Temple Of The Dog - Temple Of The Dog [Black Vinyl LP]

Temple Of The Dog was a collaboration between members of Soundgarden (Cornell & Cameron) and Mother Love Bone (Gossard & Ament), initiated as a tribute to Mother Love Bone's vocalist Andrew Wood who died of a heroin overdose in March, 1990 - two weeks before the release of MLB's debut album, "Apple".

'Temple Of The Dog' is the group's one and only album. It also features the first recorded appearance of Eddie Vedder, who contributes backing vocals on several tracks. Vedder had recently moved from San Diego to Seattle, and became friends with the band members during the recording of the record. Soon after the Temple Of The Dog sessions, Gossard, Ament, McCready & Vedder went on to form Pearl Jam.

Without pressure from a record label, the collaboration resulted in a beautiful album. The recording sessions took place from November 1990 to December 1990 at London Bridge Studios in Seattle, Washington. 'Temple Of The Dog' was recorded in only 15 days and the group worked with producer Rick Parashar.

Two songs on the album, "Reach Down" and "Say Hello 2 Heaven", were written in response to Wood's death, while other songs on the album were written by Chris Cornell on tour prior to Wood's death or re-worked from existing material from demos written by Gossard and Ament.

Chris Cornell struggled with depression for most of his life. He was found dead in his Detroit hotel room in the early hours of May 18, 2017, after performing at a Soundgarden concert an hour earlier at the Fox Theatre. His death was ruled a suicide by hanging.

* The Spotify track list may not exactly represent the tracks and audio of this LP edition.

Track List:

Side A:

1. Say Hello 2 Heaven
2. Reach Down
3. Hunger Strike
4. Pushin' Forward Back
5. Call Me A Dog

Side B:

1. Times Of Trouble
2. Wooden Jesus
3. Your Saviour
4. Four Walled World
5. All Night Thing