Jump to content

Badmotorfinger

This is a good article. Click here for more information.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Monkbot (talk | contribs) at 14:05, 25 January 2021 (Task 18b (cosmetic): eval 12 templates: hyphenate params (7×);). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Badmotorfinger
Studio album by
Soundgarden
ReleasedSeptember 24, 1991[1]
RecordedSpring 1991
Studio
Genre
Length57:42
LabelA&M
Producer
Soundgarden chronology
Louder Than Love
(1989) 		Badmotorfinger
(1991) 		Superunknown
(1994)
Singles from Badmotorfinger
  1. "Jesus Christ Pose"
    Released: 1991
  2. "Outshined"
    Released: December 1991
  3. "Rusty Cage"
    Released: April 1992

Badmotorfinger is the third studio album by American rock band Soundgarden, released on September 24, 1991, through A&M Records. Soundgarden began the recording sessions for the album with new bassist Ben Shepherd in the spring of 1991. The album maintained the band's heavy metal sound while featuring an increased focus on songwriting as compared with the band's previous releases. AllMusic considered the album's music to be "surprisingly cerebral and arty"; alternative tunings and odd time signatures were present on several of the album's songs, and lyrics were intended to be ambiguous and create imagery.

The focus on the Seattle grunge scene helped bring attention to Badmotorfinger. The singles "Outshined" and "Rusty Cage" were able to find an audience in rock radio and MTV. Badmotorfinger became the band's highest charting album at the time on the Billboard 200. The band supported the album with tours of North America and Europe, including opening for Guns N' Roses on that band's Use Your Illusion Tour. In 1992, Badmotorfinger was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance. The album was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in 1996.

Recording and production

Badmotorfinger was Soundgarden's first album with bassist Ben Shepherd, who joined the group in April 1990. Shepherd replaced previous bassist Jason Everman.[2] The album was recorded in the spring of 1991 at Studio D in Sausalito, California, Bear Creek Studios in Woodinville, Washington, and A&M Studios in Los Angeles, California.[3] Soundgarden chose to work with producer Terry Date again as it had on its previous release Louder Than Love (1989). Frontman Chris Cornell said the band decided to work with Date again seeing as the band had a good relationship with him and did not want to go through the pressure of trying to find a new producer.[4]

Cornell said that Shepherd brought a "fresh and creative" approach to the recording sessions,[5] and the band as a whole said that his knowledge of music and writing skills redefined the band.[6] Before joining, Soundgarden had been Shepherd's favorite band.[7] Compared with Louder Than Love, the band took a more collaborative approach to the writing process.[8]

Music and lyrics

Badmotorfinger has been classified by various critics as grunge,[9][10] alternative metal,[11] heavy metal[12] and hard rock.[13] Steve Huey of AllMusic said that the songwriting on the album "takes a quantum leap in focus and consistency". He added, "It's surprisingly cerebral and arty music for a band courting mainstream metal audiences, but it attacks with scientific precision."[13] Guitarist Kim Thayil jokingly called it the "Heavy Metal White Album".[5] Cornell said, "I think there's songs on the new record which are almost more commercially viable because they have that memorable feel to them, and I think if anyone expected us to come out and make something more commercial than Louder Than Love, then I'm glad that they were surprised."[14] Cornell also added that the album was more representative of how the band was live.[14] Shepherd contributed the song "Somewhere" and collaborated on the musical composition of several other songs on the album. Thayil said that Shepherd's contributions helped make the album "faster" and "weirder".[15]

On the opening song, "Rusty Cage", Thayil uses a wah pedal as an audio filter, producing an unusual guitar sound. In describing the song's guitar riff he said that it "almost sounds backward".[16] Soundgarden utilized alternative tunings and odd time signatures on several of the album's songs. On "Rusty Cage", "Holy Water", and "Searching with My Good Eye Closed", the bottom E string is tuned down to B.[17] On "Mind Riot" every string is tuned to one of several E's.[17] Soundgarden's use of odd-meter time signatures was varied as well. Thayil said that he didn't "push for weird time signatures", but rather "push[ed] to get the quirkiness out of things".[17]

