“No One Sings Like You Anymore” is Chris Cornell’s handpicked collection of 10 cover songs, which he personally selected and sequenced to celebrate artists and songs that inspired him, including John Lennon’s “Watching The Wheels,” “Get It While You Can,” popularized by Janis Joplin, a new recording of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U,” Ghostland Observatory’s “Sad Sad City,” Harry Nilsson’s “Jump Into The Fire,” Carl Hall’s “You Don’t Know Nothing About Love,” Electric Light Orchestra’s “Showdown,” Terry Reid’s “To Be Treated Rite” and two songs currently available as digital singles, Lorraine Ellison’s “Stay With Me Baby” (originally released for HBO’s show Vinyl) and Chris’s 2020 chart topping hit “Patience” originally recorded by Guns N’ Roses.
Chris Cornell‘s widow Vicky Cornell, and his estate, surprise-released an album of covers, “This album is so special because it is a complete work of art that Chris created from start to finish,” Vicky says about No One Sings Like You. “His choice of covers provides a personal look into his favourite artists and the songs that touched him. He couldn’t wait to release it. This moment is bittersweet because he should be here doing it himself, but it is with both heartache and joy that we share this special album. All of us could use his voice to help heal and lift us this year, especially during the holiday season. I am so proud of him and this stunning record, which to me illustrates why he will always be beloved, honoured, and one the greatest voices of our time.”
“When my dad was making this album, it was so fun – I remember waking up in the morning, having breakfast with him and going with him into the studio,” Cornell’s daughter Toni says. “We would take our piano lessons there, and Christopher would play video games with Brendan and my dad. We got to experience so much with him and have so many amazing memories. I’m really happy to be sharing this album. We love you, daddy,”
“We had so much fun in the studio during this time,” Cornell’s son Christopher says, “and on days off we’d go to Tree People and hike around there. We would also play hide and go seek inside the Beverly Hills Hotel and when security would show up they would think it was so funny that my dad was running through fire escapes with us. For me this album represents who my dad was. I’m really proud of him and his work. I hope you all love this record as much as I do.”
‘No One Sings Like You Anymore’ is a selection of cover versions done by Chris Cornell, this is out 19th March.
Surprise-release and “personally selected and sequenced to celebrate artists and songs that inspired him,” the new Chris Cornell album of cover versions is truly the gift that continues to give. A passionate vocalist with a famed four-octave range and a super alt-rock pedigree of time spent in Soundgarden and Audioslave (to say nothing of a series of solo albums invested in acoustic pop and nu-soul), having Cornell tracing over familiar lines such as those laid down by songwriters like John Lennon or interpreters such as Janis Joplin is to work the magic of true transformation.
What’s nice about “No One Sings Like You Anymore” is that this is not a portrait of the vein-popping Cornell screeching his way through a rager such as “Spoonman.” The ten tunes here are subtly sung numbers soft and poignant—focused on often-unsuspectingly melodic gems (like Guns N’ Roses’ “Patience,” done here as a dramatic mid-tempo ballad) with a quieter ensemble as backing. Not that he ever had to fight to be heard over Kim Thayil’s guitar army of lace and metal, Cornell could always sing loud enough to beat the band. On No One Sings Like You Anymore it’s clear—he doesn’t have to tangle in battle, and he sounded as if he was loving that ease of motion.
While Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” is played and sung like the grooviest chamber soul with a few twists and turns for rapt theatricality, Lennon’s latter-day “Watching the Wheels” is done humbly and straight, reverent to the ex-Beatle’s longing for normalcy, with just a supple kick to remind you of Cornell’s heft. Harry Nilsson’s riff-happy “Jump Into the Fire,” a favourite rocking cover of Cornell’s Temple of the Dog, is given an oddball, epic French horn break in its bridge.
If you want more epic, Lorraine Ellison’s “Stay With Me Baby,” done here with a souped-up organ whirring below him, allows Cornell to dip, dive, swoop, and soar without screeching. This is the true high point of the package, and one familiar to those (few) fans of Martin Scorsese’s HBO show Vinyl. If you want another epic with a sympathetic horn line, “You Don’t Know Nothing About Love” from songwriter/producer Jerry Ragovoy and nearly forgotten R&B vocalist Carl Hall—is Cornell’s passionate passageway into ragged vocal display.
Ragovoy and Mort Shuman’s bluesy “Get It While You Can,” scuffed up and scowled over by Janis Joplin, is made into a synth-pop track for Cornell to do his own gruff and soulful thing over. Same with Jeff Lynne’s slick, bluesy “Showdown.” Cornell and his band give the track an electro sheen and rhythmic tick, along with some noisy guitar. With so many colours and moods for Cornell to rise through, it’s such a damned shame he didn’t stick around to see this arc of his life, particulary this chapter and verse of his career.
The first post-humous Chris Cornell release has finally been announced and it’s huge! The self-titled album is a career spanning set of tracks from the iconic artist who passed away last year. Released by Cornell’s wife, VickyCornell on behalf of The Chris Cornell Estate through UMe, the album is available in a standard 17 track edition as well as a massive 64 track limited edition deluxe box-set.
Out on the 16th of November, the collection of tracks covers Cornell’s lengthy career. Featuring tracks from his solo career as well as music from his bands Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, and Audioslave, it will include previously unreleased music. The first of the 11 unreleased tracks “When Bad Does Good” is out now.
Produced, recorded, and mixed by Cornell, the song was found in his personal recordings archive, the track was a favourite of his. Cornell’s friend Josh Brolin reminded Vicky of the unreleased song which she decided to share with his fans. On the upcoming release, Vicky Cornell says “Since Chris’ sudden passing I have put all my efforts and energy into sharing his music and legacy with his fans from all over the world”, says Vicky. “I felt we needed to create a special collection to represent all of him – the friend, husband and father, the risk taker and innovator, the poet and artist. His soaring vocals found their way into the hearts and souls of so many. His voice was his vision and his words were his peace. This album is for his fans”.
The standard edition also features Cornell’s stunning rendition of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U“, whilst the deluxe edition boasts nine more unheard tracks and two unreleased videos.
Cornell passed away in May 2017, a coroner reported suicide as cause of death, and confirmed that it was not due to an overdose. Since his death, many artists have paid tribute to the iconic artist.
American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was the lead vocalist of the bands Soundgarden and Audioslave. He was also known for his numerous solo works and soundtrack contributions since 1991, and as founder and frontman for Temple Of The Dog , the one-off tribute band dedicated to his late friend Andrew Wood.
A preliminary autopsy into the death of Soundgarden and Audioslave singer Chris Cornell has revealed that he took his own life. Chris Cornell it appears took his own life on wednesday night after a storming show in Detroit, he was aged 52, with a statement made to the Associated Press by his representative Brian Bumbery labeling the death “sudden and unexpected”. Cornell had spoken online when arriving in the city, and played for Soundgarden’s Detroit fans only hours earlier.
The Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office told the public it had completed the preliminary autopsy, the New York Times reports, although a full autopsy report has not been completed.
A Detroit Police spokesperson revealed in an interview that police responded to a call regarding the suicide of a man, and found him unresponsive with a band around his neck. The man’s wife had called a family friend out of concern, prompting the visit.
A police report from the death of the Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell provides some details about the last 90 minutes of his life. The report appears to back up, in part, what his widow, Vicky, about the role that the prescription drug Ativan may have played in Cornell’s decision to take his own life.
According to The Detroit News , Cornell was in his hotel suite by 11:30PM when his bodyguard, Martin Kristen, stopped by to help him fix his computer. Kristen also gave him two Ativan pills, which he took for anxiety issues. Five minutes later, Vicky spoke with Chris on the telephone, and she told police that he was slurring his words and that he may have taken “an extra Ativan or two.”
At 12:15AM, Vicky called Kristen’s room to ask him to check on Chris, She said that “he did not sound like he is okay,” adding that he was “groggy and just kept saying, ‘I am just tired,’ and hung up the phone.” Upon arriving, Kristen found the door to his room latched and phoned security to get them to open the door, but they refused on the grounds that the room was not registered to Kristen, even though he had a key.
Kristen then kicked the door down, as well as the door to the bedroom of the suite, and found him on the bathroom floor, “with blood running from his mouth and a red exercise band around (his) neck,” the report says. The hotel’s medic, Dawn Jones, arrived at 12:56AM, untied the band and attempted CPR, which was unsuccessful.
An EMS unit arrived on the scene shortly thereafter and was also unable to revive the singer. He was pronounced dead at 1:30AM.
A toxicology report will be able to determine the amount of Ativan Cornell had in his system at the time of his death. Suicidal thoughts are a known side effect of the drug Ativan.
So as we mourn the loss of another musical hero, who has tragically took his own life after one last show in Detroit yesterday, we take a look back at some of the best songs that Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell put his name to.
Say Hello 2 Heaven
One of Cornell’s most emotional and powerful vocal performances, not surprising considering it was delivered as part of Temple Of The Dog. The group — essentially Cornell fronting what would become Pearl Jam — was formed in tribute to his friend Andrew Wood, frontman of Mother Love Bone, who had died from a heroin overdose.
