 "cornell certainly wails but..." | 2008-07-08 |
| - Reviewed By schism206 |
| it doesnt get much better than chris cornell for rock singers. and kim thayil/matt cameron are pretty much virtuosos... but most of this album sounds more or less the same. superunknown is the flawless album u want to get...then down on the upside. but badmotorfinger is still great for that classic grunge sound and godly vocals. but i dont really see it standing the test of time as well as superunknown. |
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| "Soundgarden - 'Badmotorfinger' (A&M)" | 2008-05-26 |
| - Reviewed By mikereedinusa |
| First came out in 1991, looks to be Soundgarden's third record. Believe I caught them on this very tour as support band for Skid Row. Talk about an odd match. Their first CD with bassist Ben Sheppard. Even though I followed Soundgarden through out their entire existence, I hate to admit that I rarely pull out their music anymore to play at random. Tracks I'll always prefer off of 'Badmotorfinger' are the one-time Mtv late night favorite "Rusty Cage", "Outshined", the over-played "Jesus Christ Pose", "Searching With My Good Eye Closed" and "New Damage". Know I probably need to dig up my copy of their 'Ultramega OK' disc - that was my favorite Soundgarden title. A true grunge classic. |
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 "Love 'em or Hate 'em. I Love 'em." | 2008-04-22 |
| - Reviewed By maggiemae2000 |
With the release of this album Soundgarden established their place on the music world map. Sure Chris Cornell's screeching wails -- which are a Soundgarden trademark -- haven't changed, but on this album the band's growth was apparent. The production and the songs are much more polished and tight, unlike on their previous releases Louder than Love or Screaming Life" & "Fopp.
The Black Sabbath influence is still well heard here but the Soundgarden members step up the pace a bit with multi-colored metal melodies in the songs. Songs like "Outshined" and "Rusty Cage" are highlights on the album with their iron hitting guitar riffs by Kim Thayil and catchy choruses that mend perfectly together. Drummer Matt Cameron is a powerful contribution to the band as well as new addition bassist Ben Shepard. "Jesus Christ Pose" is a highlight on the album with it's intense fierce vocals and lyrics over razor sharp guitars.
This album would appeal to any hard rock fan but Singer Chris Cornell does have that voice that you either love or hate (high-pitched and screeching). I just fell in love with him and his music. |
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| "A Force Unto Itself" | 2008-04-16 |
| - Reviewed By raygunsky |
How they got this down on tape is a mystery.
Really, people, it's a crazed maniac on the loose -- with a roaring chain saw -- and no escape in sight.
But, let me settle down a bit and concentrate -- realistically -- on one aspect of this work that must be known: This has got to be the greatest end to end, album length, vocal performance ever recorded. After what Chris Cornell put into these vocals it's a wonder that he was able to ever speak again -- let alone record more albums.
It's one of those special albums that come around all too rarely. |
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| "Soundgarden's finest hour?" | 2008-04-15 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1BQOPKHRU5M8F |
| When the year 1991 hit, grunge music exploded onto the mainstream with Nirvana's Nevermind, creating a brand new genre of rock music for youth to rock out to and relate to. Pearl Jam released its debut Ten, which also had everyone buzzing about the sudden popularity of these once underground rock bands. But what is forgotten about is Soundgarden and their smash record, Badmotorfinger. This album in my opinion is the most sophisticated, multi-layered piece of rock music in the grunge catalog, and maybe even rock music in general. Although Nevermind and Ten are superb albums, Soundgarden seems to explore another set of elements that none of the other major grunge groups ever encountered. This Seattle band made itself a major player on the music scene from then on as this dense, complex yet rocking album made Soundgarden into one outstanding band. |
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| "Era making" | 2008-03-11 |
| - Reviewed By User: AISD7WNNE6POG |
| I rarely hear a group as truthful as their name and this is one album that is the most exemplary. From beginning to end if you can adjust your equalizer some how and amplify the lows on your stereo you will begin to learn why they are called Soungarden. To me one of the first groups along with Quicksand that really attack sound. To me a door a thousand years wide is a good redo of one of Bob Lind's songs and really puts a stamp on things. The most expressive vocals I have heard on any album consistently throughout an album. The drums in jesus christ pose are nothing short of mindbending along with the awesome riffs in the song. This group has a lot of firsts in my opinion and is why I give it 5 stars. I have never heard anything close to this sound in this time period nor hardly ever since, just mimicks. |
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| "Lookin' California and feelin' like a five-star masterpiece" | 2008-02-16 |
| - Reviewed By stellar-eruption-bill-278 |
Considering grunge music isn't known for its wailing lead vocals or experimental textures (aside from, maybe, Dinosaur Jr., but that's another story), Soundgarden certainly defined their own sound. On "Badmotorfinger", the twelve songs, filling in at over 57 minutes, demonstrate their versatile sound. And with song titles like "Room A Thousand Years Wide" and "Face Pollution", you know this is gonna be an interesting album.
