one morning cause you have a special agenda and you're going to shoot him in the fucking head." [18] Conversely, "Like Suicide" was literal, written by Cornell after a bird flew into a window of his house. He found the severely injured animal and killed it, hitting it with a brick to end its suffering.[17]

The song "Spoonman" is notable for featuring a performance by Artis the Spoonman, a street entertainer in Seattle.[20] The title of the song is credited to bassist Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam.[21] While on the set of the movie Singles, Ament produced a list of song titles for the fictional band featured in the movie.[20] Cornell took it as a challenge to write songs for the film using those titles, and "Spoonman" was one of them.[20] An acoustic demo version of the song appears in the movie.[20] Cornell said that the song is about "the paradox of who [Artis] is and what people perceive him as."[22]

Packaging

The album's cover art (known as the 'Screaming Elf') is a distorted photograph of the band members, photographed by Kevin Westenberg, above a black and white upside-down burning forest. Concerning the artwork, Cornell said, "Superunknown relates to birth in a way ... Being born or even dying—getting flushed into something that you know nothing about. The hardest thing is to nail down a visual image to put on a title like that. The first thing we thought of was a forest in grey or black. Soundgarden has always been associated with images of flowers and lush colors and this was the opposite. It still seemed organic but it was very dark and cold ... I was into those stories as a kid where forests were full of evil and scary things as opposed to being happy gardens that you go camping in."[7] In a 1994 Pulse! magazine interview, Cornell said that the inspiration for the album's title came from his misreading of a video entitled Superclown. He added, "I thought it was a cool title. I'd never heard it before, never saw it before, and it inspired me."[16] The album also saw a limited release on 12" colored vinyl (blue, orange, and clear), as a double-LP in a gatefold sleeve.[23]

Release and commercial performance

Superunknown was Soundgarden's breakout album, earning the band international recognition. Upon its release in March 1994, Superunknown debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart,[24] and eventually closed the year as the 13th best-selling album of 1994, with 2.5 million copies sold.[25] The album Superunknown has been certified five times platinum by the RIAA in the United States,[26] three times platinum in Canada,[27] and gold in the United Kingdom,[28] Sweden,[29] and the Netherlands.

Superunknown has sold around 9 million copies worldwide,[30] with an estimated 3,794,000 in the U.S.[31] The album spawned the EP Songs from the Superunknown and the CD-ROM Alive in the Superunknown, both released in 1995.[32]

20th anniversary reissues

The 20th-anniversary reissue of "Superunknown" was made available in two deluxe versions. The Deluxe Edition was a 2-CD package featuring the remastered album along with disc two consisting of demos, rehearsals, B-sides and more. The Super Deluxe Edition was a 5-CD package featuring the remastered album, additional demos, rehearsals and B-sides and the fifth disc is the album mixed in Blu-ray Audio 5.1 Surround Sound. The Super Deluxe Edition was packaged in a hardbound book with a lenticular cover, liner notes by David Fricke and newly reimagined album artwork designed by Josh Graham. It also featured never-before-seen band photography by Kevin Westerberg. A 2-LP gatefold of the original 16 vinyl tracks remastered on 200-gram vinyl in a gatefold jacket was also made available. In addition, the "Superunknown" singles and associated b-sides with newly interpreted artwork sleeves by Josh Graham was reissued on Record Store Day, 19 April 2014, as a set of five limited-edition 10-inch vinyl records."[33]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[12]
Christgau's Consumer GuideA−[34]
Entertainment WeeklyA[35]
Los Angeles Times[36]
Pitchfork Media8.5/10[37]
Q[38]
Rolling Stone[39]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[40]
Spin[41]
Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10[42]

Superunknown received positive reviews from critics. Q said "Soundgarden dealt in unreconstructed heavy rock: a heavy guitar sound, depth-charge drumming ... Yet Superunknown also includes more measured moments".[38] Rolling Stone magazine's J. D. Considine was impressed by the record's range and despite criticizing "Black Hole Sun" and "Half", he said "at its best, Superunknown offers a more harrowing depiction of alienation and despair than anything on In Utero."[39] Jon Pareles from The New York Times credited the band with trying to transcend conventional heavy metal: "Superunknown actually tries to broaden its audience by breaking heavy-metal genre barriers that Soundgarden used to accept."[43] In Entertainment Weekly, David Browne wrote, "Soundgarden is pumped and primed on Superunknown, and they deliver the goods." He praised it as a "hard-rock milestone-a boiling vat of volcanic power, record-making smarts, and '90s anomie and anxiety that sets a new standard for anything called metal."[35] Ann Powers from Blender said that on the album "guitarist Thayil helps create the stoner-rock template," and that it "stands as Soundgarden's masterpiece."[44] Village Voice critic Robert Christgau, who had "mocked" Soundgarden's "conceptual pretentions for years", still felt their foredooming, pessimistic lyrics lacked much substance, but said they had improved composing, arranging, and producing on an album that was "easily the best—most galvanizing, kinetic, sensational, catchy—Zep rip in history."[45] In a retrospective review, AllMusic editor Steve Huey wrote, "It's obvious that Superunknown was consciously styled as a masterwork, and it fulfills every ambition."[12] It received a nomination in the Best Rock Album category for the 1995 Grammy Awards.[46]

