Temple of the Dog - Temple Of The Dog (CD 1991)

Temple of the Dog, is a superb album but a superb collaboration - the band features the musical talents of what went on to become Pearl Jam - Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard - and two members of Soundgarden - Chris Cornell and Matt Cameron; extremely talented musicians and vocalists who pull together to bring about a breathtaking sound!
This is the one and only release from this collaboration - brought about as a tribute to Andrew Wood - Mother Love Bone's lead singer who died untimely of a drug overdose. The lyrics were primarily the work of Cornell and reflect his place at this time - his head and his feelings having lost a close friend!
I had to purchase this just to own a copy of the powerful Hunger Strike....this is an intense deep song which not only strives to highlight the musical talents of this group...but the powerful vocal ability of both Eddie Vedder and Cornell - both have unique powerful voices which send chills donw my spine; I would go as far as to say their voices are perhaps among the best in the rock world!
There are a lot of deeply personal lyrics in these tracks - look at Say Hello 2 heaven and Times of Trouble. Each track is deep, rich in the sound that is unmistakeable grunge and aside from being wonderful to listen to, these tracks simply serve to highlight the talent in this group!!
This album is deeply powerful and helped spread the roots of the Grunge scene, and for that, as well as the incredible tracks,I will be thankful!

Great Condition, Great Price, descent shipping... 2 out of 3 ain't bad, right meat loaf? Nah, seriosly tho, overall: 5.0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

F'in awesome. period. Pearl Jam + Soundgarden together in tribute to Mother Love Bone is the best of Grunge.

Here we have a classic collaboration of Seattle music scene alumni performing a great set of tracks. Say Hello to Heaven is fresh and memorable toaday just as it was many years ago. The vocals and guitar work are great as well. Highly recommended.

This is an awesome CD! Chris Cornell ROCKS!!! IF you want to listen to a rocker with a beautiful voice and some excellent tunes, this is the way to go!

I think this is one of the best cd's. When it comes to amazing vocals, guitar, and drums you can't deny Temple of the Dog has it. Amazing.

This is such a good Album. That I have been trying to get this album for years. This is a must have for the true alterative music lovers.

This early 90's colaberation of some of the best musicians Seattle has ever produced is a testimony to the great music that comes out of that part of the country. Chris Cornell(Soundgarden) on vocals, backed on a few tracks by Eddie Vedder(Pearl Jam)! Not to mention the great guitar and other musical arrangements!

It is an amazing cd with alot of great songs. I've been looking for it since mine was stolen from me. Awesome cd

The band put together of all of the future rock superstars. I bought this CD to replace mine that was simply worn out. This is something I want in my collection for a long time.

Great mixture of superstars before they were superstars. No ego just a fantastic blend of that old Seattle scene before it blew up.

When a song that clocks in at eleven minutes plus simply flies by, you know that the music is good. That's what "Reach Down" does...along with reminding you how emotional and powerful and compelling music truly can be. This one off album was a labor of love and, yes, if you are a lover of the music born of the 90's, this album should be in your collection. But don't let that be a limit; I think if you're a music lover PERIOD, regardless of genre this album should be in your collection.

Most of us know where this album came from and what it's about: it's death and loss and longing and hopes and fears. It's a collaboration in honor of a loved and lost brother. It's future Pearl Jammers locked into a groove from that one moment in time. It's Chris Cornell writing as if his life depended on it and singing like he'd never sung before. It's some of the best that the grunge world had to offer before it became exposed and probably overexposed by the rest of the world.

So read all of the reviews here, nod your head in agreement and then purchase the album. Yes, there's "Hunger Strike", but you've got to go through "Say Hello To Heaven" to get to it and that's a necessary journey to take. Nothing says "tribute" quite like this song and, I swear, at certain points Cornell is hitting notes that truly do reach Heaven.

CD is Great, love the music... I decided to buy it because I wanted to hear to the song dedicated to Andrew Woods (Mother Love Bone front man)....If you like Soundgarden, Pear Jam... recommend you buy it.

Chris Cornell wrote some songs for his friend Andrew Wood, former frontman of Mother Love Bone, after Andrew died. Then Chris got with the remaining members and made this. I love Chris's vocal range and the songs are beautiful. Had the cassette, got the cd so I could listen to it again. Oh yeah Eddie Vedder is also on this, it's awesome.