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The Roads We Choose – A Retrospective
''The Roads We Choose – A Retrospective'' is a promo compilation album released by Chris Cornell. It spans his career as a whole, featuring songs from Temple of the Dog, Soundgarden and Audioslave, as well as material from his solo career. "The Roads We Choose" was a working title for the Audioslave song "Out of Exile". It is also a title of a bonus track on Cornell's album ''Carry On'' released few months after. A number of previously unreleased acoustic versions of songs were included, but these appear to have been recorded when Cornell was still with Audioslave/Soundgarden due to those bands being credited as the recording artists. Track listings # Chris Cornell - " No Such Thing" (from ''Carry On'') # Soundgarden - "Black Hole Sun" (from ''Superunknown'') # Temple of the Dog - "Hunger Strike" (from ''Temple of the Dog'') # Soundgarden - "Outshined" (from ''Badmotorfinger'') # Soundgarden - "The Day I Tried to Live" (from ''Superunknown'') # Soundgarden - "Fell on Black Day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphoria Morning
''Euphoria Mourning'' (originally titled ''Euphoria Morning'') is the first solo studio album by American musician Chris Cornell. It was released through Interscope Records on September 21, 1999, and Cornell embarked on a tour in support of the album in 2000. Cornell's only album from between the dissolution of Soundgarden and the formation of Audioslave, it did not sell as well as much of his work with those groups, though it did sell over 75,000 copies in its first week of release and has gone on to sell over 393,000 copies in the U.S. The album was well-received critically, and its lead single, " Can't Change Me", was nominated for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards. On August 14, 2015, ''Euphoria Morning'' was re-released on CD and vinyl with the modified title ''Euphoria Mourning'', which Cornell stated in a press release is what he had originally intended to call the album. Production Recording In 1998, Cornell began working on material for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Cornell Albums
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Arms Around Your Love
"Arms Around Your Love" is the third single from Chris Cornell's second solo album, ''Carry On''. It was released on May 21, 2007. In the UK, the song peaked at number 177. The video was also released in Canada, where the song received airplay on MuchMoreMusic M3 was a Canadian English language Category A cable and satellite specialty channel owned by Bell Media. Established in 1998 as MuchMoreMusic, the network began as a spin-off of the youth-oriented MuchMusic, targeting an older demographic with .... Track listing Chart positions References 2007 singles Chris Cornell songs Song recordings produced by Steve Lillywhite Songs written by Chris Cornell 2007 songs {{2000s-rock-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casino Royale (2006 Soundtrack)
''Casino Royale: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack''. The soundtrack to the 2006 film '' Casino Royale'' was released by Sony Classical on 14 November 2006. The music was composed by David Arnold and is Arnold's fourth soundtrack for the popular James Bond movie series. Frequent collaborator Nicholas Dodd orchestrated and conducted the score. Development Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli announced on 26 July 2006 that Chris Cornell, the former Audioslave and Soundgarden lead singer, composed and would sing "You Know My Name", the ''Casino Royale'' title song. Cornell collaborated with David Arnold who composed the film's score. Cornell was first reported to be writing and performing the song on 20 July 2006 by the Finnish newspaper ''IltaАЬА-Sanomat''. "You Know My Name" is the first theme song since 1983's ''Octopussy'' to use a different title than the film, and Cornell is the first male performer since a-ha (in 1987's ''The Living Daylights''). It is only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Know My Name
"You Know My Name" is the theme song of the 2006 James Bond film '' Casino Royale'', performed by American musician Chris Cornell, who wrote and produced it jointly with David Arnold, the soundtrack's composer. The film producers chose Cornell because they wanted a strong male singer. Cornell and Arnold tried to make the song a replacement theme for the character instead of the "James Bond Theme" reflecting the agent's inexperience in ''Casino Royale'', as well as an introduction to Daniel Craig's grittier and more emotional portrayal of Bond. The track was leaked onto the Internet on September 20, 2006, and later released as an official single on November 13, 2006 through Interscope Records. It charted in many countries, notably peaking at No. 7 on the UK singles chart. It sold 148,000 copies in 2006 in the UK, and has sold 323,000 digital copies and garnered 3.5 million streams in the U.S. as of 2017. Reviews of the song were positive; it won the Satellite Award and the World S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Like A Stone
"Like a Stone" is a song by the American rock supergroup Audioslave, released as the second single from their eponymous debut studio album ''Audioslave'' in January 2003. The song topped both the ''Billboard'' Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and Hot Modern Rock Tracks charts, and reached number 31 on the Hot 100 chart, making it their biggest US hit. "Like a Stone" has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It became the fifth best performing alternative song on the Alternative Songs chart of the decade and the eighth best performing rock song on the Mainstream Rock chart of the decade. Background and composition Bassist Tim Commerford claims that the song is about an old man waiting for death, who sits in a house alone after all his friends and family have passed on, waiting to be reunited with them. However, while Commerford originally thought it was a song about love and romance, band's singer and songwriter Chris Cornell explains that "It's a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Say Hello 2 Heaven
