Superunknown (20th Anniversary)

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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.

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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 […]