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posted 11/01/09 04:00 PM | updated 11/01/09 01:36 PM
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De-Timbaland-ing Chris Cornell's Scream

By Clint Brownlee
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Not many people picked up the former Soundgarden howler's last studio album. Released in March, Scream debuted at #10 on the Billboard 200, then plummeted with record-breaking speed. The problem? Chris Cornell fans rejected his club-friendly makeover and Timbaland fans (are you out there? anyone?) didn't get the concept. Musical FAIL.*

But Scream may get a second, beat-free life thanks to Canadian musician-producer Jordon Zadorozny. Brought in by Michael Friedman, an LA industry guy who heard "'Black Hole Sun' greatness deep within" some of Scream's songs, Zadorozny has, with Cornell's permission, "peeled back all the beats and turned up whatever guitar" he could find in at least one track, "Never Far Away."

Listen for yourself. Is it better than what you hear in the video? Overly produced in the opposite direction? (Where's the guitar coming from, anyway?) Would you, old-school Soundgarden fans and smitten grunge-era girls, buy a re-imagined, rocked-up Scream?

*Not exactly. Scream is just the latest phase of Cornell's genre-dabbling career (which I had the pleasure of speaking to him about earlier this year.) The album's actually an addictive, not entirely guilty pleasure that improves with each listen. But Cornell's vocals are, regrettably, buried beneath layers of flowery electronica.

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Wretched
Whoa; this is total crap and so "far away" from what he is capable of. I would turn this off if I heard it on my radio, and I definitely wouldn't buy it. Hopefully, this will be one of those "What was I thinking" momentsfor Chris.
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