Euphoria Morning
Euphoria Morning is the first solo studio album released by American musician Chris Cornell. It was released on September 21, 1999 through Interscope Records. Euphoria Morning sold over 75,000 copies in its first week of release and eventually sold 343,000 copies in the U.S. alone. While a large success critically, it did not sell nearly as well as Cornell's albums with Soundgarden. It is Cornell's only album between the split of Soundgarden until he joined members of Rage Against the Machine in forming Audioslave. The original working title of this album was to be “Euphoria Mourning” however, a typo changed the album name to “Euphoria Morning”. This was confirmed by Chris Cornell at his Philadelphia show on the Songbook Tour.
Production
Recording history
In 1998, Cornell began working on material for a solo album on which he collaborated with Alain Johannes and Natasha Shneider of the band Eleven. "Flutter Girl" was an outtake from Superunknown, the 1994 Soundgarden album.[1] During his 2007 solo tour, Cornell stated that "Wave Goodbye" was written as a tribute to Jeff Buckley, who drowned in 1997.[2]
Reception
The album proved commercially unsuccessful although the album's single "Can't Change Me" was nominated for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance at the 2000 Grammy Awards.[3] He also contributed the song "Sunshower" (a bonus track on the Japanese release of Euphoria Morning) to the soundtrack of the 1998 film, Great Expectations, and a reworked version of the track "Mission", retitled "Mission 2000", was used on the soundtrack to the 2000 film, Mission: Impossible II. In 2000, Cornell embarked on a tour in support of the album.
Track listing
All lyrics written by Chris Cornell.
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| 1. |
"Can't Change Me" | Chris Cornell |
3:23 |
| 2. |
"Flutter Girl" | Cornell, Alain Johannes, Natasha Shneider |
4:25 |
| 3. |
"Preaching the End of the World" | Cornell |
4:41 |
| 4. |
"Follow My Way" | Cornell, Johannes, Shneider |
5:10 |
| 5. |
"When I'm Down" | Cornell |
4:20 |
| 6. |
"Mission" | Cornell, Johannes, Shneider |
4:05 |
| 7. |
"Wave Goodbye" | Cornell |
3:43 |
| 8. |
"Moonchild" | Cornell |
4:02 |
| 9. |
"Sweet Euphoria" | Cornell |
3:08 |
| 10. |
"Disappearing One" | Cornell, Johannes, Shneider |
3:48 |
| 11. |
"Pillow of Your Bones" | Cornell, Johannes, Shneider |
4:29 |
| 12. |
"Steel Rain" | Cornell |
5:41 |
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| 13. |
"Sunshower" | Cornell |
5:52 |
| 14. |
"Can't Change Me" (French version) | Cornell |
3:47 |
- "Can't Change Me" (French version) is also found on international versions
- "Can't Change Me" (French version) & another b-side "Nowhere But You" are also found on the "Can't Change Me" single.
Personnel
Personnel adapted from Euphoria Morning liner notes.[4]
- Main personnel
- Chris Cornell - lead vocals (all tracks), guitar (tracks 1-3 and 5-13), harmonica (track 1)
- Alain Johannes - guitar (tracks 1-6, 8, and 10-12), bass guitar (tracks 2-5, 10, and 11), backing vocals (tracks 1 and 13), theremin (track 4), mandolin (tracks 4 and 13), clarinet (track 10), tabla (track 12), 2 5 13
- Natasha Shneider - keyboards (tracks 1-4, 6-8, and 10-13), bass guitar (tracks 6 and 13), backing vocals (tracks 4-7, and 13), tambourine (tracks 1-4, 11, and 12), piano (track 5), organ (track 5), timpani (track 11)
- Ric Markmann - bass guitar (tracks 1, 7, 8, and 12)
- Josh Freese - drums (tracks 1-4, 6, 8, and 11)
- Additional personnel
Production
- Produced, Engineered & Mixed By Chris Cornell, Alain Johannes & Natasha Shneider
- Mastered By Dave Collins
Charts
Singles
References
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