Chris Cornell‘s musical legacy will be celebrated later this year when a massive career-spanning box set called “When Bad Does Good” is released Nov. 16.
The 63-song s box set is the first career retrospective release for Cornell’s music and it features nearly all of his projects including Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, Audioslave and his solo material. Along with featuring well-known songs like Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” and “Spoonman” and Temple of the Dog’s “Hunger Strike,” the set also collects Cornell’s many soundtrack contributions, one-off live collaborations and the new song “When Bad Does Good.”
Some of the rarities include a duet with his daughter Toni covering “Redemption Song,” a duet with Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) on “Wild World” and a cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” with Carlos Santana. Soundgarden’s first comeback song “Live to Rise,” which was a part of “Marvel’s Avengers” soundtrack also makes an appearance and the cover of “Hey Baby (Land of the New Rising Sun)” by M.A.C.C., which is the one-off project of Cornell with Matt Cameron, Jeff Ament and Mike McCready is on the first disc. The latter track was recorded for the 1993 “Stone Free” Jimi Hendrix tribute album.
Some solo material highlights include Cornell’s live mashup of Metallica’s “One” with U2’s song of the same name and covers of John Lenon’s “Imagine,” The Beatles’ “A Day in the Life” and the Prince-penned “Nothing Compares 2 U.” The box set also includes previously unreleased live recordings from Temple of the Dog’s only tour (including songs from the band’s shows at the Paramount) as well as selections from Audioslave’s 2005 concert in Cuba and several live Soundgarden songs.
News of the box set’s impending release broke when a listing for the collection appeared on multiple international Amazon sites. The listing has since been removed but it is still posted on a French retailer. The Facebok
In other Chris Cornell news, next month a life-sized bronze statue of Cornell will be unveiled outside of MoPOP on Oct. 7. Members of Soundgarden and Cornell’s wife will be at the event. The unveiling is free and open to the public. Additionally, the Twitter and Facebook accounts for Chris Cornell have been updated with a banner that includes #WhenBadDoesGood” and the date Sept. 21, which is when an official announcement of the release is expected to be made.
Here is the unconfirmed track listing for both the 4-CD and 2-LP versions
“When Bad Goes Good” 4 CD version
- 4.01 . Into the void (sealth) (live at the paramount) [soundgarden] – Chris Cornell,, Soundgarden
- 4.02 . Mind riot (live at the paramount) [soundgarden] – Chris Cornell,, Soundgarden
- 4.03 . Nothing to say (live in seattle) [soundgarden] – Chris Cornell,, Soundgarden
- 4.04 . Jesus christ pose (live in oakland) [soundgarden] – Chris Cornell,, Soundgarden
- 4.05 . Show me how to live (live in cuba) [soundgarden] – Audioslave, Chris Cornell,
- 4.06 . Wide awake (live in sweeden) – Chris Cornell,
- 4.07 . All night thing (live in sweden) – Chris Cornell,
- 4.08 . Nothing comes 2 you (live at sirius xm) – Chris Cornell,
- 4.09 . One (live at beacon theatre) – Chris Cornell,
- 4.10 . Reach down (live at the paramount) [temple of the dog] – Chris Cornell,, Of Temple
- 4.11 . Stargazer (live at the paramount) [temple of the dog] – Chris Cornell,, Of Temple
- 4.12 . Wild world (live at pantages theatre) [yusuf / cat stevens with chris cornell] –
- 4.13 . A day in the life (live at the royal albert hall) – Chris Cornell,
