Euphoria Morning (original working title Euphoria Mourning) appeared in 1999 via Interscope Records and eventually peaked in the Billboard Top 200 at 18. Along with Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and the mighty Nirvana, Soundgarden sprang to national and international fame thanks to albums like Badmotorfinger, Superunknown and Down on the Upside, a disc whose more experimental approach informed Chris’s own nascent solo activities. His early band The Shemps enjoyed some local success and would feature guitarist Kim Thayil and bassist Hiro Yamamoto – all three being founding members of Soundgarden. Music was important from a young age when he first got hooked on The Beatles. He co-wrote and performed “You Know My Name” the award-winning James Bond theme to Casino Royale (2006) working closely with composer David Arnold and paying hip homage to previous holders of the Bond role, Tom Jones and Paul McCartney.īorn and raised in Seattle, Washington, Cornell came from an Irish Catholic background. The release in 2014 of Soundgarden’s 3-CD compilation Echo of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across the Path reignited interest in that important group while Cornell’s own solo career, which began for us with the Euphoria Morning disc, came up to date with Higher Truth recorded with producer Brendan O’Brien (console man on Soundgarden’s Superunknown and the side project Audioslave’s Revelations).Īside from framing the sound of the 90s, Chris was a constantly impressive writer and respected singer. As for Cornell, while he does talk, he sets up the scene and lets it get on its way.Though far from being an unsung hero – he takes much credit for the development of grunge, the Seattle scene in general and is renowned for his fabulous vocal range – Chris Cornell is still ready for discovery again. It sounds sharp and the audience only appears in atmospheric hoots and hollers that don’t compete with the music. Normally live albums get bogged down with loud audience chatter or too much talky-talk from the performers. The sparseness of the recording comes shining through with Cornell’s emotive voice sounding crystal clear, the mood and clarity resonating with each strum of the strings. The fitting song selection isn’t the only thing that stands out here: The album sounds fantastic. There’s even “The Keeper”, a catchy number that was written for Marc Foster’s film Machine Gun Preacher. From his solo album Scream, there’s “As Hope and Promise Fade”, a heartbreaking, personal track where Cornell is “never more than two drinks away from crying.” There’s a few covers like “Imagine” and the tear-inducing “Thank You”. Audioslave is toned down with the haunting “I Am the Highway”, Soundgarden’s distortion is intricately simple on “Black Hole Sun”. To those unfortunate enough to miss the shows, they are now a part of his solo acoustic live album, Songbook.Įvery musical project that Cornell has had a part in is featured in this album. Earlier this year, Cornell went on a quick solo tour playing an acoustic set in various intimate settings. Chris Cornell‘s career has spanned the spectrum of rock and roll, from his start in Soundgarden to the beloved Temple of the Dog, to his supergroup Audioslave and his solo work.
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