Mother Love Bone (album)
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| Compilation album by Mother Love Bone | ||||
| Released | September 22, 1992 | |||
| Recorded | January–November 1989 at London Bridge Studios, Seattle, Washington and The Plant, Sausalito, California | |||
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Alternative rock, grunge, heavy metal, hard rock |
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| Length | 84:35 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Stardog/Mercury | |||
| Producer | Bruce Calder, Terry Date, Mark Dearnley, Mother Love Bone | |||
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| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
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Mother Love Bone (also known as Stardog Champion) is a compilation album by the American rock band Mother Love Bone. It was released on September 22, 1992, through Stardog/Mercury Records.
The album contains material from the EP Shine (1989) and the album Apple (1990). It was released by Polygram subsidiary Stardog/Mercury Records after the band dissolved due to the death of vocalist Andrew Wood. The album charted at number 77 on the Billboard 200 album chart in 1992. Ira Robbins of Entertainment Weekly said, "Mother Love Bone—the band's total output—suggests a young, hungry Aerosmith hooked on Led Zeppelin."
The album debuted at No. 77 on the Billboard 200 for chart dated October 10, 1992, selling 14,000 copies in the first week. The album has sold 410,000 copies in the United States as of September 2016.
All songs written by Jeff Ament, Bruce Fairweather, Greg Gilmore, Stone Gossard, and Andrew Wood.
Recorded for Apple:
Recorded for Shine:
On Thursday, March 15, 1990 (just 26 hours before Andy Wood's overdose), RIP writer Michael Browning and Andrew Wood conducted what might be his last interview. Mother Love Bone were scheduled to be a part of a RIP magazine-sponsored three-band tour, supporting, Apple, was ready to be released. He describes the many of the song meanings:
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