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Temple of the Dog in Franklin, TN
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Featuring members of
Soundgarden
and what would soon become
Pearl Jam
,
Temple of the Dog
's lone eponymous album might never have reached a wide audience if not for
's breakout success a year later. In turn, by providing the first glimpse of
Chris Cornell
's more straightforward, classic rock-influenced side,
helped set the stage for
's mainstream breakthrough with
Superunknown
. Nearly every founding member of
appears on
(including the then-unknown
Eddie Vedder
), so perhaps it isn't surprising that the record sounds like a bridge between
Mother Love Bone
's theatrical '70s-rock updates and
's hard-rocking seriousness. What is surprising, though, is that
Cornell
is the dominant composer, writing the music on seven of the ten tracks (and lyrics on all). Keeping in mind that
's previous album was the overblown metallic miasma of
Louder Than Love
, the accessibly warm, relatively clean sound of
is somewhat shocking, and its mellower moments are minor revelations in terms of
's songwriting abilities. It isn't just the band, either -- he displays more emotional range than ever before, and his melodies and song structures are (for the most part) pure, vintage hard rock. In fact, it's almost as though he's trying to write in the style of
-- which makes sense, since
was a tribute to that band's late singer
Andrew Wood
. Not every song here is directly connected to
Wood
; once several specific elegies were recorded, additional material grew quickly out of the group's natural chemistry. As a result, there's a very loose, jam-oriented feel to much of the album, and while it definitely meanders at times, the result is a more immediate emotional impact. The album's strength is its mournful, elegiac ballads, but thanks to the band's spontaneous creative energy and appropriately warm sound, it's permeated by a definite, life-affirming aura. That may seem like a paradox, but consider the adage that funerals are more for the living than the dead;
shows
's associates working through their grief and finding the strength to move on. ~ Steve Huey
Soundgarden
and what would soon become
Pearl Jam
,
Temple of the Dog
's lone eponymous album might never have reached a wide audience if not for
's breakout success a year later. In turn, by providing the first glimpse of
Chris Cornell
's more straightforward, classic rock-influenced side,
helped set the stage for
's mainstream breakthrough with
Superunknown
. Nearly every founding member of
appears on
(including the then-unknown
Eddie Vedder
), so perhaps it isn't surprising that the record sounds like a bridge between
Mother Love Bone
's theatrical '70s-rock updates and
's hard-rocking seriousness. What is surprising, though, is that
Cornell
is the dominant composer, writing the music on seven of the ten tracks (and lyrics on all). Keeping in mind that
's previous album was the overblown metallic miasma of
Louder Than Love
, the accessibly warm, relatively clean sound of
is somewhat shocking, and its mellower moments are minor revelations in terms of
's songwriting abilities. It isn't just the band, either -- he displays more emotional range than ever before, and his melodies and song structures are (for the most part) pure, vintage hard rock. In fact, it's almost as though he's trying to write in the style of
-- which makes sense, since
was a tribute to that band's late singer
Andrew Wood
. Not every song here is directly connected to
Wood
; once several specific elegies were recorded, additional material grew quickly out of the group's natural chemistry. As a result, there's a very loose, jam-oriented feel to much of the album, and while it definitely meanders at times, the result is a more immediate emotional impact. The album's strength is its mournful, elegiac ballads, but thanks to the band's spontaneous creative energy and appropriately warm sound, it's permeated by a definite, life-affirming aura. That may seem like a paradox, but consider the adage that funerals are more for the living than the dead;
shows
's associates working through their grief and finding the strength to move on. ~ Steve Huey
Featuring members of
Soundgarden
and what would soon become
Pearl Jam
,
Temple of the Dog
's lone eponymous album might never have reached a wide audience if not for
's breakout success a year later. In turn, by providing the first glimpse of
Chris Cornell
's more straightforward, classic rock-influenced side,
helped set the stage for
's mainstream breakthrough with
Superunknown
. Nearly every founding member of
appears on
(including the then-unknown
Eddie Vedder
), so perhaps it isn't surprising that the record sounds like a bridge between
Mother Love Bone
's theatrical '70s-rock updates and
's hard-rocking seriousness. What is surprising, though, is that
Cornell
is the dominant composer, writing the music on seven of the ten tracks (and lyrics on all). Keeping in mind that
's previous album was the overblown metallic miasma of
Louder Than Love
, the accessibly warm, relatively clean sound of
is somewhat shocking, and its mellower moments are minor revelations in terms of
's songwriting abilities. It isn't just the band, either -- he displays more emotional range than ever before, and his melodies and song structures are (for the most part) pure, vintage hard rock. In fact, it's almost as though he's trying to write in the style of
-- which makes sense, since
was a tribute to that band's late singer
Andrew Wood
. Not every song here is directly connected to
Wood
; once several specific elegies were recorded, additional material grew quickly out of the group's natural chemistry. As a result, there's a very loose, jam-oriented feel to much of the album, and while it definitely meanders at times, the result is a more immediate emotional impact. The album's strength is its mournful, elegiac ballads, but thanks to the band's spontaneous creative energy and appropriately warm sound, it's permeated by a definite, life-affirming aura. That may seem like a paradox, but consider the adage that funerals are more for the living than the dead;
shows
's associates working through their grief and finding the strength to move on. ~ Steve Huey
Soundgarden
and what would soon become
Pearl Jam
,
Temple of the Dog
's lone eponymous album might never have reached a wide audience if not for
's breakout success a year later. In turn, by providing the first glimpse of
Chris Cornell
's more straightforward, classic rock-influenced side,
helped set the stage for
's mainstream breakthrough with
Superunknown
. Nearly every founding member of
appears on
(including the then-unknown
Eddie Vedder
), so perhaps it isn't surprising that the record sounds like a bridge between
Mother Love Bone
's theatrical '70s-rock updates and
's hard-rocking seriousness. What is surprising, though, is that
Cornell
is the dominant composer, writing the music on seven of the ten tracks (and lyrics on all). Keeping in mind that
's previous album was the overblown metallic miasma of
Louder Than Love
, the accessibly warm, relatively clean sound of
is somewhat shocking, and its mellower moments are minor revelations in terms of
's songwriting abilities. It isn't just the band, either -- he displays more emotional range than ever before, and his melodies and song structures are (for the most part) pure, vintage hard rock. In fact, it's almost as though he's trying to write in the style of
-- which makes sense, since
was a tribute to that band's late singer
Andrew Wood
. Not every song here is directly connected to
Wood
; once several specific elegies were recorded, additional material grew quickly out of the group's natural chemistry. As a result, there's a very loose, jam-oriented feel to much of the album, and while it definitely meanders at times, the result is a more immediate emotional impact. The album's strength is its mournful, elegiac ballads, but thanks to the band's spontaneous creative energy and appropriately warm sound, it's permeated by a definite, life-affirming aura. That may seem like a paradox, but consider the adage that funerals are more for the living than the dead;
shows
's associates working through their grief and finding the strength to move on. ~ Steve Huey
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