Seasons
A simple acoustic number, just Cornell and a guitar (doubled at times), it was a world away from the raucous heavy rock of Soundgarden. It featured the delicacy of his voice too, gentle falsetto creeping in where before there was rock god howls and screaming. It was also on the Singles soundtrack that they captured the zeitgeist of the grunge movement (Pearl Jam! Mudhoney! Alice In Chains! And damn near every other Seattle grunge band of note at the time, but not Nirvana).
You Know My Name
Cornell, Chris Cornell. Here he goes bombastic, courtesy of having a theme song to a James Bond movie (the 2006 version of Casino Royale). Goes to a whole other level beyond a standard Cornell rock song courtesy of orchestral backings
Billie Jean
Takes the funky Michael Jackson track and slows it right down. Its almost dirge-like delivery is a perfect showcase of Cornell’s voice. You can imagine it being performed from the corner of a dive bar somewhere. It’s devoid of its original groovin’ bass line and synth stings, but this acoustic guitar- and drums-driven version gives it a level of power not witnessed in the original. Quite possibly the best take on it too (even including The Bates).
Cochise
As statements of intents for new acts go, this one was one of the best. Anticipation was already at fever pitch for the project (Chris Cornell fronting Rage Against The Machine? Holy hell!), but they knocked it out of the park with their debut song. It deserved all the fireworks that accompanied the song in the video clip. Oh, and that 11 second wail too about three-quarters of the way through the song. Goddamn.
Pretty much everything about the breakthrough of grunge music in the early ’90s can be boiled down to one movie: Cameron Crowe’s 1992 classic “Singles”. I mean, Pearl Jam was actually in the movie and Matt Dillion’s wardrobe consisted mainly of Jeff Amnet’s actual clothing. But nothing sums up the cultural significance better than the film’s soundtrack, which featured the likes of Chris Cornell, Alice In Chains , Mother Love Bone, Mudhoney , and yes, Pearl Jam. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the OST, and it looks as if Sony Music will be celebrating with an expanded reissue.
A Double and a Triple LP box set of the Singles Soundtrack (Deluxe Edition) have appeared on Amazon’s UK site. Both editions feature the original 13 tracks plus 18 new ones including demos, instrumentals, and “Touch Me” I’m Dick” by Dillion’s fictional band in the film, Citizen Dick, which featured Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder, StoneGossard, and Jeff Ament. (It should be noted that the way the tracklist is listed out makes it seem as if the vinyl box set will actually feature the original OST on double-vinyl and include the 18 bonus tracks on CD.)
Singles Soundtrack (Deluxe Edition) CD Tracklist: Disc 1: 01. Alice in Chains – Would?
02. Pearl Jam – Breath
03. Chris Cornell – Seasons
04. Paul Westerberg – Dyslexic Heart
05. The Lovemongers – Battle of Evermore
06. Mother Love Bone – Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
07. Soundgarden – Birth Ritual
08. Pearl Jam – State of Love and Trust
09. Mudhoney – Overblown
10. Paul Westerberg – Waiting for Somebody
11. Jimi Hendrix – May This Be Love
12. Screaming Trees – Nearly Lost You
13. The Smashing Pumpkins – Drown
Disc 2:
01. Citizen Dick – Touch Me I’m Dick
02. Chris Cornell – Nowhere But You
03. Chris Cornell- Spoonman
04. Chris Cornell – Flutter Girl
05. Chris Cornell – Missing
06. Alice in Chains – Would?
07. Alice in Chains – It Ain’t Like That
08. Soundgarden – Birth Ritual
09. Paul Westerberg – Dyslexic Heart
10. Paul Westerberg – Waiting for Somebody
11. Mudhoney – Overblown
12. Truly – Heart and Lungs
13. Blood Circus – Six Foot Under
14. Mike McCready – Singles Blues 1
15. Paul Westerberg – Blue Heart
16. Paul Westerberg – Lost in Emily’s Woods
17. Chris Cornell – Ferry Boat #3
18. Chris Cornell – Score Piece #4
Soundgarden’s Badmotorfinger is being expanded into a massive 7-disc edition.
The new version of the Soundgarden classic album release will feature 109 tracks total: 79 tracks, videos & mixes are previously unreleased. The CD audio content includes the original album newly remastered; 15 previously unreleased studio outtakes newly mixed from the original analog multi-tracks plus the track New Damage featuring Brian May from Queen; and Live at the Paramount: Soundgarden’s first-ever complete concert album newly mixed from the original analog multi-tracks and recorded at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle on March 6th,1992. The newly edited DVD is from the original camera masters and newly mixed in 5.1 surround sound and stereo from the original analog multi-tracks.
The second DVD is Motorvision + More: Soundgarden’s 1992 Motorvision home video, also released on DVD for the first time ever, showcases live selections from the two nights shot at the Paramount Theatre in March 1992 along with interviews from the band and friends.
