Soundgarden Telephantasm: A Retrospective

Personnel: Chris Cornell (vocals, guitar); Kim Thayil (guitar); Scott Sundquist, Matt Cameron (drums). Liner Note Authors: Jeff Gilbert; Kim Thayil. Recording information: A&M Studios, Los Angeles, CA; AVAST Recoridng Co., Seattle, WA; Bad Animals Studio, Seattle, WA; Bear Creek Studios, Woodinville, WA; Conway Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA; London Bridge Studio, Seattle, WA; Reciprocal Recording, Seattle, WA; Studio D, Sausalito, CA; Studio X, Seattle, WA. Photographers: Marty Temme; Jay Blakesberg; Cam Garrett; Kevin Westenberg; Charles Peterson ; Roy Wilkinson. Since so much of Soundgarden's legacy lay in the years before their superstardom, their major label-oriented 1997 A-Sides compilation didn't quite do them justice. Although it contained cuts from the years before they signed to A&M, A-Sides downplayed the first act of their story, so the 2010 compilation Telephantasm is quite welcome, at least in its double disc incarnation where there's enough room to captur