UMe Will Release Soundgarden's 'Louder Than Love' LP Vinyl Edition of 'Down On The Upside'

Seattle group Soundgarden launched a musical transformation that inspired a generation while permanently redefining alternative and hard rock music.

Coming on the heels of the 20th anniversary deluxe re-release of their chart-topping, five-times-platinum 1994 album, Superunknown, and a three-CD rarities collection, Echo Of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across The Path, Soundgarden will re-release a standard single LP vinyl of their second full-length studio album, 1989's Louder Than Love as well as a two-LP 180-gram vinyl 20th anniversary reissue of their seminal 1996 album, Down on the Upside.

Soundgarden was formed by Chris Cornell, guitarist Kim Thayil and bassist Hiro Yamamoto (later replaced by Ben Shepherd) in Seattle in 1984, later on drummer Matt Cameron joined in as the band became a highly respected act in rock.

Soundgarden's Superunknown album, featured the Grammy Award-winning singles "Black Hole Sun" and "Spoonman."

Both Louder Than Love and Down on the Upside will release with download cards to include 320kbps MP4 AACs by UMe on August 26.

Track listings:

Louder Than Love (one-LP vinyl)

Side One

"Ugly Truth"
"Hands All Over"
"Gun"
"Power Trip"
"Get on the Snake"
"Full on Kevin's Mom"
Side Two

"Loud Love"
"I Awake"
"No Wrong No Right"
"Uncovered"
"Big Dumb Sex"
"Full On (Reprise)"

Down on the Upside (two-LP vinyl)

Side One

"Pretty Noose"
"Rhinosaur"
"Zero Chance"
"Dusty"
Side Two

"Ty Cobb"
"Blow Up the Outside World"
"Burden in My Hand"
"Never Named"
Side Three

"Applebite"
"Never the Machine Forever"
"Tighter & Tighter"
"No Attention"
Side Four

"Switch Opens"
"Overfloater"
"An Unkind"
"Boot Camp"