5 comments about 7even Year Itch: Collective Soul Greatest Hits 1994-2001.

1. I really enjoy that this CD is composed of some of Collective Soul's greatest hits! All of my personal favorites are on this one.



2. I have gotten several "hits" albums that I found less than impressive. This is one of the better ones I have heard and considering I have all of the other CS albums I have to say its a strong collection.
   If you are new to the band or only have 1 or 2 albums this is a strong selection to get you caught up.



3. I enjoy this band's music , this is the only CD that collects my faverite songs by this band .
   I say buy it!



4. This is a collection of the best songs by one the of the most underrated groups ever! If you have heard one of these songs, and like it, then just go ahead and buy this CD - It has all of their rocking tunes, a great introduction to a great band.



5. Great CD. Well worth the money. You will not find yourself fast forwarding through this CD.

5 comments about To Know That You're Alive.

1. most of the songs on this album were really good. now I'm one of those hardcore rock metal people, so i didn't like everything but Kutless is definitely taking this is the right direction! i love how developed the sound is.



2. If you've listened to previous Kutless albums, and then listened to this one, you'll quickly find out that their sound is different. It's still rock and roll Christian, but it has a more heavy metal sound which I'm debating whether or not I'm keen to it or not. Dying to Become, You, and I don't belong are probably the crown jewels in this album to me. Everything else is...well, not so. I like contemporary Christian music, but this pushes even my rigid standards to the edge. I'm not a huge fan of Kutless at all, but this album is decent enough to at least be jamming to on a road trip or my casual drive to class. If you like Casting Crowns, Steven Curtis Chapman and Michael W. Smith's music better than Skillet, Comatose and Red and Thousand Foot Crutch, avoid this album. I think this album marks the first and last album of Kutless I'll ever buy, at least right now. I do hear their devout message in each song, but if you want something that could be played in a church, this isn't it. I do respect them for putting God first in their music, I just don't know if heavy metal is the style to reach the world with the gospel. Cheers to the three songs I mentioned that are a nice quieter interlude to the otherwise hard rockin cafe type Christian music.



3. This was by far my favorite CD yet! The lyrics are powerful and uplifting, the music is upbeat, and the voices are awesome! I beyond highly recommend this CD!



4. Kutless has some of the best contemporary Christian music around. This is their newest CD and it ROCKS! Praising Jesus with Kutless touches my soul- just listen to the lyrics; they are JESUS, straight up.



5. The best cd kutless has made yet. they intoduce some great guitar riffs and solos(which were lacking in the past) with the usual amazing lyrics. this album just seems to mesh better and it doesnt get old.

5 comments about Into the Sun.

1. I want, no need to see this two great bands tour together. Great cd. Breath Me is a epic.



2. Candelbox is back and they're just as good if not better than their first critically acclaimed self-titled album. I wanted to put this album on the shelf after 1 go around in my cd player but found myself listening over and over again and I am still listening. If you like good ol' honest rock and roll with good guitar licks, banging drums, and solid vocals you will surely appreciate "Into thee Sun". The Cd opens up with the first track "Stand" featuring gritty lyrics and guitar licks reminiscent of "You" from their debut and rolls along to the soft and memorable track "I Miss You". Track 7 (How Does it Feel") will satisfy those looking for something harder and will not disappoint. "Breathe Me in" is a blusey rock ballad alla "changes". "Into the Sun" is a change of pace record in a sea of mediocrity. Buy it listen to it and enjoy it as much as I have.



3. After being a Candlebox fan from the begining I was hesitant to buy their new disk seeing as it's been so long since their last release, however it turns out to be a great cd. It's a little less "heavy" if you can call it that, than past cds, but song writting is great as well as the guitars. Kevin's voice still rocks too. Get it, you won't be disappointed.



