Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Deluxe Edition Album (2017)

Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Deluxe Edition, is a remastered edition of the album Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992). It was released on May 19, 2017 (one day after the death of Chris Cornell) to commemorate the original album‘s 25th anniversary.

In addition to the original 13-song soundtrack on either one CD or two LPs, this release included new liner notes and track-by-track descriptions by Cameron Crowe and a bonus CD consisting of 18 additional tracks.

The bonus material included a track each from Truly and Blood Circus, live tracks by Alice in Chains and Soundgarden that were recorded during their performances in the film, and demos and instrumentals by Mudhoney, Paul Westerberg, Chris Cornell, and members of Pearl Jam. Of these tracks, seven were previously unreleased, and five had never been released on CD.

Also included is Touch Me I’m Dick by Matt Dillon’s fictional band in the film, Citizen Dick, which was recorded by Pearl Jam‘s Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard, and Jeff Ament.

Singles: Deluxe Edition (2017) Disc 1

Tracklist:

1. Would? (Alice in Chains)
2. Breath (Pearl Jam)
3. Seasons (from the “Poncier” tape) Chris Cornell
4. Dyslexic Heart (Paul Westerberg)
5. The Battle of Evermore (live Led Zeppelin cover – The Lovemongers)
6. Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns (Mother Love Bone)
7. Birth Ritual (Soundgarden)
8. State of Love and Trust (Pearl Jam)
9. Overblown (Mudhoney)
10. Waiting for Somebody (Paul Westerberg)
11. May This Be Love (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
12. Nearly Lost You (Screaming Trees)
13. Drown (The Smashing Pumpkins)

Singles: Deluxe Edition (2017) Disc 2

Tracklist:

1. Touch Me I’m Dick (parody of “Touch Me I’m Sick” by Mudhoney) Citizen Dick (Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament)
2. Nowhere But You (from the “Poncier” tape) Chris Cornell
3. Spoon Man (from the “Poncier” tape) Chris Cornell
4. Flutter Girl (from the “Poncier” tape) Chris Cornell
5. Missing (from the “Poncier” tape) Chris Cornell
6. Would? (live) Alice in Chains
7. It Ain’t Like That (live) Alice in Chains
8. Birth Ritual (live) Soundgarden
9. Dyslexic Heart (acoustic) Paul Westerberg
10. Waiting for Somebody (score acoustic) Paul Westerberg
11. Overblown (demo) Mudhoney
12. Heart and Lungs (Heart and Lungs EP) Truly
13. Six Foot Under by Blood Circus
14. Singles Blues I (instrumental) Mike McCready
15. Blue Heart (instrumental version of “Dyslexic Heart”) Paul Westerberg
16. Lost in Emily’s Woods (instrumental) Paul Westerberg
17. Ferry Boat #3
18. Score Piece #4 (instrumental) Chris Cornell

In addition to later recording Spoon Man with Soundgarden (as Spoonman) and Flutter Girl on his debut solo album, Chris Cornell reused the lyrics of the first two verses and bridge of Ferry Boat #3 in the song The Curse on Audioslave‘s 2005 album Out of Exile.

Songs used in the movie, but not included on either edition of the soundtrack:
Three Days (by Jane’s Addiction)
Little Girl (by Muddy Waters)
Dig for Fire (by the Pixies)
Radio Song (by R.E.M.)
Blue Train (by John Coltrane)
Family Affair (by Sly & The Family Stone)
She Sells Sanctuary (by The Cult)
Jinx (by Tad)

Chris Cornell (July 20, 1964 – May 18, 2017)

Layne Staley (August 22, 1967 – April 5, 2002)