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King Animal by Soundgarden
King Animal is an album by Soundgarden, released in 2012. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 9 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Been Away Too Long”, on 9 lists with a best position of #15.
King Animal, Soundgarden's sixth studio album, came out on November 13, 2012, through Universal Republic and Loma Vista in North America and Vertigo everywhere else, and it was their first studio album in 16 years, since Down on the Upside in 1996. The Seattle band had broken up in 1997 and got back together in 2010, and the reunion lineup had Chris Cornell singing and playing guitar, Kim Thayil on lead guitar, Ben Shepherd on bass and Matt Cameron on drums.
The band produced it with Adam Kasper, and it plays like a band picking up the thread rather than chasing a comeback: lumbering, knotted alternative metal riffs, Thayil's guitar coiling around Cornell's wail, "Been Away Too Long" among the heavy hitters. It would be the last Soundgarden studio album released before Cornell's death in 2017, and the band called it quits the following year.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from King Animal on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Been Away Too Long | 9 | #15 | – | 2012–2021 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.