Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning

In the words of Darth Vader, the circle is now complete

Chris Cornell didn't sing great melodies to start off with. Ultramega OK and Louder Than Love were both much more about screaming and yelling, not remotely pretty. Melody started to come in around Badmotorfinger, especially on the incredible "Outshined". Then Temple Of The Dog foreshadows this album in a way.

Superunkown combined the melody of Temple Of The Dog with early Soundgarden for a masterpiece, while "Down On The Upside" went back to outright screaming except for the brilliant "Blow Up The Outside World". That brings us to Euphoria Morning.

If I had only heard Louder Than Love or Ultramega Ok and you told me that Chris Cornell had an album crooning ballads, I wouldn't believe you. This album is beautiful. The highlights are "Flutter Girl", "Follow My Way", "Sweet Euphoria", and my favorite-"Pillow Of Your Bones"-stands up against any of Cornell's best work.

While Cornell definitely completed the melodic path he had started with Superunknown, it's too bad that right after this album Cornell abandoned the melody for Audioslave except for the classics "Like A Stone" and "I Am The Highway".

So Superunknown it is not, but as "Flutter Girl" was actually an outtake from Superunknown, there are pieces of that album all over Euphoria Morning. If you like the more melodic songs from Soundgarden like "Fell On Black Days" or "Black Hole Sun", then you should definitely listen to this album. October 9, 2008

Edgy

I think the great thing about this album is its general moodiness and attitude, from "Flutter Girl" (an anti groupie song - "you dont wanna know where I live, you dont wanna take what I give") and the wry "she's going to change the world, but she can't change me" to the "you say I only love you when Im down... one thing you should realise, is Im down all the time". The only downside on this album I think is Steel Rain, which really really drags. On the whole an interesting, introverted album. July 2, 2008

His best work in my opinion

I've had the argument with my wife often enough that modern music fails to measure up to the epic offerings of the late 60s and early-mid 70s. To my mind, to my ears, there simply wasn't any music being produced that could stack against the classic offerings of the Stones, Zeppelin, Bowie, the Beatles, Floyd, Tull. What happened? Making and recording music is easier than it was back then--surely we should be seeing MORE not LESS quality...if, that is, quality bubbles up--which has been a glass-half-full belief o mine for as long as I can recall.

Well...it might be as my wife contends that the media is mostly to blame. That video killed the radio star and a profusion of choices and offerings mean that the Supergroup can't last as long as it did in the past. That today's Big Thing is inevitably doomed to be tomorrow's Has Been. This could me almost entirely true.

But we live in the age of niche markets and total accessibility, so quality sometimes bubbles and simmers there on the burner toward the back of the stove.

There are powerful musicians and voices still.

Lately, I've been captivated by Chris Cornell's work. And this album is, I think, the best work of his storied career. $10 is a paltry price to pay for inspiration and magic: Buy it! December 23, 2007

Sublime....

Este disco definitivamente es especial, buenos matíces, una sensibilidad hermosa... un poder de transmisión único.... temas como Dúlce Eufória, Acto de desaparecer, o Aún llueve... son realmente una obra de arte... con una voz que se entrega... gracia señor Cornell por tanta belleza. December 1, 2007

Classic album!!

Fans of Chris Cornell have been given a masterpiece with this album. Pure music filled with creativity and originality and one of the sweetest yet scariest voices known to mankind. This album is so good on so many levels. It has a wide variety of musical textures and colours but Cornell sings so beautifully and with so much passion on each and every song. The music is very dark for the most part and Cornell uses alot of dark imagery throughout his lyrics. He has also captured great performances from a super band worthy of following up the musical muscle of Cornell's previous band Soundgarden. This is a classic album that will be talked about and listened to for years to come. October 23, 2007

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