Cornell said that he tried to not get too specific with his lyrics and was more interested in letting ambiguity "[create] colourful images."[18] Thayil suggested that it is "like reading a novel [about] man's conflict with himself and society, or the government, or his family, or the economy, or anything."[19] "Jesus Christ Pose" was written about famous people who exploit the symbol of Jesus' crucifixion as to suggest that they're persecuted by the public.[20] Cornell said that "Outshined" is about going from "periods of extreme self-confidence" to "plummeting in the opposite direction".[21] "Holy Water" was written about people who force their beliefs unto others.[14] Thayil wrote the lyrics for "Room a Thousand Years Wide", and said that the song is about "experience in general".[15] "New Damage" subtly criticizes the right-wing government of the United States.[22]

Artwork

The Badmotorfinger logo consists of a jagged, cyclone-like design. In the center of the logo is a triangle with the album's title, containing a spark plug. The album's cover art was illustrated by guitarist Mark Dancey from the Sub Pop band Big Chief. Thayil suggested the title Badmotorfinger as a joke on the Montrose song "Bad Motor Scooter".[23] Regarding the title, Thayil said, "It was sort of off the top of my head. I simply like it because it was colorful. It was kinda aggressive, too ... It conjures up a lot of different kinds of images. We like the ambiguity in it, the way it sounded and the way it looked."[15]

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[13]
Blender[24]
Christgau's Consumer GuideB−[25]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[12]
Los Angeles Times[26]
Mojo[27]
Pitchfork8.3/10[28]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[29]
Spin[30]
Spin Alternative Record Guide7/10[31]

Badmotorfinger was released on September 24, 1991 through A&M Records.[1] The album peaked at number 39 on the Billboard 200 album chart on February 29, 1992.[32] It was released nearly one month after Pearl Jam's Ten and on the same day as Nirvana's Nevermind, all of which helped to break alternative rock and grunge into the mainstream.[33] Although overshadowed at the time of its release by the sudden popularity of Nirvana's Nevermind, the focus of attention brought by Nevermind to the Seattle scene helped Soundgarden gain wider attention.[34] Badmotorfinger was among the 100 top selling albums of 1992.[35] Badmotorfinger sold a million copies in the early 1990s,[36] was certified platinum by the RIAA in January 1993[37] and certified double platinum in April 1996,[37] signifying two million shipped copies.[38][39]

In a contemporary review for Spin, Lauren Spencer hailed Badmotorfinger as a "garden of sound" that drew on older hard rock influences without sounding "derivative".[40] Ann Powers from Blender said, "Cornell strikes the perfect Jesus Christ pose on this sonic wallop",[24] while Entertainment Weekly critic Gina Arnold commended Soundgarden for writing more engagingly than their contemporaries, "who seldom get beyond extolling booze, girls, and cars". She concluded in her review that the record was more "stylishly bombastic rather than bludgeoningly bombastic. Tuneless heavy metal is, after all, still tuneless heavy metal, and in that department, Soundgarden are as functional as they make 'em."[12] In a retrospective review, AllMusic staff writer Steve Huey deemed the album "heavy, challenging hard rock full of intellectual sensibility and complex band interplay."[13] Robert Christgau was less enthusiastic, finding it "credible" as a metal record because of Thayil's impressive use of guitar noise but less impressive lyrically: "Chris Cornell howls on about 'lookin for the paradigm' and 'your Jesus Christ pose' (I swear, that's the good stuff)".[25]

Badmotorfinger included the singles "Jesus Christ Pose", "Outshined", and "Rusty Cage". The three singles gained considerable airtime on alternative rock radio stations, while the videos for "Outshined" and "Rusty Cage" gained considerable airtime on MTV. The lead single "Jesus Christ Pose" and its music video were the subject of widespread controversy in 1991, and the video was removed from MTV's playlist.[16] Many listeners were outraged by the song and its video, perceiving them as anti-Christian. The band received death threats while on tour in the United Kingdom in support of the album.[41]

At the 1992 Grammy Awards, Badmotorfinger received a nomination for Best Metal Performance, one of only nine full albums nominated in that category's history.[42] That same year, the album won a Northwest Area Music Award for Best Metal Album.[43] It was also ranked number 45 in the October 2006 issue of Guitar World on the magazine's list of the 100 greatest guitar albums of all time.[44]

In April 2019, Badmotorfinger was ranked No. 2 on Rolling Stone's "50 Greatest Grunge Albums" list.[45]

25th anniversary reissues (2016)