"Say Hello 2 Heaven" is a song by the American rock music, rock band Temple of the Dog. Written by vocalist Chris Cornell, "Say Hello 2 Heaven" was released on June 18, 1991 as the second single from the band's sole studio album, ''Temple of the Dog (album), Temple of the Dog'' (1991). The song reached number five on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks, Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Cornell wrote "Say Hello 2 Heaven" as a tribute to his roommate, Mother Love Bone vocalist Andrew Wood (singer), Andrew Wood, who at the time had recently died of a Drug overdose, heroin overdose. "Say Hello 2 Heaven" was also their only song deemed Clear Channel memorandum, lyrically inappropriate following the September 11th terrorist attacks. Origin and recording "Say Hello 2 Heaven" was one of two songs, the other being "Reach Down", to be written by vocalist Chris Cornell when he was on tour with Soundgarden in Europe prior to approaching former Mother Love Bone membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Can't Change Me
"Can't Change Me" is the first single released from Chris Cornell's debut solo album, ''Euphoria Morning'' (1999). The song peaked at No. 5 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks, and at No. 7 on the Alternative Songs chart. A music video was produced for the song. "Can't Change Me" was nominated for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance at the 2000 Grammy Awards. Origin Chris Cornell told MTV News that students of Soundgarden's music can find the genesis of "Can't Change Me" in some of the band's hits, such as " Blow Up the Outside World" and "Fell on Black Days". About the meaning of the lyrics, Cornell told MTV's ''Making the Video'': It was written in the middle of a long songwriting period that I had for the record. Although it's the first song released as a single, it was probably one of the later songs that I wrote. The idea of the song... you kinda get the idea that it's a statement from the singer. It's kind of more of a sad discovery that this singer is involved with this p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audioslave (album)
''Audioslave'' is the debut studio album by American rock music, rock Supergroup (music), supergroup Audioslave, released on November 18, 2002, through Epic Records and Interscope Records. In the United States, it has been certified RIAA certification, triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album spawned the single (music), singles "Cochise (song), Cochise", "Like a Stone", "Show Me How to Live (song), Show Me How to Live", "I Am the Highway", and "What You Are"; "Like a Stone" was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance, Best Hard Rock Performance at the 46th Grammy Awards. Background and release After Zack de la Rocha left Rage Against the Machine, the remaining members of the band began to look for a new vocalist. Producer and friend Rick Rubin suggested they contact Chris Cornell and played them the Soundgarden song "Slaves & Bulldozers" to showcase his ability. Cornell was in the process of writing material for a second solo a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Show Me How To Live (song)
"Show Me How to Live" is a song by the American rock supergroup Audioslave. It was released in June 2003 as the third single from their first album, ''Audioslave'' released in 2003. It peaked at number 67 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart, number 2 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks and number 4 in the Modern Rock Tracks. Produced by Rick Rubin, the song contains heavy guitar and drum riffs and a solo broken up with a phasing, fluttering effect by Tom Morello. Chris Cornell achieves an unusual effect by repeatedly striking his throat with the side of his hand while changing pitch. Composition The song is played at a tempo of roughly 90 BPM and contains heavy guitar and drum riffs and a solo broken up with a phasing, fluttering effect by Tom Morello, achieved by using a combination of tremolo picking the high E-string, using his trademark Dunlop Cry Baby wah pedal and a ring modulator effect. Chris Cornell achieves an unusual effect by repeatedly striking his throat wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Original Fire
"Original Fire" is a song by American hard rock band Audioslave. It was released in July 2006 as the first single from the album '' Revelations''. Over a year and a half after release, the song rose back into the UK Rock Chart, at number 11, and a week later climbed to the top 10 at number 6. It was also a substantial rock hit in the U.S., peaking at number 3 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 4 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, although it did not chart for several months. Background Guitarist Tom Morello described the song as hard-rocking, but with a '70s funk and soul influence. "It's a jam," he said. "It's one of those songs where the genesis was a riff that I had for a very, very long time and imagined it happening in a certain way. When we started jamming in the room, the song morphed into something completely different, completely unexpected and a lot better than I ever imagined it being." Promotion Epic Records held a contest in which the participants had to i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |