Telephantasm

The album was released in September 2010 on A&M Records following the band's reunion earlier that year. The career-spanning retrospective album includes an unreleased track, "Black Rain", taken from the Badmotorfinger recording sessions. In late August 2010, "Black Rain" reached No. 44 on the Canadian Hot 100 and No. 96 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. "Black Rain" peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard Rock Songs chart.

Kim Thayil explained the title Telephantasm as "an illusion at a distance, or a ghost from afar. Which I think would be an appropriate reference to what we have here — a retrospective of a band that had been inactive for thirteen years." He added that the album emerged from a project to do a "B-Sides" compilation following the 1997 greatest hits album A-Sides, but the band decided to include some more known songs because "we need to re-establish ourselves with the rock and roll audience out there, the younger audience".Prato, Greg. [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kim-thayil-tells-stories-of-soundgardens-best-songs-20100928#ixzz3v6irtckq Kim Thayil Tells Stories of Soundgarden's Best Songs]. Rolling Stone

The 1-CD version of the album is featured in the music video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, with "Black Rain" available on the disc, and the remaining eleven tracks available as downloadable content alongside release of the game.

The 2-CD/DVD limited edition package includes a booklet containing a biography of Soundgarden written by Jeff Gilbert, a message from Kim Thayil and content credits.

The album features artwork by Josh Graham, who handles the visual arts for Neurosis, as well as artwork for other artists.{{cite web|url=http://suspendedinlight.blogspot.com/2010/08/soundgarden-artwork-revealed.html |title=Josh Graham's official site|publisher=Suspendedinlight.blogspot.com|accessdate=2015-07-22}}

All songs written and composed by Chris Cornell, except where noted.

;Single-disc version

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| title1 = Hunted Down

| length1 = 2:41

| music1 = Kim Thayil

| note1 = Screaming Life EP, 1987

| title2 = Hands All Over

| music2 = Thayil

| length2 = 5:58

| note2 = Louder Than Love, 1989

| title3 = Outshined

| length3 = 5:11

| note3 = Badmotorfinger, 1991

| title4 = Rusty Cage

| length4 = 4:25

| note4 = Badmotorfinger

| title5 = Birth Ritual

| music5 = Cornell, Thayil, Matt Cameron

| length5 = 6:05

| note5 = Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 1992

| title6 = My Wave

| music6 = Cornell, Thayil

| length6 = 5:13

| note6 = Superunknown, 1994

| title7 = Spoonman

| length7 = 4:08

| note7 = Superunknown

| title8 = Black Hole Sun

| length8 = 5:19

| note8 = Superunknown

| title9 = Fell on Black Days

| length9 = 4:39

| note9 = Superunknown

| title10 = Burden in My Hand

| length10 = 4:50

| note10 = Down on the Upside, 1996

| title11 = Blow Up the Outside World

| length11 = 5:46

| note11 = Down on the Upside

| title12 = Black Rain

| note12 = Previously unreleased, 2010

| music12 = Thayil, Ben Shepherd

| length12 = 5:25

|total_length = 59:40

}}

;Disc one

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| extra_column = Place of Origin

| title1 = All Your Lies

| note1 = '86 version

| music1 = Thayil, Hiro Yamamoto

| extra1 = Deep Six, 1986

| length1 = 3:52

| title2 = Hunted Down

| music2 = Thayil

| extra2 = Screaming Life EP

| length2 = 2:41

| title3 = Fopp

| music3 = Billy Beck, Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, Mervin Pierce, Clarence Satchell, James Williams (all credited for both music and lyrics)

| extra3 = Fopp, 1988

| length3 = 3:38

| title4 = Beyond the Wheel

| extra4 = Ultramega OK, 1988 (U.S.)/1989 (UK)

| length4 = 4:23

| title5 = Flower

| note5 = BBC session for John Peel at the Golders Green Hippodrome, Golders Green, London, England, May 14, 1989

