Euphoria Morning (studio album) by Chris Cornell

From Repo 04/12/2024 10:38

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At it’s core, Euphoria Morning is a classic throwback to those feel good singer-songwriter albums of the seventies. But it's wrapped in so many layers – hard rock, Beatlesque psychedelia - you may not get that at first. The thickest layer is hard rock, and although I'm kind of late to discovering this total gem, it's easily one of the best Hard Rock albums of the nineties as well.

The songs are catchy earworms that are meant to be sung as your driving down I-95 blocking out, at least mentally, all the maniacs driving all around you. If you’re looking for angst, go back to Soundgarden, who delivered that in spades. No. this is a chance for Chris Cornell to show a slightly different side, but honestly if you loved mid-nineties Soundgarden a la Superunkown andDown On The Upside you’re probably going to love this too. The two sets of songs would be more than comfortable rubbing elbows together on some AOR ‘90s Alt Rock dial.

Before I depart, let’s get to the reason why we showed up in the first place. That voice. One thing that's really not talked about enough is that grunge provided a cornucopia of vocal riches. Layne Stanley. Kurdt Cobain. Mark Lanegan. A total treasure trove that could match any era of hard rock as far as I'm concerned. But my personal favorite was Chris Cornell. And if you’re a fanboy like me, this albums delivers on that front as well.

All in all a very solid album, and I'd easily give it 4 stars.

The more years that pass, the more this album makes sense.

This is a very underated record by the lead singer of soundgarden.Its no secret that Chris Cornell has probably the most powerful voices of the last 30 years but for this record he experimented with more Beatle/Buckley esque melodies and really solid songwriting. His best solo record and a must listen.

Chris Cornell has one of the best voices ever and this type of music really fits it very well. Good songwriting.