Accolades

The critical acclaim garnered by Superunknown has led to its inclusion in many lists of the greatest albums.[47]

Rankings
Publication Country Accolade Year Rank
The Village Voice United States Pazz & Jop: Greatest Albums of 1994.[48] 1994 11
Spin United States "Top 20 Albums of 1994"[49] 1994 17
"Top 90 Albums of the 90s"[50] 1999 70
"125 Best Albums of the last 25 Years"[51] 2012 90
Rolling Stone United States "Best Albums of 1994"[52] 1995 3
"The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time"[53] 2003 336
"The 100 Greatest Albums of the 90s"[54] 2011 38
Muziekkrant OOR Netherlands "The 100 Best Albums of 1991–1995"[55] 1995 49
Alternative Press United States "The 90 Greatest Albums of the 90s"[56] 1998 18
Kerrang! United Kingdom "100 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die"[57] 1998 70
Pause & Play United States "The 90s Top 100 Essential Albums"[58] 1999 11
Rock Hard Germany "The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time"[59] 2005 304
Loudwire United States "10 Best Hard Rock Albums of 1994" list.[60] 2014 3
Lists
Publication Year Ref
Guitar World: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994 2014 [61]
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die 2005 [62]

Tour

The band began touring in January 1994 in Oceania and Japan,[10] areas where the record came out early.[63] The band had never toured these regions before.[64] This round of touring ended in February 1994, and then in March 1994 the band moved on to Europe.[10] The band began a theater tour in the United States on May 27, 1994.[10][65] The opening acts were Tad and Eleven.[63] In late 1994, after touring in support of Superunknown, doctors discovered that Cornell had severely strained his vocal cords. Soundgarden cancelled several shows to avoid causing any permanent damage. Cornell said, "I think we kinda overdid it! We were playing five or six nights a week and my voice pretty much took a beating. Towards the end of the American tour I felt like I could still kinda sing, but I wasn't really giving the band a fair shake. You don't buy a ticket to see some guy croak for two hours! That seemed like kind of a rip off."[8] The band would make up the dates later in 1995.[66]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Chris Cornell, except where noted

