Down on the Upside
Album by Soundgarden
Released	May 21, 1996
Recorded	1995-1996
Genre	Alternative Rock
Length	65 min 55 s
Label	A&M
Producer(s)	Soundgarden, Adam Kasper
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Q April 1996
Soundgarden chronology
Songs from the Superunknown (1995)	Down on the Upside (1996)	A-Sides (1997)

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Track listing

1. "Pretty Noose" (Cornell) - 4:12
2. "Rhinosaur" (Cameron/Cornell) - 3:14
3. "Zero Chance" (Cornell/Shepherd) - 4:18
4. "Dusty" (Cornell/Shepherd) - 4:34
5. "Ty Cobb" (Cornell/Shepherd) - 3:05
6. "Blow up the Outside World" (Cornell) - 5:46
7. "Burden in My Hand" (Cornell) - 4:50
8. "Never Named" (Cornell/Shepherd) - 2:28
9. "Applebite" (Cameron/Cornell) - 5:10
10. "Never the Machine Forever" (Thayil) - 3:36
11. "Tighter & Tighter" (Cornell) - 6:06
12. "No Attention" (Cornell) - 4:27
13. "Switch Opens" (Cornell/Shepherd) - 3:53
14. "Overfloater" (Cornell) - 5:09
15. "An Unkind" (Shepherd) - 2:08
16. "Boot Camp" (Cornell) - 2:59

Total album length: 65:55 Pretty Noose, a Chris Cornell composition, was the A side of a CD single sampler released by Soundgarden in 1996. ... Tyrus Raymond Ty Cobb (December 18, 1886 – July 17, 1961), nicknamed The Georgia Peach, was an American baseball player generally considered to be the greatest player of the dead ball era (1900 – 1920), although some contemporary observers would have chosen Honus Wagner or Tris Speaker. ...

Personnel

• Chris Cornell - Vocals, guitar, mandolin, piano, mandola, Fender Rhodes
• Kim Thayil - Guitar
• Ben Shepherd - Bass guitar, mandolin, mandola, photography
• Matt Cameron - Drums, percussion, Moog synthesizer
• Adam Kasper - Piano, producer, engineer, mixing
• Tom Smurdon - Assistant engineer, tracking assistant
• John Burton - Assistant engineer, tracking Assistant
• Sam Hofstedt - Assistant engineer
• Matt Bayles - Assistant engineer
• Dave Collins - Mastering
• Kevin Westenberg - Photography

Chris Cornell Christopher Cornell (born July 20, 1964) is a guitarist/singer-songwriter most well-known for being the lead singer of Soundgarden, of which he was a member from their formation in 1984 until they disbanded in 1997. ... Kim Thayil (born September 4, 1960 in Seattle, Washington) is best known as the guitarist for Seattle, USA grunge band Soundgarden, which he founded with Chris Cornell and Hiro Yamamoto in 1984. ... Ben Shepherd (born Hunter Benedict Shepherd) (September 20, 1968) is an American musician renowned for playing bass in the band Soundgarden from 1990 until the bands 1997 break-up. ... Matthew Cameron (born November 28, 1962) is an American musician renowned for playing drums in the hard rock band Soundgarden from 1986 until the bands 1997 break-up. ...

Editorial Reviews

Ranked #25 in the Village Voice's 1996 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll. Village Voice (02/25/1997)

3 Stars (out of 5) - ...[eschews] innovation for the simpler payoff of just rocking out....While there are plenty of genuinely enjoyable moments throughout the album, their cumulative effect is undercut by the strict adherence to hard-rock form....The outlook remains bleak throughout... Rolling Stone Magazine (05/30/1996)

8 (out of 10) - ...as sprawling and generous-spirited as SUPERUNKNOWN, but...is a looser and live-er-sounding affair, not seeking the same level of aural precision....There's a new rhythmic tilt in a few songs that suggests the influence of the unjustly maligned '70s boogie tradition... Spin (06/01/1996)

...[Cornell's] not a happy camper--and the sadder he gets, the nastier Soundgarden sounds....his bandmates revitalize him with odd instruments..., weird new mixes..., and skewed tempos and dune-shifting melodies that unfold and enfold over repeated spins... Musician (07/01/1996)

Recommended - ...[they are] never again going to be the band they used to be....Soundgarden were the band in whose honour Sub Pop were formed, but their roots don't matter now. All I care for now is the immediacy of their pop moments. You're Oasis fans. You understand... Melody Maker (05/18/1996)

...When the band does latch onto a hook,...[Soundgarden] seems to instantly tire of it and contort its melody and tempo. Deviant, yes, but at least Soundgarden are on their musical toes... - Rating: B+ Entertainment Weekly (05/24/1996)

3 (out of 5) - ...they're now fully capable of penning some damned spiffy pop songs....this is a raw, warm....sounding record, high-tech for 1975 and having more to do with tubes than transistors....they sound more human here, like they're playing in your living room... Alternative Press (08/01/1996)

Additional notes

Catalogue: (LP) A&M 540526, (CD) A&M 314540526