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Kerrang!Sep 24, 2015Not only is it moving, it's arguably one if the best records Chris has made in the last 15 years. [26 Sep 2015, p.53]
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Sep 17, 2015While Higher Truth never seems as self-consciously confessional as Euphoria Mourning, this mellow simplicity is an attribute: a relaxed Cornell creates a comforting mood piece that's enveloping in its warmth.
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UncutSep 25, 2015The arrangements are pleasingly stripped back--perhaps too much so for those powerful. [Nov 2015, p.73]
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Sep 22, 2015Higher Truth is by no means groundbreaking but it's damn solid and doesn't truly contain a bad number.
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MojoOct 1, 2015The skinny is it's more reminiscent of Led Zeppelin III and late-period Black Crowes. [Nov 2015, p.86]
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Sep 25, 2015Higher Truth may not quite reach the heights of his best work, but it ensures that Scream was no more than a blip in his solid back catalogue.
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Sep 16, 2015It’s all a bit glazed over, grungeless, too well finished, lacking the sense of suppurating wounds.
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Sep 16, 2015For the most part, this is the balance of power and intimacy Cornell has always wanted his solo music to have.
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Sep 16, 2015Higher Truth ironically doesn’t strive for anything higher. It stakes its claim in the rich soils of the middle ground, a place that values intimacy above innovation, quiet truths above the ones that scream. And it’s all the better for it.
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Sep 16, 2015He’s turned in 12 tracks of heavily orchestrated and unbearably sincere acoustic pop, territory that he hasn’t touched since the late ’90s.
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Q MagazineOct 1, 2015Things go awry soon after ["Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart"], though thanks to a less-than-sparkling production from Brendan O'Brien and Cornell's overly sentimental lyrics. [Nov 2015, p.106]
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