Editing Superunknown (section)

==Packaging==
The album's [[cover art]] (known as the 'Screaming Elf') is a distorted photograph of the band members, photographed by Kevin Westenberg, above a black and white upside-down burning forest. Concerning the artwork, Cornell said, "''Superunknown'' relates to birth in a way&nbsp;... Being born or even dying—getting flushed into something that you know nothing about. The hardest thing is to nail down a visual image to put on a title like that. The first thing we thought of was a forest in grey or black. Soundgarden has always been associated with images of flowers and lush colors and this was the opposite. It still seemed organic but it was very dark and cold&nbsp;... I was into those stories as a kid where forests were full of evil and scary things as opposed to being happy gardens that you go camping in."<ref name="gardenoftheunknown"/> In a 1994 ''Pulse!'' magazine interview, Cornell said that the inspiration for the album's title came from his misreading of a video entitled ''Superclown''. He added, "I thought it was a cool title. I'd never heard it before, never saw it before, and it inspired me."<ref name="lanham"/> The album also saw a limited release on 12" colored [[Gramophone record|vinyl]] (blue, orange, and clear), as a double-[[Gramophone record|LP]] in a [[gatefold]] sleeve.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Warman's American Records|first=Chuck|last=Miller|publisher=Krause Publications|isbn=978-1-4402-2821-6|year=2011}}</ref> The album's title 'SUPERUNKNOWN' is sometimes displayed with the "UNKNOWN" as semi upside down and reversed lettering (stylized as "SUPER∩ИKИOMИ").

On May 25, 2017, photographer Kevin Westenberg revealed the full photo from the cover for the first time on his [[Instagram]] account.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2017/06/soundgarden-superunknown-cover-photograph-full-frame/|title=Photographer Behind Soundgarden's Superunknown Album Cover Reveals the Uncropped Photo|website=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|date=June 15, 2017|access-date=June 17, 2017}}</ref>