The 25th-anniversary reissue of Badmotorfinger was made available in two deluxe versions. The Deluxe Edition was a 2-CD package featuring the remastered album along with disc two consisting of studio outtakes and live tracks from the Paramount. The Super Deluxe Edition was a 7 disc package. The first disc was a remastered version of the album. Disc two had additional outtakes. The third and fourth discs were parts of a live album from the Paramount Theatre, and a DVD of the same show was included as the fifth disc. A DVD featuring the video compilation Motorvision (also at the Paramount) with bonus live videos included was on the sixth disc. The seventh disc is the album mixed in Blu-ray Audio 5.1 Surround Sound. The Super Deluxe Edition was packaged with various extras and the first 1,000 people to pre-order it received an exclusive re-issue of the "Jesus Christ Pose" single on 7" vinyl. A 2-LP gatefold of the album was also made available, along with a limited edition of 1,000 2-LP gatefold on silver vinyl.[46]

The Badmotorfinger reissue was created using a backup digital audio tape safety copy, as the original master tapes for the album were damaged or destroyed in the 2008 Universal Studios fire, which affected the label group's tape vault and had purportedly destroyed material from hundreds of other recording artists.[47] According to an August 2019 court filing by UMG, made in a class action lawsuit that Soundgarden and other artists had brought against the label as a result of the fire, the band were made aware in May 2015 that the original half-inch master tape of Badmotorfinger had been destroyed and was unavailable for use on the remaster project.[47]

Tour

Following the release of Badmotorfinger, Soundgarden went on a tour in North America during October and November 1991.[14] Following this tour, the band was selected by Guns N' Roses for an opening slot on their Use Your Illusion Tour.[48] After finishing their tour with Guns N' Roses, Soundgarden took a slot opening for Skid Row in North America in February 1992 on the band's Slave to the Grind tour.[49] Soundgarden then headed to Europe for a month-long headlining theater tour[6] before returning to tour in the United States.[6] Soundgarden rejoined Guns N' Roses as part of the Use Your Illusion Tour in the summer of 1992 for a tour of Europe along with fellow opening act Faith No More.[6] Regarding the time spent opening for Guns N' Roses, Cornell said, "It wasn't a whole lot of fun going out in front of 40,000 people for 35 minutes every day. Most of them hadn't heard our songs and didn't care about them. It was a bizarre thing."[41] The band would go on to play the 1992 Lollapalooza tour with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pearl Jam, among others.[50] The band later released Motorvision, which was filmed at the Paramount Theatre in 1992.[51]

