Chris Cornell To Rework 'Scream' Into Rock Album

Apparently tired of the criticism and negative reception of his latest solo album Scream, Chris Cornell will reportedly re-record the entire album with more of a guitar driven rock sound. The Timbaland produced album was poorly received by hard-core Cornell fans and was largely ignored by the general public, with the Soundgarden and Audioslave singer releasing a record featuring club beats and pop production.

The record debuted at number 10 on the Billboard 200 chart when it was released in March, but plummeted 55 places in its second week and was off the 200 after 10 weeks. Explore Music is reporting that musicians such as Jordan Zadorozny, from indie band Blinker The Star, have been reworking Scream's tracks to have more of a rock style.

The news comes as a bit of a surprise, considering that Cornell staunchly supported the release when interviewed earlier this year.

"As a songwriter and creative person, I have to do what makes me happy," Cornell told Alternative Addiction during an interview in March. "That changes; it goes into different worlds," Cornell explained. "Sometimes its going to be in the world that those core fans of my earlier period love, and sometimes it won't."

Cornell defended his unlikely pairing with Timbaland, explaining that the chance to take a fresh approach was really the reason he was making a solo record in the first place.

"I sort of thought, well why not? That's sort of why I am a solo artist - so I can do anything I want, when I want. That was really all the thought that went into it."

Obviously Cornell has had second thoughts about that decision, leading Cornell to ultimately re-record the entire album. A new rock version of the track "Never Far Away" has been released, you can listen to both versions below:

Never Far Away (rock mix) by Chris Cornell

Never Far Away (album version) by Chris Cornell

Comments

[Jesus_Dean]

I respect him even less, now. Commercialism runs rampant!

[Mass_debator]

And the whole Temple of the Dog thing was such a step in the right direction too. *sigh*.

Does this guy need to fire his manager or what??? A Soundgarden reunion is only way to get back some cred after this behemoth of a faux pas, don't do the whole goddamn thing all over again. Fucking hell, talk about a dog chowing its own vomit.

[Martin Blank]

The lyrics are still terrible.

[SuicidalFreak]

Still waiting for a Soundgarden reunion...

[DarkBlueIce]

Sounds pretty good

[DarkBlueIce]

he prolly should of released this the same time the album actually came out....oh well....still have fingers crossed on soundgarden reunion

[aaronni]

Mass_debator wrote:
And the whole Temple of the Dog thing was such a step in the right direction too. *sigh*.

That was almost 20 years ago...
I say fair play to him for trying something new, unfortunately it really didn't work out. Will be interesting to hear him turn it into a rock album.

[AEnima18]

When you hear it performed live it sounds better because it's played with guitars and real drums, so I look forward to this.

[edinfang]

Urgh I hated that album GRr hope rework gets released

[98Timberwolf]

He made Scream because he wanted to do what made him happy, then he reworks it because it was poorly recieved? Sounds like a bad move to me.

[SuperG0d]

Should just sack it and make a completely new album instead

[Rioc act]

lets give it another fail.. or what? lol gimmie a break...

[pat1990]

ach i am a die hard cornell fan and i thought scream yeah even though was different it was good but obv not cornell good but some songs on it where really good like never far away which now he has done a rock version awsome but yeah he should just have done a rock album in the first place cause when he realesed long gone rock version straight after the album came out i thought yass this is better but good on him for changing it fingers crossed its a belter :P

[Mass_debator]

aaronni wrote:

Mass_debator wrote:
And the whole Temple of the Dog thing was such a step in the right direction too. *sigh*.
That was almost 20 years ago...

Yeah, but they had that random reunion thing at a Pearl Jam gig like 3 weeks ago.

[Skarson]

What did you learn today, Chris?

[Raven_Flight]

I want to see Trent's comments about this.

[Dylanj.Bailey]

it will still suck he needs 2 give up and go back 2 soundgarden

I wouldn't expect a Soundgarden reunion anytime soon with Matt Cameron playing with Pearl Jam, especially just after releasing a new album. Unless Scott Sundquist comes out of musical retirement.

[ThunderPX]

So what I gather from this is, because people were accusing him of selling out, he sold out? Huh.

[ThePats]

Nooooo Cornell abandon the timberland shit, it was just timberland music with Cornell singing in the background. It really doesnt sound like he either didnt bother much writing the music or else timberland just ignored the music that cornell wrote and chrissy baby just didnt want to bring much atention to him kicking the hell out of timber bitch, i swear that i dont mind that he doing better version of the scream album but he could do something better like write a new album or just go and do a massive tour where he does like a whole night doing songs from all eras of his music. (ohhh and im the reals pats , nuts to you pat 90 i was here first( on this world that is) soooo nahhhhh!

[brad_butcher]

chris tisk tisk, soundgarden one great revolutionary band to working with timerland, you lost a lot of respect my friend, i spit on this album rock or not.

*sucks in a big horker*

[Black Star]

Mass_debator wrote:

aaronni wrote:

Mass_debator wrote:
And the whole Temple of the Dog thing was such a step in the right direction too. *sigh*.
That was almost 20 years ago...

Yeah, but they had that random reunion thing at a Pearl Jam gig like 3 weeks ago.

So? Temple of the Dog was better than Audioslave or his solo project. So yes, it was a step in the right direction.

[Macabre Lullaby]

Personally I think I'd respect him more if he had the balls to stand by the record that he made.
Oh well, whatever floats his boat.

[kfong03]

how about everyone forgets about this and audioslave get back together..... PLEASE?

[ZombieDuck]

He should just do a Kurt Cobain. Except with reletively little mourning.

[JordanDH]

I had no major problem with him recording Scream, not my style of music, but it's his choice. Neither do I have a problem with him re-recording it as a rock album, as that is more my style of music. I do, however, have a problem with the whining little shits who haven't stopped complaining about a musician they like, writing in a style they don't. Fucking get over it. He's a human, not your musical little toy that you can demand entertainment of.

[odinwolf]

JordanDH wrote:

Fucking get over it. He's a human, not your musical little toy that you can demand entertainment of.

This.

You say it's freedom of speech to whine about it, but he also has creative freedom to do it. These artists are under a lot of pressure from agents and managers to do things. This whole thing could boil down to him getting some bad advice, and now he's doing what he wanted to do in the first place. Give the guy the benefit of the doubt.

[jethro bob]

one word.... fAIL!

[Anjohl]

Hmm, could actually work. I said that some of the tunes, if de-Timbaland's would sound kindof like Audioslave tracks. This is already a drastic improvement. DRASTIC.

Checked.

[Hungry_Hameds]

Well at least he's seen the light... sure he can do what he wants but to alienate so many fans has to be a bad move as he's basically a cult hero being a grunge singer in an age of pop, rnb and so on.

Hopefully it'll work, and hopefully he is going to stick to rocking out.