Euphoria Mourning (originally titled Euphoria Morning) is the first solo studio album by Chris Cornell. It was released through Interscope Records on September 21, 1999, and Cornell embarked on a tour in support of the album in 2000.
Cornell‘s only album from between the dissolution of Soundgarden and the formation of Audioslave, it did not sell as well as much of his work with those groups, though it did sell over 75,000 copies in its first week of release and has gone on to sell over 393,000 copies in the U.S.
The album was well received critically, and its lead single, Can’t Change Me, was nominated for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards.
On August 14, 2015, Euphoria Morning was re-released on CD and vinyl with the modified title Euphoria Mourning, which Cornell stated in a press release is what he had originally intended to call the album.
The album has been described as “psychedelic folk-rock” that “delves back into ’60s psychedelic melodies and acoustic ditties”, and “a shaded, textured rock album, lacking the grinding sludge and furious rock” of much of Soundgarden‘s music, yet “undeniably of a piece with Superunknown.
Tracklist:
- Can’t Change Me
- Flutter Girl
- Preaching the End of the World
- Follow My Way
- When I’m Down
- Mission
- Wave Goodbye
- Moonchild
- Sweet Euphoria
- Disappearing One
- Pillow of Your Bones
- Steel Rain
Japanese bonus tracks - Sunshower
- Can’t Change Me (French version)
“Sunshower” had previously been released on the soundtrack of the 1998 film Great Expectations.
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)
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 musicians
Jason Falkner: bass guitar (track 5)
Greg Upchurch: drums (track 5)
Victor Indrizzo: drums (track 7)
Matt Cameron: drums (track 10)
Bill Rieflin: drums (track 12)
Misha Shneider: bayan (track 14)
Technical personnel
CHRIS CORNELL: EUPHORIA MOURNING Debut Solo Album – production, engineering, mixing
Alain Johannes: production, engineering, mixing
Natasha Shneider: production, engineering, mixing
Dave Collins: mastering
Chris Cornell (July 20, 1964 – May 18, 2017).
