Songbook [Live]
by Chris Cornell
  • Record Label: Hip-O
  • Release Date: Nov 21, 2011
Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. American Songwriter
    Jan 5, 2012
    60
    A nice summation of Chris Cornell's career up to this point, Songbook makes for a fine springboard into the next creative chapter of his life.
  2. Rock Sound
    Dec 12, 2011
    60
    It'd be a far easier listen if it was a proper studio release.
  3. musicOMH.com
    Nov 29, 2011
    60
    Cornell's voice might not be as tight as it was back in 1994, but it remains a formidable instrument - and lifts this collection well above that of an average live album. It's the lack of variety that stops it from becoming truly great.
  5. Drowned In Sound
    Nov 29, 2011
    60
    As a beginner's introduction to Cornell's work, Songbook is exemplary, but for the fans, who this is apparently aimed at, it fails to completely satisfy.
  6. Entertainment Weekly
    Nov 29, 2011
    50
    His ... /bellow is downgraded to a whimper on these live, solo acoustic tracks. The Audioslave songs take the biggest hit; without amp-busting bluster, they're barely there.[Nov. 25, 2011, p. 71]
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