Reviews
"...the true Godfathers of Grunge....Chris Cornell successfully dragged "metal" (for that is what it is) into the Nineties by sprucing it up a little and calling it 'alternative'...", "Until their unexpected demise earlier this year, Soundgarden kept the grunge flag flying longer than any of their peers, and as this memorial compilation demonstrates, they not only perservered but improved....A-SIDES presents the band in all its evolving, bridling-horses glory and thunder..." - Rating: A, 7 (out of 10) - "...Soundgarden...were the metal band it was OK, cool even, to like. And this near-complete compilation of singles will remind you why...", 6 (out of 10) - "...The post-break-up, best-of A-SIDES boasts the same heft, drama, and sex drive that convinced alternative-rock fans that Soundgarden were an acceptably ironic version of heavy metal; but it also suggests that they were too much of a retro hybrid to ever create a world of their own..."