''Songs from the Superunknown'' is an EP by the American

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band

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. It was released on November 21, 1995, through

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. It was released on the same day as the

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''Alive in the Superunknown''.

Overview

The EP is the audio-only counterpart to ''Alive in the Superunknown''.

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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 ("

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", "

Black Hole Sun "Black Hole Sun" is a song by American rock band Soundgarden. Written by frontman Chris Cornell, the song was released in 1994 as the third single from the band's fourth studio album, '' Superunknown'' (1994). Considered to be the band's signat ...

", "

My Wave "My Wave" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden. Featuring lyrics written by frontman Chris Cornell and music co-written by Cornell and guitarist Kim Thayil, "My Wave" was released in 1994 as the fourth single from the band's fourth stud ...

", and "

Fell on Black Days "Fell on Black Days" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden. Written by frontman Chris Cornell, "Fell on Black Days" was released as the fifth single from the band's fourth studio album, ''Superunknown'' (1994). The song peaked at number ...

"), a performance/special effects video of "Superunknown", and a live video of "Kickstand", among other things. ''

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'' said, "Nothing on ''Alive'' ... equals the mystery, humor, sonic impact, or imagination contained on any one of the tracks on Soundgarden's ''

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'' album.""The Mouse That Rocks"
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''. January 12, 1996.

Track listing

All songs written by

Chris Cornell Christopher John Cornell (né Boyle; July 20, 1964 – May 18, 2017) was an American singer and musician best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and primary lyricist and songwriter for the rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave. H ...

, except where noted: #"Superunknown" (Cornell,

Kim Thayil Kim Anand Thayil (born September 4, 1960) is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist of the Seattle-based rock band Soundgarden, which he co-founded with singer Chris Cornell and bassist Hiro Yamamoto in 1984. Cornell and Thayil rem ...

) – 5:06 #*Originally from ''

''. #"

" (video version) – 5:26 #*Originally from the "

" single. An alternate version, it is the one used in the music video for the song. #"She Likes Surprises" – 3:17 #*Originally from international versions of ''

''. #"Like Suicide" (acoustic) – 6:11 #*Originally from the single "

". Performed acoustically by Chris Cornell. #"Jerry Garcia's Finger" (

Matt Cameron Matthew David Cameron (born November 28, 1962) is an American musician who is the drummer for the rock band Pearl Jam. He first gained fame as the drummer for Seattle-based rock band Soundgarden, which he joined in 1986. He appeared on each of ...

, Cornell,

Ben Shepherd Hunter Benedict Shepherd (born September 20, 1968) is an American musician, best known as the bassist of the rock band Soundgarden from 1990 to 2019. Shepherd has won two Grammy Awards as a member of Soundgarden. Early life Shepherd was bor ...

, Thayil) – 4:00 #*Previously unreleased.

Personnel

;Soundgarden *

– drums *

– lead vocals, rhythm guitar *

– bass *

– lead guitar ;Production *

Michael Beinhorn Michael Beinhorn is a North American record producer, composer, author and musician. He has produced albums for Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soundgarden, Hole, Violent Femmes and Marilyn Manson. Career 1977-1983: Early Years, Material, Herbie Hancock ...

Brendan O'Brien Brendan O'Brien may refer to: *Brendan O'Brien (bishop) (born 1943), Roman Catholic archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada *Brendan O'Brien (cricketer) (born 1942), Irish former cricketer *Brendan O'Brien (journalist), senior Irish journalist on R ...

, Soundgarden -production ;Management * Susan Silver Management – management

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Songs From The Superunknown 1995 EPs Soundgarden EPs A&M Records EPs Albums produced by Chris Cornell Albums produced by Brendan O'Brien (record producer) Albums produced by Matt Cameron