Chris Cornell

Audioslave- Revelations

Hi i've been listening to the album Revelations recently, after being released in 2006. I have also been listening to songs from scream, and even that new song featuring him, called Lies.
I personally didn't like his take on the vocals, as much as i usually do, i though they were a bit too rough, and lacked the power that he normally has, and that he has now.
I think that if he re recorded the vocals for that particular album, i would like it so much more, and in some ways i would be very interested in hearing it as for songs like, Moth, and Shape of THings to Come, they are great songs, but his vocals are so much better, and smooth, powerful than are displayed on tracks from revelations.
How do others feel about that.
ALready like the vocals as they are?
No point revisiting old music?

just interested
I would be really interested and pleased if one day he spent time, re recording the vocals, so that we could hear his awsome voice as it is now, which is brilliant.
I just though that the singing on revelations lacked that energy that was on the first audioslate album and DOTU from Soundgarden.

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Interesting, I actually, liked revelations, more than, the other albums, vocally.

Just messin' with you about the commas.

Seriously though, I did like his vocals a lot more on revelations than on most of his other albums (soundgarden, audioslave, temple of the dog, solo, etc).

What about his vocals on revelations didn't you like?

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Revelations is my favorite of the AS albums, by far. Although I can't explain in a musically-technical manner. For me, it was the most Cornell-ish of all three.

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I suppose its just that in that album his vocals are quite rough, in my opinion. But then other people like that style so i understand other peoples point of view. I still really like the album, but just like his vocals in the first audioslave album more.

I take the point about the commas. Just read it through. Almost unreadable. Anyway I'll try more full stops. Ha ha

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i love revelations, and I like his voice a lot in that album. I did not see anything wrong with his voice

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For me, Audioslave really became themselves in Revelations it was no longer Cornell or Rage but was y'know, them.

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I love Chris's vocals in Revelations just the way they are ... a bit raspy and deep. Love that! Suits the mood of the music really well. It's a great album and I just wish that they would have toured it a bit before the split.

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I can't say enough about Revelations. I have been thinking about it and listening to it last few days.

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Speaking of rough vocals, I think Out of Exile has his most unpolished yet. In some songs to me it actually sounds painful (for example, Heaven's Dead). I get the feeling that he didn't spend half the time doing takes as he did for the self-titled. In Revelations to me his voice sounds a lot smoother again, though it's still a little rough around the edges.

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I think Audioslaves first is head & shoulders better then the other Audioslave albums. It is the deepest and showcases his strong vocals better then the others.

Cochise, Show Me How to Live, Gasoline, What You Are, Set It Off, Shadow of the Sun then throw in Like A Stone, I Am the Highway, and Last Remaining Light for some balance (not to impune the other songs on the album by omitting them)

I would love to hear their first album played live cover to cover.

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Pizzaguy wrote:
I think Audioslaves first is head & shoulders better then the other Audioslave albums. It is the deepest and showcases his strong vocals better then the others.

Cochise, Show Me How to Live, Gasoline, What You Are, Set It Off, Shadow of the Sun then throw in Like A Stone, I Am the Highway, and Last Remaining Light for some balance (not to impune the other songs on the album by omitting them)

I would love to hear their first album played live cover to cover.

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@ThomasRueb - I agree on the OOE, tho' I do have soft spot in my heart for Heaven's Dead. I think Cornell was in the long process of readjusting after giving up smoking after, like, 20 years. The smoke does affect a singer's voice, one way or another. I think he even spoke of it in interviews, like for a while he couldn't be sure from day to day how his voice might sound.

I think at this point in time his voice, and lungs, have (fortunately for us all) sprung back.

But I don't this he was feeling so great during the Cuba trip but he persevered anyway.

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Most hardcore SG fans say that the self titled is the best album. I personally think it is the closest to SG music, like songs Chris had in his repertoire for SG before it disbanded. But it was given a different flair due to the musical stylings of Tom and Co.

I love all 3 albums, but Revelations is the band coming together and developing their own unique/funky sound.

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" ... Revelations is the band coming together and developing their own unique/funky sound. "
Yes, and that's also what makes it so sad that they disbanded. For whatever reasons - only THEY know the truth, eh?
Oh well, life goes on.

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Yup, Revelations is the best Audioslave record. It's the least like a Rage/SG Frankenstein monster, and verges on being a pretty rockin' funk album (probably why you like it most seafud, as you have a Fishbone avatar.) I would like the self-titled more if it were a bit more structured and reigned in. By contrast, Revelations is a little too short. Audioslave never escaped their predictable verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-verse-chorus song structures, which is why I'll always prefer late-era Soundgarden. But I think Revelations is really the closest they came to being something great.

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ccaudiogarden wrote:

Pizzaguy wrote:
I think Audioslaves first is head & shoulders better then the other Audioslave albums. It is the deepest and showcases his strong vocals better then the others.

Cochise, Show Me How to Live, Gasoline, What You Are, Set It Off, Shadow of the Sun then throw in Like A Stone, I Am the Highway, and Last Remaining Light for some balance (not to impune the other songs on the album by omitting them)

I would love to hear their first album played live cover to cover.

I agree. I think the first album is outstanding!! So many great songs all on the same album.

I have wanted to hear (in concert) The Last Remaining Light for the last three years, but he doesn't ever seem to do it :(

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hear4cc wrote:
Most hardcore SG fans say that the self titled is the best album. I personally think it is the closest to SG music, like songs Chris had in his repertoire for SG before it disbanded. But it was given a different flair due to the musical stylings of Tom and Co.

