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color: inherit; background-color: lightsteelblue; font-size: 125%;">Badmotorfinger</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Soundgarden_-_Badmotorfinger.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/63/Soundgarden_-_Badmotorfinger.jpg/220px-Soundgarden_-_Badmotorfinger.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/63/Soundgarden_-_Badmotorfinger.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="297" data-file-height="300" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Standard cover art. Some 1991 pressings opt for a yellow-green color scheme.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Album" title="Album">Studio album</a> by <div class="contributor" style="display:inline"><a href="/wiki/Soundgarden" title="Soundgarden">Soundgarden</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data published">October 8, 1991<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1991-10-08</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-udiscovermusic_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-udiscovermusic-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">Spring 1991</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Studio</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"> <ul><li>Studio D (<a href="/wiki/Sausalito,_California" title="Sausalito, California">Sausalito</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bear_Creek_Studio" title="Bear Creek Studio">Bear Creek</a> (<a href="/wiki/Woodinville,_Washington" title="Woodinville, Washington">Woodinville</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A%26M_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="A&M Studios">A&M</a> (<a href="/wiki/Hollywood,_Los_Angeles" title="Hollywood, Los Angeles">Hollywood</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grunge" title="Grunge">Grunge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alternative_metal" title="Alternative metal">alternative metal</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">heavy metal</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hard_rock" title="Hard rock">hard rock</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="duration"><span class="min">57</span>:<span class="s">42</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/A%26M_Records" title="A&M Records">A&M</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Date" title="Terry Date">Terry Date</a></li> <li>Soundgarden</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Soundgarden" title="Soundgarden">Soundgarden</a> chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="color:inherit; background: transparent; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0"><i><a href="/wiki/Louder_Than_Love" title="Louder Than Love">Louder Than Love</a></i><br />(1989) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em"><i><b>Badmotorfinger</b></i><br />(1991) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em"><i><a href="/wiki/Superunknown" title="Superunknown">Superunknown</a></i><br />(1994) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lightsteelblue;color:inherit;">2016 re-release</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Badmotorfinger_2016.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/68/Badmotorfinger_2016.jpeg/220px-Badmotorfinger_2016.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/68/Badmotorfinger_2016.jpeg 1.5x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="316" /></a></span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lightsteelblue;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Singles</a> from <i> Badmotorfinger </i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align:left"> <ol><li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/wiki/Jesus_Christ_Pose" title="Jesus Christ Pose">Jesus Christ Pose</a>"</span><br />Released: March 30, 1992<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></li> <li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/wiki/Rusty_Cage" title="Rusty Cage">Rusty Cage</a>"</span><br />Released: June 8, 1992<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></li> <li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/wiki/Outshined" title="Outshined">Outshined</a>"</span><br />Released: November 9, 1992<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></li></ol> </div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Badmotorfinger</b></i> is the third studio album by American <a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock</a> band <a href="/wiki/Soundgarden" title="Soundgarden">Soundgarden</a>, released on October 8, 1991, through <a href="/wiki/A%26M_Records" title="A&M Records">A&M Records</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soundgarden began the recording sessions for the album with new bassist <a href="/wiki/Ben_Shepherd" title="Ben Shepherd">Ben Shepherd</a> in the spring of 1991. The album maintained the band's <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">heavy metal</a> sound, while featuring an increased focus on songwriting compared to the band's previous releases. <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> considered the album's music to be "surprisingly cerebral and arty"; <a href="/wiki/Alternative_tuning" class="mw-redirect" title="Alternative tuning">alternative tunings</a> and odd <a href="/wiki/Time_signature" title="Time signature">time signatures</a> were present on several of the album's songs, and lyrics were intended to be ambiguous and evocative. </p><p>The focus on the Seattle <a href="/wiki/Grunge" title="Grunge">grunge</a> scene helped bring attention to <i>Badmotorfinger</i>, and the singles "<a href="/wiki/Outshined" title="Outshined">Outshined</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Rusty_Cage" title="Rusty Cage">Rusty Cage</a>" found a major audience in rock radio and <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a>. <i>Badmotorfinger</i> became the band's highest charting album at the time on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a>, where it peaked at number 39. The album received critical acclaim, citing the significant improvements over earlier releases and evolution in the band's sound. Soundgarden supported the album with tours of North America and Europe, including opening for <a href="/wiki/Guns_N%27_Roses" title="Guns N' Roses">Guns N' Roses</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Use_Your_Illusion_Tour" title="Use Your Illusion Tour">Use Your Illusion Tour</a>. In 1992, <i>Badmotorfinger</i> was nominated for the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammy Award</a> for <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Metal_Performance" title="Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance">Best Metal Performance</a>. It was certified double platinum by the <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">Recording Industry Association of America</a> in 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-RIAA_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RIAA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Writing">Writing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Badmotorfinger&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Writing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Badmotorfinger</i> has been classified by various critics as <a href="/wiki/Grunge" title="Grunge">grunge</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-rs-readers-poll_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rs-readers-poll-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Alternative_metal" title="Alternative metal">alternative metal</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">heavy metal</a><sup id="cite_ref-entertainmentweekly_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-entertainmentweekly-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Hard_rock" title="Hard rock">hard rock</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-allmusic_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Steve Huey of <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> said the songwriting on the album "takes a quantum leap in focus and consistency", adding: "It's surprisingly cerebral and arty music for a band courting mainstream <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">metal</a> audiences, but it attacks with scientific precision."