King Animal [Cream Colored Vinyl LP]

King Animal is the sixth and final studio album by American rock band Soundgarden, their first in sixteen years. Produced by both the band and Adam Kasper, it was released on November 13, 2012 and was the first of Soundgarden's albums not to be released on A&M Records since 1988's Ultramega OK, though Republic, Vertigo, and A&M are all owned by Universal Music Group.

King Animal is a big, bright album, executed with precision and professionalism. The band members sound more elderly, not quite as loud, and possess a keener sense of good taste, and it sounds as if they've aged together, which is a testament to their innate chemistry. Cornell sounds richer, fuller when anchored by drummer Matt Cameron, bassist Ben Shepherd, and the deceptively sinewy and brainy guitarist Kim Thayil, whose presence has sorely been missed over the past decade.

The album was the final studio album released by Soundgarden before the death of frontman Chris Cornell in 2017 and the subsequent dissolution of the band in 2018.

• 1 Been Away Too Long
• 2 Non-State Actor
• 3 By Crooked Steps
• 4 A Thousand Days Before
• 5 Blood on the Valley Floor
• 6 Bones of Birds
• 7 Taree
• 8 Attrition
• 9 Black Saturday
• 10 Halfway There
• 11 Worse Dreams
• 12 Eyelid's Mouth
• 13 Rowing