Chris Cornell: Scream

Mar 22 2009 by Paul Cole, Sunday Mercury

CHRIS CORNELL

Scream

(Polydor)

wAFTER rock gods Soundgarden and Audioslave, Chris Cornell’s solo career was always going to be under steely scrutiny. The little matter of a Bond theme enabled him to cash in at Casino Royale but now he faces the cold light of day. Cue a radical change of style, which finds him stepping back from rock and roll, and experimenting instead with R&B – helped in the studio by Timberland, no less. While the Eastern-inspired Take Me Alive, Enemy and Climbing The Walls are intriguing, they’re not the Cornell most know and love. Catch him live at Download. PC