Track listing

Original release

All tracks are written by Chris Cornell, except where noted

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Rusty Cage"  4:26
2."Outshined"  5:10
3."Slaves & Bulldozers" Cornell, Ben Shepherd6:55
4."Jesus Christ Pose" Matt Cameron, Cornell, Shepherd, Kim Thayil5:50
5."Face Pollution" Shepherd2:23
6."Somewhere"ShepherdShepherd4:20
7."Searching with My Good Eye Closed"  6:31
8."Room a Thousand Years Wide"ThayilCameron4:05
9."Mind Riot"  4:49
10."Drawing Flies" Cameron2:26
11."Holy Water"  5:07
12."New Damage" Thayil, Cameron5:40
Total length:57:42
2016 deluxe edition disc 2 (Studio Outtakes & Live at the Paramount)
No.TitleLength
1."Rusty Cage" (studio outtake) 
2."Outshined" (studio outtake) 
3."Slaves & Bulldozers" (studio outtake) 
4."Jesus Christ Pose" (studio outtake) 
5."Face Pollution" (studio outtake) 
6."Somewhere" (studio outtake) 
7."Room a Thousand Years Wide" (studio outtake) 
8."Holy Water" (studio outtake) 
9."New Damage" (with Brian May) 
10."Searching with My Good Eye Closed" (live at the Paramount) 
11."Drawing Flies" (live at the Paramount) 
12."Face Pollution" (live at the Paramount) 
13."Rusty Cage" (live at the Paramount) 
14."Outshined" (live at the Paramount) 
15."Mind Riot" (live at the Paramount) 
16."Jesus Christ Pose" (live at the Paramount) 
2016 super deluxe edition disc 2 (Studio Outtakes)
No.TitleLength
1."Rusty Cage" (studio outtake) 
2."Outshined" (studio outtake) 
3."Slaves & Bulldozers" (studio outtake) 
4."Jesus Christ Pose" (studio outtake) 
5."Face Pollution" (studio outtake) 
6."Somewhere" (studio outtake) 
7."Searching with My Good Eye Closed" (studio outtake) 
8."Room a Thousand Years Wide" (studio outtake) 
9."Drawing Flies" (studio outtake) 
10."Holy Water" (studio outtake) 
11."Cold Bitch" (studio outtake) 
12."She's a Politician" (studio outtake) 
13."Black Rain" (studio outtake) 
14."Birth Ritual" (studio outtake) 
15."Blind Dogs" (studio outtake) 
16."New Damage" (with Brian May) 
2016 super deluxe edition disc 3 (Live at the Paramount – Part 1)
No.TitleLength
1."Searching with My Good Eye Closed" 
2."Hands All Over" 
3."Drawing Flies" 
4."Room a Thousand Years Wide" 
5."Gun" 
6."Flower" 
7."Little Joe" 
8."Big Dumb Sex" 
9."Face Pollution" 
10."Incessant Mace" 
11."Rusty Cage" 
2016 super deluxe edition disc 4 (Live at the Paramount – Part 2)
No.TitleLength
1."Outshined" 
2."Mind Riot" 
3."Beyond the Wheel" 
4."Into the Void (Sealth)" 
5."Jesus Christ Pose" 
6."Hunted Down" 
7."Somewhere" 
8."Slaves & Bulldozers" 
2016 super deluxe edition disc 5 (Live at the Paramount – DVD)
No.TitleLength
1."Searching with My Good Eye Closed" 
2."Hands All Over" 
3."Drawing Flies" 
4."Room a Thousand Years Wide" 
5."Gun" 
6."Flower" 
7."Little Joe" 
8."Big Dumb Sex" 
9."Face Pollution" 
10."Incessant Mace" 
11."Rusty Cage" 
12."Outshined" 
13."Mind Riot" 
14."Beyond the Wheel" 
15."Into the Void (Sealth)" 
16."Jesus Christ Pose" 
17."Hunted Down" 
18."Somewhere" 
19."Slaves & Bulldozers" 
2016 super deluxe edition disc 6 (Motorvision + More DVD)
No.TitleLength
1."Searching with My Good Eye Closed" 
2."Rusty Cage" 
3."Outshined" 
4."Little Joe" 
5."Mind Riot" 
6."Room a Thousand Years Wide" 
7."Jesus Christ Pose" 
8."Slaves & Bulldozers" 
9."Outshined" (live in Dallas 4.29.92) 
10."Jesus Christ Pose" (live in Dallas 4.29.92) 
11."Rusty Cage" (live at Roseland Ballroom 5.09.92) 
12."Jesus Christ Pose" (live at Pinkpop Festival 7.08.92) 
13."Slaves & Bulldozers" (live at Pinkpop Festival 7.08.92) 
14."Slaves & Bulldozers" (live in Seattle 7.12.92) 
15."Face Pollution" (live in Seattle 7.12.92) 
16."Searching with My Good Eye Closed" (live in Seattle 7.12.92) 
17."Drawing Flies" (live in Miami 8.22.92) 
18."Cop Killer" (live in Miami 8.22.92) 
19."Room a Thousand Years Wide" (live in Miami 8.22.92) 
20."Jesus Christ Pose" (music video) 
21."Outshined" (music video) 
22."Rusty Cage" (music video) 
2016 super deluxe edition disc 7 (Badmotorfinger Blu-Ray 5:1 Audio)
No.TitleLength
1."Rusty Cage" (Blu-Ray Audio 5:1 Mix) 
2."Outshined" (Blu-Ray Audio 5:1 Mix) 
3."Slaves & Bulldozers" (Blu-Ray Audio 5:1 Mix) 
4."Jesus Christ Pose" (Blu-Ray Audio 5:1 Mix) 
5."Face Pollution" (Blu-Ray Audio 5:1 Mix) 
6."Somewhere" (Blu-Ray Audio 5:1 Mix) 
7."Searching with My Good Eye Closed" (Blu-Ray Audio 5:1 Mix) 
8."Room a Thousand Years Wide" (Blu-Ray Audio 5:1 Mix) 
9."Mind Riot" (Blu-Ray Audio 5:1 Mix) 
10."Drawing Flies" (Blu-Ray Audio 5:1 Mix) 
11."Holy Water" (Blu-Ray Audio 5:1 Mix) 
12."New Damage" (Blu-Ray Audio 5:1 Mix) 
13."Cold Bitch" (Blu-Ray Audio 5:1 Mix) 
14."She's a Politician" (Blu-Ray Audio 5:1 Mix) 
15."Birth Ritual" (Blu-Ray Audio 5:1 Mix) 
16."Jesus Christ Pose" (music video) 
17."Outshined" (music video) 
18."Rusty Cage" (music video) 