4. 10 years flew by and it's like they never left. Yes it may be reminiscent of past music but that is why we love Candlebox in the first place. The bluesy riffs, the ripping guitar, the keyboards, the earth shaking drums and of course the incredible vocals that range from defiance to heart melting. Just saw these guys live at a local bar, how cool is that, and they rocked, studio quality in a live performance. I am glad they are back and really hope they stay.



5. First, I think it's pretty small-minded, and shows a real lack of descriptive language skills to feel it imperative to group artists such as Candlebox into the "grunge" category. Stop it. They were not grunge then and they are not grunge now. Grunge was a label silly record execs slapped on a handful of bands in the early 90's, all of which had very different sounds. Do Pearl Jam and Nirvana sound even remotely similar? Not to me.
   
   Eddie Vedder has long had my heart and attention as the the best, most distinctive voice in rock n' roll.
   Kevin Martin is the runner-up. He can lull you with a soft, brittle breeze and in the next instant jerk you awake with a powerful, staccato sense of urgency delivered like a surprise tornado straight to your bread box.
   
   The writing is mature and anything but shallow (THANK GOD! Don't know about you but I've had enough of the write-easy-catchy-get-money rock that's so in since 99' or so).
   
   Look, it's good. It's really good. If you know anything about them, you already want the record. If you've never heard them, but your heart is more than half an inch deep, check it out. If your favorite band is Maroon 5... you might want to pass on it.
   
   K.

5 comments about Greatest Hits Volume Two CD/DVD.

1. My wife likes this stuff. I think they are skinning live cats to music and drums. I won't be in the same house or car when it is playing.



2. Goo Goo Dolls released most of their hits on "Greatest Hits: Vol. 1," leaving the not quite so great hits for "Vol. 2," with some 80s cover songs and a demo of "Iris." The collection of videos on disc two is incredible, but after a while, I got tired of all the Goo Goo.
   
   Don't get me wrong, I love the Goo Goo Dolls. Even if radio stations don't play their really great hits ("Black Balloon") as much as they really should, the Goo Goo Dolls are a very good pop rock band. However, if anyone can imagine how nauseated they were with hearing "Iris" twenty million times on the station, they have yet to listen to the overdose of dramatic pop on "Vol. 2." All the Goo Goo Dolls' videos are on disc two, so everyone can now get their daily music video fix of John Rzeznik with this double-disc album.
   
   And if that wasn't enough, the Goo Goo Dolls even added a video of five songs from their concert at Red Rocks, Colorado. And they also snuck in a performance of "Slide" in there as well. This is an excellent collection of goodies and treats from the band.
   
   But be warned, do not try to listen to all the videos in one day. Believe me, I tried, and by the end, I didn't want to hear anymore of those pop hooks again.
   
   But the Goo Goo Dolls are still a very good band. One especially good reason to get this album is for the obscure song from the "Batman and Robin" soundtrack, "Lazy Eye." This is the Goo Goo Dolls at their best, with the loudest and edgiest performance that would even make Billy Corgan proud.
   
   And the Goo Goo Dolls play some great smashing punk renditions of 80s songs, such as "Slave Girl" by the Lime Spiders and "Don't Change" by INXS.
   
   So even though I got tired of it, the Goo Goo Dolls' fans will snatch this collection from music stores (or amazon) immediately. And I just can't resist watching the video of "Black Balloon" over and over again.



3. This is a collection of unreleased,demos,B-sides,soundtracks, and fan favorites.
   This Collection is great. Unlike volume 1 which is just their top 40 hits. It has tracks from all their releases. "Torn Apart", "No Way Out", "I'm Awake Now" and "String of Lies" are my goo songs on this record.
   Their version of Tom Petty's "American Girl" is great too.
   Then you got the DVD which has all their music videos and a live performance.
   Since the Goo Goo Dolls are past their prime they should focus on reissuing and remastering their old records, since their first 3 records have bad sound and all almost impossible to find.



