Scream - Chris Cornell
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Mixed or average reviews- based on 139 Ratings

  • Summary: The latest solo album for the singer/guitarist was produced by Timberland and Jerome "J-Roc" Harmon.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 19
  2. Negative: 6 out of 19
  1. What's more surprising than Scream's R&B bells and whistles (provided by überproducer Timbaland) is that Cornell almost succeeds at that goal without tarnishing his hard-rawkin' legacy.
  2. Though this hook-up frequently pushes at the boundaries of plausibility, there's lots about Scream that makes perfect sense.
  3. 60
    Scream has balls, Cornell vacating his comfort zone with admirable readiness. [Apr 2009, p.98]
  4. It never seems like a collaboration, it seems like it was assembled by committee, discussed in boardrooms, farmed out to contract players and stitched together on computer.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 36 out of 74
  2. Negative: 34 out of 74
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  2. KevH
    8
    Like everyone else, I agree that this album is quite a departure from his previous offerings, but you have to admire his boldness in trying something THIS different. Personally, i love the way each song leads into the other, it gives the album a flow that im surprised nobody else has commented on. This is novel in a time where so many albums just seem like a bunch of songs slapped together. When i first listened to it, I was disappointed to not find a sound i was used to, but it has slowly grown on me, with killer tracks like Climbing Up The Walls and Enemy.Give it time and it may grow on you too. Expand
  3. StanP
    7
    This CD is a pretty good album from start to finish. It is not the usual stuff Chris Cornell would compose. However, the bonus tracks on this album are great. Do yourself a favor go see Chris Cornell live. You'll be surprised to see that those songs off this album actually sounds better live in a deconstructed way. Expand
  4. Whereas his previous solo album is still getting better with every listen, this one has the opposite effect. After two or three spins of Scream I liked most of the cuts. But after a few more spins there were only a couple that really stayed with me. Cornell's biggest mistake was trying to go for big ballads ("Long Gone," "Scream") on what should essentially be a light-hearted dance record filled with more straight-up catchy pop tunes like "Ground Zero." Not a bad concept for an album, the songwriting just didn't have the right stuff. Expand

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