So much so that it is almost embarrassing. Even allowing for a hypothetical game in which the ubiquitous likes of Black Hole Sun, Fell On Black Days and Spoooooooooonman (read: Spoonman) were removed from the tracklisting, there is still an abundance of classic songs.
It is, indeed, entirely possible to argue that. Superunknown is Soundgarden’s biggest-selling album, certainly their most iconic, and, for a great swathe of people out there, their definitive statement as a band. The finest moment comes courtesy of Tighter & Tighter: an all-too unheralded psychedelic (and mesmeric) gem in Soundgarden’s discography. As an album, though, it’s often at its most impressive the quieter it gets, with the sublime mood music of Applebite being but one example. Down On The Upside contains some of the most breath-taking and progressive songs of their catalogue: the frenetic race through Ty Cobb, the glorious disenchantment of Blow Up The Outside World, and the ragged haze of Pretty Noose. Its reputation as something of a quiet disappointment is totally undeserved. Was it the fact that it wasn’t Superunknown Part Two (and certainly not as successful as that album), or was it the fact that, for a long, long time, its legacy stood as the album that precipitated Soundgarden’s implosion? While the latter was largely scrubbed from memory upon their reunion, the fact that it wasn’t met with the same commercial or critical acclaim as Superunknown has proven a blight. The result is a more expansive, inclusive vision of pop, music that keeps rewriting its history with every beat.Historically speaking, it is hard to tell which prevailing factor eclipsed the music of Down On The Upside more. More than half the songs here - 254 in all - weren’t present on the old list, including a third of the Top 100. Where the 2004 version of the list was dominated by early rock and soul, the new edition contains more hip-hop, modern country, indie rock, Latin pop, reggae, and R&B. They each sent in a ranked list of their top 50 songs, and we tabulated the results. Ward to Bill Ward - as well as figures from the music industry and leading critics and journalists. To create the new version of the RS 500 we convened a poll of more than 250 artists, musicians, and producers - from Angelique Kidjo to Zedd, Sam Smith to Megan Thee Stallion, M. So we’ve decided to give the list a total reboot. But a lot has changed since 2004 back then the iPod was relatively new, and Billie Eilish was three years old. It’s one of the most widely read stories in our history, viewed hundreds of millions of times on this site.
In 2004, Rolling Stone published its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
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