Apple (Mother Love Bone album)

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Apple
Mother Love Bone Apple.jpg
Studio album by
Mother Love Bone
ReleasedJuly 19, 1990
RecordedFall 1989 at The Plant, Sausalito, California, and Winter 1989 at London Bridge Studios, Seattle, Washington
Genre
Length57:59
Label Stardog/Mercury
Lemon Recordings (reissue)
Producer Bruce Calder, Terry Date, Mark Dearnley, Mother Love Bone
Mother Love Bone chronology
Shine
(1989)		Apple
(1990)		 Mother Love Bone
(1992)
Singles from Apple
  1. "Stardog Champion"
    Released: 1990
  2. "This Is Shangrila"
    Released: 1990
  3. "Stargazer"
    Released: 1990

Apple is the only full-length studio album by the American rock band Mother Love Bone. It was released on July 19, 1990, through Stardog/Mercury Records.

Contents

Days before Apple was slated to be released, lead singer Andrew Wood overdosed on heroin. After spending a few days in the hospital in a coma, he died, effectively bringing Mother Love Bone to an end. The album would see release later that year in July, and it eventually peaked at number 34 on Billboard 's Top Heatseekers chart in 1992.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]
Classic Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [6]
Rock Hard 7.5/10 [7]
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Kim Neely of Rolling Stone said that the album "succeeds where countless other hard-rock albums have failed, capturing the essence of what made Zep – dynamics, kids! – and giving it a unique Nineties spin." [10] David Browne, in The New York Times , opined that "Apple may be one of the first great hard-rock records of the 90's." [2]

In 2005, Apple was ranked No. 462 in Rock Hard magazine's book "The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time". [11] In 2016, Apple was ranked No. 18 in Rolling Stone magazine's "40 Greatest One-Album Wonders". [12]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Andrew Wood. All music written by Jeff Ament, Bruce Fairweather, Greg Gilmore, Stone Gossard, and Andrew Wood. Primary composers listed below. [13]

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

Reissue bonus track

  2. "Lady Godiva Blues" – 3:40

Personnel

Mother Love Bone

Production

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  6. ↑ "Mother Love Bone: Apple - Album Of The Week Club review". Classic Rock . August 3, 2020.
  7. ↑ Stratmann, Holger. "Rock Hard". Rock Hard . No. 62.
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  11. ↑ Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 23. ISBN   3-89880-517-4.
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