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Soundgarden's Superunknown results

The participants sorted by deviation from final results:
ZeroSignal620: 26
TheArkOfTurus: 26
Johnbobb: 28
CasanovaZelos: 30
ChichiriMuyo: 38
MarkS222222222222222: 40
Snake5555555555: 46
Raetsel_Lapin: 46
Seanchan: 46
MetalmindStats: 46

General Album Comments

Seanchan: Did a first listen to Superunknown and felt a little mixed. Part of it is that after a few weeks of shorter albums, this one clocks in at 70 minutes...and feels it.

I know this is one of the "big 3" grunge albums with Nevermind and Dirt, right? If it is, this one definitely got the least breadth of radio play. I recognized 3 songs, which is far less than I did for Dirt or especially Nevermind.

Snake5555555555: I find it very hard to listen to this album ever since Cornell's passing. This was a staple album for me for years and years on end. The darkness, the mystery, the musicianship and songwriting are just about beyond anything in the grunge era if you ask me. It's as heavy as any doom or black metal album out there while also being far more accessible to the average listener which is a huge accomplishment.

ChichiriMuyo: Of the "Big 4" Seattle Grunge bands Soundgarden is my least favorite (though they have the coolest name of the bunch). Still, I was excited to listen to this album since I know a lot of it but never owned it. The truth is, though, the tone is pretty much all over the place on this album. "Half" in particular doesn't even feel like it belongs on the album, or from the 90s. It felt like an experimental throwback you'd expect from an album 20-30 years its senior. Considering the fact that they really filled the album, they could have done without it and a couple other songs. Still, the top third of the album is good and still holds up today.

ZeroSignal620: Superunknown remains the strongest in the Soundgarden library. The tracks many of us have heard thanks to radio, MTV, and even Road Rash still hold up to this day, and will forever be a staple in grunge history.

Seanchan: I didn't much care for the album. I found it to be bloated, both on the number of songs and the length of the individual songs. I was just done with this album way before it was over.

Johnbobb: ranking this album is so damn hard. Every song is great. Hell I'd probably count half this album among my altogether favorite songs. It goes hard start to finish in a way very few of the other grunge albums even attempted (Dirt is probably the only other one that comes close as far as really capturing that dark, heavy garage sound that grunge became so known for). Chris Cornell hands down was one of the best vocalists of all time.

MetalmindStats: Contrary to last week's diversity, I found most of the songs similarly solid; because of that (among other reasons), they were difficult to rank. However, Head Down would at least have been in my top three regardless.

Superunknown Track Ranking

15. Half (Track #14)
Score: 32 (Average Rank: 12.8/15)
Biggest Fan(s): Raetsel_Lapin (#6)
Biggest Detractor(s): Snake5555555555, ChichiriMuyo, ZeroSignal620, CasanovaZelos, Seanchan, TheArkOfTurus (#15)

14. Kickstand (Track #11)
Score: 43 (Average Rank: 11.7/15)
Biggest Fan(s): ChichiriMuyo (#6)
Biggest Detractor(s): Raetsel_Lapin, Johnbobb, TheArkOfTurus, MetalmindStats, MarkS222222222222222 (#14)

13. Fresh Tendrils (Track #12)
Score: 44 (Average Rank: 11.6/15)
Biggest Fan(s): ChichiriMuyo, Seanchan (#9)
Biggest Detractor(s): Johnbobb, MarkS222222222222222 (#15)

12. Mailman (Track #4)
Score: 50 (Average Rank: 11/15)
Biggest Fan(s): Johnbobb (#6)
Biggest Detractor(s): MetalmindStats (#15)

11. Head Down (Track #6)
Score: 64 (Average Rank: 10/15)
Biggest Fan(s): MetalmindStats (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): Raetsel_Lapin (#15)

10. Let Me Drown (Track #1)
Score: 66 (Average Rank: 9.4/15)
Biggest Fan(s): TheArkOfTurus (#5)
Biggest Detractor(s): Snake5555555555 (#14)

9. My Wave (Track #2)
Score: 73 (Average Rank: 8.7/15)
Biggest Fan(s): Snake5555555555, Seanchan (#5)
Biggest Detractor(s): ChichiriMuyo (#14)

8. Superunknown (Track #5)
Score: 74 (Average Rank: 8.7/15)
Biggest Fan(s): MetalmindStats (#3)
Biggest Detractor(s): ChichiriMuyo (#13)

7. Limo Wreck (Track #9)
Score: 76 (Average Rank: 8.4/15)
Biggest Fan(s): Snake5555555555, Raetsel_Lapin (#4)
Biggest Detractor(s): Seanchan, MarkS222222222222222 (#13)

6. Like Suicide (Track #15)
Score: 99 (Average Rank: 6.7/15)
Biggest Fan(s): ZeroSignal620 (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): ChichiriMuyo, Seanchan (#11)

5. Spoonman (Track #8)
Score: 119 (Average Rank: 4.9/15)
Biggest Fan(s): CasanovaZelos, TheArkOfTurus (#2)
Biggest Detractor(s): MetalmindStats (#11)

4. 4th of July (Track #13)
Score: 121 (Average Rank: 4.9/15)
Biggest Fan(s): Snake5555555555, MarkS222222222222222 (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): Seanchan (#14)

3. Fell on Black Days (Track #3)
Score: 125 (Average Rank: 4.4/15)
Biggest Fan(s): Raetsel_Lapin (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): MetalmindStats (#10)

2. The Day I Tried to Live (Track #10)
Score: 137 (Average Rank: 3.7/15)
Biggest Fan(s): ChichiriMuyo, Johnbobb, TheArkOfTurus (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): Raetsel_Lapin (#10)

1. Black Hole Sun (Track #7)
Score: 147 (Average Rank: 3.1/15)
Biggest Fan(s): CasanovaZelos, Seanchan (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): Snake5555555555 (#11)