The "Audioslave" (album) Appreciation Thread

failedpersephone

pjtaper wrote:

AUDIOSLAVE IS FUCKING AWESOME!!!
Chris Cornell is a dick!

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I love the first AS album...but, it's all about Mr. Cornell.

PJamGrunge10

A lot of people say Chris' voice wasn't up to par on this album but I think it sounds great on certain songs. I think it sounds the best on Show Me How To Live. He voice is almost Badmotorfinger quality on the high notes.

locked

Please don't flame me ..

what song is this?

great lyrics..!

DOSW wrote:

This is the kind of awesome SG-like songwriting that Chris has gotten away from lately, which is a big reason why the quality of his music has gone WAY down:


Met a man locked away
For things he hadn't done
Innocence on a ball and chain
Never feel the sun
A grin on his face
Roses in his hands
But when he smiled at me
I could understand

If you're free you'll never see the walls
If your head is clear you'll never freefall
If you're right you'll never fear the wrong
If your head is high you'll never fear at all

There was a daughter of a man
Took his life too young
She swore she'd never do those things
Then did just what he'd done
And a boy who's gone insane
Heard voices in his head
No one knows what they say
Now his mothers dead

If you're free you'll never see the walls
If your head is clear youll never freefall
If you're right you never fear the wrong
If your head is high you'll never fear at all

There was a man who had a face
That looked alot like me
I saw him in the mirror and I fought him in the street
And when he turned away I shot him in the head
Then I came to realize I had killed myself

If you're free you'll never see the walls
If your head is clear you'll never freefall
If you're right you'll never fear the wrong
If your head is high you'll never fear

DOSW

locked wrote:

Please don't flame me ..

what song is this?

great lyrics..!

It's the song Exploder from the debut album. The lyrics actually don't look GREAT on paper, but when you add in the music and the vocal delivery, it's almost perfect. Check it out.

chris05

love all three Audioslave albums, hope they get back together some day. Seen Chris this past summer and he was amazing.

Mike_Muse_Rage

PJamGrunge10 wrote:

A lot of people say Chris' voice wasn't up to par on this album but I think it sounds great on certain songs. I think it sounds the best on Show Me How To Live. He voice is almost Badmotorfinger quality on the high notes.

His voice was definitely best Audioslave-wise on self-titled. Some great high notes on that album. As for the next two, it sounded a bit shaky but not as bad as it sounded on Carry On. It really upsets me to think how great Audioslave would have been with his newly-recovered voice...

webberf1

Self titled contains most of the best songs Audioslave ever wrote. Stuff like Like A Stone, Shadow On The Sun, I Am The Highway, Hypnotize (totally underrated yet hugely catchy and awesome!), Bring Em Back Alive and Getway Car.

And of course the greatest song Audioslave ever wrote... The Last Remaining Light

clarefromscotland

Mike_Muse_Rage wrote:

His voice was definitely best Audioslave-wise on self-titled. Some great high notes on that album. As for the next two, it sounded a bit shaky but not as bad as it sounded on Carry On. It really upsets me to think how great Audioslave would have been with his newly-recovered voice...

Mike, I know these things are subjective, and a lot of the perceptions people have about recorded vocal sound are to do with production in the studio - but it really seems unlikely that his voice would be in best condition on the 1st Audioslave album when he was still drinking and addicted to painkillers. That album was recorded pre-rehab when he was still in pretty bad physical shape. In contrast, he was healthy and sober for OOE, and Revelations and Carry On were recorded when he was even off the tobacco.

I think there's a lot of evidence that his voice was at its worst early-Audioslave and has just gradually gone on recovering as he's got stronger. Certainly that's the story that comes over loud and clear when you look at the live work - part from the odd glitch like the nasty throat infection he had in Cuba. He's singing better live now than he has at any time since I don't know when. And I think he'll capture that on the next album - I for one can't wait.

facepollution

I would almost argue that he's a better singer now than he was even back with Soundgarden, particularly live. While he might not quite have the very top-end notes, he has way more control over it now it seems. I definitely think he uses more technique now than he ever did back then.

LuthienTinuviel

i agree that the debut is the best audioslave album, in songwriting and everything...show me how to live, the last remaining light, i am the highway, cochise...all are really strong songs...
the other two are a little repitive i think...and the only songs as strong as the ones on the debut are wide awake, be yourself and doesn't remind me...but i like oos and revelations, they are not the greatest records of this century but just good

chris01

When Rage were a band in the 90's I always wondered what the music would be like with a 'Rock' singer more than someone rapping over it.... then i found out when i heard Cochise and it was awesome.
I love that album to bits, the follow up's werent as strong and i absolutely cant listen to Cornell's solo album after heard it once, but Audioslave self titled is in my top 5 albums since 2000.

pirlo21

Prefer the first Audioslave album personally. Just got the stronger tracks, in my opinion. Think it's a great 'driving album'.

