In case you didn't catch the symbolism, Chris Cornell is smashing a guitar on the cover of Scream because he's done with those six-strings -- he's leaving it all behind for Timbaland, who has long wanted to leave hip-hop and R&B behind to make a rock album. As an idea, this rock-dance fusion has some merit; clearly, Cornell needs to do something to shake himself out of his solo stupor and Timbaland is an imaginative, daring producer whose gifts are not limited by genre, although as much as they want to stretch, neither Cornell nor Timbaland is willing to leave his comfort zone here. To be fair, Timbaland's tracks are often augmented by additional production by anyone from Justin Timberlake to OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder. Whoever was directly responsible, the result sounds like skittering dance-pop, graced by Cornell's sometimes looped, sometimes manipulated caterwaul. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Timbaland (Executive Producer), Alex Graupera (Audio Engineer), Alex Graupera (Assistant Engineer), Tom Weir (Drum Engineering), Chad Jolly (Audio Engineer), Ron Laffitte (Management), Demacio "Demo" Castellon (Programming), Jerome Harmon (Audio Production), Phillip Lassiter (Horn), Jim Beanz (Vocal Producer), Rick Bryant (Audio Engineer), Lee Levin (Drums), Darryl Pearson (Bass), Darryl Pearson (Guitar), Brian Keegan (Horn), Demacio "Demo" Castellon (Mixing), Chris Gehringer (Mastering), Eric Spence (A&R), Brandon Jones (Assistant Engineer), Jerome Harmon (Producer), Darryl Pearson (Vocals (Background)), Jim Beanz (Audio Production), Lasim Richards (Horn), Rick Frazier (A&R), Jerome Harmon (Various), Jerome Harmon (Musician), Rashawn Ross (Horn), Jason Sutter (Drums), King Logan (Producer), Brandon Jones (Audio Engineer), David Calderley (Package Design), Brent Kutzle (Cello), Chris Godbey (Mixing), Julian Jr. Vazquez (Engineer), Ryan Tedder (Vocals (Background)), Chris Godbey (Digital Editing), Timbaland (Audio Production), Justin Timberlake (Vocals (Background)), Fareed Salamah (Mixing), Timbaland (Musician), Sebastian DePeyrecave (Audio Engineer), Ron Taylor (Engineer), Sebastian DePeyrecave (Assistant Engineer), Timbaland (Producer), Chris Cornell (Engineer), Frank Chadwyck Bernstein (Horn), Timbaland (Various), Randall Slavin (Photography), Jim Beanz (Vocals (Background)), Fareed Salamah (Mixing Assistant), Julian Jr. Vazquez (Mixing), Luke Wood (A&R), Chris Godbey (Engineer), Miguel Bustamante (Audio Engineer), Timmy T (Scratching), Ezekiel Lewis (Vocals (Background)), Dan Warner (Guitar), Miguel Bustamante (Assistant Engineer), Ron Taylor (Digital Editing), Fareed Salamah (Engineer), Scott Eric Olivier (Drum Engineering)