Satanoscillatemymetallicsonatas

In anticipation of the band's appearance at the 1992 Lollapalooza tour, a limited edition of Badmotorfinger was released on June 28, 1992, with a second disc containing the EP Satan Oscillate My Metallic Sonatas (or SOMMS). The title is a palindrome. This EP includes three covers, an unreleased original song, and a live version of "Slaves & Bulldozers". For its cover of Black Sabbath's "Into the Void", the original lyrics are replaced by words of protest by Chief Seattle (also known as Sealth), which fit the meter of the song.[19] At the 1993 Grammy Awards, "Into the Void (Sealth)" received a nomination for Best Metal Performance.[52]

Satanoscillatemymetallicsonatas was reissued on purple 12" vinyl for Record Store Day on November 25, 2016.[53]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Into the Void (Sealth)"Chief Sealth (lyrics) / Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward (music)6:37
2."Girl U Want"Gerald Casale, Mark Mothersbaugh3:29
3."Stray Cat Blues"Mick Jagger, Keith Richards4:46
4."She's a Politician"Cornell1:48
5."Slaves & Bulldozers" (live)Cornell, Shepherd8:38
Total length:25:12

Outtakes

"Cold Bitch" was later featured on the "Spoonman" single in 1994, while "She's a Politician" appeared on the "Burden in My Hand" single in 1996. "Cold Bitch" was one of Shepherd's favorite songs that the band recorded.[54]

The song "Birth Ritual" was worked on during the Badmotorfinger recording sessions, but was not completed.[16] The finished version would eventually see release on the Singles soundtrack in 1992, and later on both Telephantasm (2010) and Echo of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across the Path (2014) compilations. "No Attention", which later appeared on the band's 1996 album, Down on the Upside, was attempted during the recording sessions but "did not work" according to Kim Thayil.[55] "Black Rain" was mostly recorded during the sessions, but the vocals were never completed. It was eventually finished in 2010 and released on Telephantasm and later, Echo of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across The Path. Three tracks had been discarded during the mixing process, two of which were "A Broom", and "How Should I Know?"[56]

Although the album's singles featured plenty of B-sides, none of these were from the Badmotorfinger recording sessions. A one-day recording session with Stuart Hallerman yielded "Stray Cat Blues", "Into the Void (Sealth)", "Girl U Want", "Show Me", and "Touch Me".[57] "Show Me" was later featured on the 1993 No Alternative compilation,[58] and "Girl U Want" was later featured on the "Fell on Black Days" single.[59]

Personnel

Chart performance

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[79] Gold 35,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[80] Platinum 100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[81] Silver 60,000^
United States (RIAA)[82] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Accolades

The information regarding accolades attributed to Badmotorfinger is adapted in part from AcclaimedMusic.net.[83]

Publication Country Accolade Year Rank
Guitar World United States "100 Greatest Guitar Albums of All Time"[44] 2006 45
Revolver United States "The 69 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time"[84] 2002 26
Kerrang! United Kingdom "100 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die"[85] 1998 25
Visions Germany "The Most Important Albums of the 90s"[86] 1999 3
Juice Australia "The 100 (+34) Greatest Albums of the 90s"[87] 1999 48
The Movement New Zealand "The 101 Best Albums of the 90s"[88] 2004 84

