Audioslave - Revelations -- Out Sept. 5
03-22-06, 10:01 PM
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Audioslave - Revelations -- Out Sept. 5
From RollingStone.com,
Audioslave Reveal Their Soul Side
Chris Cornell dips into R&B, family life on "Revelations"
For Audioslave's third album, due in June, singer Chris Cornell wanted to explore a vocal style he feels closest to but has never touched on before: R&B. "I love rock music, but my favorite singers are not in rock bands," Cornell confesses. "They're Stevie Wonder, Mavis Staples, the Chamber Brothers." So on Audioslave's latest effort, appropriately dubbed Revelations, Cornell decided to follow the soul sound.
He really pushed his boundaries on the "groove-oriented" song "Broken City." "It reminds me of The World Is a Ghetto[-era] War," Cornell says. "My vocal cadence is different, my approach to the vocal is different. And with this band, we have the ability to go into more of a soul/R&B direction and have it be authentic. It's exciting."
But never mind the Chamber Brothers -- Cornell's new role as a family man has had just as great an influence on his songwriting and his life. "As I'm getting older and I have children and my life is definitely settling down more, I'm really about family," he says while getting ready to play a West Hollywood benefit for the Stuart House, a group that helps sexually abused children and their families. "When I'm not in the studio making records with Audioslave, I'm at home with my wife and my kids," he continues. "So there are a lot of songs where I mention them -- where maybe the subject is about something else, but they're in there. My family is my chief concern."
Though still only just over a year old, Cornell's daughter has already made her opinion of Audioslave's music known. "My baby girl Toni listens to [last year]'s Out of Exile religiously, every day, dances to it in the kitchen. And if you take out that CD and put in something else, she'll whine and say no," Cornell says with a laugh. "We finished the new record just now, and the very first time I put it on she was like, 'This is not the record I know.' Everybody's a critic."
Audioslave Reveal Their Soul Side
Chris Cornell dips into R&B, family life on "Revelations"
For Audioslave's third album, due in June, singer Chris Cornell wanted to explore a vocal style he feels closest to but has never touched on before: R&B. "I love rock music, but my favorite singers are not in rock bands," Cornell confesses. "They're Stevie Wonder, Mavis Staples, the Chamber Brothers." So on Audioslave's latest effort, appropriately dubbed Revelations, Cornell decided to follow the soul sound.
He really pushed his boundaries on the "groove-oriented" song "Broken City." "It reminds me of The World Is a Ghetto[-era] War," Cornell says. "My vocal cadence is different, my approach to the vocal is different. And with this band, we have the ability to go into more of a soul/R&B direction and have it be authentic. It's exciting."
But never mind the Chamber Brothers -- Cornell's new role as a family man has had just as great an influence on his songwriting and his life. "As I'm getting older and I have children and my life is definitely settling down more, I'm really about family," he says while getting ready to play a West Hollywood benefit for the Stuart House, a group that helps sexually abused children and their families. "When I'm not in the studio making records with Audioslave, I'm at home with my wife and my kids," he continues. "So there are a lot of songs where I mention them -- where maybe the subject is about something else, but they're in there. My family is my chief concern."
Though still only just over a year old, Cornell's daughter has already made her opinion of Audioslave's music known. "My baby girl Toni listens to [last year]'s Out of Exile religiously, every day, dances to it in the kitchen. And if you take out that CD and put in something else, she'll whine and say no," Cornell says with a laugh. "We finished the new record just now, and the very first time I put it on she was like, 'This is not the record I know.' Everybody's a critic."
03-23-06, 09:09 AM
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Ok, time to drop Chris and hire Zack.
I like Chris and I loved Out of Exile, but after watching the Battle for Mexico City dvd again I want the old RATM back.
Chris will strike gold no matter who he sings with. But I feel like the rest of the band is going down a road they shouldn't have to go.
I like Chris and I loved Out of Exile, but after watching the Battle for Mexico City dvd again I want the old RATM back.
Chris will strike gold no matter who he sings with. But I feel like the rest of the band is going down a road they shouldn't have to go.
03-23-06, 10:18 AM
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They did a new song when I saw them last fall and I loved it. It had a funk vibe to the music and Cornell's vocals where great on it. My first impression was that they're starting to get their own sound and not just be a mix of Soundgarden and Rage.
Great to get a new album this fast after the long wait between their first and 2nd albums.
07-01-06, 01:02 PM
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Audioslave-Revelations--Out Sept. 5
Got an e-mail about it today. They say it is a hard rock record with a funk "bottom." They played a song they said would be on the new album when I saw them last spring, and I'd say that description fit the bill as it was a pretty rocking song with a nice funky baseline.
Here's the track listing.
"Revelations"
"One And The Same"
"Sound of a Gun"
"Until We Fall"
"Original Fire"
"Broken City"
"Somedays"
"Shape of Things To Come"
"Jewel of the Summertime"
"Wide Awake"
"Nothing Left To Say But Goodbye"
"Moth"
Here's the track listing.
"Revelations"
"One And The Same"
"Sound of a Gun"
"Until We Fall"
"Original Fire"
"Broken City"
"Somedays"
"Shape of Things To Come"
"Jewel of the Summertime"
"Wide Awake"
"Nothing Left To Say But Goodbye"
"Moth"
07-01-06, 02:37 PM
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Awesome! I remember them saying they had a bunch of material for new albums and wanted to keep going... A new Audioslave album every year and a half would be sweet.
07-01-06, 07:45 PM
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Looking forward to this.
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This might possibly their last studio album as a band. Rumors are going around that Audioslave has broken up. Heard it this morning on KROQ in Los Angeles. Their manager called the station and said it was bullshit but some of the DJs are insisting they're hearing different from several sources.
/shrug
/shrug
07-14-06, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Josh Hinkle
Good track IMO.
BUT I for some reason dispise the Morello solo in this. It's WAY out of place with the rest of the track and to me ruins the song. Morellos tricks worked well with Rage, but the more Audioslave that comes out, the more I dislike Morellos skills with the allen wrench.
08-08-06, 03:46 PM
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Here's a link to watch the video for Original Fire:
http://music.yahoo.com/ar-296097-videos--Audioslave
And here is the cover art for Revelations.
http://music.yahoo.com/ar-296097-videos--Audioslave
And here is the cover art for Revelations.
08-27-06, 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by cdollaz
I thought the first 2 sucked so I'm not gonna get this one.