Soundgarden-Badmotorfinger (1991)
Artist: Soundgarden
Title: Badmotorfinger
Year of Release: 1991
Country and Year of Edition: US BMG Record Club
Sell Price: $3.79
Sell Date: 3/26/26
Condition: VG+/VG+
Discogs Last Sold: 12/7/25 NM/VG+$5.95
Low: $0.99
Median: $3.02
Average: $3.28
High: $5.95
Current low price: $3.10
Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 2
Have/Want: 527/170
Where Sold: Dallas, NC
Time It Took To Sell: 2 years
Where and When Buught: Facebook Marketplace lot
Gwiz-gau Grade: A-
Sad To See It Go: No
Badmotorfinger is the only Soundgarden album I loved start to finish out of the gate. While Ultramega OK may be the sentimental favorite that grew on me, pound for pound this is the one that I think is the best. This is mostly due to the top loaded nature where all my favorites are in the first four particularly "Slaves and Bulldozers" and the opening riff rock "Rusty Cage." That does not forgo "Jesus Christ Pose" or "Outshined" but those were the hits for me and everyone else. The funny thing that occured to me was how little the record mattered to me after those first four tracks. Vaguely remembered versus known cold.
That doesn't mean the rest of the music isn't good or even great, it just means the album didn't have as many start to finish repeated 1991 listenings as I thought it did. Ultramega resigned supreme throughout 1989 and 1990. The narrative in my head was I thought it didn't sell Platinum level until Superunknown, but it hit that mark on a 2-year slow burn before that album was released. After a few passes today the songs that stuck out were the middle ones with long titles: "Searching With My Good Eye Closed" and "Room A Thousand Years Wide" which Sub Pop issued on 7".
Still sounds above the cut and my top two are still undeniable.
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