Songs from the Superunknown explained

Songs from the Superunknown
Type:ep
Artist:Soundgarden
Cover:Soundgarden-SongsFromTheSuperunknown.jpg
Released:November 21, 1995
Recorded:1993–1994
Genre:Grunge
Length:23:42
Language:English
Label:A&M
Producer:Michael Beinhorn, Brendan O'Brien, Soundgarden
Chronology:Soundgarden EPs
Prev Title:Loudest Love
Prev Year:1990

Songs from the Superunknown is an EP by the American rock band Soundgarden. It was released on November 21, 1995, through A&M Records. It was released on the same day as the CD-ROM Alive in the Superunknown.

Overview

The EP is the audio-only counterpart to Alive in the Superunknown. AllMusic staff writer Greg Prato gave the EP two and a half out of five stars. He called it a "solid (albeit short) collection of Soundgarden outtakes".

Alive in the Superunknown

The CD-ROM Alive in the Superunknown contains the first four tracks from Songs from the Superunknown plus a multimedia portion featuring photos of the band, a video game, four music videos ("The Day I Tried to Live", "Black Hole Sun", "My Wave", and "Fell on Black Days"), a performance/special effects video of "Superunknown", and a live video of "Kickstand", among other things. Entertainment Weekly said, "Nothing on Alive ... equals the mystery, humor, sonic impact, or imagination contained on any one of the tracks on Soundgarden's Superunknown album."[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Chris Cornell, except where noted:

  1. "Superunknown" (Cornell, Kim Thayil) – 5:06
    • Originally from Superunknown.
  2. "Fell on Black Days" (video version) – 5:26
    • Originally from the "Fell on Black Days" single. An alternate version, it is the one used in the music video for the song.
  3. "She Likes Surprises" – 3:17
    • Originally from international versions of Superunknown.
  4. "Like Suicide" (acoustic) – 6:11
  5. "Jerry Garcia's Finger" (Matt Cameron, Cornell, Ben Shepherd, Thayil) – 4:00
    • Previously unreleased.

Personnel

Soundgarden
Production
Management

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20081203150621/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,290907,00.html "The Mouse That Rocks"