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  • itsevobaby
    itsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    we named our highschool volleyball team after that album back in the day. still amazing when you go back to it, so many great great songs.... aside from the obvious ones, fresh tendrils, kickstand, she likes surprises, head down, 4th of july, it just goes on & on.
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  • DiRtyFranK38
    DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    yosi wrote:
    Been listening to this album a lot lately. Its fuckin' awesome.

    I also noticed that there's a real distinct sound from the first half of the album and the second half. The first half of the album is much more upbeat (in terms of music) and generally faster. The second half is slower and kind of grungier (I know that term is generally hated).

    Anyway, I recently took out Black Hole Sun just to see how it would sound without it, and I actually think its a better album that way.

    I'm also obsessed right now with Limo Wreck, Fresh Tendrils (especially) and Like Suicide. But just such a good album all over.

    nice .. those are the 3 best songs on the album, in my opinion .. well, throw in head down too =]
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  • Duder5k
    Duder5k Posts: 278
    We all know the singles are great, but when I pop in this CD I go straight for the more hidden treasures. Let Me Drown is one of my favorite album openers ever, and really sets a good mood for the rest of the CD. Kickstand, short but sweet and a great live tune. Head Down and Half are mysterious experimental tunes that are also quite awesome. Fresh Tendrils is awesome as well, I luckily found a rare live version of it. Limo Wreck is just amazing, especially that solo. But I'd say my fav tune off the album is 4th Of July. Maybe because I'm a huge Terminator fan and the lyrics really match those movies, but I also really like the sludgy guitars and dual vocals and another great Thayil solo.

    As for Black Hole Sun, I think it doesn't get much credit from the hardcore fans simply because it's so popular. It's a great track and although I try not to listen to it too much so that it remains fresh for me, I still wouldn't imagine Superunknown having it. Although Badmotorfinger remains my favorite SG album, Superunknown is a real close second.
  • reversedarwinism
    reversedarwinism Posts: 1,151
    Been listening to this album constantly for a few days now...... Soundgarden is my absolute fav. Has anybody ever done hard rock better? not IMO. Led Zeppelin and PJ are right there. Its been Superunknown in the house and VS. in the car, two of the best albums ever, IMO.
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  • pirlo21
    pirlo21 Posts: 534
    It's still in my all time top 5.
    I love Badmotorfinger & Louder Than Love, but Superunknown is on a whole other level.
    Nothing much over the last 13 years gets close in my opinion.

    "She lived like a murder, but she died...just like suicide"
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  • Enume Cell
    Enume Cell Posts: 16
    The best album I`ve heard in my life.
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  • sickwillie
    sickwillie Posts: 178
    If, by some freak circumstance, Drawing Flies hadn't been recorded until the Superunknown sessions, Soundgarden quite possibly would have created the perfect album.
    "We've done really well with teenage death songs." -EV
  • Duder5k
    Duder5k Posts: 278
    Speaking of which, we forgot Mailman! An awesome twisted track that wouldn't have sounded out of place on BMF. Very powerful lyrics too.."I'm the dirt beneath your feet".
  • reversedarwinism
    reversedarwinism Posts: 1,151
    Duder5k wrote:
    Speaking of which, we forgot Mailman! An awesome twisted track that wouldn't have sounded out of place on BMF. Very powerful lyrics too.."I'm the dirt beneath your feet".

    Mailman tend to be my absolute fav track. Its like a perfect song, then again, so it the title song.
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  • searchlightsoul
    searchlightsoul Posts: 583
    Duder5k wrote:
    Speaking of which, we forgot Mailman! An awesome twisted track that wouldn't have sounded out of place on BMF. Very powerful lyrics too.."I'm the dirt beneath your feet".

    But see it wouldn't have. Superunknown does'nt sound like the same band. In BMF, as good as it is, some of the tracks just loose their direction. In SU they switched slightly. In SU you get screaming wah wah guitar over screaming vocals as opposed to just screaming in most of BMF. It's the reason alot of the Audioslave material by comparsions sounds 'empty' I guess.
  • Duder5k
    Duder5k Posts: 278
    Well the sludgy guitar definitely sounds like a riff off BMF, but I guess the vocals and other things wouldn't.

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