References

  1. ^ a b MacDonald, Patrick (September 29, 1991). "The Champ, A Contender, And Old Faithful Home-Grown -- The Soundgarden And Nirvana Discs Highlight The Strength Of The Local Rock Scene, Showing That The Surge Of Activity That Started In The Late 1980s Is Still Going Strong". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on May 23, 2010. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
  2. ^ Cromelin, Richard (August 25, 1991). "Fertile ground". The Los Angeles Times.
  3. ^ Badmotorfinger (booklet). Soundgarden. A&M Records. 1991.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ Harris, Mike. "Sound Saboteurs" Archived September 12, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Riff Raff. November 1991.
  5. ^ a b ""Garden of Eden" Archived February 20, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. Kerrang!. August 31, 1991.
  6. ^ a b c d Neely, Kim. "Soundgarden: The Veteran Band from Seattle Proves There's Life After Nirvana" Archived April 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Rolling Stone. July 9, 1992.
  7. ^ Myers, Caren. "Garden of Earthly Delights" Archived September 12, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Details. April 1994.
  8. ^ Linx, Anna. "Soundgarden: No Hype Allowed" Archived September 12, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. The Music Paper. July 1994.
  9. ^ "6. Soundgarden - 'Badmotorfinger'". Rolling Stone Magazine. Archived from the original on January 22, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  10. ^ "Top 10 Grunge Albums". Archived from the original on October 17, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  11. ^ Phillips, William; Cogan, Brian (March 20, 2009). Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music. ISBN 9780313348013. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  12. ^ a b c Arnold, Gina (September 27, 1991). "Badmotorfinger". Entertainment Weekly. New York. Archived from the original on February 24, 2009. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  13. ^ a b c d Huey, Steve. "Badmotorfinger – Soundgarden". AllMusic. Archived from the original on May 16, 2017. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  14. ^ a b c d "Colour Me Badmotorfinger! Archived September 12, 2015, at the Wayback Machine". Raw. October 30, 1991. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  15. ^ a b c Nicholson, Kris. "Angry Young Men Archived January 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine". The Music Paper. February 1992. Accessed May 19, 2017.
  16. ^ a b c Gilbert, Jeff. "Primecuts: Kim Thayil" Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Guitar School. May 1994.
  17. ^ a b c Woodard, Josef. "How to grow your own twin-guitar attack" Archived April 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Musician. March 1992.
  18. ^ "Sound and Vision" Archived April 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Rock Power. March 1992.
  19. ^ a b "Soundgarden" Archived September 12, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Guitar for the Practicing Musician. December 1992.
  20. ^ Magnuson, Ann. "Sub Zep?" Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Spin. February 1992.
  21. ^ Friend, Lonn M. "Heroes ... and Heroin" Archived June 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. RIP. July 1992.
  22. ^ "Soundgarden: Are These Men from Seattle the Future of Metal?" Archived September 12, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Kerrang!. December 7, 1991.
  23. ^ Superuninterview. Promo CD. A&M Records. 1994.
  24. ^ a b Powers, Ann (December 2002). "Soundgarden: Badmotorfinger". Blender. No. 12. New York. Archived from the original on February 16, 2003. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  25. ^ a b Christgau, Robert (2000). "Soundgarden: Badmotorfinger". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 291. ISBN 0-312-24560-2. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  26. ^ Cromelin, Richard (October 13, 1991). "Soundgarden Stomps and Soars". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 30, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  27. ^ Garner, George (January 2017). "Soundgarden: Badmotorfinger". Mojo. No. 278. London. p. 113.
  28. ^ Reyes-Kulkarni, Saby (December 8, 2016). "Soundgarden: Badmotorfinger". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on December 9, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  29. ^ Considine, J. D. (2004). "Soundgarden". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 762–63. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. Archived from the original on February 23, 2012. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  30. ^ Anderson, Kyle (September 2006). "Discography: Chris Cornell". Spin. Vol. 22, no. 9. New York. p. 80. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  31. ^ Gold, Jonathan (1995). "Soundgarden". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 370–71. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  32. ^ "Soundgarden - Chart history". Billboard. February 29, 1992. Archived from the original on April 29, 2016. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  33. ^ Nirvana and the Grunge Revolution. Guitar World Presents. Hal Leonard Corporation. 1998. pp. 7–8. ISBN 978-0-7935-9006-3.
  34. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Soundgarden". AllMusic. Retrieved on June 13, 2005.
  35. ^ Lyons, James. Selling Seattle: Representing Contemporary Urban America. Wallflower, 2004. ISBN 1-903364-96-5, pp. 136
  36. ^ "Q&A with Chris Cornell". Los Angeles Times. May 23, 1996. Archived from the original on June 10, 2017. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
  37. ^ a b "Gold and Platinum Database Search". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
  38. ^ "Grunge-era reissues continue with Soundgarden's 'Badmotorfinger'". The Seattle Times. November 9, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
