Down on the Upside

Down on the Upside
Studio album by Soundgarden
Released	May 21, 1996 (1996-05-21)
Recorded	November 1995 – February 1996
Studio	Studio Litho, Seattle, Washington Bad Animals, Seattle, Washington
Genre	Alternative rock grunge
Length	65:56
Label	A&M
Producer	Adam Kasper Soundgarden
Soundgarden chronology
Superunknown (1994) Down on the Upside (1996) A-Sides (1997)
Singles from Down on the Upside
"Pretty Noose" Released: April 30, 1996[1] "Burden in My Hand" Released: September 18, 1996 "Blow Up the Outside World" Released: November 18, 1996 "Ty Cobb" Released: April 1997

Down on the Upside is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Soundgarden, released on May 21, 1996, through A&M Records. Following a worldwide tour in support of its previous album, Superunknown (1994), Soundgarden commenced work on a new album. Self-produced by the band, the music on the album was notably less heavy and dark than the group's preceding albums and featured the band experimenting with new sounds.

The album topped the New Zealand and Australian charts and debuted at number two on the United States' Billboard 200, selling 200,000 copies in its opening week and spawning the singles "Pretty Noose", "Burden in My Hand", "Blow Up the Outside World", and "Ty Cobb". The band played the 1996 Lollapalooza tour and, afterward, supported the album with a worldwide tour.

Down on the Upside was Soundgarden's last studio album until 2012's King Animal, as tensions within the band led to its break-up in April 1997. The album has sold 1.6 million copies in the United States.