<sup id="cite_ref-allmusic_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Guitarist <a href="/wiki/Kim_Thayil" title="Kim Thayil">Kim Thayil</a> jokingly called it the "Heavy Metal <i><a href="/wiki/The_Beatles_(album)" title="The Beatles (album)">White Album</a></i>".<sup id="cite_ref-gardenofeden_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gardenofeden-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Frontman <a href="/wiki/Chris_Cornell" title="Chris Cornell">Chris Cornell</a> said, "I think there's songs on the new record which are almost more commercially viable because they have that memorable feel to them, and I think if anyone expected us to come out and make something more commercial than <i><a href="/wiki/Louder_Than_Love" title="Louder Than Love">Louder Than Love</a></i> [the band's previous album], then I'm glad that they were surprised."<sup id="cite_ref-colour_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-colour-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He added that the album was more representative of how the band was live.<sup id="cite_ref-colour_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-colour-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Compared with <i>Louder Than Love</i>, the band took a more collaborative approach to the writing process for <i>Badmotorfinger</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was Soundgarden's first album with bassist <a href="/wiki/Ben_Shepherd" title="Ben Shepherd">Ben Shepherd</a>, who replaced <a href="/wiki/Jason_Everman" title="Jason Everman">Jason Everman</a> in April 1990,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Cornell said Shepherd brought a "fresh and creative" approach to the recording sessions,<sup id="cite_ref-gardenofeden_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gardenofeden-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the band as a whole said his knowledge of music and writing skills redefined the group.<sup id="cite_ref-neely_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-neely-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before joining, Soundgarden had been Shepherd's favorite band.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shepherd contributed the song "Somewhere" and collaborated on the musical composition of several other songs on the album, as did Thayil and drummer <a href="/wiki/Matt_Cameron" title="Matt Cameron">Matt Cameron</a>. Thayil said Shepherd's contributions helped make the album "faster" and "weirder".<sup id="cite_ref-angryyoung_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-angryyoung-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several of the album's songs utilize <a href="/wiki/Guitar_tunings#Alternative" title="Guitar tunings">alternative tunings</a>, such as "<a href="/wiki/Rusty_Cage" title="Rusty Cage">Rusty Cage</a>", "Searching with My Good Eye Closed", and "Holy Water" (on all of which the bottom E string of the guitars is <a href="/wiki/Drop_B_tuning" class="mw-redirect" title="Drop B tuning">tuned down to B</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-woodard_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-woodard-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and "Mind Riot" (on which every string is tuned to one of several octaves of E).<sup id="cite_ref-woodard_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-woodard-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are also some unusual <a href="/wiki/Time_signature" title="Time signature">time signatures</a> on the album, "Outshined" is partially in 7/4<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and "Face Pollution" is in 9/8.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thayil was quoted as saying he didn't "push for weird time signatures", but rather "push[ed] to get the quirkiness out of things".<sup id="cite_ref-woodard_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-woodard-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Regarding the lyrics, Cornell said he tried to not get too specific and was more interested in letting ambiguity "[create] colourful images."<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thayil compared listening to the album to "reading a novel [about] man's conflict with himself and society, or the government, or his family, or the economy, or anything."<sup id="cite_ref-practicing_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-practicing-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cornell said "<a href="/wiki/Outshined" title="Outshined">Outshined</a>" is about going from "periods of extreme self-confidence" to "plummeting in the opposite direction".<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "<a href="/wiki/Jesus_Christ_Pose" title="Jesus Christ Pose">Jesus Christ Pose</a>" was written about famous people who exploit the symbol of <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>' crucifixion to suggest they're persecuted by the public.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thayil wrote the lyrics for "<a href="/wiki/Room_a_Thousand_Years_Wide" title="Room a Thousand Years Wide">Room a Thousand Years Wide</a>", and said the song is about "experience in general".<sup id="cite_ref-angryyoung_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-angryyoung-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Holy Water" was written about people who force their beliefs onto others.<sup id="cite_ref-colour_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-colour-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "New Damage" subtly criticizes the <a href="/wiki/Right-wing_politics" title="Right-wing politics">right-wing</a> government of the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recording">Recording</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Badmotorfinger&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Recording"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The album was recorded in the spring of 1991 at Studio D in <a href="/wiki/Sausalito,_California" title="Sausalito, California">Sausalito, California</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bear_Creek_Studio" title="Bear Creek Studio">Bear Creek Studios</a> in <a href="/wiki/Woodinville,_Washington" title="Woodinville, Washington">Woodinville, Washington</a>, and <a href="/wiki/A%26M_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="A&M Studios">A&M Studios</a> in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soundgarden chose to work with producer Terry Date, as it had on <i><a href="/wiki/Louder_Than_Love" title="Louder Than Love">Louder Than Love</a></i>, because, according to Cornell, the band had a good relationship with Date and did not want to go through the pressure of trying to find a new producer.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One example of the innovative techniques used to record the album is that, for the opening song, "Rusty Cage", Thayil used a <a href="/wiki/Wah_pedal" class="mw-redirect" title="Wah pedal">wah pedal</a> as an <a href="/wiki/Audio_filter" title="Audio filter">audio filter</a>, which resulted in an unusual guitar sound he said produced a guitar riff that "almost sounds backward".<sup id="cite_ref-gilbert_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gilbert-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Artwork_and_title">Artwork and title</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Badmotorfinger&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Artwork and title"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Badmotorfinger</i> logo on the cover of the album was drawn by guitarist Mark Dancey of the <a href="/wiki/Sub_Pop" title="Sub Pop">Sub Pop</a> band Big Chief and consists of a jagged, <a href="/wiki/Cyclone" title="Cyclone">cyclone</a>-like design, in the center of which is a triangle that has the album's title along the interior perimeter and a <a href="/wiki/Spark_plug" title="Spark plug">spark plug</a> in the middle. Thayil suggested the title <i>Badmotorfinger</i> as a joke on the <a href="/wiki/Montrose_(band)" title="Montrose (band)">Montrose</a> song "<a href="/wiki/Bad_Motor_Scooter" title="Bad Motor Scooter">Bad Motor Scooter</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and said, regarding the title: "It was sort of off the top of my head. I simply like it because it was colorful. It was kinda aggressive, too ... It conjures up a lot of different kinds of images. We like the ambiguity in it, the way it sounded and the way it looked."