As Grunge rose through the years of the 1980's and mid 1990's, probably one of the best albums in Grunge history would be Soundgarden's Superunknown. With such hit songs like Black Hole Sun and Spoonman, the band has really lifted their success to a level they never had before. With a total of 6 platinum's, that album has been certified, which shows that the album was loved by the people.

This album stands out with the originality of the songs, different melodies and sounds. A big album with a big sound, and certainly one of the best choices of Grunge. Although released in 1994, in my opinion, it is perfectly suitable for any other rock lover.

This album stands in the top 10 of my all-time favourite albums, and it is certainly worth listening to more than once or twice.

Soundgarden cut their teeth on a very raw and live sound of hard post-punk grunge, and flew the flag for this genre equally well as more famous exponents (e.g. Pearl Jam and Nirvana).

But the music with Soundgarden had a keener feel to it - more variety with song structure, less reliance on 'the solo', more diversity of rhythm, and easily the best vocal performance in Cornell.

For me Superunknown was probably their pinnacle; behind them was more hard-core grunge (BadMotorFinger), and ahead of them was a more commercial-sounding Down On the Upside.
SuperUnknown has that crossover where melody, lyrical quality and production meets uncompromising hard-edged anti-pop.

There are some great songs on here, and plenty of them too, including My Wave, The Day I Tried to Live (great lyrics!!), Limo Wreck. It's probably best remembered for the now-anthemic Black Hole Sun and Spoonman (both of which, incidentally, Audioslave did live at their Havana gig last year).

There's some debate about the best rock album of the 90's. Never mind (Nirvana) might shade it because it set the stall out for a genre; Pearl Jam has a shout with 10 or PJ because they were probably more mass-market; but I think Superunknown has a greater edge to it, and individually I think the players were better at what they did and more effective. Where else would you find a spoon solo eh?