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No One Sings Like You Anymore, Vol. 1 (2020)

Where the lyrics of No One Sings Like You Anymore, Vol. 1 take you, and where it was really made.

Cornell recorded this covers album in 2016 and it came out only after his death, with no advance announcement from his estate and Universal Music Enterprises.

Key places

Recorded at Record Plant in Los Angeles (2020)

Recording site Record Plant (Los Angeles) — The album credits list Record Plant in Los Angeles as a recording location. The sessions took place in Los Angeles from January to April 2016. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• No One Sings Like You Anymore, Vol. 1 is the fifth studio album by Chris Cornell
• Released posthumously on December 11, 2020, without prior announcement from his estate and Universal Music Enterprises
• Ten covers, sequenced and recorded by Cornell in 2016
• Covers include Harry Nilsson's "Jump into the Fire", John Lennon's "Watching the Wheels", and Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U"
• Title is taken from a line in Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun"
• Physical versions released March 19, 2021

Background

• Preceded by a cover of Guns N' Roses' "Patience", released as a single on July 20, 2020, in honor of Cornell's 56th birthday
• The "Patience" single became Cornell's first solo song to reach No. 1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart
• Cornell had earlier released "Stay with Me Baby" for the HBO series Vinyl, influenced by Terry Reid's version
• Cornell's wife Vicky Cornell said the album is a complete work of art that Chris created from start to finish
• Cornell first performed "Nothing Compares 2 U" on his 2015–2016 acoustic tour
• He published his acoustic cover of "Nothing Compares 2 U" on April 22, 2016, the day after Prince's death
• The album version of that song was re-orchestrated

Recording

• Recorded in Los Angeles from January to April 2016
• Cornell played all the instruments, working with producer-mixer Brendan O'Brien
• The album was conceived during the sessions for the album Higher Truth
• O'Brien has said the album remains unfinished and more recording sessions had been planned
• Credits list Record Plant in Los Angeles and Henson Recording Studios as recording locations, with mastering at Casa de Amor

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

Tracklist

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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 album was released posthumously, on December 11, 2020, with no prior announcement
• The "Patience" single was released on July 20, 2020, ahead of the album
• A video for "Watching the Wheels" was released on December 22, 2020
• Cornell's "Nothing Compares 2 U" cover was nominated at the Grammy Awards 2022 for Best Rock Performance
• No One Sings Like You Anymore, Vol. 1 was nominated at the Grammy Awards 2022 for Best Rock Album

Records

• Billboard 200 (United States): No. 78
• "Patience" reached No. 1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart, Cornell's first solo song to do so
• Physical versions followed the streaming release on March 19, 2021

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

Trivia

• The album was made in the year before Cornell's death and released after it, in 2020.
• Cornell's "Stay with Me Baby" was recorded for the Vinyl series, which was directed in part by Martin Scorsese.
• The album's Digisleeve packaging is a 4-panel design with an 8-page booklet.
• Brendan O'Brien has said the record is unfinished and that more recording sessions had been planned.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

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