Echo of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across the Path is a compilation album by Soundgarden, an American rock band. It was released on November 24, 2014. The album is a collection of rarities, live tracks, and unreleased material spanning the group's history. It includes previously released songs, such as "Live to Rise", "Black Rain", and "Birth Ritual", and a new rendition of a song from the band's pre–Matt Cameron 1985 demo, "The Storm", now titled "Storm", which was produced by Jack Endino.
Although the album is almost comprehensive, there are some notable absentees from this compilation: "Incessant Mace" from 1986's Pyrrhic Victory compilation cassette (with Chris Cornell on drums), "Heretic" and "Tears to Forget" from 1986's Deep Six compilation (with Scott Sundquist on drums), and a re-recording of "New Damage" featuring Brian May from 1993's Alternative NRG compilation.
Kim Thayil has also mentioned in past interviews that there are more unreleased tracks that still have not seen the light of day. None of these tracks are on Echo of Miles, despite the fact that Thayil has expressed that he wanted to release a B-sides compilation featuring these tracks. Deluxe editions of the band's studio albums Ultramega OK, Badmotorfinger, and Superunknown were released between 2014 and 2017. All three contained demo rehearsals, remixes, alternate versions, or outtakes, some of which did not appear on Echo of Miles.
Track listing
Personnel Soundgarden Chris Cornell – lead vocals, rhythm guitar Kim Thayil – lead guitar Ben Shepherd – bass Matt Cameron – drums Hiro Yamamoto – bass Jason Everman – bass
Additional musicians Stephanie (Barber) Fairweather – lead vocals on track 9
Charts Chart (2014–15) PeakpositionUS Top Rock Albums (Billboard) 49
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References
External links AllMusic review