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Carry On (2007)

Where the lyrics of Carry On take you, and where it was really made.

Chris Cornell was hit by a truck while riding his motorcycle during the making of this album, yet he walked away and returned to the studio that same day.

Key places

Recorded at NRG Recording Studios (2007)

Recording site NRG Recording Studios (Hollywood) — Carry On was recorded at NRG Recording Studios in Los Angeles. The studio is listed as the recording place for this album. The source gives no exact dates for the sessions. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Carry On: second solo studio album by American musician Chris Cornell
• Released 28 May 2007 in the United Kingdom and 5 June 2007 in the United States
• Second solo album after Euphoria Mourning (1999), and his first since leaving Audioslave
• Described as a mash-up of alt-rock and adult contemporary, with blues, psychedelic music and hard rock also noted as part of its range
• Fourteen tracks in total

Background

• Cornell said he was always writing, and some of the songs he wrote could not go onto an Audioslave album
• During the recording, he was involved in a motorcycle accident in Studio City, Los Angeles, when a truck rear-ended him
• He was thrown about 20 feet into the air, walked away with severe cuts and bruises, and returned to the studio later that day
• Cornell toured the world in 2007 to promote the album, marking 20 years of career and mixing solo material with hits from his earlier bands

Recording

• Produced by Steve Lillywhite
• Friend Gary Lucas contributed acoustic guitar to some of the tracks
• Recorded at NRG Recording Studios in Los Angeles
• Includes the first album appearance of 'You Know My Name', the theme song for Casino Royale
• Also features a cover of Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean' from Thriller

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Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

• Christopher John Cornell (1964–2017) was an American musician, best known as lead vocalist of Soundgarden and Audioslave.
• He was a key figure of the 1990s grunge movement, with a nearly four-octave vocal range.
• Soundgarden formed in 1984 in Seattle; their Superunknown (1994) became their breakthrough, debuting at number one on the Billboard 200.
• Audioslave formed in 2001 after Zack de la Rocha left Rage Against the Machine; their debut album reached triple platinum status in the United States.
• Cornell released four solo studio albums: Euphoria Morning (1999), Carry On (2007), Scream (2009), and Higher Truth (2015).
• He wrote and performed "You Know My Name" for the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale.
• He founded Temple of the Dog, a one-off tribute project to his late friend Andrew Wood, whose 1991 album was a hit.

Legacy

• Cornell sold 14.8 million albums in the U.S. alone and was nominated for 18 Grammy Awards, winning three.
• He was ranked number 9 on Rolling Stone's list of the best lead singers of all time.
• He died by suicide on May 18, 2017, in Detroit. In 2025 he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Soundgarden.

Reception

At release

• The BBC called the album 'possibly the most confused album you’ll come across all year', describing it as both catchy and dreary at the same time
• AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine considered the album a 'hard rock maturation'
• Critics gave the album generally mixed reviews
• Cornell said he drew on a range of genres, including heavy rock, while recording it
• During US radio interviews, Cornell announced 'No Such Thing' as the album's first single

Records

• Debuted at number 17 on the Billboard 200
• Sold 37,000 copies in the United States at debut
• Has sold 121,000 copies in the United States
• Sales had reached 300,000 copies worldwide by 4 September 2007

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Trivia

• 'You Know My Name' first appeared on this album and was the theme song for Casino Royale (2006), the James Bond film that marked Daniel Craig's debut in the role
• An acoustic version of 'Disappearing Act' is heard during the end credits of the 2007 horror film Bug, directed by William Friedkin
• Cornell's cover of Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean' was one of the album's highlights
• Cornell's 2007 world tour mixed solo songs with hits from Soundgarden, Audioslave and Temple of the Dog
• The album was released in the UK one week before the US

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

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