Louder than Love
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| Studio album by Soundgarden | ||
| Released | September 5, 1989 | |
| Recorded | December 1988 - January 1989 at London Bridge Studio, Seattle, Washington | |
| Genre | Grunge | |
| Length | 53:06 | |
| Label | A&M | |
| Producer(s) | Terry Date, Soundgarden | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Soundgarden chronology | ||
| Ultramega OK (1988) |
Louder than Love (1989) |
Loudest Love (1990) |
Louder than Love is the second full-length album by the Seattle grunge band Soundgarden. It was released in 1989 through A&M Records. The album was rumored to have been originally titled Louder than Fuck or Louder than Meat. In 2001 Q magazine named it as one of the 50 Heaviest Albums of All Time. Louder than Love was the last album to feature the band's original bassist Hiro Yamamoto.
- "Gun" is notable for its unusual 5/4 time signature and variable tempo, which speeds up and slows down over the course of the song.
- "Get on the Snake" was featured in the movie Lost Angels and included on its soundtrack.
- The lyrics of "I Awake" were originally part of a note written by Hiro Yamamoto's then girlfriend Kate McDonald.
- The song "Big Dumb Sex" was written as a parody of glam metal bands, who often metaphorically addressed sexual intercourse in their lyrics.
[edit] Track listing
| # | Song | Length | Credits |
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| 01 | "Ugly Truth" |
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Chris Cornell |
| 02 | "Hands All Over" |
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Chris Cornell, Kim Thayil |
| 03 | "Gun" |
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Chris Cornell |
| 04 | "Power Trip" |
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Chris Cornell, Hiro Yamamoto |
| 05 | "Get on the Snake" |
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Chris Cornell, Kim Thayil |
| 06 | "Full on Kevin's Mom" |
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Chris Cornell |
| 07 | "Loud Love" |
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Chris Cornell |
| 08 | "I Awake" |
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Kate McDonald, Hiro Yamamoto |
| 09 | "No Wrong No Right" |
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Chris Cornell, Hiro Yamamoto |
| 10 | "Uncovered" |
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Chris Cornell |
| 11 | "Big Dumb Sex" |
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Chris Cornell |
| 12 | "Full On (Reprise)" |
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Chris Cornell |
[edit] Chart position
1990 Louder than Love The Billboard 200 No. 108
[edit] Personnel
- Chris Cornell - Vocals, Guitar
- Kim Thayil - Guitar
- Hiro Yamamoto - Bass
- Matt Cameron - Drums
- Terry Date - Producer, Engineer
- Stuart Hallerman - Studio Assistance
- Jack Endino - Studio Assistance
- Steve Thompson - Mixing
- Michael Barbiero - Mixing
- Nelson Ayres - Studio Assistance
- Howie Weinberg - Mastering
- Art Chantry - Design & Art Execution
- Bruce Pavitt - Third Eye/Front Cover
- Charles Peterson - Photography
- Michael Lavine - Photography
| Soundgarden |
| Chris Cornell | Kim Thayil | Matt Cameron | Ben Shepherd |
| Scott Sundquist | Hiro Yamamoto | Jason Everman |
| Discography |
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| Albums and extended plays: Screaming Life | Fopp | Ultramega OK | Flower | Louder than Love | Screaming Life/Fopp | Badmotorfinger | Superunknown | Songs from the Superunknown | Down on the Upside | A-Sides |
| Singles: "Hunted Down" | "Flower" | "Loud Love" | "Hands All Over" | "Room a Thousand Years Wide" | "Jesus Christ Pose" | "Outshined" | "Rusty Cage" | "Spoonman" | "Black Hole Sun" | "Fell on Black Days" | "My Wave" | "The Day I Tried to Live" | "Superunknown" | "Pretty Noose" | "Burden in My Hand" | "Blow Up the Outside World" | "Ty Cobb" | "Bleed Together" |
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