Soundgarden

Soundgarden – Louder Than Love (1989/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 53:14 minutes | 2,11 GB | Genre: Alternative Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © A&M

Soundgarden’s major label debut, 1989’s Louder Than Love hints at things to come with songs like Loud Love, Hands All Over and Get On The Snake. Big Dumb Sex was made famous thanks to a cover version on the 1993 Guns N’ Roses album The Spaghetti Incident?.

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Soundgarden – Superunknown (20th Anniversary) (1994/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:10:23 minutes | 3,91 GB | Genre: Alternative Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © A&M

In 2014 we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Soundgarden’s massive album Superunknownwhich to date has sold 9 million albums worldwide and is certified five times platinum by the RIAA in the US. Both a critical and commercial success, in 1994 Superunknown debuted at #1 on the Billboardcharts and earned the band two Grammys® for the singles “Black Hole Sun” and “Spoonman” in 1995. As relevant today as they were in 1994, the multiplatinum-selling Soundgarden continues to be in the Top 10 most played artists on Active Rock radio and the band’s top 4 most played radio songs – accumulating over 1 million in total airplay and 4 billion in total audience to date – are all from this very beloved album: “Black Hole Sun,” “Fell on Black Days,” “Spoonman” and “The Day I Tried To Live.” In 2003, Rolling Stone ranked the album as one of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and the 100 Greatest Albums of the Nineties.

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Soundgarden – Ultramega OK (Remixed Reissue 2017) (1988/2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:10:24 minutes | 855 MB | Genre: Alternative Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sub Pop Records

This remixed and expanded reissue of Soundgarden’s Ultramega OK is a long-planned “correction” of the legendary band’s Grammy®-nominated debut full-length. The album was originally recorded and released in 1988 on SST Records. While the band enjoyed working with the original producer, Drew Canulette, they soon realized they weren’t quite happy with the final mix. Thus, shortly after the album’s release, the band decided to remix the album for subsequent pressings. However, success intervened: the band rapidly scored a deal with A&M and began work on their major-label debut, Louder Than Love, and the Ultramega OK remix project fell by the wayside as Soundgarden climbed their way to (ultra)mega-stardom. In 2016, after worldwide success, a breakup, a reunion, and many albums and tours, the band finally acquired the original multi-track tapes to Ultramega OK and carved out time to dig into the remix. They handed the tapes over to longtime friend and engineer Jack Endino (Nirvana, Mudhoney, Screaming Trees, Skin Yard), who worked with the band to create a fresh mix of the album that, for the band, ties up this persistent loose end and remedies the sound of their debut album. While they were at it, the band dug out six early versions of tracks that wound up on Ultramega OK. The songs were recorded in 1987 on 8-track tape by Jack Endino and Chris Hanzsek at Reciprocal Recording in Seattle, and mixed by Jack Endino in 2016. These versions feature the band in raw, powerful form –sonically closer to the band’s Endino-recorded debut EP Screaming Life – and provide a fascinating window into the development of songs that eventually became staples of the band’s set. The six songs comprise what the band refers to as Ultramega EP, and they are included in this reissue. Hailed as grunge innovators, Soundgarden redefined rock music for a generation. In the ‘80s, the band – singer/guitarist Chris Cornell, guitarist Kim Thayil, bassist Hiro Yamamoto, and drummer Matt Cameron – combined a punk ethos, brutal metal soundscapes, and Cornell’s ravenous roar to capture the attention of the masses. Jagged and ferocious, their music was deeply at odds with the synth-pop and hair metal which dominated the 80’s airwaves. Early indie releases, including seminal Screaming Life and Ultramega OK, quickly led to a dedicated indie following as the band toured on both sides of the Atlantic. Subsequent albums, including Badmotorfinger, Superunknown, and Down on the Upside, achieved multi-platinum sales and launched the band to international fame.