<sup id="cite_ref-angryyoung_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-angryyoung-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release_and_reception">Release and reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Badmotorfinger&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Release and reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable floatright" style="width:24.2em;font-size:88%;text-align:center;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em;padding:0;border-spacing:0"><caption style="font-size:115%">Professional ratings</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:#202122;background:#d1dbdf;font-size:100%">Review scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="4.5/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4.5/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/11px-Star_half.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/17px-Star_half.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/22px-Star_half.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-allmusic_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Blender_(magazine)" title="Blender (magazine)">Blender</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="4/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-blender_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blender-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Christgau%27s_Consumer_Guide:_Albums_of_the_%2790s" title="Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s">Christgau's Consumer Guide</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">B−<sup id="cite_ref-christgau_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-christgau-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">B+<sup id="cite_ref-entertainmentweekly_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-entertainmentweekly-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="3.5/4 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="3.5/4 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/11px-Star_half.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/17px-Star_half.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/22px-Star_half.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Mojo_(magazine)" title="Mojo (magazine)">Mojo</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="4/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/NME" title="NME">NME</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">8/10<sup id="cite_ref-nme_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nme-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Pitchfork_(website)" title="Pitchfork (website)">Pitchfork</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">8.3/10<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rolling_Stone_Album_Guide" title="The Rolling Stone Album Guide">The Rolling Stone Album Guide</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="4.5/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4.5/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>Badmotorfinger</i> was scheduled for release on September 24, 1991, but <a href="/wiki/A%26M_Records" title="A&M Records">A&M Records</a> pushed it back to October 8 due to "production problems."<sup id="cite_ref-Total_F*cking_Godhead_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Total_F*cking_Godhead-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-udiscovermusic_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-udiscovermusic-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coming a month and a half after <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Jam" title="Pearl Jam">Pearl Jam</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Ten_(Pearl_Jam_album)" title="Ten (Pearl Jam album)">Ten</a></i> and just weeks after <a href="/wiki/Nirvana_(band)" title="Nirvana (band)">Nirvana</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Nevermind" title="Nevermind">Nevermind</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers" title="Red Hot Chili Peppers">Red Hot Chili Peppers</a>' <i><a href="/wiki/Blood_Sugar_Sex_Magik" title="Blood Sugar Sex Magik">Blood Sugar Sex Magik</a></i> (both of which were released on September 24), it has been credited with helping to break <a href="/wiki/Alternative_rock" title="Alternative rock">alternative rock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Grunge" title="Grunge">grunge</a> into the mainstream.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although overshadowed at the time of its release by the sudden popularity of <i>Nevermind</i>, the attention that album brought to the Seattle music scene helped Soundgarden get broader exposure,<sup id="cite_ref-Erlewine_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Erlewine-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>Badmotorfinger</i> peaked at number 39 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a> album chart on February 29, 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-peak_position_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-peak_position-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was among the 100 top selling albums of 1992,<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> sold a million copies in the early 1990s,<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was certified platinum by the <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a> in January 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-RIAA_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RIAA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The album included the singles "<a href="/wiki/Jesus_Christ_Pose" title="Jesus Christ Pose">Jesus Christ Pose</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Outshined" title="Outshined">Outshined</a>", and "<a href="/wiki/Rusty_Cage" title="Rusty Cage">Rusty Cage</a>", which gained considerable airtime on alternative rock radio stations. The music videos for "Outshined" and "Rusty Cage" gained considerable airtime on <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a>, but the video for "Jesus Christ Pose", the album's lead single, was removed from MTV's playlist amidst widespread controversy over the perceived anti-Christian message of the song and video.<sup id="cite_ref-gilbert_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gilbert-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Promotion of the song also precipitated death threats against the band while they were on tour to support the album in the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-don'tcare_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-don'tcare-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a contemporary review for <i><a href="/wiki/Spin_(magazine)" title="Spin (magazine)">Spin</a></i>, Lauren Spencer hailed <i>Badmotorfinger</i> as a "garden of sound" that drew on older hard rock influences without sounding "derivative".<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a></i> critic <a href="/wiki/Gina_Arnold" title="Gina Arnold">Gina Arnold</a> commended Soundgarden for writing more engagingly than their contemporaries, "who seldom get beyond extolling booze, girls, and cars". She concluded in her review that the record was more "stylishly bombastic rather than bludgeoningly bombastic. Tuneless heavy metal is, after all, still tuneless heavy metal, and in that department, Soundgarden are as functional as they make 'em."<sup id="cite_ref-entertainmentweekly_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-entertainmentweekly-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Writing for <i><a href="/wiki/NME" title="NME">NME</a></i>, Keith Cameron said that the band had found "a cool balance" between Cornell's "bluesy screams" and Thayil's "brutish riff powerplay" on <i>Badmotorfinger</i>, rendering the album more "stripped down, lithe and lethal" than <i>Louder Than Love</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-nme_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nme-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Retrospectively, AllMusic staff-writer Steve Huey deemed <i>Badmotorfinger</i> "heavy, challenging hard rock full of intellectual sensibility and complex band interplay",<sup id="cite_ref-allmusic_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while <a href="/wiki/Ann_Powers" title="Ann Powers">Ann Powers</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Blender_(magazine)" title="Blender (magazine)">Blender</a></i> commented that "Cornell strikes the perfect Jesus Christ pose on this sonic wallop".