A-Sides

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A-Sides
A-Sides cover
Greatest hits by Soundgarden
Released November 4, 1997
Recorded 1987–1996
Genre Alternative metal, alternative rock, grunge
Length 79:10
Label A&M
Producer Michael Beinhorn, Drew Canulette, Terry Date, Adam Kasper, Soundgarden
Professional reviews
Soundgarden chronology
Down on the Upside
(1996)		 A-Sides
(1997)
Singles from A-Sides
  1. "Bleed Together"
    Released: November 1997

A-Sides is a best-of album by Soundgarden with songs spanning the band's thirteen year career. It was released on November 4, 1997 through A&M Records.

Contents

[edit] Overview

It was released in 1997 on A&M Records and was Soundgarden's last album. It debuted at number 63 on the Billboard 200 chart. It has since sold over 500,000 copies in the United States and over 700,000 copies worldwide, but has not yet been certified by the RIAA.

It contains one song absent from previous albums ("Bleed Together") which appeared on import copies of the "Burden in My Hand" single. Interestingly, the opening track "Nothing to Say" was originally not an A-side. It appeared as the B-side to the band's first single "Hunted Down" on Sub Pop in 1987. Also, the 1990 Sub Pop single "Room a Thousand Years Wide" does not appear on A-Sides.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Chris Cornell, except where noted:

  1. "Nothing to Say" (Cornell, Kim Thayil) – 3:56
  2. "Flower" (Cornell, Thayil) – 3:25
  3. "Loud Love" – 4:57
  4. "Hands All Over" (Cornell, Thayil) – 6:00
  5. "Get on the Snake" (Cornell, Thayil) – 3:44
  6. "Jesus Christ Pose" (Matt Cameron, Cornell, Ben Shepherd, Thayil) – 5:51
  7. "Outshined" – 5:11
  8. "Rusty Cage" – 4:26
  9. "Spoonman" – 4:06
  10. "The Day I Tried to Live" – 5:19
  11. "Black Hole Sun" – 5:18
  12. "Fell on Black Days" – 4:42
  13. "Pretty Noose" – 4:12
  14. "Burden in My Hand" – 4:50
  15. "Blow Up the Outside World" – 5:46
  16. "Ty Cobb" (Cornell, Shepherd) – 3:05
  17. "Bleed Together" – 3:54

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Chart positions

Information taken from various sources.[1][2][3][4]

Album
Year Chart Position
1997 New Zealand Albums Chart 6
UK Albums Chart 51
US Billboard 200 63
Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1997 "Bleed Together" US Mainstream Rock Tracks 13
US Modern Rock Tracks 32

[edit] References

  1. ^ Soundgarden – Billboard Albums. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-12-08.
  2. ^ SOUNDGARDEN - A-SIDES (ALBUM). New Zealand-charts.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-08.
  3. ^ EveryHit.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-08.
  4. ^ Soundgarden – Billboard Singles. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-12-08.

[edit] External links

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