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Soundgarden - Down on the Upside (CD)

Down on the Upside
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Album Details: Down on the Upside

Release Date:05/21/1996
Label:A&M
UPC:731454052627

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User Reviews: Down on the Upside

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    Great work!

    By jack  Jul 8, 2006

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    I feel that this album is slightly underrated, although this is not as good as badmotorfinger, or superunknown but its probbly at the #3 spot on my list under soundgarden, especially with songs like "pretty noose", "rhinosaur", &q...uot;dusty", "blow up the outside world", "burden in my hand", "tighter&tighter&quo
    t;, "no attention", "switch opens", and showing their remmaining heavyness with "ty cobb" and mellowness with "zero chance".I recomend this cd for anyone who enjoys "Grunge" music.
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  • Overall:

    No "Superunknown"-but f*cking good nonth

    By Ryan  Jul 3, 2002

    Classic new SG, baby. No strings attached, just pure, beautiful Pacific northwest bred music from the band that defines that elusive word we all came to love...grunge.BEST SONG? - its hard, however...I measure it by the chill factor. You know your ...listening to a new album and you hear a song that you immediatley (regardless if you haven't heard the rest of the cd) go back and play it again? Goose bumps all over...well "Zero Chance, 6 years later still does that to me. Read more Less

Pro Reviews: Down on the Upside

  • All Music Guide

    Superunknown was a breakthrough in many ways. Not only did the album bring Soundgarden a new audience, it dramatically expanded their vision, as well as their accomplishments. If Down on the Upside initially seems a retreat from the grand, layered textures of Superunknown, let it sink in. The sound of Down on the Upside is certainly more immediate, but the band hasn't returned to the monstrous, unfocused wailing of Louder Than Love. Instead, they've retained their ambitious song structures, neo-psychedelic guitar textures, and winding melodies but haven't dressed them up with detailed production. Consequently, Down on the Upside is visceral as well as cerebral -- "Rhinosaur" goes for the gut, while "Pretty Noose" is updated, muscular prog-rock. Down on the Upside is a deceptive album -- it might seem like nothing more than heavy metal, but a closer listen reveals that Soundgarden hasn't tempered their ambitions at all.

    - Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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Soundgarden

Soundgarden made a place for heavy metal in alternative rock. Their fellow Seattle rockers Green River may have spearheaded the grunge sound, but they relied on noise rock in the vein of the Stooges. Similarly, Jane's Addiction was too fascinated with prog rock and performance art to appeal to a wide array of metal fans. Soundgarden, however, developed directly out of t... Read more