<sup id="cite_ref-blender_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blender-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Christgau" title="Robert Christgau">Robert Christgau</a> was less enthusiastic, finding it "credible" as a metal record because of Thayil's impressive use of guitar noise, but less impressive lyrically, writing: "Chris Cornell howls on about 'lookin for the paradigm' and 'your Jesus Christ pose' (I swear, that's the good stuff)".<sup id="cite_ref-christgau_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-christgau-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards_of_1992" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Awards of 1992">1992 Grammy Awards</a>, <i>Badmotorfinger</i> received a nomination for <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Metal_Performance" title="Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance">Best Metal Performance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That same year, the album won a Northwest Area Music Award for Best Metal Album.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was ranked number 45 in the October 2006 issue of <i><a href="/wiki/Guitar_World" title="Guitar World">Guitar World</a></i> on the magazine's list of the 100 greatest guitar albums of all time.<sup id="cite_ref-guitaralbums_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guitaralbums-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also, in April 2019, was ranked number 2 on <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s "50 Greatest Grunge Albums" list.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Buzz_Osborne" title="Buzz Osborne">Buzz Osborne</a>, whose band <a href="/wiki/Melvins" title="Melvins">Melvins</a> had a massive influence on grunge, called <i>Badmotorfinger</i> his favorite grunge album of all time, praising its sophistication and complex structures.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010, singer <a href="/wiki/Greg_Puciato" title="Greg Puciato">Greg Puciato</a> named "Room a Thousand Years Wide" his favorite song.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="25th-anniversary_reissues_(2016)"><span id="25th-anniversary_reissues_.282016.29"></span>25th-anniversary reissues (2016)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Badmotorfinger&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 25th-anniversary reissues (2016)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 25th-anniversary reissue of <i>Badmotorfinger</i> was made available in two deluxe versions: </p> <ul><li>The "Deluxe Edition" was a 2-CD package featuring a remastered version of the album on one disc and some studio outtakes and live tracks from a performance at the <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Theatre_(Seattle)" title="Paramount Theatre (Seattle)">Paramount Theatre</a> on the other.</li> <li>The "Super Deluxe Edition" was a 7 disc package: disc one was the remastered version of the album; disc two had studio outtakes; discs three and four consisted of live tracks from the performance at the Paramount Theatre, and disc five was a DVD of video footage of the same show; disc six featured <i><a href="/wiki/Motorvision" title="Motorvision">Motorvision</a></i>, a 1992 <a href="/wiki/Concert_film" title="Concert film">concert film</a> depicting the band performing at the Paramount, alongside other live performances and the music videos for the album's three singles; and disc seven contained the album mixed in <a href="/wiki/High_Fidelity_Pure_Audio_Blu-ray" class="mw-redirect" title="High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-ray">Blu-ray Audio</a> 5.1 Surround Sound. This release was packaged with various extras, and the first 1,000 people to pre-order it received an exclusive re-issue of the "Jesus Christ Pose" single on 7" vinyl.</li></ul> <p>A 2-LP gatefold of the album was also made available, with a limited edition of 1,000 produced using silver-colored vinyl.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i>Badmotorfinger</i> reissue was created using a backup <a href="/wiki/Digital_audio_tape" class="mw-redirect" title="Digital audio tape">digital audio tape</a> safety copy of the album, as the original master tapes were damaged or destroyed in the <a href="/wiki/2008_Universal_Studios_fire" title="2008 Universal Studios fire">2008 Universal Studios fire</a>, which affected the label group's tape vault and purportedly destroyed material from hundreds of other recording artists.<sup id="cite_ref-rssg_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rssg-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to a document filed as part of a class action lawsuit Soundgarden and other artists brought against UMG as a result of the fire, the label made the band aware in May 2015 that the original half-inch master tape of <i>Badmotorfinger</i> had been destroyed and was unavailable for use on the remaster project.<sup id="cite_ref-rssg_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rssg-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tour">Tour</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Badmotorfinger&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Tour"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the release of <i>Badmotorfinger</i>, Soundgarden went on a tour in North America during October and November 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-colour_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-colour-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following this tour, they were selected by <a href="/wiki/Guns_N%27_Roses" title="Guns N' Roses">Guns N' Roses</a> for an opening slot on that band's <a href="/wiki/Use_Your_Illusion_Tour" title="Use Your Illusion Tour">Use Your Illusion Tour</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After this, Soundgarden took a slot opening for <a href="/wiki/Skid_Row_(American_band)" title="Skid Row (American band)">Skid Row</a> in North America in February 1992 on that band's <i><a href="/wiki/Slave_to_the_Grind" title="Slave to the Grind">Slave to the Grind</a></i> tour.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soundgarden then headed to Europe for a month-long headlining theater tour<sup id="cite_ref-neely_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-neely-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before returning to tour in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-neely_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-neely-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They rejoined Guns N' Roses and the Use Your Illusion Tour in the summer of 1992 for a tour of Europe along with fellow opening act <a href="/wiki/Faith_No_More" title="Faith No More">Faith No More</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-neely_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-neely-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Regarding the time spent opening for Guns N' Roses, Cornell said: "It wasn't a whole lot of fun going out in front of 40,000 people for 35 minutes every day. Most of them hadn't heard our songs and didn't care about them. It was a bizarre thing."<sup id="cite_ref-don'tcare_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-don'tcare-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The band would go on to play the 1992 <a href="/wiki/Lollapalooza" title="Lollapalooza">Lollapalooza</a> tour with the <a href="/wiki/Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers" title="Red Hot Chili Peppers">Red Hot Chili Peppers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Jam" title="Pearl Jam">Pearl Jam</a>, among others.