Grunge Album reviews - Page 2

GenresGrunge

Core

Stone Temple Pilots

Stone Temple Pilots - Core 8.6

Album review

Grunge
Hard Rock
Rock
Core knows the value of a heavy entrance. Dead & Bloated begins with Scott Weiland's voice before the band drops in behind him…

King Animal

Soundgarden

Soundgarden - King Animal 7.8

Album review

Grunge
Hard Rock
Metal
Rock
Been Away Too Long is a fairly blunt title for an opening song. Fortunately, Soundgarden play it with enough force to make the…

Superunknown

Soundgarden

Soundgarden - Superunknown 9.4

Album review

Alternative Metal
Grunge
Metal
Rock
Black Hole Sun is an odd song to become a huge hit. The tune is inviting, the mood is deeply wrong, and Chris Cornell sounds…

Dust

Screaming Trees

Screaming Trees - Dust 9.0

Album review

Grunge
Hard Rock
Rock
Halo of Ashes has the weight of a hard-rock song and the movement of something far stranger. The guitars circle rather than simply…

Vitalogy

Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam - Vitalogy 8.9

Album review

Alternative Rock
Grunge
Rock
Vitalogy can offer a huge chorus and then immediately make you wonder whether Pearl Jam want anyone to sing along. The songs pull…

Above

Mad Season

Mad Season - Above 8.6

Album review

Alternative Rock
Grunge
Rock
Above gives Layne Staley room to sing without a heavy guitar pressing against every line. That alone makes Mad Season worth…

Temple of the Dog

Temple of the Dog

Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog 9.0

Album review

Grunge
Hard Rock
Rock
Hunger Strike is a fine reason to find this album. Chris Cornell's higher voice and Eddie Vedder's lower register fit together so…

Jar of Flies

Alice in Chains

Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies 9.4

Album review

Alternative Rock
Grunge
Rock
Turning the guitars down doesn't make Alice in Chains sound much happier. Jar of Flies proves that very quickly. This seven-song…

Freak Show

Silverchair

Silverchair - Freak Show 7.9

Album review

Alternative Metal
Grunge
Metal
Rock
Freak makes its point with a riff you can remember almost before the first chorus. Silverchair's second album is often that…

In Utero

Nirvana

Nirvana - In Utero 9.4

Album review

Alternative Rock
Grunge
Punk rock
Rock
There is a lovely tune hiding inside much of In Utero. Sometimes Nirvana let it stand in the open. Sometimes they put a very…

Badmotorfinger

Soundgarden

Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger 9.3

Album review

Alternative Metal
Grunge
Metal
Rock
Soundgarden make being difficult sound remarkably enjoyable on Badmotorfinger. The riffs turn in unusual places, Chris Cornell…

Alice in Chains

Alice in Chains

Alice in Chains - Alice in Chains 8.2

Album review

Alternative Metal
Grunge
Metal
Rock
Alice in Chains make heaviness feel strangely patient on their self-titled third album. The guitars still have plenty of force…

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