4. This CD/DVD is a must have collection for all Goo fans! The CD has great rarities, including the demo version of Iris, giving the opportunity to hear the transformation of the song from first recording to the monster hit version. This is a chance to hear the history of the Goo Goo Dolls and to take a listen back through time. The DVD has all the music videos, as well as some live performances from Red Rocks last year, and is again an opportunity to view the musical transformation of one of Americas best loved bands. Awesome is the best way to describe this CD/DVD collection. Buy it, you won't be disappointed.



5. This CD is for the diehard Goo fan. If you only know the Goo on the radio then this might be a surprise for you. The songs on the radio are the ballads and pop songs which are on Volume I. When you listen to this you will notice they can rock too! There are only a couple songs that I found hard to listen to and they were the old cover songs. I knew when I bought the CD that I might not like a few songs but it still did not keep me from buying. I am glad I did. I did not care about having all the videos as the music is the most important to me. I still consider it a bonus to have them. The Red Rocks concert is great! Any fan, diehard or not, will love it! This is truely a great band and this CD shows their progression over two decades. If you are looking for the songs mentioned above in the first review, check out EOAC - otherwise known as What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art, and Commerce. That's another great compilation CD.

5 comments about Badmotorfinger.

1. it doesnt get much better than chris cornell for rock singers. and kim thayil/matt cameron are pretty much virtuosos... but most of this album sounds more or less the same. superunknown is the flawless album u want to get...then down on the upside. but badmotorfinger is still great for that classic grunge sound and godly vocals. but i dont really see it standing the test of time as well as superunknown.



2. First came out in 1991, looks to be Soundgarden's third record. Believe I caught them on this very tour as support band for Skid Row. Talk about an odd match. Their first CD with bassist Ben Sheppard. Even though I followed Soundgarden through out their entire existence, I hate to admit that I rarely pull out their music anymore to play at random. Tracks I'll always prefer off of 'Badmotorfinger' are the one-time Mtv late night favorite "Rusty Cage", "Outshined", the over-played "Jesus Christ Pose", "Searching With My Good Eye Closed" and "New Damage". Know I probably need to dig up my copy of their 'Ultramega OK' disc - that was my favorite Soundgarden title. A true grunge classic.



3. With the release of this album Soundgarden established their place on the music world map. Sure Chris Cornell's screeching wails -- which are a Soundgarden trademark -- haven't changed, but on this album the band's growth was apparent. The production and the songs are much more polished and tight, unlike on their previous releases Louder than Love or Screaming Life" & "Fopp.
   
   The Black Sabbath influence is still well heard here but the Soundgarden members step up the pace a bit with multi-colored metal melodies in the songs. Songs like "Outshined" and "Rusty Cage" are highlights on the album with their iron hitting guitar riffs by Kim Thayil and catchy choruses that mend perfectly together. Drummer Matt Cameron is a powerful contribution to the band as well as new addition bassist Ben Shepard. "Jesus Christ Pose" is a highlight on the album with it's intense fierce vocals and lyrics over razor sharp guitars.
   
   This album would appeal to any hard rock fan but Singer Chris Cornell does have that voice that you either love or hate (high-pitched and screeching). I just fell in love with him and his music.



4. How they got this down on tape is a mystery.
   
   Really, people, it's a crazed maniac on the loose -- with a roaring chain saw -- and no escape in sight.
   
   But, let me settle down a bit and concentrate -- realistically -- on one aspect of this work that must be known: This has got to be the greatest end to end, album length, vocal performance ever recorded. After what Chris Cornell put into these vocals it's a wonder that he was able to ever speak again -- let alone record more albums.
   
   It's one of those special albums that come around all too rarely.



