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〕 | rev2 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev2Score = (A) | rev3 = Pitchfork Media | rev3Score = (7.5/10)〔Schreiber, Ryan. ("Soundgarden: ''A-Sides''" ). Pitchfork Media. November 1, 1997. Retrieved on May 20, 2009.〕 | rev4 = ''Q'' | rev4Score = 〔(October 2000). "Review: ''A-Sides''". ''Q''.〕 | rev5 = Robert Christgau | rev5Score = 〔Christgau, Robert. ("Soundgarden" ). robertchristgau.com. Retrieved on May 20, 2009.〕 | rev6 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev6Score = 〔Brackett, Nathan. "Soundgarden". ''The New Rolling Stone Album Guide''. November 2004. pg. 762, cited April 18, 2010〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Soundgarden: Album Guide )〕 }} ''A-Sides'' is a compilation album by the American rock band Soundgarden with songs spanning the band's thirteen-year career. It was released on November 4, 1997 through A&M Records. ==Overview== The album was released in 1997 on A&M Records and was Soundgarden's last official release for 13 years, until 2010's ''Telephantasm''. It debuted at number 63 on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart. ''A-Sides'' has sold over 500,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan and over 700,000 copies worldwide, but has not yet been certified by the RIAA. It peaked at number 51 on the UK Albums Chart, number 39 on the Australian Albums Chart, and number 6 on the New Zealand Albums Chart. It contains one song absent from previous albums ("Bleed Together") which appeared on import copies of the "Burden in My Hand" single. Interestingly, the opening track "Nothing to Say" was originally not an A-side. It appeared as the B-side to the band's first single "Hunted Down" on Sub Pop in 1987. In addition, "Get on the Snake" from ''Louder Than Love'' was never released as a single. Also, the 1990 Sub Pop single "Room a Thousand Years Wide" does not appear on ''A-Sides'', nor the 1994 single "My Wave" from ''Superunknown''. Allmusic staff writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album four and a half out of five stars. He said, "For an act that was one of the definitive album artists of the late '80s and '90s, Soundgarden was a surprisingly effective singles band. Their singles effectively conveyed all of their best ideas, from their sludgy early Sub Pop recordings to the elaborate, post-metal psychedelia of their last two albums, ''Superunknown'' and ''Down on the Upside''. That's the reason why the 17-track compilation ''A-Sides'' is such a successful overview of the band's too-brief career."〔 ''Entertainment Weekly'' reviewer David Browne gave the album an A. He said, "Pruning their best early songwriting ("Hands All Over", "Nothing to Say") and wisely highlighting chunks of their last two (and best) albums, ''A-Sides'' presents the band in all its evolving, bridling-horses glory and thunder. When all those Hanson fans grow up and want to educate themselves on the flannel era they missed, here's where they should turn."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A-Sides」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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