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Let Me Drown"  3:51
2."My Wave" Cornell, Kim Thayil5:12
3."Fell on Black Days"  4:42
4."Mailman" Matt Cameron4:25
5."Superunknown" Cornell, Thayil5:06
6."Head Down"Ben ShepherdShepherd6:08
7."Black Hole Sun"  5:18
8."Spoonman"  4:06
9."Limo Wreck" Cameron, Thayil5:47
10."The Day I Tried to Live"  5:19
11."Kickstand" Thayil1:34
12."Fresh Tendrils"Cornell, CameronCameron4:16
13."4th of July"  5:08
14."Half"ShepherdShepherd2:14
15."Like Suicide"  7:01
Total length:70:13
LP & International CD Bonus Track
No.TitleLength
16."She Likes Surprises"3:20
2014 Deluxe Edition Disc 2 (Demos, Rehearsals, B-Sides & More)
No.TitleLength
1."Let Me Drown" (Demo) 
2."Black Hole Sun" (Demo) 
3."Half" (Demo) 
4."Head Down" (Rehearsal) 
5."Limo Wreck" (Rehearsal) 
6."The Day I Tried To Live" (Rehearsal) 
7."Like Suicide" (Acoustic Version) 
8."Black Days III" (Originally titled 'Fell on Black Days (Demo)') 
9."Birth Ritual" (Demo) 
10."Exit Stonehenge" 
11."Kyle Petty, Son of Richard" 
12."Jerry Garcia's Finger" 
13."Spoonman" (Alternate Steve Fisk Remix) 
14."The Day I Tried To Live" (Alternate Mix) 
15."4th of July" (Instrumental) 
16."Superunknown" (Instrumental) 
2014 Super Deluxe Edition Disc 2 (B-Sides)
No.TitleLength
1."The Day I Tried To Live" (Alternate Mix)5:27
2."Spoonman" (Alternate Steve Fisk Remix)5:21
3."Beyond the Wheel" (Live)5:50
4."Fell on Black Days" (Live)4:51
5."Birth Ritual" (Demo)5:51
6."Jesus Christ Pose" (Live)7:10
7."Like Suicide" (Acoustic Version)6:13
8."Kickstand" (Live)2:00
9."My Wave" (Live)4:28
10."Spoonman" (Steve Fisk Remix)6:58
11."Exit Stonehenge"1:22
12."Kyle Petty, Son of Richard"4:07
13."Black Days III" (Originally titled 'Fell on Black Days (Demo)')4:03
14."Ghostmotorfinger" (Originally titled 'Motorcycle Loop (Short Version)')1:33
15."Jerry Garcia's Finger"3:25
16."Fell on Black Days" (Video Version - Alternate Mix)5:28
Total length:76:07
2014 Super Deluxe Edition Disc 3 (Demos)
No.TitleLength
1."Let Me Drown" (Demo)4:11
2."Fell on Black Days" (Demo)4:54
3."Superunknown" (Demo)5:38
4."Black Hole Sun" (Demo)5:39
5."Spoonman" (Demo)3:38
6."Fresh Tendrils" (Demo)3:48
7."4th of July" (Demo)5:07
8."Half" (Demo)1:38
9."Like Suicide" (Demo)9:11
Total length:43:44
2014 Super Deluxe Edition Disc 4 (Rehearsals)
No.TitleLength
1."Black Hole Sun" (Rehearsal)5:47
2."Bing Bing Goes to Church" (Rehearsal)2:05
3."Half (Instrumentally)" (Rehearsal)3:42
4."Head Down" (Rehearsal)5:27
5."Kyle Petty, Son of Richard" (Rehearsal)3:30
6."Let Me Drown" (Rehearsal)3:55
7."Limo Wreck" (Rehearsal)5:43
8."My Wave" (Rehearsal)4:36
9."Fresh Tendrils" (Rehearsal)4:20
10."Like Suicide" (Rehearsal)6:49
11."Ruff Riff-Raff" (Rehearsal)3:43
12."Spoonman" (Rehearsal)4:35
13."The Date I Tried To Leave" (Rehearsal)2:20
14."The Day I Tried To Live" (Rehearsal)6:03
Total length:62:35
2014 Super Deluxe Edition Disc 5 (Superunknown Blu-Ray 5:1 Audio)
No.TitleLength
1."Let Me Drown" (Blu-Ray Audio 5:1 Mix) 
2."My Wave" (Blu-Ray Audio 5:1 Mix) 
3."Fell on Black Days" (Blu-Ray Audio 5:1 Mix) 
4."Mailman" (Blu-Ray Audio 5:1 Mix) 
5."Superunknown" (Blu-Ray Audio 5:1 Mix) 
6."Head Down" (Blu-Ray Audio 5:1 Mix) 
7."Black Hole Sun" (Blu-Ray Audio 5:1 Mix) 
8."Spoonman" (Blu-Ray Audio 5:1 Mix) 
9."Limo Wreck" (Blu-Ray Audio 5:1 Mix) 
10."The Day I Tried To Live" (Blu-Ray Audio 5:1 Mix) 
11."Kickstand" (Blu-Ray Audio 5:1 Mix) 
12."Fresh Tendrils" (Blu-Ray Audio 5:1 Mix) 
13."4th of July" (Blu-Ray Audio 5:1 Mix) 
14."Half" (Blu-Ray Audio 5:1 Mix) 
15."Like Suicide" (Blu-Ray Audio 5:1 Mix) 
16."She Like's Surprises" (Blu-Ray Audio 5:1 Mix) 

Outtakes

Although the album's singles featured quite a few B-sides, only "Exit Stonehenge" (from the "Spoonman" single) was sourced from the Superunknown recording sessions in 1993. "Cold Bitch" (also from "Spoonman") was recorded during the Badmotorfinger recording sessions in 1991, "Kyle Petty, Son of Richard" and "Motorcycle Loop" (both from the "Fell on Black Days" single) were recorded by Stuart Hallerman at Avast Studios in Seattle in 1994. "Kyle Petty, Son of Richard" was later featured on the 1996 Home Alive compilation. "Tighter & Tighter", "No Attention", and "An Unkind", all of which later appeared on the band's 1996 album, Down on the Upside, were attempted during the Superunknown recording sessions.[67][68] Cameron said that the band wasn't pleased with the recording of "No Attention" that came out of the sessions.[69] An instrumental entitled "Ruff Riff-Raff" and a light-hearted song called "Bing Bing Goes to Church" were recorded at album rehearsals but were presumably not recorded during the Superunknown recording sessions. Both were released in 2014 on the 20th anniversary Super Deluxe edition.

Personnel

Soundgarden

Additional personnel

Chart positions

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US
Air
[85] 		US Main
[86] 		US Mod
[86] 		AUS
[87] 		CAN
[88] 		FRA
[89] 		GER
[90] 		IRE
[91] 		FIN
[92] 		NLD
[93] 		NZ
[94] 		SWE
[95] 		UK
[96]
1994 "Spoonman" — 3 9 23 12 — — 23 8 37 10 37 20
"The Day I Tried to Live" — 13 25 — — — — — — — — — 42
"Black Hole Sun" 24 1 2 6 5 10 26 7 13 3 22 19 12
"My Wave" — 11 18 50 66 — — — — — 46 — —
"Fell on Black Days" 54 4 13 — 66 — — 14 10 45 — — 24
"—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[97] 3× Platinum 300,000^
Sweden (GLF)[98] 2× Platinum 80,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[99] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[100] 5× Platinum 5,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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Preceded by Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
March 6–12, 1994 		Succeeded by
Preceded by RIANZ number-one album
March 20–26, 1994 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Billboard 200 number-one album
March 26 – April 1, 1994 		Succeeded by

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