SOUNDGARDEN: DOWN ON THE UPSIDE Fifth Studio Album (1996)

SOUNDGARDEN: DOWN ON THE UPSIDE Album cover

Down on the Upside is the fifth studio album by Soundgarden, released on May 21, 1996, through A&M Records. 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 and dark than the group’s preceding albums and featured the band experimenting with new 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 was Soundgarden‘s last studio album until 2012’s King Animal, as tensions within the band led to its break up in April 1997. The album has sold 1.6 million copies in the United States.

SOUNDGARDEN: DOWN ON THE UPSIDE Studio Album CD

Tracklist:

  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 & Tighter
  12. No Attention
  13. Switch Opens
  14. Overfloater
  15. An Unkind
  16. Boot Camp

SOUNDGARDEN: DOWN ON THE UPSIDE Album back cover

SOUNDGARDEN: DOWN ON THE UPSIDE promo poster

Soundgarden
Chris Cornell: lead vocals, rhythm guitar; mandolin and mandola (track 5), Rhodes electric piano (track 14)
Kim Thayil: lead guitar
Ben Shepherd – bass guitar, backing vocals; mandolin, mandola and intro instrumentation (track 5); guitar (track 15)
Matt Cameron: drums, percussion, backing vocals; Moog synthesizer (track 9)

Additional musicians
Adam Kasper: piano (track 9), co-production, engineering, mixing

Artwork
Ben Marra Studios: “cinema” photography
Helix creative inc, Seattle: art direction and design
Ben Shepherd: back CD photo
Kevin Westenberg: photography

Production
Matt Bayles, Sam Hofstedt: assistant engineering
John Burton, Tom Smurdon: additional tracking assistance
David Collins: mastering at A&M Mastering Studios, Hollywood, CA
Gregg Keplinger: drum technician
Darrell Peters: guitar technician
Soundgarden: production, mixing

Management
Susan Silver Management: management

Chris Cornell (July 20, 1964 – May 18, 2017).

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