Description

Double album on black vinyls with gatefold cover

Down On The Upside is the fifth studio album by Soundgarden. It is the band’s third album with bassist Ben Shepherd. Following a worldwide tour in support of it’s previous album, Superunknown (1994), Soundgarden commenced work on this release. The music on the album was notably less heavy than the group’s preceding albums and featured the band experimenting with other sounds. 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 16 years as tensions within the band led to it’s break-up in April 1997. The album’s title comes from lyrics in the fourth track Dusty.

Track list:
1. Pretty Noose
2. Rhinosaur
3. Zero Chance
4. Dusty
5. Ty Cobb
6. Blow Up The Outside World
7. Burden In My Hand
8. Never Named
9. Applebite
10. Never The Machine Forever
11. Tighter And Tighter
12. No Attention
13. Switch Opens
14. Overfloater
15. An Unkind
16. Boot Camp