Chris Cornell archival box set, featuring work from Soundgarden, Audioslave, and more, has arrived: Stream

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Today marks the release of an eponymous career-spanning box set comprised of Chris Cornell’s unreleased recordings. Subscribers of Apple Music and Spotify can stream it below.

The set was curated by Cornell’s wife, Vicky, in collaboration with his former bandmates and friends. It packs 64 tracks that encompass his work with Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, and Audioslave, as well as his own solo work. To demonstrate the vastness of his catalog, the liner notes were written by a diverse array of Cornell’s collaborators, including Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil and Matt Cameron, Audioslave’s Tom Morello, Temple of the Dog’s Mike McCready, and producer Brendan O’Brien.

(Read: Soundgarden: Times Are Gone)

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Thayil said the set represents “the breadth of his career, and the large spectrum of stylistic approaches to songwriting and the growth that was shown.” He added, “Obviously Chris isn’t there to put in his two cents, so we have to try to appraise what his feelings and sentiments will be. There are some cases where I remember distinctly that Chris didn’t like this song, or he didn’t like this record, or he didn’t like this particular version, so it’s like, ‘Let’s don’t use it.’”

The set features 11 previously unreleased tracks, including “When Bad Does Good”, which just received a music video starring his son, Chris Cornell Jr. Also included is a live recording of Cornell’s duet with Yusuf/Cat Stevens on “Wild World” and covers of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” and Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song”, both of which he recorded with his daughter, Toni.

(Read: Soundgarden’s Top 20 Songs)

Thayil also hints that there’s new, unheard Soundgarden songs that have yet to be released. “We were working on an album before everything came to a head, so we have some pretty strong demo material that we’re still trying to finish developing and accessing some of the recording material, to be able to flesh it out,” Thayil said. Whether or not it will ever see the light of day remains up in the air.

Chris Cornell is available in multiple CD and vinyl configurations, which you can check out here. See the artwork full tracklist below. In related news, a tribute concert honoring the rock legend is scheduled to take place in Los Angeles next month, featuring Foo Fighters, Metallica, and Ryan Adams, along with members of Soundgarden, Audioslave, and Temple of the Dog.

Chris Cornell Artwork:

Chris Cornell

Chris Cornell Tracklist:

CD 1

01. Hunted Down [Soundgarden]
02. Kingdom of Come [Soundgarden]
03. Flower [Soundgarden]
04. All Your Lies [Soundgarden]
05. Loud Love [Soundgarden]
06. Hands All Over [Soundgarden]
07. Say Hello2 Heaven [Temple of the Dog]
08. Hunger Strike [Temple of the Dog]
09. Outshined [Soundgarden]
10. Rusty Cage [Soundgarden]
11. Seasons
12. Hey Baby (Land Of The New Rising Sun) [M.A.C.C.]
13. Black Hole Sun [Soundgarden]
14. Spoonman [Soundgarden]
15. Dusty [Soundgarden]
16. Burden In My Hand [Soundgarden]

CD 2

01. Sunshower
02. Sweet Euphoria
03. Can’t Change Me
04. Like A Stone [Audioslave]
05. Cochise [Audioslave]
06. Be Yourself [Audioslave]
07. Doesn’t Remind Me [Audioslave]
08. Revelations [Audioslave]
09. Shape Of Things To Come [Audioslave]
10. You Know My Name
11. Billie Jean
12. Long Gone (Rock Version)
13. Scream
14. Part Of Me (Steve Aoki Remix)
15. Ave Maria (with Eleven)

CD 3

01. Promise [Slash featuring Chris Cornell]
02. Whole Lotta Love [Santana featuring Chris Cornell]
03. Call Me A Dog (Live Acoustic)
04. Imagine (Live Acoustic)
05. I Am TheHighway (Live Acoustic)
06. The Keeper
07. Been Away Too Long [Soundgarden]
08. Live To Rise [Soundgarden]
09. Lies [Gabin with Chris Cornell & Ace]
10. Misery Chain [with Joy Williams]
11. Storm [Soundgarden]
12. Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart
13. Only These Words
14. Our Time In The Universe
15. ’Til The Sun Comes Back Around
16. Stay With Me Baby
17. The Promise
18. When Bad Does Good *

CD 4

0. Into The Void (Sealth) (Live at the Paramount) [Soundgarden]
02. Mind Riot (Live at the Paramount) [Soundgarden]
03. Nothing To Say (Live in Seattle) [Soundgarden]
04. Jesus Christ Pose (Live in Oakland) [Soundgarden]
05. Show Me How To Live (Live in Cuba) [Audioslave] *
06. Wide Awake (Live in Sweden) *
07. All Night Thing (Live in Sweden) *
08. Nothing Compares 2 U(Live at Sirius XM) *
09. One (Live at Beacon Theatre) *
10. Reach Down (Live at the Paramount) [Temple of the Dog] *
11. Stargazer (Live at the Paramount) [Temple of the Dog] *
12. Wild World (Live at Pantages Theatre) [Yusuf/Cat Stevens with Chris Cornell] *
13 .A Day In The Life (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) *
14. Redemption Song (Live at Beacon Theatre) [with Toni Cornell] *
15. Thank You (Live in Sweden) *

* = Previously unreleased material

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