QUINTESSENTIAL CHRIS CORNELL TRACKS

Revisit Cornell’s career, from Soundgarden and Temple of the Dog to Audioslave and his solo material.

HUNGER STRIKE ( 1991): The sole album release from Cornell’s first supergroup, Temple of the Dog, featured a duet with a fellow grunge icon, Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder.

OUTSHINED ( 1991): In four words — “looking California, feeling Minnesota” — Soundgarden offered a succinct commentary on the difference between the mood we project and the one we actually feel.

SEASONS ( 1992): Not only did Cornell contribute a track to the ‘ Singles’ soundtrack, the now- iconic collection of songs featured in Cameron Crowe’s Seattle comedy, but he also made a cameo in the film.

FELL ON BLACK DAYS ( 1994): Cornell mined his past battles with depression on this track from Soundgarden’s best- selling album, ‘ Superunknown.’ The album’s biggest hit, the dreamy ‘ Black Hole Sun,’ also explored sadness, though he noted that went over many listeners’ heads at the time.

BURDEN IN MY HAND ( 1996): Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil described this track, in which the narrator abandons his lover in the desert, as a “contemporary ‘ Hey Joe,’ ” comparing it with Jimi Hendrix’s first hit from three decades earlier.

LIKE A STONE ( 2003): After Soundgarden disbanded in 1997, Cornell formed Audioslave with Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, Brad Wilk and Tim Commerford, earning a Grammy nod for this track.

YOU KNOW MY NAME ( 2006): Cornell contributed the theme song to the Bond film ‘ Casino Royale,’ the first to feature Daniel Craig.

BILLIE JEAN ( 2007): “I thought, ‘ Who would be the least likely artist for me to attempt to cover?’ and the first name that popped into my head was Michael Jackson,” Cornell said, explaining the cover’s inclusion on 2007’ s ‘ Carry On’ to ‘ Rolling Stone.’ “When I started reading the lyrics, I realized it’s a lament, not a dance track.”