- 4.14 . Redemption song (live at beacon theatre) with toni cornell – Chris Cornell,
- 4.15 . Thank you (live in sweden) – Chris Cornell,
- 3.01 . Promise (slash feat. chris cornell) – Chris Cornell,
- 3.02 . Whole lotta love (santana feat. chris cornell) – Chris Cornell,
- 3.03 . Call me a dog (live acoustic) – Chris Cornell,
- 3.04 . Imagine (live acoustic) – Chris Cornell,
- 3.05 . I am the highway (live acoustic) – Chris Cornell,
- 3.06 . The keeper – Chris Cornell,
- 3.07 . Been away too long (soundgarden) – Chris Cornell,, Soundgarden
- 3.08 . Live to rise (soundgarden) – Chris Cornell,, Soundgarden
- 3.09 . Lies (gabin with chrs cornell & ace) –
- 3.10 . Misery chain (with joy williams) – Chris Cornell,
- 3.11 . Storm (soundgarden= – Chris Cornell,, Soundgarden
- 3.12 . Nearly forgot my broken heart – Chris Cornell,
- 3.13 . Only these words – Chris Cornell,
- 3.14 . Our time in the universe – Chris Cornell,
- 3.15 . ’til the sun comes back around – Chris Cornell,
- 3.16 . Stay with me baby – Chris Cornell,
- 3.17 . The promise – Chris Cornell,
- 3.18 . When bad goes good – Chris Cornell,
- 2.01 . Sunshower – Chris Cornell,
- 2.02 . Sweet euphoria – Chris Cornell,
- 2.03 . Can’t change me – Chris Cornell,
- 2.04 . Like a stone (audioslave) –
- 2.05 . Cochise (audioslave) –
- 2.06 . Doesn’t remind me (audioslave) –
- 2.07 . Revelations –
- 2.08 . Shape of things to come (audioslave) –
- 2.09 . You know my name – Chris Cornell,
- 2.10 . Billie jean – Chris Cornell,
- 2.11 . Long gone (rock version) – Chris Cornell,
- 2.12 . Scream – Chris Cornell,
- 2.13 . Part of me (steve aoki remix) – Chris Cornell,
- 2.14 . Ave maria (with eleven) – Chris Cornell,
- 1.01 . Hunted down (soundgarden) – Chris Cornell,, Soundgarden
- 1.02 . Kingdom of come (soundgarden) – Chris Cornell,, Soundgarden
- 1.03 . Flower (soundgarden) – Chris Cornell,, Soundgarden
- 1.04 . All your lies (soundgarden) – Chris Cornell,, Soundgarden
- 1.05 . Loud love (soundgarden) – Chris Cornell,, Soundgarden
- 1.06 . Hands all over (soundgarden) – Chris Cornell,, Soundgarden
- 1.07 . Say hello 2 heaven (temple of the dog) – Chris Cornell,
- 1.08 . Hunger strike (temple of the dog) – Chris Cornell,
- 1.09 . Outshined (temple of the dog) – Chris Cornell,, Soundgarden
- 1.10 . Rusty cage (temple of the dog) – Chris Cornell,, Soundgarden
- 1.11 . Seasons – Chris Cornell,
- 1.12 . Hey baby (land of the the new rising sun) (m.a.a.c.) – Chris Cornell,
- 1.13 . Black hole sun (soundgarden) – Chris Cornell,, Soundgarden
- 1.14 . Spoonman (soundgarden) – Chris Cornell,, Soundgarden
- 1.15 . Dusty (soundgarden) – Chris Cornell,, Soundgarden
- 1.16 . Burden in my hand (soundgarden) – Chris Cornell,, Soundgarden
“When Bad Goes Good” 2 LP version
- 1.01 . Loud love [soundgarden] – Chris Cornell,
- 1.02 . Outshined [soundgarden] – Chris Cornell,
- 1.03 . Hunger strike [temple of the dog] – Chris Cornell,
- 1.04 . Seasons – Chris Cornell,
- 1.05 . Black hole sun [soundgarden] – Chris Cornell,
- 1.06 . Can’t change me – Chris Cornell,
- 1.07 . Like a stone [audioslave] –
- 1.08 . Be yourself [audioslave] –
- 2.01 . You know my name – Chris Cornell,
- 2.02 . Billie jean – Chris Cornell,
- 2.03 . Long gone (rock version) – Chris Cornell,
- 2.04 . Call me a dog (live acoustic) – Chris Cornell,
- 2.05 . Been away too long [soundgarden] – Chris Cornell,
- 2.06 . Nearly forgot my broken heart – Chris Cornell,
- 2.07 . Nothing compares 2 u (live at sirius xm) – Chris Cornell,
- 2.08 . The promise – Chris Cornell,
- 2.09 . When bad goes good – Chris Cornell
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