[Displaced Flames fan]

Alright...finally ready to fill 'em up!

In the '86-'90 category I'm very happy to select one of the most important and underheard records of the '90's.... Apple (1990) Mother Love Bone.




On it's own, Apple is a great rock record that would've set the Seattle scene off even earlier had the unfortunate circumstances that follow never taken place. A few days before the release of the debut album, lead singer Andrew Wood overdosed on heroine and passed away. This left the band (including future Pearl Jam members Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament) helpless to promote itself. The band died with Wood and so did the album. Many, many rock fans don't know it. They are missing out.

Wood had a Freddie Mercury/Robert Plant morph quality to him. Great voice, great showman. He, and the band, would've been huge. One review of a live show I read criticized Wood for being too Plant-like. What a compliment!

Apple combines elements of rock, funk and metal to give the listener a great hour of listening and the music historian a peek into the birth of Pearl Jam.

1. "This Is Shangrila" – 3:42
2. "Stardog Champion" – 4:58
3. "Holy Roller" – 4:27
4. "Bone China" – 3:44
5. "Come Bite the Apple" – 5:26
6. "Stargazer" – 4:49
7. "Heartshine" – 4:36
8. "Captain Hi-Top" – 3:07
9. "Man of Golden Words" – 3:41
10. "Capricorn Sister" – 4:19
11. "Gentle Groove" – 4:02
12. "Mr. Danny Boy" – 4:50
13. "Crown of Thorns" – 6:18