  39. ^ "Soundgarden The Ups and Downs of Screaming Life". Exclaim!. October 29, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
  40. ^ Spencer, Lauren (October 1991). Jim Greer (ed.). "Platter du Jour: Badmotorfinger". Spin. 7 (7). SPIN Media LLC: 97. ISSN 0886-3032. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
  41. ^ a b "I Don't Care About Performing for 20,000!" Archived February 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Raw. September 15, 1993.
  42. ^ "34th Grammy Awards - 1992". Rockonthenet.com. Archived from the original on February 22, 2008. Retrieved February 20, 2008.
  43. ^ http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19920323&slug=1482554
  44. ^ a b "100 Greatest Guitar Albums of All Time" Archived February 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. Guitar World. October 2006.
  45. ^ "50 Greatest Grunge Albums". Rolling Stone. April 1, 2019.
  46. ^ "Soundgarden: 25th-Anniversary Reissue Of 'Badmotorfinger'". Blabbermouth.net. Archived from the original on November 19, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  47. ^ a b Blistein, Jon (August 28, 2019). "Soundgarden Lawyer Shrugs Off UMG's Request for Band to Drop Vault Fire Lawsuit". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  48. ^ Sherry, James. "Soundgarden" Archived September 12, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Metal Hammer. December 1991.
  49. ^ Jones, Alison F. "Pounding for Pot: Soundgarden's Matt Cameron" Archived September 12, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. High Times. July 1992.
  50. ^ Neely, Kim (September 17, 1992). "Lollapalooza '92: On The Road With the Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  51. ^ Prato, Greg. "Motorvision - Soundgarden". AllMusic. Archived from the original on October 6, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  52. ^ "35th Grammy Awards - 1993". Rockonthenet.com. Archived from the original on February 27, 2008. Retrieved February 20, 2008.
  53. ^ "Record Store Day 2016". Archived from the original on November 27, 2016.
  54. ^ Masters, Drew. "Soundgarden" Archived January 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. M.E.A.T. magazine. March 1994.
  55. ^ Genovese, Robin. "Soundgarden" Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Chart. June 1996.
  56. ^ Nickson, Chris. New Metal Crown 1995. p. 138.
  57. ^ "Guitar World interview with Kim Thayil 2014". Archived from the original on November 27, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  58. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "No Alternative - Various Artists". AllMusic. Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  59. ^ "Soundgarden - Fell on Black Days [UK #2]". AllMusic. Archived from the original on February 5, 2013. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  60. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  61. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 1974". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  62. ^ "Soundgarden | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  63. ^ "Soundgarden Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  64. ^ "Charts.nz – Soundgarden – Badmotorfinger". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  65. ^ "Soundgarden – Chart history – Billboard Tastemaker Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  66. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Soundgarden – Badmotorfinger". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  67. ^ "Soundgarden – Chart history – Billboard Canadian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  68. ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Soundgarden". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  69. ^ "Portuguesecharts.com – Soundgarden – Badmotorfinger". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
  70. ^ "Soundgarden – Chart history – Billboard Digital Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  71. ^ "Soundgarden – Chart history – Billboard Hard Rock Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  72. ^ "Soundgarden – Chart history – Billboard Top Album Sales". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  73. ^ "Soundgarden – Chart history – Billboard Top Catalog Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  74. ^ "Soundgarden – Chart history – Billboard Top Rock Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  75. ^ "Soundgarden – Chart history – Billboard Vinyl Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  76. ^ Soundgarden - Mainstream Rock Tracks billboard.com. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
  77. ^ Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  78. ^ Soundgarden - UK Singles Chart History. officialcharts.com. Retrieved Junr 9, 2018.
  79. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2017 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
  80. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Soundgarden – Badmotorfinger". Music Canada.
  81. ^ "British album certifications – Soundgarden – Badmotorfinger". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Badmotorfinger in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  82. ^ "American album certifications – Soundgarden – Badmotorfinger". Recording Industry Association of America.
  83. ^ "Badmotorfinger accolades". Acclaimed Music. Archived from the original on December 1, 2008. Retrieved May 6, 2008.
  84. ^ "The 69 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time." Revolver. September/October 2002.
  85. ^ "100 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die". Kerrang!.
  86. ^ "The Most Important Albums of the 90s". Visions. Archived from the original on October 9, 2011. Retrieved May 6, 2008.
  87. ^ "The 100 (+34) Greatest Albums of the 90s". Juice.
  88. ^ "The 101 Best Albums of the 90s". The Movement.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Badmotorfinger&oldid=1002659202"