As for Carry On, still don't think it works as an album, and it certaily feels rushed. But as others have said, there are some really great songs on there and I'm sure his next solo effort will be a more cohesive album.

As for Cornell himself, I saw him live earier this month and he was awesome. Vocals were blistering, really on the money.
Watched Soundgarden's Motorvision recently, and I feel Cornell's voice is much stronger now.

ii44

Audioslave debut is one of the best records ever. There' not one weak song to be found.

It's a shame that their later albums (though good) did have the time, effort, and material that was put into this one.

ii44

clarefromscotland wrote:

Mike, I know these things are subjective, and a lot of the perceptions people have about recorded vocal sound are to do with production in the studio - but it really seems unlikely that his voice would be in best condition on the 1st Audioslave album when he was still drinking and addicted to painkillers. That album was recorded pre-rehab when he was still in pretty bad physical shape. In contrast, he was healthy and sober for OOE, and Revelations and Carry On were recorded when he was even off the tobacco.

I think there's a lot of evidence that his voice was at its worst early-Audioslave and has just gradually gone on recovering as he's got stronger. Certainly that's the story that comes over loud and clear when you look at the live work - part from the odd glitch like the nasty throat infection he had in Cuba. He's singing better live now than he has at any time since I don't know when. And I think he'll capture that on the next album - I for one can't wait.

I'd tend to agree with this. Cornell sounded pretty bad live at the beginning of AS, there's one soundboard quality show (the one with Techno Ted) that is simply unlistenable because it sounds like Chris is trying to sing in 100 degree heat, in a sandstorm, while sucking on a blow dryer that's been set to maximum.

ii44

DOSW wrote:

It's the song Exploder from the debut album. The lyrics actually don't look GREAT on paper, but when you add in the music and the vocal delivery, it's almost perfect. Check it out.

They look just dandy on paper, to me.

eyedclaar

clarefromscotland wrote:

Mike, I know these things are subjective, and a lot of the perceptions people have about recorded vocal sound are to do with production in the studio - but it really seems unlikely that his voice would be in best condition on the 1st Audioslave album when he was still drinking and addicted to painkillers. That album was recorded pre-rehab when he was still in pretty bad physical shape. In contrast, he was healthy and sober for OOE, and Revelations and Carry On were recorded when he was even off the tobacco.

I think there's a lot of evidence that his voice was at its worst early-Audioslave and has just gradually gone on recovering as he's got stronger. Certainly that's the story that comes over loud and clear when you look at the live work - part from the odd glitch like the nasty throat infection he had in Cuba. He's singing better live now than he has at any time since I don't know when. And I think he'll capture that on the next album - I for one can't wait.

The self-titled record is my favorite of the three but his voice sounds haggard on a lot of it. He sounds way, way better on Revelations and Carry On, not perfect, but better. Right now he is singing better than he has in 15 years. Not that he still doesn't have a slighty off-night from time to time. I can't even listen to the early AS shows; he sounded awful for the most part. Quitting smoking and drinking and feeling healthy has obviously been good for his vocal recovery.

Mike_Muse_Rage

Wow, opinions huh? He sounds better to me on the first album, maybe it's because of the production, but the high notes sound SO much better than on Out Of Exile and Revelations (two albums that don't feature any particularly high notes as it is, not that that's a problem). Listen to the live at Letterman stuff when Audioslave first started. Pitch perfect. When Cornell was good on that tour he was damn good. When he was bad, he was really bad.

eyedclaar

Mike_Muse_Rage wrote:

Wow, opinions huh? He sounds better to me on the first album, maybe it's because of the production, but the high notes sound SO much better than on Out Of Exile and Revelations (two albums that don't feature any particularly high notes as it is, not that that's a problem). Listen to the live at Letterman stuff when Audioslave first started. Pitch perfect. When Cornell was good on that tour he was damn good. When he was bad, he was really bad.

Are you referring to their first live peformance ever, that Letterman performance? CC sounded so freakin' bad when they did Cochise, I don't know how anyone (all opinions aside) could think that was good... Nothing personal and you are certainly entitled to our opinion, but seriously?

Mike_Muse_Rage

eyedclaar wrote:

Are you referring to their first live peformance ever, that Letterman performance? CC sounded so freakin' bad when they did Cochise, I don't know how anyone (all opinions aside) could think that was good... Nothing personal and you are certainly entitled to our opinion, but seriously?

Sounded like the recording to me and a hell of a lot better than any other live recordings before now. Find me a better one from that tour, or for that matter, any Audioslave tour?

seanw1010

funny how this thread came up...
this whole week ive been on a major audioslave kick, basically only listening to them this whole week
the 2 albums ive been mainly been listening to are out of exile and audioslave