Ultramega OK
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| Studio album by Soundgarden | ||
| Released | November 1988 | |
| Recorded | Spring 1988 | |
| Genre | Grunge | |
| Length | 42:05 | |
| Label | SST | |
| Producer(s) | Drew Canulette, Soundgarden | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Soundgarden chronology | ||
| Fopp (1988) |
Ultramega OK (1988) |
Louder than Love (1989) |
Ultramega OK is the debut album by the Seattle grunge band Soundgarden. It was released in 1988 through SST Records. The album was nominated a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance. According to frontman Chris Cornell, the album title was a joke conceived by guitarist Kim Thayil.
- The music video for Flower received limited airplay on MTV and helped call attention to the developing Seattle grunge scene.
- The songs "665" and "667" are parodies of the idea of Satanic content in rock music, the idea being that if 666 is such a powerful number, then the surrounding numbers must be even more powerful. "665" contains backwards messages about Santa.
- "Circle of Power" features bassist Hiro Yamamoto on vocals.
- "Smokestack Lightning" is a Howlin' Wolf cover. The end of the song contains samples of Sonic Youth's "Death Valley '69" from the album Bad Moon Rising.
- "One Minute Of Silence" is a "cover" of John Lennon's "Two Minutes Of Silence", excluding Yoko Ono's part.
[edit] Track listing
| # | Song | Length | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | "Flower" |
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Chris Cornell, Kim Thayil |
| 02 | "All Your Lies" |
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Chris Cornell, Kim Thayil, Hiro Yamamoto |
| 03 | "665" |
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Chris Cornell, Hiro Yamamoto |
| 04 | "Beyond the Wheel" |
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Chris Cornell |
| 05 | "667" |
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Chris Cornell, Hiro Yamamoto |
| 06 | "Mood for Trouble" |
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Chris Cornell |
| 07 | "Circle of Power" |
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Kim Thayil, Hiro Yamamoto |
| 08 | "He Didn't" |
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Matt Cameron, Chris Cornell |
| 09 | "Smokestack Lightning" |
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Howlin' Wolf |
| 10 | "Nazi Driver" |
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Chris Cornell, Hiro Yamamoto |
| 11 | "Head Injury" |
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Chris Cornell |
| 12 | "Incessant Mace" |
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Chris Cornell, Kim Thayil |
| 13 | "One Minute of Silence" |
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John Lennon |
| Soundgarden |
| Chris Cornell | Kim Thayil | Matt Cameron | Ben Shepherd |
| Scott Sundquist | Hiro Yamamoto | Jason Everman |
| Discography |
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| Studio albums Ultramega OK | Louder than Love | Badmotorfinger | Superunknown | Down on the Upside |
| EPs: Screaming Life | Fopp | Loudest Love | Songs from the Superunknown |
| Compilations: Screaming Life/Fopp | 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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