Despite favorable reviews, the album did not match the sales of Superunknown.

The title of " Spoonman " is credited to Ament in the liner notes for Soundgarden's 1994 album, Superunknown.

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

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.

The band released a self-titled album in 1993 and recorded a second album in 1995 following Soundgarden's Superunknown tour.

A second album called The 2nd was recorded in 1995 after Superunknown tour's end, but was not released until 2005, ten years late.

Upon its release in March 1994, Superunknown debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.

Superunknown achieved quintuple platinum status in the United States, triple platinum status in Canada, and gold status in the United Kingdom, Sweden, and the Netherlands.

Rolling Stone gave Superunknown four out of five stars.

Considine said Superunknown " demonstrates far greater range than many bands manage in an entire career.

" Jon Pareles of The New York Times said that " Superunknown actually tries to broaden its audience by breaking heavy-metal genre barriers that Soundgarden used to accept.

He said, " Soundgarden is pumped and primed on Superunknown, and they deliver the goods.

Two singles from Superunknown, " Black Hole Sun " and " Spoonman ", won Grammy Awards, and the music video for " Black Hole Sun " won a MTV Video Music Award and a Clio Award.

Superunknown was ranked number 336 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and " Black Hole Sun " was ranked number 25 on VH1's list of the 100 greatest songs of the ' 90s.

* Mailman, a song from Soundgarden's Superunknown.

Songs from the Superunknown is an EP by the American rock band Soundgarden.

It was released on the same day as the CD-ROM Alive in the Superunknown.

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

" Jerry Garcia's Finger " is featured exclusively on Songs from 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 (" The Day I Tried to Live ", " Black Hole Sun ", " My Wave ", and " Fell on Black Days "), a performance / special effects video of " Superunknown ", and a live video of " Kickstand ", among other things.

#* Originally from Superunknown.

#* Originally from international versions of Superunknown.

Only available on Songs from the Superunknown.

Two singles from Superunknown, " Black Hole Sun " and " Spoonman ", won Grammy Awards, and the music video for " Black Hole Sun " won a MTV Video Music Award and a Clio Award.

Superunknown was ranked number 336 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and " Black Hole Sun " was ranked number 25 on VH1's list of the 100 greatest songs of the ' 90s.

" Machine Gun ", the instrumental title track from the band's debut album, became a staple at American sporting events, and is similarly featured in many films, including Boogie Nights and Looking for Mr. Goodbar.

At the induction ceremony, the band's inner rift became apparent when Jones joked upon accepting his award, " Thank you, my friends, for finally remembering my phone number ", causing consternation and awkward looks from Page and Plant.

From the visit to Bron-Yur-Aur in 1970, the songwriting partnership between Page and Plant became predominant, with Page supplying the music, largely via his acoustic guitar, and Plant emerging as the band's chief lyricist.

In the later stages of the band's career, Page took a back seat in composition and Jones became increasingly important in producing music, often composed on the keyboard.

In the later part of the band's career Plant's lyrics became more autobiographical, and less optimistic, drawing on his own experiences and circumstances.

The band's 1994 album Too High to Die subsequently became their most successful release.

Though the band's drug use included cocaine, heroin, LSD and many others, Cris ' use of heroin and crack cocaine became so bad he rarely left his house except to obtain more drugs.

The single, " True Faith ", with its surreal video, became a hit on MTV and the band's first American top 40 hit.

Local promoter Ken Goes became the band's manager, and he passed the demo to Ivo Watts-Russell of the independent record label 4AD.

" The tour became notable for the band's in-jokes, such as playing their entire set list in alphabetical order.

Posters for SLAW were headlined " Deep Slacker Jazz " ( a parody of The Who's slogan " Maximum R & B "), which became an enduring description of the band's sound.

This new configuration became very popular in the Boston area, and by the fall of 1971, enthusiastic word-of-mouth led to the Modern Lovers ' first exposure to a major label when Stuart Love of Warner Bros. Records contacted them and organized the band's first multi-track session at Intermedia Studio in Boston.

The Remain in Light album's lead single, " Once in a Lifetime ", became a Top 20 hit in the UK but initially failed to make an impression upon its release in the band's own country.

After Strummer's departure, the remaining seven Pogues recorded Waiting for Herb, which contained the band's third and final top twenty single, " Tuesday Morning ", which became their best-selling single internationally.

The band's early albums, Rattus Norvegicus, No More Heroes and Black and White were highly successful with the record-buying public and singles such as " Peaches ", " Something Better Change " and " No More Heroes " became instant punk classics.

Andrew Loog Oldham, a former publicist of the Beatles, became the band's manager, but his age of nineteen-younger than any of the band-made it impossible for him to hold an agent's license.

" Boss of Me " became the band's second top-40 hit in the UK which they performed on long running UK television programme Top of the Pops, and in 2002, won the duo a Grammy Award.

Hüsker Dü also influenced the band's music ; The Replacements began playing faster and became more influenced by hardcore punk.

A new song from the album, " Eardrum Buzz ", became the band's biggest charting single.

According to the band's biography, the drug was prescribed to him as a teenager during his parents ' divorce but he was never withdrawn from the drug and became dependent on it.

With the sound moving away from punk rock, the band's rockabilly influence became even more noticeable, along with some new elements: funk on the track " True Love pt.

Furthermore, a group impersonating Fleetwood Mac ( which later became Stretch ) was touring the United States with encouragement from the band's manager, Clifford Davis.

Among Nicks's contributions to Rumours was " Dreams ", which became the band's only Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit single to date.

The album also featured one of the band's heaviest songs, Brian May's " Tie Your Mother Down ", which became a staple of their live shows.

With The Miracle, the band's songwriting became more collaborative, and they vowed to credit the final product only to Queen as a group.