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Chris Cornell - Scream
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| Turns out that cover of Michael Jackson's ''Billie Jean'' on Chris Cornell's last solo album was prophetic; the former Soundgarden/Audioslave frontman's controversial new CD seems like nothing so much as an attempt to create his very own Thriller. What's more surprising than Scream's R&B bells and whistles (provided by überproducer Timbaland) is that Cornell almost succeeds at that goal without tarnishing his hard-rawkin' legacy. Expansive ballads like ''Never Far Away'' and ''Long Gone'' sound like dance-floor cousins to ''Black Hole Sun,'' and ''Time'' is perhaps the funkiest song to bear that title since Sly Stone's. Talk about being alive in the superunknown. B+...full text |
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When she won the first season of “American Idol” in 2002, it was unclear what sort of fame lay ahead. And it took time for her to create a recording persona that was as popular and as sure-footed as her “Idol” one. That those identities were somewhat at odds came as a surprise. On the show she was down-to-earth and a bit awkward, expertly running through a raft of blues-inflected classic soul, with a couple of detours to Celine Dion. But the contemporary soul of her debut album “Thankful” often fell flat, and on her second album, “Breakaway,” she was reinvented as an updated Alanis Morissette, confessional and blunt, singing big-voiced songs of disappointment: “Since U Been Gone,” “Behind These Hazel Eyes,” “Because of You” and more. It went platinum six times over....full text |
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| he oft-delayed blend of Chris Cornell's trademark grunge-soul growl and Timbaland's percolating computer grooves, "Scream" is no less bizarre than its team-up suggests. Sometimes it's good bizarre: "Never Far Away" throbs with a dark drama not unlike the kind Cornell brought to his 2007 cover of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean." Other times it's bad bizarre: With its layered harmony vocals and chintzy Middle Eastern trimmings, "Take Me Alive" sounds like it should be credited to the Pussycat Dudes. Throughout "Scream," though, you have to admire Cornell's and Timbaland's conviction: This music never gives off the whiff of desperation, even when it probably should.—Mikael Wood...full text |
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