On March 8, 1994, Seattle rock band Soundgarden released their critically
acclaimed fourth full length album, Superunknown, on A&M Records. An
immediate No. 1 in the U.S., it earned the band two Grammy® Awards, and sold
millions of records worldwide. The record yielded such iconic tracks as ‘Black
Hole Sun’, ‘Spoonman’, and ‘Fell on Black Days’. The LP that was often
considered Soundgarden’s “masterpiece” helped redefine alternative rock
and influenced the course of music history.
This year, the band celebrates the 20th anniversary of this groundbreaking
album with special reissue remastered album in various formats.
‘Black Hole Sun’ and ‘Spoonman’ won Grammy® Awards in 1995, when the
album was also nominated for Best Rock Album. The album has also been certified
five times platinum by the RIAA in the United States and has sold around
9 million copies worldwide, making it the band’s most commercially
successful album. In 2003, Rolling Stone ranked the album as one of the
500 Greatest Albums of All Time and the 100 Greatest Albums of the Nineties.
Superunknown debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 310,000 copies
in its opening week and reached high positions on charts worldwide.
- 2-LP gatefold of the original 16 vinyl tracks remastered on 180-gram vinyl
in a gatefold jacket