Soundgarden - Louder Than Love

Soundgarden

Louder Than Love

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  • Reissue
  • Remastered
  • 180 Gram

Soundgarden's Louder Than Love arrived in 1989 as the Seattle outfit's major-label debut for A&M Records, establishing them as architects of a heavier, more visceral strain of alternative rock than their SST-era predecessors. The album marked a decisive shift toward the sludgy, riff-driven sound that would define the band's trajectory through the '90s, with Kim Thayil's guitar work anchoring songs in both psychedelic haze and brute force. It remains their most direct bridge between underground credibility and mainstream rock accessibility.

The record cycles through peaks of controlled chaos: "Ugly Truth" opens with grinding momentum before Matt Cameron's drumming locks into a hypnotic groove, while "Hands All Over" showcases Chris Cornell's vocal range across a track that balances restraint with explosive dynamics. "Gun" and "Power Trip" exemplify the album's central strength—the interplay between subtlety and aggression, with Soundgarden refusing to let any song settle into comfortable territory. The psychedelic undertones run deep throughout, particularly on longer tracks like "Get On The Snake," where the band explores textural landscapes without sacrificing compositional weight. Louder Than Love maintains tension across its runtime, rarely indulging in verse-chorus predictability.

This 2016 remaster restores clarity to the original mix without sanding down its intentional heaviness, making instrumental detail far more discernible than earlier pressings. The vinyl pressing captures the remastered audio with minimal surface noise and solid dynamic range—essential for an album where quiet passages carry as much weight as the crushes. For collectors seeking the definitive physical iteration of Soundgarden's crucial early statement, this pressing merits the upgrade.


Title: Louder Than Love
Artist: Soundgarden
Label: A&M Records
Style: Rock, Alternative Rock, Stoner Rock, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Product Type: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, 180 Gram
Country: US
Release Year: 2016
Barcode: 602547924452

Tracklist:

A1. Ugly Truth (5:25)
A2. Hands All Over (6:00)
A3. Gun (4:41)
A4. Power Trip (4:09)
A5. Get On The Snake (3:42)
A6. Full On Kevin's Mom (3:40)
B1. Loud Love (4:55)
B2. I Awake (4:20)
B3. No Wrong No Right (4:45)
B4. Uncovered (4:30)
B5. Big Dumb Sex (4:10)
B6. Full On (Reprise) (2:42)

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