For starters, let me say the band has quality musicianship. Chris Cornell is one of the greatest singers out there, and he proves it to you over and over. Kim Thayil stomps out some of the trippiest ten-ton riffs around and adds a unique feeling to the band's sound. Ben Shepherd and Matt Cameron also prove themselves a strong rhythm section, rounding out the quartet.
Like I was saying, "Badmotorfinger" demonstrates the band's versatile sound. Even from the first three songs, they go from the hard-rocking psychedelia of "Rusty Cage" to the sludge-riffing heavy metal of "Outshined", and the grunge/experimental rock of "Jesus Christ Pose".
Oh, and it doesn't let up there. They show a hardcore punk influence on "Face Pollution" (also featuring an almost Frank Zappa-styled progressive-rock measure) and "Drawing Flies", which also shows the use of horns and a Black Sabbath-styled boogie.
In addition, they show a keen sense of melody and more high-pitched wailing on "Holy Water". Plus, a really strong sense of songwriting is shown in "Searching With My Good Eye Closed". It goes from a nice, relaxed feel to an epic build up with some great guitar work at the end.
Overall, I feel that "Badmotorfinger" is definitely a five-star classic. If you're interested in a heavy, experimental album with great musicianship, odd time signatures, passionate vocals and great hooks, this is something you're gonna treasure. Thanks for the time, and peace. |
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 "Interesting" | 2008-01-30 |
| - Reviewed By guycampeau |
Chris Cornell has a great voice, no doubt about that.
I like "Outshine" a lot and few other tracks, I would say that I like half of the album, the rest didn't catch me, or maybe I didn't catch it !
Who knows ? If you like Grunge rock, you should like this one a lot. |
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| "glad to have it back" | 2008-01-03 |
| - Reviewed By ricebri1 |
| used to have acces to this cd when I lived with my brother, he left and so did the cd :-( a few years and a few dollars later and I'm sure glad to have it back |
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| "The best (and heaviest) Seattle album of '91" | 2007-11-30 |
| - Reviewed By wit213 |
While typically it is impossible to actually grow sound waves, the scientists who formed Soundgarden near what is known today as "Seattle" (or Seattle for short) back in the 1750s, somehow managed to do exactly this, but only for a very brief time. How they did it, no one really knows. Except for 3 people up in Saskatchewan, Canada, and they will never be able to tell due to a Canadian government secret order that silences its citizens.
Other scientists have indeed tried to follow up on the pioneering sound wave work achieved by Soundgarden (whose name literally means "the taste of hearing" in French), but none of them have really been able to match the level of geniousness the folks at Soundgarden, Inc. attained. Some speculate that their success was largely due to, in part, their notorious use of corn/ethanol solution and wild sugar cane, which, in the scientific sound-study community, is known to have rather pleasing acoustic properties while retaining a very low signal-to-noise ratio, conditions perfect for creating both visible AND invisible sound.
Yet there are still others who doubt the existence of wild sugar cane, and thus wildly disagree with the common theory that Soundgarden, LLC were the inventors of invisible sound. These detractors are largely written off by superior scientists as nothing more than conspiracy theorists, since obviously wild sugar cane was first cultivated on the moon and brought back to Earth following the Apollo missions. In addition, since wild sugar cane is the main ingredient used in making "magic" bullets, credible authorities in the field again can write off any in disagreement.
In conclusion, once Soundgarden invented portable sound, the rest, as they say, was "history". And that it was, since it was in the past and had already happened. It wasn't until 1991 however, that sound was made to be audible, and it's no surprise that the first compact discs were invented just afterwards, when sound became illegal. |
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