Hmm, I wonder what section of the store this album is in…Adult Contemporary or Easy listening? Chris, buddy, what have you done?

I listened closely to this album because I was really interested in doing a review. And all I can say is, Wow…I can’t believe I didn’t fall asleep.

Chris Cornell is one of the best vocalists ever, but this album is lacking in so many ways to me. His voice seems higher pitched than normal and very flat sounding compared to anything else I have heard him sing. From a production standpoint this entire album sounds like garbage. At some points it doesn’t even sound like they are using a real drum, and the guitar is also lacking any sort of character.

The first 3 songs started off the album by having a chorus of the track title, repeated about 3 times. Safe and Sound is so soft and slow that it is almost gospel sounding, except for the warbled sounding guitar at the beginning. Another thing I noticed during this song, and continued to notice in later songs, is that he not only sings the lead vocals but it sounds like he is the back up vocals also. She’ll Never Be Your Man started the trend again of the chorus having the song title repeated over and over again. The song Killing Birds is probably the worst vocals I have ever heard from Chris Cornell. He tries to sing too high at some points and sounds like he is almost shrieking. After that comes the cover of Billie Jean. I never could have imagined a cover this slow of the song, but it actually seems to fit the song somewhat. I don’t really have anything to say about the next few songs so I’ll say a bit about Disappearing Act…Am I the only person who has no idea what he is even saying at some points in the song?

I really tried to enjoy this album, but I don’t think I will ever listen to the whole thing again. One or 2 tracks I may listen to on occasion if they come on in shuffle or something, but I’m just not feeling this album at all.

Rating:

Tracklist:

1. No Such Thing
2. Poison Eye
3. Arms Around Your Love
4. Safe And Sound
5. She’ll Never Be Your Man
6. Ghosts
7. Killing Birds
8. Billie Jean
9. Scar On The Sky
10. Your Soul Today
11. Finally Forever
12. Silence The Voices
13. Disappearing Act
14. You Know My Name

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