<sup id="cite_ref-lollapalooza_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lollapalooza-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They later released <i>Motorvision</i>, which was filmed at the Paramount Theatre in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-motorvision_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-motorvision-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Track_listing">Track listing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Badmotorfinger&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Track listing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236635009">.mw-parser-output .tracklist{border-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr{background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr:nth-child(2n-1){background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist caption{text-align:left;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tracklist td,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"]{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="col"]{text-align:left;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th.tracklist-length-header,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th.tracklist-number-header,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"],.mw-parser-output .tracklist-length,.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length td{padding-right:10px;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"]{font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-number-header{width:2em;padding-left:10px}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-length-header{width:4em}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr.tracklist-total-length{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tracklist .tracklist-total-length th{padding:0;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length th>span{float:right;padding:0 10px;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length td{background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);font-weight:bold;padding:0 10px 0 0}</style><div class="track-listing"><p>All lyrics are written by <a href="/wiki/Chris_Cornell" title="Chris Cornell">Chris Cornell</a>, except "Somewhere" by <a href="/wiki/Ben_Shepherd" title="Ben Shepherd">Ben Shepherd</a> and "<a href="/wiki/Room_a_Thousand_Years_Wide" title="Room a Thousand Years Wide">Room a Thousand Years Wide</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Kim_Thayil" title="Kim Thayil">Kim Thayil</a>.</p><table class="tracklist"><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Music</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Rusty_Cage" title="Rusty Cage">Rusty Cage</a>"</td><td>Cornell</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:26</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Outshined" title="Outshined">Outshined</a>"</td><td>Cornell</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:10</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Slaves_%26_Bulldozers" title="Slaves & Bulldozers">Slaves & Bulldozers</a>"</td><td>Cornell, Shepherd</td><td class="tracklist-length">6:55</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Jesus_Christ_Pose" title="Jesus Christ Pose">Jesus Christ Pose</a>"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Matt_Cameron" title="Matt Cameron">Matt Cameron</a>, Cornell, Shepherd, Thayil</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:50</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"Face Pollution"</td><td>Shepherd</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:23</td></tr><tr><th id="track6" scope="row">6.</th><td>"Somewhere"</td><td>Shepherd</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:20</td></tr><tr><th id="track7" scope="row">7.</th><td>"Searching with My Good Eye Closed"</td><td>Cornell</td><td class="tracklist-length">6:31</td></tr><tr><th id="track8" scope="row">8.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Room_a_Thousand_Years_Wide" title="Room a Thousand Years Wide">Room a Thousand Years Wide</a>"</td><td>Cameron</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:05</td></tr><tr><th id="track9" scope="row">9.</th><td>"Mind Riot"</td><td>Cornell</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:49</td></tr><tr><th id="track10" scope="row">10.</th><td>"Drawing Flies"</td><td>Cameron</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:26</td></tr><tr><th id="track11" scope="row">11.</th><td>"Holy Water"</td><td>Cornell</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:07</td></tr><tr><th id="track12" scope="row">12.</th><td>"New Damage"</td><td>Cameron, Thayil</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:40</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="3" scope="row"><span>Total length:</span></th><td>57:42</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Badmotorfinger&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Soundgarden</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Cornell" title="Chris Cornell">Chris Cornell</a> – vocals, rhythm guitar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Thayil" title="Kim Thayil">Kim Thayil</a> – lead guitar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Shepherd" title="Ben Shepherd">Ben Shepherd</a> – bass</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Cameron" title="Matt Cameron">Matt Cameron</a> – drums</li></ul> <p><b>Additional personnel</b> </p> <ul><li>Scott Granlund – saxophone on "Room a Thousand Years Wide" and "Drawing Flies"</li> <li>Ernst Long – trumpet on "Face Pollution", "Room a Thousand Years Wide", and "Drawing Flies"</li> <li>Damon Stewart – narration on "Searching with My Good Eye Closed"</li></ul> <p><b>Artwork</b> </p> <ul><li>Mark Dancey – front cover illustration</li> <li>Walberg Design – design</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Lavine" title="Michael Lavine">Michael Lavine</a> – photography</li> <li>Len Peltier – art direction</li></ul> <p><b>Production</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Date" title="Terry Date">Terry Date</a> – production, engineering</li> <li>Soundgarden – production</li> <li>Larry Brewer – production assistance</li> <li>Efren Herrera, John Jackson – assistance</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Saint_Germain" title="Ron Saint Germain">Ron St. Germain</a> – mixing</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howie_Weinberg" title="Howie Weinberg">Howie Weinberg</a> – mastering</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Silver" title="Susan Silver">Susan Silver</a> – management</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charts">Charts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Badmotorfinger&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/ARIA_Charts" title="ARIA Charts">ARIA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center">54 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada Top Albums/CDs (<i><a href="/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)">RPM</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-group=_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-group=-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">50 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_UK_Soundgarden_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_UK_Soundgarden-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">39 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a><sup id="cite_ref-ac_Billboard200_Soundgarden_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_Billboard200_Soundgarden-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">39 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (1994) </th> <th>Peak<br />position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">New Zealand Albums (<a href="/wiki/Official_New_Zealand_Music_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="Official New Zealand Music Chart">RMNZ</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_New_Zealand_Soundgarden_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_New_Zealand_Soundgarden-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">16 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (2016) </th> <th>Peak<br />position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US Tastemaker Albums (<i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th align="center">8 </th></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (2017) </th> <th>Peak<br />position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australian Albums (<a href="/wiki/ARIA_Charts" title="ARIA Charts">ARIA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_Australia_Soundgarden_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_Australia_Soundgarden-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">27 