5. When the year 1991 hit, grunge music exploded onto the mainstream with Nirvana's Nevermind, creating a brand new genre of rock music for youth to rock out to and relate to. Pearl Jam released its debut Ten, which also had everyone buzzing about the sudden popularity of these once underground rock bands. But what is forgotten about is Soundgarden and their smash record, Badmotorfinger. This album in my opinion is the most sophisticated, multi-layered piece of rock music in the grunge catalog, and maybe even rock music in general. Although Nevermind and Ten are superb albums, Soundgarden seems to explore another set of elements that none of the other major grunge groups ever encountered. This Seattle band made itself a major player on the music scene from then on as this dense, complex yet rocking album made Soundgarden into one outstanding band.

5 comments about Live 2003 (CD & DVD).

1. it's a awesome album that everyone should have , the performent on DVD , the music on CD's beautiful.



2. i bought it in october 18, its november 22, and im still waiting for it. where is it?????????



3. The rate would be a good 4,5... but the DVD doesn't play in Europe... So don't buy it if not American... otherwise music is neat, enjoy it, America.
   
   Marko Smolej, Slovenia



4. I received this product on time, and was very pleased with my purchase. This is a very good concert for those that really enjoy Coldplay and have not been fortunate enough to go to a real concert.



5. I went to a live Coldplay show and this DVD was as spectacular as the live show!! I reccomend this to any Coldpay fan or anyone that is a fan of live music. ENJOY!!

5 comments about Blackbird.

1. The album is good. I liked half of the songs, and Amazon's MP3 option was nice to build my own album out of them.
   
   The lead vocal's voice is incredibly strong. When they find the right song, it's magic. However, some of the songs don't sound very tight. They need just a little something to make the vocals and the rest of the band connect. The guitar work is simply amazing, and if you like guitar playing, look no further. They definitely went with more of a hard rock sound, and it's something that I kinda miss.
   
   It sounds like they are trying to find themselves their own sound, and they'll be amazing once they do.



2. I was perfectly content to ignore Alter Bridge. I really disliked Creed, so I figured there was no reason to bother with a band that features a bunch of former Creed guys. Then I read that an Amazon Friend whose opinion I trust absolutely loved the album. I wasn't convinced by the samples I heard, but the seed was definitely planted in my head, so when I ran across a copy of Blackbird in the cutout bin at a local record show, I decided to part with a couple dollars and see what the fuss was all about.
   
   Apparently my issues with Creed had a lot to do with their frontman, because Alter Bridge's sound grabbed right from the first song. It's melodic and radio-friendly, but there's definitely some muscle in these songs. In fact, songs like White Knuckles and Buried Alive are about as heavy as anything Black Stone Cherry (check them out, you'll thank me later) have to offer. By and large the songs on Blackbird are really tight, completely rocking, and have great hooks and melodies. The vocals are a lot more compelling than Creed's. I did hear that dreary, post-alternative, Creed sound on the slow song Watch Over You, but thankfully that proved to be the exception rather than the rule.
   
   The bottom line is that Blackbird rocks. I still don't like Creed, but hearing this Alter Bridge album has made me reassess my belief that modern mainstream rock has nothing to offer.



3. When I heard about Alter Bridge, of course I was eager to check them out because....[Looks around nervously.] Okay, I admit it. I'm a Creed fan. There. I said it. Anyway, Scott Stapp was only one member of the group, and I was sure that the others had made equal or greater contributions. Unfortunately, I didn't think One Day Remains really demonstrated that. For one thing, love him or hate him, Stapp had presence. I didn't really feel Myles Kennedy did. There are really only a few tracks I listen to from One Day Remains with any regularity ("Find the Real," "Open Your Eyes," "Watch Your Words"). (Admittedly, they're really, really good.)
   
   Then this album came along. Right off the bat, it just sounded right on. I really don't know how else to describe it. Everything really clicks on this one. Somehow, Kennedy found that presence I had thought lacking, and everyone else stepped up their game accordingly. Tremonti's riffs are more memorable and his solos more impressive. Scott Phillips's drumming is more intricate. (I'm never good at picking out bass guitar parts, so I don't really know what to say about Brian Marshall. I do give him props, though, for listing Tool's Justin Chancellor as an influence and Faith No More's Angel Dust as one of his top five favorite albums.)
   
