Badmotorfinger

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All lyrics are written by Chris Cornell, except "Somewhere" by Ben Shepherd and "Room a Thousand Years Wide" by Kim Thayil.

Badmotorfinger
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger.jpg
Standard cover art. Some 1991 pressings opt for a yellow-green color scheme.
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 8, 1991 (1991-10-08) [1]
RecordedSpring 1991
Studio
Genre
Length57:42
Label A&M
Producer
Soundgarden chronology
Louder Than Love
(1989)
Badmotorfinger
(1991)
Superunknown
(1994)
2016 re-release
Badmotorfinger 2016.jpeg
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Rusty Cage"Cornell4:26
2."Outshined"Cornell5:10
3."Slaves & Bulldozers"Cornell, Shepherd6:55
4."Jesus Christ Pose" Matt Cameron, Cornell, Shepherd, Thayil5:50
5."Face Pollution"Shepherd2:23
6."Somewhere"Shepherd4:20
7."Searching with My Good Eye Closed"Cornell6:31
8."Room a Thousand Years Wide"Cameron4:05
9."Mind Riot"Cornell4:49
10."Drawing Flies"Cameron2:26
11."Holy Water"Cornell5:07
12."New Damage"Cameron, Thayil5:40
Total length:57:42

Personnel

Soundgarden

Additional personnel

Artwork

Production

Charts

Singles

YearSinglePeak
position
US
Main.
Rock

[75]
AUS
[76]
UK
[77]
1991"Jesus Christ Pose"30
"Outshined"457650
1992"Rusty Cage"8041
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [78] Gold35,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [79] Platinum100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [80] Platinum15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [81] Gold100,000
United States (RIAA) [3] 2× Platinum2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Accolades

PublicationCountryAccoladeYearRank
Guitar World United States"100 Greatest Guitar Albums of All Time" [48] 200645
Revolver United States"The 69 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time" [82] 200226
Kerrang! United Kingdom"100 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die"[ citation needed ]199825
VisionsGermany"The Most Important Albums of the 90s" [83] 19993
JuiceAustralia"The 100 (+34) Greatest Albums of the 90s"[ citation needed ]199948
The MovementNew Zealand"The 101 Best Albums of the 90s"[ citation needed ]200484

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