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canadian Albums (<i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">72 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Irish Albums (<a href="/wiki/Irish_Recorded_Music_Association" title="Irish Recorded Music Association">IRMA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_Ireland2_Soundgarden_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_Ireland2_Soundgarden-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">85 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Portuguese Albums (<a href="/wiki/Associa%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Fonogr%C3%A1fica_Portuguesa" title="Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa">AFP</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_Portugal_Soundgarden_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_Portugal_Soundgarden-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">50 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US Digital Albums (<i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th align="center">23 </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US Hard Rock Albums (<i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">6 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US Top Album Sales (<i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">33 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US Top Catalog Albums (<i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">7 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US Top Rock Albums (<i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">13 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US Vinyl Albums (<i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">12 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Year-end_charts">Year-end charts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Badmotorfinger&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Year-end charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (1992) </th> <th>Position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <i>Billboard</i> 200<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center">86 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Singles">Singles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Badmotorfinger&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Singles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th rowspan="2">Single </th> <th colspan="3">Peak<br />position </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:3.5em;font-size:75%"><a href="/wiki/Mainstream_Rock_(chart)" title="Mainstream Rock (chart)">US<br />Main.<br />Rock</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="width:3.5em;font-size:75%"><a href="/wiki/ARIA_Charts" title="ARIA Charts">AUS</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="width:3.5em;font-size:75%"><a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1991 </td> <td align="left">"<a href="/wiki/Jesus_Christ_Pose" title="Jesus Christ Pose">Jesus Christ Pose</a>" </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">30 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">"<a href="/wiki/Outshined" title="Outshined">Outshined</a>" </td> <td style="text-align:center;">45 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">76 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">50 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1">1992 </td> <td align="left">"<a href="/wiki/Rusty_Cage" title="Rusty Cage">Rusty Cage</a>" </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">80 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">41 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" style="text-align:center; font-size:8pt;">"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Certifications">Certifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Badmotorfinger&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Certifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Region </th> <th scope="col">Certification</th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/List_of_music_recording_certifications" title="List of music recording certifications">Certified units</a>/sales </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australia (<a href="/wiki/Australian_Recording_Industry_Association" title="Australian Recording Industry Association">ARIA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-AustraliaSoundgardenalbumCertRef_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AustraliaSoundgardenalbumCertRef-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>35,000<sup>^</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada (<a href="/wiki/Music_Canada" title="Music Canada">Music Canada</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-CanadaSoundgardenBadmotorfingeralbumCertRef_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CanadaSoundgardenBadmotorfingeralbumCertRef-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Platinum </td> <td>100,000<sup>^</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">New Zealand (<a href="/wiki/Recorded_Music_NZ" title="Recorded Music NZ">RMNZ</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Platinum </td> <td>15,000<sup>^</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United Kingdom (<a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">BPI</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-United_KingdomSoundgardenBadmotorfingeralbumCertRef_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_KingdomSoundgardenBadmotorfingeralbumCertRef-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>100,000<sup>‡</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United States (<a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-RIAA_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RIAA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>2× Platinum </td> <td>2,000,000<sup>^</sup> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align: center;"> <td colspan="3"> <p><small><sup>^</sup> Shipments figures based on certification alone.</small><br /><small><sup>‡</sup> Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.</small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accolades">Accolades</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Badmotorfinger&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Accolades"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" border="1"> <tbody><tr> <th>Publication </th> <th>Country </th> <th>Accolade </th> <th>Year </th> <th>Rank </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Guitar_World" title="Guitar World">Guitar World</a></i> </td> <td>United States </td> <td>"100 Greatest Guitar Albums of All Time"<sup id="cite_ref-guitaralbums_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guitaralbums-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>2006 </td> <td>45 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Revolver_(magazine)" title="Revolver (magazine)">Revolver</a></i> </td> <td>United States </td> <td>"The 69 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time"<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>2002 </td> <td>26 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Kerrang!" title="Kerrang!">Kerrang!</a></i> </td> <td>United Kingdom </td> <td>"100 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die"<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td> <td>1998 </td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Visions</i> </td> <td>Germany </td> <td>"The Most Important Albums of the 90s"<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1999 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Juice</i> </td> <td>Australia </td> <td>"The 100 (+34) Greatest Albums of the 90s"<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td> <td>1999 </td> <td>48 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>The Movement</i> </td> <td>New Zealand </td> <td>"The 101 Best Albums of the 90s"<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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"Fertile ground". <i>The Los Angeles Times</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Los+Angeles+Times&rft.atitle=Fertile+ground&rft.date=1991-08-25&rft.aulast=Cromelin&rft.aufirst=Richard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABadmotorfinger" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-neely-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-neely_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-neely_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-neely_16-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-neely_16-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Neely, Kim. