Soundgarden singer to release acoustic album

Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell unveiled plans to release solo album. According to the singer, it will be acoustic record, featuring covers on Thank You by Led Zeppelin and John Lennon's hit Imagine.

Titled Songbook, the album is set to hit the stores next month. It features musicians from the bands in which Chris Cornell performed during his career – Soundgarden, Audioslave and Temple Of The Dog.

Tracklisting for Songbook is:
As Hope And Promise Fade
Scar On The Sky
Call Me A Dog
Ground Zero
Can't Change Me
I Am The Highway
Thank You
Cleaning My Gun
Wide Awake
Fell On Black Days
All Night Thing
Doesn't Remind Me
Like A Stone
Black Hole Sun
Imagine
The Keeper

Soundgarden are currently working on their themselves are set to release new studio effort next year. Lead guitarist Kim Thayil revealed that the band would like to make its upcoming album sound different from the previous recordings. Earlier drummer Matt Cameron claimed that the effort would feature reworked versions of several tracks they have written long ago, but never released.

However, Kim Thayil said it did not mean the album would be based on Soundgarden's classic sound. "We want to make sure the material excites us. The last thing we want to make is another grunge or metal record", claimed he.