I must thank troutman for breaking the categories the way he did. Without 90/91 being in two different slots I would not be able to make my next pick!
With my next selection, in the
1991-93 category I'm giddy to select
Temple of the Dog (1991).
Temple of the Dog was an immediate result of the death of Mother Love Bone singer Andrew Wood. He died the day friend, and former roommate, Chris Cornell returned to Seattle from a tour. Cornell immediately began writing music to dedicate to Wood. He came up with two songs (Say Hello 2 Heaven and Reach Down) and approached Wood's bandmates Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament about recording them. They enlisted the help of Mike McCready on guitar, Soundgaden drummer Matt Cameron and some dude who had been surfing in San Diego called Ed Vedder.
The group ended up recording a fantastic rock album consisting of 10 songs that resulted in the birth of Pearl Jam. I once saw someone in this very forum comment on how beside Say Hello 2 Heaven and Hunger Striked there was nothing worthwhile on this record. I implored that person to listen to the entire album, I hope he did.....for his own good! Four Walled World is one of my all time favorite rock songs and Reach Down is almost as good.
- "Say Hello 2 Heaven" – 6:22
- "Reach Down" – 11:11
- "Hunger Strike" – 4:03
- "Pushin Forward Back" (Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Cornell) – 3:44
- "Call Me a Dog" – 5:02
- "Times of Trouble" (Gossard, Cornell) – 5:41
- "Wooden Jesus" – 4:09
- "Your Saviour" – 4:02
- "Four Walled World" (Gossard, Cornell) – 6:53
- "All Night Thing" – 3:52
It's a shame there is only one studio cut on youtube, but the live stuff is cool too. Especially Reach Down!