   While there may be a few tracks I tend to skip, the overwhelming majority of this album just blows me away every time I listen to it. I struggle to say whether or not this album is superior to any of Creed's, but I'm really leaning towards yes. I suppose time will tell. All I know is that, right now, I can't get enough of this.
   
   Favorite tracks: "Come To Life," "Buried Alive," and "White Knuckles."



4. The rating says it all. There's very few bands out there that can do what they do and create the sound that they create.



5. Well we all couldn't agree more that Marks guitar skills have blown off the roof since the good ol' Creed days!! Not that I disliked Creed, they were a gr8 band in their own right.. but AB is a complete different monster altogether! Unlike most Copycat Rock bands out there today, these guys actually maintain their originality!! Myles vocals are amazing & completely fit right in!! Almost as if this band was destined to be! This album is just the beginning... I'm sure with each album these guys will sound better & better & better! For all u metal heads out there.. pick this up blindly.. you will not regret it!! Cheers!

5 comments about Secrets.

1. I was really surprised by this album. I didn't have high expectations, but the instrumental work is fabulous and her voice works very well on nearly every vocal track. Great stuff, I'd definitely recommend it.



2. Thanks to Amazon I listened to snippets of this album and recognized a voice very much akin to Alison Krauss and also a tremendous mandolin player. Then I dug deeper and found out many members of Union Station were guests on and produced the album. And then, I discovered that talent was still in her teens and I was blown away! Every song is a keeper and to think this young lady will only get better as time goes by is just down right scary!!! This CD has none of that first-timer feel to it at all. Be part of a legend in the making and buy this magnificent work.Secrets



3. There is not one song on this album that I dislike. This is the first album in a long long time where I have enjoyed every single song. This girl is very talented. Not only can she play the varnish off a mando but has the voice of an angel.



4. I never considered myself a fan of Bluegrass as a genre but it has slowly crept into my collection. Sierra's album has definitely won a place there. Her talents are revealed through this album. Every track is delightful -- hard to pick a favorite!
   I would recommend this album to anyone who loves music. She will reach out with her mandolin and touch your soul. A lovely young woman with a lovely voice--can't wait to hear more!



5. She is one of the best of the new generation bluegrass artists. Her style of playing and the pure, on pitch voice is a joy to hear. I really liked the last track for its simple, clear style. She will only get better as she matures. A must have, especially if you like good mandolin playing!

5 comments about Come Clean.

1. I was very satisfied with my purchase. It arrived promptly and in excellent condition. I would definitely buy from them again.



2. Lighten up people. This isn't meant to be more than what it is. Radio friendly rock. A lot of people still like the 90's sound and POM does a nice job continuing the tradition. Besides some unneeded reliance on f-bombs the songs rock. Blurry is sing along rock song that gets pop radio play, and Drift and Die is just plain awesome.



3. Puddle of Mudd really does sound like everyone else out there, which really is disappointing!! I thought She Hates Me was fun...and Psycho too...but then the rest of the clips could all just be the same song, ya know?? It's getting old, boys...



4. Wow - you all know your grunge music history. Congratulations on achieving such vast musical knowledge, in general. Now, please shut up and stop trying to make other people feel ignorant or uncool because they happen to like Puddle Of Mudd. Being a reformed "music snob" myself, I have now reached a point where I'm over with dissecting every band and its songs until I am incapable of enjoying the music. Certainly, Puddle Of Mudd has its flaws, but isn't that true of any other band? Don't they all rip somebody off? All of us "old people" don't need to flaunt our age by growling ferociously while protectively clutching our collections of grunge cds every time some new, green talent presents their offerings. I consider Puddle Of Mudd to be fluffy and fun to sing along to in the car sometimes. And that's good enough for me.



