Soundgarden is one of the all time top 1990's bands, and one of the driving forces behind the entire grunge movement. It might come as a surprise that they just so happen to be singing about an inner world, waves of awareness, and use their lyrical metaphors masterfully to describe a higher state of awareness they dub the Superunknown.

Ultramega OK

No. Title Lyrics Music Length  
1. "Flower"     Kim Thayil 3:25
2. "All Your Lies"     Thayil, Hiro Yamamoto 3:51
3. "665"     Yamamoto 1:37
4. "Beyond the Wheel"     Cornell 4:20
5. "667"     Yamamoto 0:56
6. "Mood for Trouble"     Cornell 4:21
7. "Circle of Power"   Yamamoto Thayil 2:05
8. "He Didn't"     Matt Cameron 2:47
9. "Smokestack Lightning"   Howlin' Wolf Howlin' Wolf 5:07
10. "Nazi Driver"     Yamamoto 3:52
11. "Head Injury"     Cornell 2:22
12. "Incessant Mace"     Thayil 6:27
13. "One Minute of Silence"     John Lennon 1:02

 

Louder Than Love

No. Title Music Length  
1. "Ugly Truth"     5:26
2. "Hands All Over"   Kim Thayil 6:00
3. "Gun"     4:42
4. "Power Trip"   Hiro Yamamoto 4:11
5. "Get on the Snake"   Thayil 3:44
6. "Full on Kevin's Mom"     3:37
7. "Loud Love"     4:57
8. "I Awake"   Yamamoto 4:21
9. "No Wrong No Right"   Yamamoto 4:48
10. "Uncovered"     4:32
11. "Big Dumb Sex"     4:11
12. "Full On (Reprise)"     2:42

 

Badmotorfinger

No. Title Lyrics Music Length  
1. "Rusty Cage"       4:26
2. "Outshined"       5:10
3. "Slaves & Bulldozers"     Cornell, Ben Shepherd 6:55
4. "Jesus Christ Pose"     Matt Cameron, Cornell, Shepherd, Kim Thayil 5:50
5. "Face Pollution"     Shepherd 2:23
6. "Somewhere"   Shepherd Shepherd 4:20
7. "Searching with My Good Eye Closed"       6:31
8. "Room a Thousand Years Wide"   Thayil Cameron 4:05
9. "Mind Riot"       4:49
10. "Drawing Flies"     Cameron 2:26
11. "Holy Water"       5:07
12. "New Damage"     Thayil, Cameron 5:40

 

Superunknown

No. Title Lyrics Music Length  
1. "Let Me Drown"       3:51
2. "My Wave"     Cornell, Kim Thayil 5:12
3. "Fell on Black Days"       4:42
4. "Mailman"     Matt Cameron 4:25
5. "Superunknown"     Cornell, Thayil 5:06
6. "Head Down"   Ben Shepherd Shepherd 6:08
7. "Black Hole Sun"       5:18
8. "Spoonman"       4:06
9. "Limo Wreck"     Cameron, Thayil 5:47
10. "The Day I Tried to Live"       5:19
11. "Kickstand"     Thayil 1:34
12. "Fresh Tendrils"   Cornell, Cameron Cameron 4:16
13. "4th of July"       5:08
14. "Half"   Shepherd Shepherd 2:14
15. "Like Suicide"       7:01

 

Down on the Upside

No. Title Lyrics Music Length  
1. "Pretty Noose"       4:12
2. "Rhinosaur"     Matt Cameron 3:14
3. "Zero Chance"     Ben Shepherd 4:18
4. "Dusty"     Shepherd 4:34
5. "Ty Cobb"     Shepherd 3:05
6. "Blow Up the Outside World"       5:46
7. "Burden in My Hand"       4:50
8. "Never Named"     Shepherd 2:28
9. "Applebite"     Cameron 5:10
10. "Never the Machine Forever"   Kim Thayil Thayil 3:36
11. "Tighter & Tighter"       6:06
12. "No Attention"       4:27
13. "Switch Opens"     Shepherd 3:53
14. "Overfloater"       5:09
15. "An Unkind"   Shepherd Shepherd 2:08
16. "Boot Camp"       2:59

 

King Animal

No. Title Lyrics Music Length  
1. "Been Away Too Long"     Cornell, Ben Shepherd 3:36
2. "Non-State Actor"   Kim Thayil, Cornell Shepherd 3:57
3. "By Crooked Steps"     Matt Cameron, Shepherd, Thayil 4:00
4. "A Thousand Days Before"     Thayil 4:23
5. "Blood on the Valley Floor"     Thayil 3:48
6. "Bones of Birds"     Cornell 4:22
7. "Taree"     Shepherd 3:38
8. "Attrition"   Shepherd Shepherd 2:52
9. "Black Saturday"     Cornell 3:29
10. "Halfway There"     Cornell 3:16
11. "Worse Dreams"     Cornell 4:53
12. "Eyelid's Mouth"     Cameron 4:39
13. "Rowing"     Shepherd, Cornell 5:08

 

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