| music5 = Thayil

| extra5 = Originally from Ultramega OK

| length5 = 3:28

| title6 = Hands All Over

| music6 = Thayil

| extra6 = Louder Than Love

| length6 = 5:58

| title7 = Big Dumb Sex

| extra7 = Louder Than Love

| length7 = 4:11

| title8 = Get on the Snake

| note8 = Live at the Whiskey A Go-Go, Los Angeles, CA

| music8 = Thayil

| extra8 = Louder Than Live

| length8 = 3:30

| title9 = Room a Thousand Years Wide

| note9 = Single version

| music9 = Cameron; lyrics by Thayil

| extra9 = Badmotorfinger

| length9 = 4:14

| title10 = Rusty Cage

| extra10 = Badmotorfinger

| length10 = 4:27

| title11 = Outshined

| extra11 = Badmotorfinger

| length11 = 5:11

| title12 = Slaves & Bulldozers

| music12 = Cornell, Shepherd

| extra12 = Badmotorfinger

| length12 = 6:58

| total_length = 52:31

}}

;Disc two

{{track listing

| extra_column = Place of Origin

| title1 = Jesus Christ Pose

| note1 = Live

| music1 = Cameron, Cornell, Shepherd, Thayil

| extra1 = "Black Hole Sun" single B-side, 1994; originally from Badmotorfinger

| length1 = 7:13

| title2 = Birth Ritual

| music2 = Cornell, Cameron, Thayil

| extra2 = Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

| length2 = 6:04

| title3 = My Wave

| music3 = Cornell, Thayil

| extra3 = Superunknown

| length3 = 5:15

| title4 = Superunknown

| music4 = Cornell, Thayil

| extra4 = Superunknown

| length4 = 5:09

| title5 = Spoonman

| extra5 = Superunknown

| length5 = 4:07

| title6 = Black Hole Sun

| extra6 = Superunknown

| length6 = 5:20

| title7 = Fell on Black Days

| note7 = Video version

| extra7 = Originally from Superunknown

| length7 = 4:46

| title8 = Burden in My Hand

| extra8 = Down on the Upside

| length8 = 4:49

| title9 = Dusty

| music9 = Shepherd

| extra9 = Down on the Upside

| length9 = 4:36

| title10 = Pretty Noose

| note10 = Live on Saturday Night Live May 18, 1996

| extra10 = Originally from Down on the Upside

| length10 = 4:25

| title11 = Blow Up the Outside World

| note11 = MTV Live 'N' Loud

| extra11 = Originally from Down on the Upside

| length11 = 5:32

| title12 = Black Rain

| music12 = Thayil, Shepherd

| extra12 = Previously unreleased

| length12 = 5:26

| title13 = The Telephantasm

| note13 = iTunes full album download-only bonus track

| music13 = Thayil (also does lyrics)

| extra13 = Previously unreleased

| length13 = 2:57

| total_length = 65:39

}}

;DVD

{{track listing

| title1 = Flower

| title2 = Hands All Over

| title3 = Loud Love

| title4 = Jesus Christ Pose

| note4 = Original version

| title5 = Outshined

| title6 = Rusty Cage

| title7 = My Wave

| title8 = Spoonman

| title9 = The Day I Tried to Live

| note9 = Uncensored

| title10 = Black Hole Sun

| title11 = Fell on Black Days

| title12 = Pretty Noose

| note12 = Uncensored

| title13 = Burden in My Hand

| title14 = Blow Up the Outside World

| note14 = Uncensored

}}

;Bonus videos

{{track listing

| title1 = Spoonman

| note1 = Mash-up version

| title2 = The Day I Tried to Live

| note2 = European version

| title3 = Superunknown

| title4 = Pretty Noose

| note4 = International version

| title5 = Pretty Noose

| note5 = Alternate ending

| title6 = Blow Up the Outside World

| note6 = Censored

}}

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• Chris Cornell – vocals, rhythm guitar
• Kim Thayil – lead guitar
• Ben Shepherd – bass on tracks 3–12 (Single Disc), tracks 9–12 on CD1, and tracks 1–12 on CD2 (Deluxe Edition)
• Matt Cameron – drums
• Hiro Yamamoto – bass on tracks 1–2 (Single Disc) and tracks 1–7 on CD1 (Deluxe Edition)
• Jason Everman – bass on track 8 on CD1 (Deluxe Edition)
• Scott Sundquist – drums on track 1 on CD1 (Deluxe Edition)

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