Editing Down on the Upside (section)

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Down on the Upside
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Soundgarden]]
| cover        = Soundgarden-DownOnTheUpside.jpg
| alt          =
| released     = {{start date|1996|5|21}}
| recorded     = November 1995&nbsp;– February 1996
| studio       =
* Studio Litho (Seattle, Washington)
* [[Bad Animals Studio|Bad Animals]] (Seattle, Washington)
| genre        =
* [[Alternative rock]]
* [[grunge]]
| length       = {{Duration|m=65|s=56}}
| label        = [[A&M Records|A&M]]
| producer     =
* [[Adam Kasper]]
* Soundgarden
| prev_title   = [[Superunknown]]
| prev_year    = 1994
| next_title   = [[A-Sides (Soundgarden album)|A-Sides]]
| next_year    = 1997
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = Down on the Upside
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Pretty Noose]]
 | single1date = May 7, 1996<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Reviews – Records Out on May 7 1996|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=10|date=April 27, 1996}}</ref>
 | single2     = [[Burden in My Hand]]
 | single2date = September 16, 1996<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=41|date=14 September 1996}}</ref>
 | single3     = [[Blow Up the Outside World]]
 | single3date = December 16, 1996<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=51|date=14 December 1996}}</ref>
 | single4     = [[Ty Cobb (song)|Ty Cobb]]
 | single4date = April 1997 (Aus)
}}
}}

'''''Down on the Upside''''' is the fifth studio album by the American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Soundgarden]], released on May 21, 1996, through [[A&M Records]]. Following a worldwide tour in support of its previous album, ''[[Superunknown]]'' (1994), Soundgarden commenced work on a new album. Self-produced by the band, the music on the album was notably less heavy and dark than the group's preceding albums and featured the band experimenting with new sounds.

The album topped the New Zealand and Australian charts and debuted at number two on the United States' [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], selling 200,000 copies in its opening week and spawning the singles "[[Pretty Noose]]", "[[Burden in My Hand]]", "[[Blow Up the Outside World]]", and "[[Ty Cobb (song)|Ty Cobb]]". The band played the 1996 [[Lollapalooza]] tour and, afterward, supported the album with a worldwide tour.

''Down on the Upside'' was Soundgarden's last studio album until 2012's ''[[King Animal]]'', as tensions within the band led to its break-up in April 1997. The album has sold 1.6 million copies in the United States.