5. I am 36, and I don't understand why so many people hate this cd! I love it! Maybe because I was never a huge Nirvana fan? I don't think Wes can help the fact that his voice sounds like Kurt...if he was "trying", he probably would have slipped up by now and reverted to his own voice. Could it be a curse that he does have such a similar voice to someone who was so idolized? I love the song "Control"...especially the acoustic version, and anyone who doesn't like it was obviously never in a relationship that involved any sort of internal struggle..."Blurry" was a huge song for them, everyone loved it, "she hates me" is just plain fun...lighten up guys...music is FUN! When we saw them live, they dove in to "summer lovin" from the movie Grease, and it was awesomely funny. I love "never change" and "said"...I don't expect Puddle of Mudd to sound perfected and polished. I love their rawness, and I love the gruff twang of Wes' voice. I saw them live and liked them so much I got tickets for the show the next night...Now their NEW cd....not quite as good...In MY opinion. Much more fluffy nonsense, much less depth of lyrics.

5 comments about Down on the Upside.

1. This is Soundgarden's final album and I can see why. It is depressing to see the final album of a band that had a good run from Ultramega OK, Louder Than Love, Badmotorfinger, and Superunknown, end their career together with this downer of an album.
   
   Pretty Noose, the first single is a very energetic song but that song is contrasted by the rest of the album (except Ty Cobb) that is basically an interview to be admitted into a depression clinic. The songs are heavily produced and they seem like they were written by the band on the fly. Kim Thayill is let loose and his sonic guitar wizardry almost hurts ones ears because of it's random character. Contrast this album with Superunknown where Kim was held in check and the band sounds a lot better.
   
   If you are a Soundgarden fanatic and you must have all of their albums then pick this up and enjoy the band unraveling before your eyes. If you're a casual fan of Soundgarden and don't have any of their albums yet I suggest picking up Superunknown or Badmotorfinger first to get a sense of what these guys are really capable of.



2. An incredibly underrated record. Of course, there's no way it can compare to the double-play of the last two records, but that isn't for lack of trying. It's as ambitious as anything else the group's ever done, and it's got a lot of my favorite Soundgarden tracks: the radio-ready rocker "Pretty Noose", which nonetheless is an intelligent summary of the group's last two records; the complex funk-metal "Rhinosaur"; the Pearl Jam-like power ballads "Zero Chance"; the moody, acoustic "Dusty", the slow, trippy, almost Beatlesque "Blow up the Outside World" (the best song on the album, by the way - guitar solo, chorus, cool vocal effect in the verses, and that Beatles sound that I love because the Beatles OWN), and the mellow folk-grunge combo "Burden in My Hand", as well as some other good stuff, like the psychedelic dirges "Applebite", "Overflow" and "Tighter and Tighter". However, there is a ton of underwritten punk here ("Never Named", "Ty Cobb", with a stupid banjo; "Never the Machine Forever"; "No Attention"), and it seems like they've caught U2 Frontloading syndrome - all the absolute best tracks are found within the first eight songs. Plus I don't know what they were going for with "Boot Camp", but they struck out regardless. Despite all that, this still stands as one of Soundgarden's better records, and probably the last significant album of the grunge boom.



3. In my mind this is the album that closed the door on the grunge thing entirely, and may possibly be the last time a current band released an album that I sprung out to get. Oh, the days when radio music was still cool. Over and over I hear this album compared to the prior release, and whatnot. But some of you need to realize that this album was released in '96, and to many it was a whole different world than it was two years earlier when that previous record was released. Alternative rock had blazed and now was blazing out to move foward into other territories, but in the summer of that year it was like all the bands that helped it flourish put out some of their best ( even if slightly different) music; just to tip their hat to the whole scene. And is one of the fondest summers music-wise that I can remember.
   