I love all 3 albums, but Revelations is the band coming together and developing their own unique/funky sound.

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Pizzaguy wrote:

ccaudiogarden wrote:

Pizzaguy wrote:
I think Audioslaves first is head & shoulders better then the other Audioslave albums. It is the deepest and showcases his strong vocals better then the others.

Cochise, Show Me How to Live, Gasoline, What You Are, Set It Off, Shadow of the Sun then throw in Like A Stone, I Am the Highway, and Last Remaining Light for some balance (not to impune the other songs on the album by omitting them)

I would love to hear their first album played live cover to cover.

I agree. I think the first album is outstanding!! So many great songs all on the same album.

I have wanted to hear (in concert) The Last Remaining Light for the last three years, but he doesn't ever seem to do it :(

I bet if you got close to him during one of his solo shows with a sign saying Last Remaining Light, I bet he would do it..He did Get Away Car in one show and I am quite sure that was not on the original setlist. He did Exploder at a few shows and I bet that was by request too.

It would be great during the acoustic set as well

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ccaudiogarden wrote:

Pizzaguy wrote:

ccaudiogarden wrote:

Pizzaguy wrote:
I think Audioslaves first is head & shoulders better then the other Audioslave albums. It is the deepest and showcases his strong vocals better then the others.

Cochise, Show Me How to Live, Gasoline, What You Are, Set It Off, Shadow of the Sun then throw in Like A Stone, I Am the Highway, and Last Remaining Light for some balance (not to impune the other songs on the album by omitting them)

I would love to hear their first album played live cover to cover.

I agree. I think the first album is outstanding!! So many great songs all on the same album.

I have wanted to hear (in concert) The Last Remaining Light for the last three years, but he doesn't ever seem to do it :(

I bet if you got close to him during one of his solo shows with a sign saying Last Remaining Light, I bet he would do it..He did Get Away Car in one show and I am quite sure that was not on the original setlist. He did Exploder at a few shows and I bet that was by request too.

It would be great during the acoustic set as well

Been there, done that!! Plus, tweets the day of the concert...

I know he is very open to requests, but I have heard him say "not gonna happen" to others. He usually takes requests during his acoustic part of his concerts. He did play Thank You when we requested it. He was going to do Can't Change Me which requires a special accessory to his guitar (sorry, I'm a music fan, not a musician so I have no idea what it's called). He changed his mind and took it off to play Thank You.

I'm sure there's a reason why he doesn't do it. Maybe it's a tuning issue. Maybe it's a voice thing. I have heard him say in interviews, he conditions for months before he will do Slaves and Bulldozers live.

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He did Last Remaining Light during some of the very early Audioslave concerts in Europe, in 2003. It's one of my favourites too, but I have to say it didn't work terribly well live. Tended to drag - I don't think the rest of Audioslave were very used to playing ballads at that stage.

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Revelations is an incredible album. I love Audioslave and I'm STILL disappointed they didn't tour behind that album. They broke up without ever doing most of those songs live. Someday, they are going to have to make it up to me.

And dude, Cornell sounds fucking awesome on Revelations. He sounds awesome on everything. Stop being so fucking picky.

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Audiorick wrote:
Revelations is an incredible album. I love Audioslave and I'm STILL disappointed they didn't tour behind that album. They broke up without ever doing most of those songs live. Someday, they are going to have to make it up to me.

And dude, Cornell sounds fucking awesome on Revelations. He sounds awesome on everything. Stop being so fucking picky.

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Exploder3 wrote:
I suppose its just that in that album his vocals are quite rough, in my opinion. But then other people like that style so i understand other peoples point of view. I still really like the album, but just like his vocals in the first audioslave album more.

I take the point about the commas. Just read it through. Almost unreadable. Anyway I'll try more full stops. Ha ha

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Myles Kennedy and his voice is/are pretty awesome.
But, to me, Cornell most "bled his heart out" with TOTD.

But who knows what might be forthcoming? Can't be bad.

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seafud wrote:
Myles Kennedy and his voice is/are pretty awesome.
But, to me, Cornell most "bled his heart out" with TOTD.

But who knows what might be forthcoming? Can't be bad.

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EuphoriaEvening wrote:
For me, Audioslave really became themselves in Revelations it was no longer Cornell or Rage but was y'know, them.

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wolverine wrote:

EuphoriaEvening wrote:
For me, Audioslave really became themselves in Revelations it was no longer Cornell or Rage but was y'know, them.

I agree on that...which is sad it was the last album of them too because I feel they still had some room to explore.

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I loved the albulm revelations.. It was very good lyricly in my opinion. Especially the title track.

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Revelations had excellent music! "Shape of Things to Come" was the new "Shadow on the Sun" for me. It coulda been big!! That AND "Moth"!! Oh! And "Broken City". Such a shame they didn't tour with it. But.... I am sooo enjoying the solo Cornell!

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I really like the mix-up with chris Cornell with the Rage Against Machine Crew - - They are really awesome . . The one thing I wish is could they create more song cause i like how they sound . . . .

Thanks

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I really like Revelations it is a great album. It should have sold more copies but was not promoted well since the band disbanded right after its release. Moth is my favorite song on it.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BE1vjpzFKQ

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javimillo wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BE1vjpzFKQ