Mother Love Bone – On Earth As It Is – The Complete Works (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:57:30 minutes | 3,91 GB | Genre: Rock, Alternative
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This comprehensive set includes Mother Love Bone’s seminal grunge album Apple and debut EP Shine, both remastered for the first time by Ed Brooks at RFI Mastering, together with over 20 rarities. Among the B-sides, alternative and live versions and unreleased songs are Andrew Wood’s demo of Chloe Dancer and a live recording of Stardog Champion featuring Chris Cornell and Pearl Jam.
The 1992 compilation Mother Love Bone didn’t contain everything the doomed Seattle grunge band recorded — far from it, actually, as the 2016 set On Earth as It Is: The Complete Works makes plain. Sprawling out over three CDs and a DVD, On Earth as It Is pairs the 1990 LP Apple and the 1989 EP on the first disc, essentially replicating the 1992 comp, and then over the course of two CDs it serves up all the B-sides, alternate takes, demos, and unreleased rarities. Some of this material, particularly the B-sides, are as finely honed as Apple, but the tracks that really kick are the rougher material on the third disc. Here, the band seems ragged and rangy, a low-rent Seattle spin on Guns N’ Roses — not just for the loud songs, either; when Andrew Wood sits down at the piano for “These R No Blues,” it seems prescient, pointing toward such Use Your Illusion ballads as “November Rain” — and that only winds up underscoring how Mother Love Bone was both thoroughly of the pre-grunge moment but also forward-looking. For anybody who wore out the original 1992 disc, that’s reason enough to pick up this set. -AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Tracklist:
Apple & Shine
1 This Is Shangrila 3:47
2 Stardog Champion 4:57
3 Holy Roller 4:28
4 Bone China 3:46
5 Come Bite The Apple 5:26
6 Stargazer 4:58
7 Heartshine 4:36
8 Captain Hi Top 3:06
9 Man Of Golden Words 3:41
10 Capricorn Sister 4:19
11 Gentle Groove 4:04
12 Mr. Danny Boy 4:49
13 Crown Of Thorns 6:22
14 Thru Fade Away 3:44
15 Mindshaker Meltdown 3:47
16 Half Ass Monkey Boy 3:21
17 Chloe Dancer / Crown Of Thorns 8:21
B-sides & Alternate Versions
18 Holy Roller 4:53
19 Bone China 3:55
20 Hold Your Head Up 5:12
21 Capricorn Sister (Shine Version) 4:00
22 Zanzibar (Shine Version) 1:53
23 Lady Godiva Blues 3:27
24 Red Hot Shaft 2:10
25 Seasons Changing (Live At The Plant) 4:09
26 Stardog Champion (Live At The Plant) 4:46
Demos, Unreleased & Rarities
27 Lubricated Muscle Drive 3:33
28 Savwhafair Slide 3:54
29 Jumpin Jehova 5:37
30 Showdown 7:32
31 Bloodshot Ruby 3:52
32 Elijah 3:36
33 Chloe Dancer (Demo) 2:14
34 Have You Ever Kissed A Lady 6:07
35 Otherside 4:28
36 These R No Blues 4:35
37 Made Of Rainbows 4:08
38 Bloody Shame 3:27
39 One Time Fire 6:00
40 Stardog Champion (Live From Alpine Valley 2011) feat. Chris Cornell, Pearl Jam 6:08
Personnel:
Jeff Ament – bass guitar
Bruce Fairweather – lead guitar
Greg Gilmore – drums
Stone Gossard – rhythm guitar
Andrew Wood – vocals, piano
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