   Soundgarden released late in May with this gem... DOWN ON THE UPSIDE... which included some familiar grunge stuff for sure, but also took on some new territory, with the light sounding BURDEN IN MY HAND, rocked the F out with the killer BLOW UP THE OUTSIDE WORLD (which was amazing when I first watched it on MTV...ssssh, yes I did enjoy MTV once) and even got into some of that early nineties confusion/metal rock that they had slugged out earlier in the decade with tunes like TY COBB. This was a pretty solid Soundarden release for sure, unfortunately still, was also their last... but don't dwell, just put this on, and understand that for a brief moment in the nineties, rock music had reigned supreme once again, even in '96 as it was going down, it was going down on the upside.



4. No this isn't the "Superunknown", like every other follow up album that comes after the best album of your career everyone wants compare it to the previous album.
   Instead people should judge this album on it own merits, don't get me wrong I think the "Superunknown" is probably one of if not the best album of the 90's.
   But I also think this album is a good change of pace, it would get old if they made every album sound like the "Superunknown".
   I think if your going to listen to this album keep a open mind and don't compare it to the "Superunknown"!!
   I rate this album a 8 from 1to10!!



5. Soundgarden was the band that never quite got the props it deserved, and like the cover depicts on their final album, which was released in 1996, they often ended up in the shadows compared to Seattle Grungenauts Pearl Jam and Nirvana.
   
   The Heavy LP "Badmotorfinger" and the breakout album "Superunknown" will always be the feathers in their hat, but for some reason there is still so much to be said about "Down on the upside", which was released at the end of the band's tenure. Vocalist Chris Cornell would later go on to release two solo albums, and in between those releases form the band Audioslave with former members of Rage Against the Machine. Cornell's efforts towards this CD was to get into a more sonic and ethereal approach, to further push away from heavy riffs and dark, moody lyrics and atmospheres that made the albums Badmotorfinger and Superunknown popular with millions of fans.
   
   The result is an album that contains a nice dose of everything the band could offer, with sixteen tracks that range in style and substance. Take for instance, songs like "Pretty Noose", "Rhinosaur" and "Dusty" which incorporate bombastic openings and dynamite guitars, with Dusty being a slower, more reflective song of the three. The recognizable radio friendly singles found on the album are "Blow up the outside world" and "Burden in my hand" which has the signature opening lyrics of "Follow me into the desert, as thirsty as you are". Pretty Noose, which was mentioned earlier, was also a popular single at the time of the albums release. Tracks like "Ty Cobb" and "Never Named" are a trip, rocketing on a fast pace with almost humorous, light feelings to them.
   
   The track "Applebite" is probably one of the least heard tracks from the band, and yet it is such a timeless one, with semi-haunting guitar tones and a soft, slow atmosphere that has Cornell's vocals at practically a whisper, where normally they are a signature volume of a much higher level and intensity. Parts of this song, and I mean just parts, might remind one of a Doors song like "The End" or a psychedelic instrumental from Pink Floyd in the late sixties. That is not to compare the talents and achievements of those bands to Soundgarden, but to show more how differing this band could be at times. No track listing they ever did was as varied as this one, and yet there is not a single track on the entire album that can be viewed as weak, not belonging or filler.
   
   At times when bands are on the verge of breaking up, they tend to concentrate more on instrumental noodling instead of tight, focused lyrically based tracks. The Van Halen album Balance was evident with this with its three quickly thrown in instrumental tracks. With Soundgarden's swan song, The track "Tighter and Tighter" has vocals, but seems to drone on more in the spirit of Applebite more than say, the catchy toe-tapping beat of "Spoonman" (from the album Superunknown).
   
   The final song of the sixteen song track listing is called Boot Camp, and it has a great emotional undertone to it that is also mixed in with a nice groove, and it is here that we hear perhaps a little bit of that Led Zeppelin influence that the band was labeled with so long ago. Down on the upside was really the end of an era, but in many ways the beginning of something else. Soundgarden will always remain one of the more under appreciated bands to emerge from the grunge days, but some fans would like to think this band, and this album, had a lot more going for it to be put into any particular label or slot.