Soundgarden discography
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| Artist = Soundgarden
| Image = Soundgarden_Chicago.jpg
| Caption = Soundgarden performing at Lollapalooza in Chicago, 2010; L-R: Chris Cornell, Matt Cameron, and Ben Shepherd. Not pictured: Kim Thayil.
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| Studio = 6
| Live = 2
| Compilation = 6
| Video = 3
| EP = 8
| Singles = 24
| Music videos = 23
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The discography of Soundgarden, an American rock band, consists of six studio albums, two live albums, six compilation albums, eight extended plays, 24 singles and 23 music videos.
Soundgarden was formed in Seattle, Washington in 1984 by vocalist Chris Cornell, guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto. The drummer position was originally filled by Cornell until 1986 when Matt Cameron became the band's permanent drummer. The band signed with the independent label Sub Pop and released the Screaming Life EP in 1987 and the Fopp EP in 1988. In 1988, the band signed with legendary punk record label SST Records and released its debut full-length album, Ultramega OK. The band subsequently signed with A&M Records, becoming the first grunge band to sign with a major label. In 1989, the band released its first album for a major label, Louder Than Love.
In 1990, the band was joined by a new bassist, Ben Shepherd. The new line-up released Badmotorfinger in 1991. The album brought the band to a new level of commercial success, and Soundgarden found itself amidst the sudden popularity and attention given to the Seattle music scene. The band's next album was to be its breakthrough. Superunknown, released in 1994, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and launched several successful singles, including "Spoonman" and "Black Hole Sun". In 1996, the band released its fifth studio album, Down on the Upside; while successful, the album could not emulate the precedent set by Superunknown. In 1997, the band broke up due to internal strife over its creative direction. Soundgarden has sold 14 million records in the US, and an estimated 30 million worldwide.{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/502068/09251998/soundgarden.jhtml|title=Ex-Soundgarden Singer Chris Cornell Plows Ahead With Solo Debut|date=September 25, 1998|access-date=January 19, 2008|author=Kaufman, Gil|work=VH1|archive-date=September 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905000455/http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/502068/09251998/soundgarden.jhtml|url-status=dead}} Cornell announced Soundgarden's reunion on January 1, 2010,{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1628964/20100104/soundgarden.jhtml|title=Soundgarden's Cornell announces reunion|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=January 4, 2010|work=MTV News|access-date=January 10, 2010|archive-date=January 14, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114021623/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1628964/20100104/soundgarden.jhtml|url-status=dead}} The band's first studio album in 16 years, King Animal, was released on November 13, 2012.{{cite web|title=SOUNDGARDEN: 'King Animal' Track Listing, Final Cover Artwork Unveiled|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=179521|date=September 17, 2012|access-date=December 30, 2012|archive-date=January 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111145613/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article|url-status=live}} It debuted and peaked at number five on the Billboard 200.
Albums
=Studio albums=
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scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US {{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=soundgarden|chart=Billboard 200}} | title=Soundgarden – Chart History: Billboard 200 | magazine=Billboard | access-date=February 28, 2013}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | AUS
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scope="row" | Ultramega OK{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/ultramega-ok-mw0000202601|title=Ultramega OK – Soundgarden|work=AllMusic|access-date=December 30, 2012|author=Huey, Steve|archive-date=January 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103100919/http://www.allmusic.com/album/ultramega-ok-mw0000202601|url-status=live}}
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scope="row" | Louder Than Love
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| 108 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
scope="row" | Badmotorfinger
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| 39 || 27 || — || 50 || — || — || — || 16 || — || 39 |
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scope="row" | Superunknown
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| 1 || 1 || 19 || 1 || 13 || 11 || 5 || 1 || 3 || 4 |
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scope="row" | Down on the Upside
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| 2 || 1 || 12 || 2 || 15 || 12 || 6 || 1 || 3 || 7 |
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scope="row" | King Animal
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| 5 || 6 || 19 || 6 || 10 || 24 || 13 || 4 || 25 || 21 | |
colspan="15" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
=Live albums=
=Compilation albums=
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scope="row" | Screaming Life/Fopp{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/screaming-life-fopp-mw0000674506|title=Screaming Life/Fopp – Soundgarden|work=AllMusic|access-date=December 30, 2012|author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|archive-date=March 6, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306020114/http://www.allmusic.com/album/screaming-life-fopp-mw0000674506|url-status=live}}
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scope="row" | A-Sides
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| 63 || 39 || — || — || 51 || — || — || — || 6 || 90 | |
scope="row" | Telephantasm
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| 24 || 20 || 96 || 76 || 15 || 73 || 97 || 35 || 12 || 83 | |
scope="row" | The Classic Album Selection
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| — || — || 149 || 193 || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
scope="row" | Echo of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across the Path
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| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
scope="row" | Essentials
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colspan="15" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
=Video albums=
Extended plays
Singles
=1980s=
=1990s=
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scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US Air {{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=soundgarden|chart=Radio Songs}} | title=Soundgarden – Chart History: Radio Songs | magazine=Billboard | access-date=July 3, 2024}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | AUS ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | CAN
