Now For Something Completely Different
Posted on March 11th, 2009
by Daniel Larison |
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Chris Cornell’s new album, Scream, has finally come out, and my copy just arrived today. It’s about time. From some of the videos I had already seen and on account of the album’s producer, I knew that the sound was going to be very different from most of Cornell’s other music, but for the most part I don’t buy the claim popular among some old Soundgarden fans that Cornell has “sold out.”
Update: To each his own, of course, but David Polansky goes too far when he calls Cornell “execrable.” What is it with that word? It seems to be cropping up quite often lately. Even if Cornell’s alt-rock career with Soundgarden and Audioslave (or Temple of the Dog) is not to your liking, which I can understand easily enough if you didn’t grow up in the ’90s, his solo work in Euphoria Morning and Carry On does not deserve this sort of contempt.
And, yes, the last time I checked, I am human.
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I always was a fan of Chr
Maybe he hasn’t sold out, but apparently it’s hip-hop, so it will most assuredly suck.
There are some hip-hop tracks, which is more or less inevitable given the producer, but I am pleasantly surprised by how many of the songs retain Cornell’s sensibility and his lyricism. There is also a track at the very end that shows his blues influence. I think I prefer his earlier solo albums, but this one has some good songs. The title track is fairly good.