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Soundgarden – Superunknown (Super Deluxe) (1994/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 04:14:03 minutes | 6,46 GB | Genre: Alternative Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © A&M Records

In 2014 we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Soundgarden’s massive album Superunknownwhich to date has sold 9 million albums worldwide and is certified five times platinum by the RIAA in the US. Both a critical and commercial success, in 1994 Superunknown debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts and earned the band two Grammys® for the singles “Black Hole Sun” and “Spoonman” in 1995. As relevant today as they were in 1994, the multi-platinum-selling Soundgarden continues to be in the Top 10 most played artists on Active Rock radio and the band’s top 4 most played radio songs – accumulating over 1 million in total airplay and 4 billion in total audience to date – are all from this very beloved album: “Black Hole Sun,” “Fell on Black Days,” “Spoonman” and “The Day I Tried To Live.” In 2003, Rolling Stone ranked the album as one of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and the 100 Greatest Albums of the Nineties.

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Soundgarden – Superunknown (Deluxe Edition) (1994/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:28:31 minutes | 2,64 GB | Genre: Alternative Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © A&M Records

The 20th anniversary of Superunknown is a global priority and the band is very involved in the reissue celebration. Deluxe anniversary products features never-before-released bonus material and demos. As far as products, there is something for everyone from the hardcore, super fan to the teen who is just discovering Soundgarden’s music.

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Soundgarden – Screaming Life/Fopp (1990/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 40:28 minutes | 863 MB | Genre: Alternative Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sub Pop Records

Soundgarden’s seminal debut mini-album from 1987, remastered by Jack Endino from the original master tapes. With bonus tracks from Fopp EP (1988), and bonus track “Sub Pop Rock City”.

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Soundgarden – Louder Than Love (1989/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 53:14 minutes | 2,11 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © A&M

Soundgarden’s major label debut, 1989’s Louder Than Love hints at things to come with songs like Loud Love, Hands All Over and Get On The Snake. Big Dumb Sex was made famous thanks to a cover version on the 1993 Guns N’ Roses album The Spaghetti Incident?.

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Soundgarden – Down On The Upside (Remastered) (1996/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:05:54 minutes | 2,70 GB | Genre: Alternative Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © A&M

Down on the Upside is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Soundgarden, released on May 21, 1996 through A&M Records. It is the band’s third album with bassist Ben Shepherd. Following a worldwide tour in support of its previous album, Superunknown (1994), Soundgarden commenced work on a new album. Self-produced by the band, the music on the album was notably less heavy than the group’s preceding albums and featured the band experimenting with other sounds.

The album topped the New Zealand and Australian charts and debuted at number two on the United States’ Billboard 200, selling 200,000 copies in its opening week and spawning the singles “Pretty Noose”, “Burden in My Hand”, “Blow Up the Outside World”, and “Ty Cobb”. The band took a slot on the 1996 Lollapalooza tour and afterward supported the album with a worldwide tour. Down on the Upside would end up becoming Soundgarden’s final studio album for sixteen years as tensions within the band led to its break-up in April 1997.

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Soundgarden – Down On The Upside (1996/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:05:59 minutes | 1,37 GB | Genre: Alternative Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © A&M

Down on the Upside is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Soundgarden, released on May 21, 1996 through A&M Records. It is the band’s third album with bassist Ben Shepherd. Following a worldwide tour in support of its previous album, Superunknown (1994), Soundgarden commenced work on a new album. Self-produced by the band, the music on the album was notably less heavy than the group’s preceding albums and featured the band experimenting with other sounds.

The album topped the New Zealand and Australian charts and debuted at number two on the United States’ Billboard 200, selling 200,000 copies in its opening week and spawning the singles “Pretty Noose”, “Burden in My Hand”, “Blow Up the Outside World”, and “Ty Cobb”. The band took a slot on the 1996 Lollapalooza tour and afterward supported the album with a worldwide tour. Down on the Upside would end up becoming Soundgarden’s final studio album for sixteen years as tensions within the band led to its break-up in April 1997.

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