Bonus videos include 11 unreleased archival live performances from various shows and festivals in 1992 and the three official music videos from the album.
The Blu-ray Audio disc contains the original Badmotorfingeralbum, three B-sides, and the three official music videos, newly mixed from original analog multi-tracks in audiophile 96kHz 24-bit 5.1 surround sound.
The original album and three B-sides feature newly designed visuals directed by Josh Graham. Soundgarden Badmotorfinger. Already with the grunge explosion celebrated heavily in the Soundgarden-adjacent camp (box sets devoted of Mother Love Bone and Temple of the Dog are among 2016’s bigger collections)
The late summer and early fall of 1991 effectively witnessed the birth of grunge , within just a few weeks, of Nirvana‘s Nevermind , Pearl Jam‘s Ten and, Soundgarden‘sBadmotorfinger.Alice in Chains‘ Facelift had arrived earlier, in 1990.
All of these albums were crucial in that, together, they helped usher in a sea change across the music industry. Yet Soundgarden, who had been first to the table, forming all the way back in 1984, would be the last of these so-called “big four” to enjoy their just desserts: not enjoying truly massive hit singles at radio or multi-platinum sales until 1994’s Superunknown because they did it their own way,
Unlike Nirvana, which led the charge by breaking punk rock and college rock to the masses via “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” Alice in Chains, which essentially made heavy metal palatable for the flannel-wearing hordes, and Pearl Jam, which did the same for classic rock in the eyes of born again “alternative rockers,” Soundgarden’s music on Badmotorfinger put willing listeners to the test with its sinister, oblique lyrics, drop-tuned guitars, unusual time signatures, thorny arrangements and unrepentant heaviness. Sure, the band scored decent MTV coverage for the album’s most linear, if boring, doom riff in “Outshined,” but most of the remaining cuts refused to take it easy on would-be fans and critics, many of whom weren’t quite sure what to make of the band, either.
Recalled lead guitarist Kim Thayil said ” I remember Mark [Arm] from Muhoney He said, “Hey man, I just heard Badmotorfinger.” I’m all, “What do you think?” [Laughs] And he’s like, “F—, it sounds like Rush!”
He elaborated, “At the time, if people didn’t like us, they’d say they it was because we were these scruffy, punk-rock a——s, or because we sounded too much like some kind of metal band. And if they did like us, it was the same argument [laughs], ‘Oh, it’s cool because they’re metal, or it’s cool because they come from this punk scene.’ any specific label onto Soundgarden has always been an exercise in futility.
All four musicians — Thayil, Shepard, singer Chris Cornell and drummer Matt Cameron — contributed strong songwriting efforts to the album, led by Cornell’s serpentine “Rusty Cage” , the aforementioned “Outshined,” quite surreal “Searching with My Good Eye Closed,” hypnotic “Mind Riot” and less distinctive “Holy Water.” For his part, drummer Cameron delivered the driving, sax-enhanced “Drawing Flies” and, in unison with Thayil, the monstrous doom-riffing of “Room a Thousand Years Wide” and the ominous “New Damage,” one of many songs boasting unorthodox time signatures, in this case 9/8.
Then there was newcomer Shepherd, whom Cornell said he had brought a “fresh and creative” approach to the band’s recording process, with Thayil also saying that Shepherd’s contributions helped make the album “faster” and “weirder.” By this they were referring to Ben’s two-minute punk rock hyper-blast “Face Pollution,” the more deliberate, yet surprisingly infectious “Somewhere” and, working with Cornell, the ultra-doomy “Slaves and Bulldozers .
But Badmotorfinger‘s sheer highlight was a four-way band collaboration called “Jesus Christ Pose,” which rose from Cameron’s mind-boggling percussive assault to boast dissonant six-string strangling over a relentless charging main riff, all topped by Cornell’s inimitable wails.
Chris Cornell sat down for an in-depth interview and acoustic performance in the SiriusXM Studios for an Artist Confidential where he performed a cover of Prince’s Nothing Compares 2 U.
There have been plenty of Prince covers throughout history, but perhaps none more memorable perhaps than Sinead O’Connor’s take on “Nothing Compares 2 U” 25 years after that iconic song’s release, someone surprising just gave O’Connor a run for her cover money: Chris Cornell the Soundgarden frontman has been out on the road supporting his latest solo effort, “Higher Truth“, and he’s apparently been work shopping his own take on “Nothing Compares 2 U” at some gigs. It appears any kinks have been worked out, as he turned in a pretty stunning rendition of the song for SiriusXM’s Artist Confidential series. Backed by a cellist and a second acoustic guitarist, Cornell delivers some chill-inducing vocals on the take. Sure, it might not seem like Prince + SineadO’Connor Quality Chris Cornell, but this really happened, and it’s really damned good.
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