Higher Truth is the fourth studio album by Chris Cornell, and the final album to be released during his lifetime and his final album of original material. It was released on September 18, 2015. Cornell chose producer Brendan O’Brien as a collaborator to create a more intimate sound for the record. On recording drums for the album, Cornell has stated that “most of the songs with drums are either loops that I made electronically or that Brendan basically recorded just playing a little drum kit he had”, Cornell says. “We just made loops, layered things and played some percussion stuff”.
Tracklist:
SIDE ONE
- Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart
- Dead Wishes
- Worried Moon
- Before We Disappear
SIDE TWO
- Through the Window
- Josephine
- Murderer of Blue Skies
- Higher Truth
SIDE THREE
- Let Your Eyes Wander
- Only These Words
- Circling
- Our Time in the Universe
SIDE FOUR
- Bend in the Road
- Wrong Side
- Misery Chain
- Our Time in the Universe (Remix)
Musicians
Chris Cornell: vocals, guitar, bass, mandolin, percussion, programming
Brendan O’Brien: guitar, bass, keyboards, hurdy-gurdy, drums, percussion, production, mixing
Patrick Warren: piano
Matt Chamberlain: drums
Anne Marie Simpson: strings
Production
Billy Joe Bowers: engineering, mastering
Kyle Stevens: engineering
Tom Syrowski: engineering
Additional personnel
Monique McGuffin: production management
Jeff Fura: A&R
Josh Graham: art direction
Suspended in Light: art direction
Liuba Shapiro: product management
Jeff Lipsky: photography
Chris Cornell (July 20, 1964 – May 18, 2017)
