Chris Cornell spent a portion of 2016 recording a covers album, assembling a ten-song sequence for a record that would be released at a later date. Cornell died in 2017, so the covers album wound up as No One Sings Like You Anymore, a record released in 2020 as a tribute to the departed singer. As posthumous albums go, No One Sings Like You Anymore may not bear any great revelations, yet it's an effective, even moving, testament to his skills as a singer and musician. Cornell does revisit several quite familiar tunes -- classic rock staples from Harry Nilsson ("Jump into the Fire"), John Lennon ("Watching the Wheels"), Electric Light Orchestra ("Showdown"), and Guns N' Roses ("Patience") anchor the album -- but he also digs up Terry Reid's "To Be Treated Right," adds a selection from Austin's electronica act Ghostland Observatory, and cuts three songs from the Jerry Ragovoy songbook, including "Get It While You Can" and "Stay with Me Baby." Collected, the songs are simultaneously familiar and surprising -- a blend that always was among the chief attractions in Cornell's work -- and while there are echoes of the original recordings here, he shapes each tune to fit his voice and contemplative bent. The inherent power in Cornell's voice can still be heard, but what lasts is the passion and intelligence, emotions that make this a bracing if bittersweet experience. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine