I really love this play. A friend gave me a copy and I started reading it on the train and was unable to stop until I had finished reading it! I was able to envisage the characters in my mind and as soon as I finished it, I HAD to go out and rent the David Mamet film adaptation which is also fantastic.Sir Robert, Catherine Winslow and Arthur Winslow are remarkably well-drawn characters and all of the dialogue in the play is excellent. I really enjoyed this play and highly recommend it!

For those fans of Soundgarden and of Grunge, particularly early Grunge -- It's tempting to believe that Soundgarden's commercial success started with Badmotorfinger, so previous CD's are only for wild acid rock aficionados. But this CD is an exception. It preceded Badmotorfinger but has sufficient great cuts to make it worth pursuing. See #1, #2, #5, #7, #10, #11.

despite the raw murky production, this album still stands as one of my favorite albums ever. the rawness adds to soundgarden's sludge sound. i realize later albums had better prodcution and may seem better but this is still one killer album. the grooves and riffs the band lays down are magnificent. a mix of sabbath and local comrades the melvins make this one great trip of an album.the grittiness of grunge combined with good melody made this an amazing album. chris cornell was just begginning to spread his vocal wings and soar. the bass player back in the good ole days was hiro yamamato who along with monster drummer matt cameron laid down the tighest best grooves that ever stomped through my psyche. i was never a huge fan of kim thayil's guitar work but he does lay down some great grooves throughout their career and this album in particular is some good work. worth your time if your a fan of soundgarden.

This CD proves that it's louder than love and rap, I have been reading reviews about how it started the demise of 80s music, I wish I was older so I could've lived the great era of early 90s music. Playing this album in my car is fun because IMO its fun to get those rap fans looking around wondering why there is music louder than theirs.Some good songs on this album are Gun, Hands All Over, Loud Love, Get on the Sanke, and Big Dumb Sex (a song that makes fun of the 80s hair metal innuendos, I wish Chris would do the same for today's music.) Of my favorite songs Gun is great because it starts out slow, and it gets faster each second, then it goes crazy, and slows down. Buy this album, along with Badmotorfinger and Superunknown, they are great.

ok so I know that sounds harsh for a review title, but it was their first album and heavily influenced by their Seattle band mates Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Alice in Chains. They really evolved over the course of their career. if you are accustomed to the sound of Super Unknown then buy Bad Motor Finger and Down on the Upside. However if you like this album buy Ultramega ok.

This album is amazing because it was the Seattle scene before there was a scene. Before bands like Soundgarden were called Grunge, a zine dubbed them Seattles sludge-rock stormtroopers; a description that is very apropros.Listening to them, I'm occasionally reminded of the slow plodding sound of the Melvins. Of course, the Melvins lack Chris Cornells brilliant voice. When he hits those high notes, it still inspires me.Compared to their later efforts, this one is obviously less polished. But its damn fine. If you want to see where Soundgarden came from, check out this album.