Let’s be as transparent from the off as possible: Soundgarden never released a bad album. In fact, let’s be even more transparent: they never released an album that was anything less than extraordinary. While we’re at it, it’s also worth stressing that at least two of their records not only helped define music in the ’90s, but also helped fundamentally alter the trajectory of rock’n’roll forever. With those self-evident truths reaffirmed, then, let’s start the impossible task of ranking them in order… 6. Ultramega OK (1988) The OK part of the title of Soundgarden’s debut is not only superfluous, it is an outright lie. This 1988 full-length deserved to be christened Ultramega, plain and simple. Or possibly Ultramega-mega. It is, of course, not where Soundgarden’s story offi...
