Louder Than Love

Louder Than Love
Soundgarden studio album
Publication (s)	5th September 1989
admission	December 1988 - January 1989
Label (s)	AT THE
Format (s)	CD, LP
Genre (s)	Heavy metal , hard rock , grunge
Title (number)	12
running time	53:15
occupation	Chris Cornell - vocals Hiro Yamamoto - bass Kim Thayil - guitar Matt Cameron - drums
production	Terry Date , Soundgarden
Studio (s)	London Bridge Studios , Seattle , Washington
chronology Ultramega OK (1988) Louder Than Love Badmotorfinger (1991)
Single releases August 30, 1989 Loud love 1990 Hands all over

Louder Than Love is the second studio album by the US band Soundgarden . It was released in September 1989 by A&M Records .

style

In the days of Louder Than Love , when the grunge term did not yet exist, Soundgarden were often compared to Black Sabbath or Led Zeppelin , i.e. a mixture of heavy metal and hard rock , terms such as heavy rock or street metal were compared to the grunge Associated with precursors. The band said about themselves that they were “enough for anyone into speed metal , but we're heavy rock ... Neo-metal maybe.” Other influences were British bands like Killing Joke or Bauhaus . The band already used unorthodox clock schemes on the album. Thus Get on the Snake played in a 9/4 time, I Awake has 4/4, 6/4, 9/8, 11 / 8- and 14/8 clocks on.

History of origin

After the debut Ultramega OK was released on the smaller label SST Records, it had turned off some interested larger labels. A&M Records, on the other hand, thought it was a good idea to release the debut in this way and then signed the band. The album was recorded in Seattle from December 1988 to January 1989 .

reception

Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune wrote that the record was one of the most innovative hard rock records since Master of Puppets : “Even Soundgarden's hardest, loudest workouts have a subtle, sensual underpinning, an unlikely mix that makes Louder Than Love one of the most innovative hard-rock records to come skateboarding down the pike since Metallica's Master of Puppets (Elektra) in 1986. “Steve Huey from Allmusic awarded three stars out of five. He called the album a step towards mainstream metal. "It's worthwhile to sift through Louder Than Love , but don't expect consistency."

Track list

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Louder Than Love   US 108 03/10/1989 (16 weeks)

1. Ugly Truth (Cornell) - 5:26
2. Hands All Over (Cornell / Thayil) - 6:00
3. Gun (Cornell) - 4:42
4. Power Trip (Cornell / Yamamoto) - 4:09
5. Get on the Snake (Cornell / Thayil) - 3:44
6. Full on Kevin's Mom (Cornell) - 3:37
7. Loud Love (Cornell) - 4:57
8. I Awake (McDonald / Yamamoto) - 4:21
9. No Wrong No Right (Cornell / Yamamoto) - 4:47
10. Uncovered (Cornell) - 4:30
11. Big Dumb Sex (Cornell) - 4:11
12. Full On (Reprise) (Cornell) - 2:42

Web links

• Louder Than Love at Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ How Does Your Garden Grow? , Sounds, October 21, 1989.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} www.chicagotribune.com: Seattle`s Big Noise , October 18, 1989
3. ↑ www.allmusic.com: Louder Than Love review by Steve Huey
4. ↑ Charts US