Songbook

by Chris Cornell

Overview

After spending over a decade avoiding his past, Chris Cornell reconnected with it in a big way during 2010. First, he reunited with Soundgarden, their tour so successful it spilled over into a studio collaboration interrupted by Cornell launching an acoustic tour where he revisited his catalog, quite definitively tying his solo career and time with Audioslave to Soundgarden. Songbook is a live album culled from this tour and has Cornell sampling from all phases of his career, often spinning harder-rocking songs into moody reflective territory. Unlike his solo debut, Euphoria Morning, this never sounds solipsistic; Cornell is engaged, looking outward to the audience, giving subtly forceful performances that often rescue overlooked tunes -- including selections from his electronica makeover Scream -- and freshen up familiar songs, including covers of Led Zeppelin's "Thank You" and John Lennon's "Imagine." He sounds at peace with his past and comfortable with his present, and that casual assurance makes Songbook his best solo offering to date. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	11/21/2011
Label:	Hip-O
UPC:	0602527870182
Rank:	51880

Tracks

1. As Hope and Promise Fade
2. Scar on the Sky
3. Call Me a Dog
4. Ground Zero
5. Can't Change Me
6. I Am the Highway
7. Thank You
8. Cleaning My Gun
9. Wide Awake
10. Fell on Black Days
11. All Night Thing
12. Doesn't Remind Me
13. Like a Stone
14. Black Hole Sun
15. Imagine
16. The Keeper

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Chris Cornell   Primary Artist
Alain Johannes   E-Bow,Guitar (Acoustic)

Technical Credits

Sujata Murthy   Publicity
Stacy Albright   Photography
Stephen Ferrera-Grand   Guitar Technician
Lesley Harmon   Composer
Jimmy Page   Composer
Emily Cagan   Product Manager
John Lennon   Composer
Jerome Harmon   Composer
Alain Johannes   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Timothy Mosley   Composer
Tim Commerford   Composer
Brad Wilk   Composer
Tom Morello   Composer
Chris Cornell   Composer,Producer
Robert Plant   Composer
James Washington   Composer
Lynn Goldsmith   Photography
Dave Collins   Mastering
Ryan Null   Photo Coordination
Ted Keedick   Engineer
Christine Telleck   Production Manager
Josh Brolin   Liner Notes
Josh Graham   Design,Art Direction
Gina Schulman   Publicity
Joe Papeo   Photography