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/articles/rs_7-9-92.shtml">"Soundgarden: The Veteran Band from Seattle Proves There's Life After Nirvana"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080419052837/http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/articles/rs_7-9-92.shtml">Archived</a> April 19, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i>. July 9, 1992.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Myers, Caren. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/articles/details_4-94.shtml">"Garden of Earthly Delights"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150912100226/http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/articles/details_4-94.shtml">Archived</a> September 12, 2015, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Details_(magazine)" title="Details (magazine)">Details</a></i>. April 1994.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-angryyoung-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-angryyoung_18-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-angryyoung_18-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-angryyoung_18-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Nicholson, Kris. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/articles/paper_2-92.shtml">Angry Young Men</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080117235648/http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/articles/paper_2-92.shtml">Archived</a> January 17, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>". <i>The Music Paper</i>. February 1992. Accessed May 19, 2017.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-woodard-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-woodard_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-woodard_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-woodard_19-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Woodard, Josef. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/articles/musician_3-92.shtml">"How to grow your own twin-guitar attack"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080418072239/http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/articles/musician_3-92.shtml">Archived</a> April 18, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Musician_(magazine)" title="Musician (magazine)">Musician</a></i>. March 1992.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/top_5_amazing_mainstream_rock_songs_with_weird_time_signatures.html">"Top 5 Amazing 'Mainstream' Rock Songs With Weird Time Signatures"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Guitar" title="Ultimate Guitar">Ultimate Guitar</a></i>. June 27, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 19,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Ultimate+Guitar&rft.atitle=Top+5+Amazing+%27Mainstream%27+Rock+Songs+With+Weird+Time+Signatures&rft.date=2021-06-27&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ultimate-guitar.com%2Fnews%2Fgeneral_music_news%2Ftop_5_amazing_mainstream_rock_songs_with_weird_time_signatures.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABadmotorfinger" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://consequence.net/2022/07/soundgarden-best-songs-list/">"Soundgarden's 20 Best Songs"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Consequence_(publication)" title="Consequence (publication)">Consequence</a></i>. July 20, 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 19,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Consequence&rft.atitle=Soundgarden%27s+20+Best+Songs&rft.date=2022-07-20&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fconsequence.net%2F2022%2F07%2Fsoundgarden-best-songs-list%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABadmotorfinger" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/articles/rockpower_3-92.shtml">"Sound and Vision"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080422023623/http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/articles/rockpower_3-92.shtml">Archived</a> April 22, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. <i>Rock Power</i>. March 1992.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-practicing-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-practicing_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/articles/guitar_12-92.shtml">"Soundgarden"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150912092919/http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/articles/guitar_12-92.shtml">Archived</a> September 12, 2015, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. <i>Guitar for the Practicing Musician</i>. December 1992.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Friend, Lonn M. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/articles/rip_7-92.shtml">"Heroes ... and Heroin"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070621002029/http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/articles/rip_7-92.shtml">Archived</a> June 21, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. <i>RIP</i>. July 1992.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Magnuson, Ann. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/articles/spin_2-92.shtml">"Sub Zep?"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070930160144/http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/articles/spin_2-92.shtml">Archived</a> September 30, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Spin_(magazine)" title="Spin (magazine)">Spin</a></i>. February 1992.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/articles/kerr_12-7-91.shtml">"Soundgarden: Are These Men from Seattle the Future of Metal?"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150912150849/http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/articles/kerr_12-7-91.shtml">Archived</a> September 12, 2015, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Kerrang!" title="Kerrang!">Kerrang!</a></i>. December 7, 1991.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation AV-media-notes cs1"><i>Badmotorfinger</i> (booklet). Soundgarden. A&M Records. 1991.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Badmotorfinger&rft.pub=A%26M+Records&rft.date=1991&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABadmotorfinger" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_AV_media_notes" title="Template:Cite AV media notes">cite AV media notes</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_others_in_cite_AV_media_(notes)" title="Category:CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes)">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Harris, Mike. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/articles/riffraff_11-91.shtml">"Sound Saboteurs"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150912121414/http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/articles/riffraff_11-91.shtml">Archived</a> September 12, 2015, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Riff_Raff_(British_magazine)" title="Riff Raff (British magazine)">Riff Raff</a></i>. November 1991.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gilbert-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-gilbert_29-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-gilbert_29-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Gilbert, Jeff. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/articles/gschool_5-94.shtml">"Primecuts: Kim Thayil"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173947/http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/articles/gschool_5-94.shtml">Archived</a> March 3, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. <i>Guitar School</i>. May 1994.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Superuninterview</i>. Promo CD. <a href="/wiki/A%26M_Records" title="A&M Records">A&M Records</a>. 1994.