SoundgardenBest Soundgarden Albums Ranked
7.7
Avg Score
26
Opinions
13
Albums
9
Reviewers
Summary from 26 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Soundgarden's catalog across 13 albums from 26 opinions, with an overall average of 7.7/10. The top-rated Soundgarden album is Superunknown (20th Anniversary) (1994) with a 8.6/10 average from 7 ratings, followed by Ultramega OK (Expanded Reissue) and Badmotorfinger (Super Deluxe Edition). The discography on Wavelength spans 1988 to 2019. Black Hole Sun ranks as the highest-rated Soundgarden song on Wavelength with a 9.4/10 average.
Superunknown (20th Anniversary)
“Upon its release Superunknown wasn’t just a highly anticipated album from a critically acclaimed rock band—it was Soundgarden’s long overdue turn to come out on top. The 1994 album's being reissued in two-and-five-disc sets; some 20 years later, the album represents the platonic ideal of what a mainstream hard rock record should be.”
Badmotorfinger (25th Anniversary / Remastered 2016)
“Soundgarden’s Badmotorfinger captures the band clicking on all cylinders. The album sustains a level of focus, cohesion, and intensity that the band’s later, more varied albums lack.”
Badmotorfinger (Super Deluxe Edition)
“Soundgarden’s Badmotorfinger captures the band clicking on all cylinders. The album sustains a level of focus, cohesion, and intensity that the band’s later, more varied albums lack.”
Superunknown (20th Anniversary)
“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. But it’s been easy to miss […]”
Live from the Artists Den
“This focused and forceful 2013 live set showed the reunited grunge band looking to their future before the tragic death of lead singer Chris Cornell.”
Ultramega OK (Expanded Reissue)
“Originally released in 1988 on SST, Soundgarden’s full-length debut returns in expanded and remixed form on Sub Pop.”
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