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | GER ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | NLD ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | NZ ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | SWE ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | UK
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scope="row" | "Hands All Over"
| rowspan="2" | 1990 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 82 | | Louder Than Love |
scope="row" | "Room a Thousand Years Wide"{{cite AV media notes|others=Soundgarden|date=1990|title=Room a Thousand Years Wide|type=track listing|publisher=Sub Pop|id=SP83}}
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | Non-album single |
scope="row" | "Jesus Christ Pose"
| rowspan="2" | 1991 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 30 | | rowspan="3" | Badmotorfinger |
scope="row" | "Outshined"
| — || —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Outshined" did not enter the Alternative Airplay chart, but peaked at number 13 on the Alternative Digital Song Sales chart.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/soundgarden/chart-history/ald/ |title=Soundgarden Chart History: Alternative Digital Song Sales |magazine=Billboard |access-date=September 15, 2020 |archive-date=July 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714060832/https://www.billboard.com/music/Soundgarden/chart-history/ALD |url-status=live }}}} || 45 || 76 || — || — || — || — || — || 50 | |
scope="row" | "Rusty Cage"
| 1992 | — || — || — || 80 || — || — || — || — || — || 41 | |
scope="row" | "Spoonman"
| rowspan="5" | 1994 | — || 9 || 3 || 23 || 12 || — || 37 || 10 || 37 || 20 | | rowspan="5" | Superunknown |
scope="row" | "The Day I Tried to Live"
| — || 25 || 13 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 42 | |
scope="row" | "Black Hole Sun"
| 24 || 2 || 1 || 6 || 5 || 26 || 25 || 22 || 19 || 12 |
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scope="row" | "My Wave"
| — || 18 || 11 || 50 || 66 || — || — || 46 || — || — | |
scope="row" | "Fell on Black Days"
| 54 || 13 || 4 || 52 || 66 || — || 45 || — || — || 24 | |
scope="row" | "Pretty Noose"
| rowspan="3" | 1996 | 37 || 2 || 4 || 22 || 43 || — || — || 18 || 42 || 14 | | rowspan="4" | Down on the Upside |
scope="row" | "Burden in My Hand"
| 40 || 2 || 1 || 57 || 9 || — || — || — || — || 33 | |
scope="row" | "Blow Up the Outside World"
| 53 || 8 || 1 || 76 || 89 || — || — || — || — || 40 | |
scope="row" | "Ty Cobb"{{cite AV media notes|others=Soundgarden|date=1997|title=Ty Cobb|type=track listing|publisher=A&M Records}}
| rowspan="2" | 1997 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
scope="row" | "Bleed Together"
| — || 32 || 13 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | A-Sides |
=2010s=
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scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US {{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=soundgarden|chart=Hot 100}} | title=Soundgarden – Chart History: Hot 100 | magazine=Billboard | access-date=February 28, 2013}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | AUS ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | CAN
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scope="row" | "Black Rain"
| rowspan="2" | 2010 | 96 || 20 || 10 || 14 || 90 || 44 || 8 || 109 || 2 | rowspan="2" | Telephantasm |
scope="row" | "The Telephantasm"{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-telephantasm-mw0002076480|title=The Telephantasm – Soundgarden|work=AllMusic|access-date=December 12, 2012|archive-date=February 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130205074014/http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-telephantasm-mw0002076480|url-status=live}}
| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"The Telephantasm" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 9 on the Hot Singles Sales chart.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/soundgarden/chart-history/hot-singles-sales |title=Soundgarden Chart History: Hot Singles Sales |magazine=Billboard |access-date=September 15, 2020 |archive-date=October 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022235308/https://www.billboard.com/music/soundgarden/chart-history/hot-singles-sales |url-status=dead }}}} || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — |
scope="row" | "Live to Rise"
| rowspan="2" | 2012 | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Live to Rise" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 10 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/soundgarden/chart-history/hbu/ |title=TSoundgarden Chart History: Bubbling Under Hot 100 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=September 15, 2020 |archive-date=September 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919071839/https://www.billboard.com/music/soundgarden/chart-history/HBU |url-status=live }}}} || 12 || 1 || 4 || — || 69 || 1 || — || 11 |
scope="row" | "Been Away Too Long"
| — || 16 || 1 || 17 || — || 93 || 1 || — || 16 | rowspan="2" |King Animal |
scope="row" | "By Crooked Steps"
| 2013 | — || — || 1 || — || — || — || 4 || — || — |
colspan="16" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
=Notes=
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Promotional singles
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scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US Main. Rock {{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/soundgarden-mn0000001098/awards|title=Soundgarden - Awards|work=AllMusic|access-date=September 15, 2012|archive-date=October 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016075242/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/soundgarden-mn0000001098/awards|url-status=live}} |
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scope="row" | "Get on the Snake"
| 1989 | — | Louder Than Love |
scope="row" | "Rhinosaur"
| 1997 | 19 | Down on the Upside |
scope="row" | "Halfway There"
| 2013 | 12 | King Animal |
Music videos
Other appearances
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Year
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1986
| "Heretic" |C/Z |
1988
| "Sub Pop Rock City" |Sub Pop |
rowspan="2"|1990
| "Ugly Truth" (live) |New Music Awards |
"Fresh Deadly Roses"
|Pave the Earth |A&M |
1992
| |Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |Epic |
rowspan="2"|1993
| "Show Me" |
"HIV Baby" |
1994
| "New Damage" (with Brian May) |Alternative NRG |
1995
| "Blind Dogs" |
1996
| "Kyle Petty, Son of Richard" |Home Alive: The Art of Self-Defense |Epic |
2012
| "Live to Rise"{{cite web|title=Soundgarden: Audio Snippet of Brand New Song Available|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=March 26, 2012|url=http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=171789|access-date=March 26, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330002859/http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=171789|archive-date=March 30, 2012}} |Hollywood, Marvel Music |
References
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External links
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