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-blender-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-blender_31-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-blender_31-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPowers2002" class="citation magazine cs1"><a href="/wiki/Ann_Powers" title="Ann Powers">Powers, Ann</a> (December 2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030216110221/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews/index_594.html">"Soundgarden: Badmotorfinger"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Blender_(magazine)" title="Blender (magazine)">Blender</a></i>. Vol. 1, no. 12. New York. p. 136. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews/index_594.html">the original</a> on February 16, 2003<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 4,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Blender&rft.atitle=Soundgarden%3A+Badmotorfinger&rft.volume=1&rft.issue=12&rft.pages=136&rft.date=2002-12&rft.aulast=Powers&rft.aufirst=Ann&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blender.com%2Fguide%2Freviews%2Findex_594.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABadmotorfinger" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-christgau-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-christgau_32-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-christgau_32-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristgau2000" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Christgau" title="Robert Christgau">Christgau, Robert</a> (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=xVQbszFuEGMC&pg=PA291">"Soundgarden: Badmotorfinger"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Christgau%27s_Consumer_Guide:_Albums_of_the_%2790s" title="Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s"><i>Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/St._Martin%27s_Griffin" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Martin's Griffin">St. Martin's Griffin</a>. p. 291. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-312-24560-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-312-24560-2"><bdi>0-312-24560-2</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230923095843/https://robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=3245">Archived</a> from the original on September 23, 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 29,</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Soundgarden%3A+Badmotorfinger&rft.btitle=Christgau%27s+Consumer+Guide%3A+Albums+of+the+%2790s&rft.pages=291&rft.pub=St.+Martin%27s+Griffin&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=0-312-24560-2&rft.aulast=Christgau&rft.aufirst=Robert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DxVQbszFuEGMC%26pg%3DPA291&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABadmotorfinger" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCromelin1991" class="citation news cs1">Cromelin, Richard (October 13, 1991). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-13-ca-797-story.html">"Soundgarden Stomps and Soars"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220407032830/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-13-ca-797-story.html">Archived</a> from the original on April 7, 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 4,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Los+Angeles+Times&rft.atitle=Soundgarden+Stomps+and+Soars&rft.date=1991-10-13&rft.aulast=Cromelin&rft.aufirst=Richard&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Farchives%2Fla-xpm-1991-10-13-ca-797-story.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABadmotorfinger" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGarner2017" class="citation magazine cs1">Garner, George (January 2017). "Soundgarden: Badmotorfinger Super Deluxe Edition". <i><a href="/wiki/Mojo_(magazine)" title="Mojo (magazine)">Mojo</a></i>. No. 278. London. p. 113.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Mojo&rft.atitle=Soundgarden%3A+Badmotorfinger+Super+Deluxe+Edition&rft.issue=278&rft.pages=113&rft.date=2017-01&rft.aulast=Garner&rft.aufirst=George&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABadmotorfinger" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nme-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nme_35-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nme_35-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCameron1991" class="citation magazine cs1">Cameron, Keith (September 21, 1991). "Soundgarden: Badmotorfinger". <i><a href="/wiki/NME" title="NME">NME</a></i>. 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Screaming_Life/Fopp" title="Screaming Life/Fopp">Screaming Life/Fopp</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A-Sides" title="A-Sides">A-Sides</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Telephantasm" title="Telephantasm">Telephantasm</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Echo_of_Miles:_Scattered_Tracks_Across_the_Path" title="Echo of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across the Path">Echo of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across the Path</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Videos</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Louder_Than_Live" title="Louder Than Live">Louder Than Live</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Motorvision" title="Motorvision">Motorvision</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Hunted_Down" title="Hunted Down">Hunted Down</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Flower_(Soundgarden_song)" title="Flower (Soundgarden song)">Flower</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Loud_Love" title="Loud Love">Loud Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hands_All_Over_(Soundgarden_song)" title="Hands All Over (Soundgarden song)">Hands All Over</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Room_a_Thousand_Years_Wide" title="Room a Thousand Years Wide">Room a Thousand Years Wide</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Jesus_Christ_Pose" title="Jesus Christ Pose">Jesus Christ Pose</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Outshined" title="Outshined">Outshined</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rusty_Cage" title="Rusty Cage">Rusty Cage</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Spoonman" title="Spoonman">Spoonman</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Day_I_Tried_to_Live" title="The Day I Tried to Live">The Day I Tried to Live</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Black_Hole_Sun" title="Black Hole Sun">Black Hole Sun</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Wave" title="My Wave">My Wave</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fell_on_Black_Days" title="Fell on Black Days">Fell on Black Days</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pretty_Noose" title="Pretty Noose">Pretty Noose</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Burden_in_My_Hand" title="Burden in My Hand">Burden in My Hand</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Blow_Up_the_Outside_World" title="Blow Up the Outside World">Blow Up the Outside World</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb_(song)" title="Ty Cobb (song)">Ty Cobb</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bleed_Together" title="Bleed Together">Bleed Together</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Black_Rain_(Soundgarden_song)" title="Black Rain (Soundgarden song)">Black Rain</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Telephantasm" title="The Telephantasm">The Telephantasm</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Live_to_Rise" title="Live to Rise">Live to Rise</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Been_Away_Too_Long" title="Been Away Too Long">Been Away Too Long</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/By_Crooked_Steps" title="By Crooked Steps">By Crooked Steps</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Slaves_%26_Bulldozers" title="Slaves & Bulldozers">Slaves & Bulldozers</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rhinosaur" title="Rhinosaur">Rhinosaur</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Taree_(song)" title="Taree (song)">Taree</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Demo recordings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/6_Songs_for_Bruce" title="6 Songs for Bruce">6 Songs for Bruce</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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