content: I was a moderate Soundgarden fan, swept up in the power and bombast of the Seattle sound as a young twenty something when Superunknown came out.This, however, is a bold, unexpected, and 100% satisfying departure from that style. The songwriting is varied, crafty and melodic, reminiscient of the Beatles and (and I know this is blashemous) early, early Billy Joel. There isn't a power chord on the whole record, and yet it's still powerful and emotionally charged. It, for lack of a headier word, rocks. A velvet-wrapped sledgehammer.The arrangements are off-kilter and not so radio-friendly. But the songs are irresistable. And the singing is...damn! can that man sing. Thirteen Bucks well spent.