The recorded material was mostly slow and melodic much different musically from the aggressive metal-influenced sound Cornell had been doing with Soundgarden. Cornell later said: "he sang half of that song not even knowing that I'd wanted the part to be there and he sang it exactly the way I was thinking about doing it, just instinctively". Regarding McCready, Cornell said: "You almost kind of had to yell at him to get him to realize that in the five-and-a-half-minute solo of 'Reach Down', that was his time and that he wasn't going to be stepping on anybody else." The song " Hunger Strike" became a duet between Cornell and Vedder after Cornell was having trouble with the vocals at practice and Vedder stepped in. This was the first recording studio experience for McCready and Vedder. Gossard later said it was "the easiest and most beautiful record, that we've ever been involved with". Gossard described the recording process as a "non-pressure filled" situation, as there were no expectations or pressure coming from the record company. Īment described the collaboration as "a really good thing at the time" for him and Gossard that put them into a "band situation where we could play and make music". Two songs on the album, "Reach Down" and "Say Hello 2 Heaven", were written in response to Wood's death, while other songs were written by Cornell on tour prior to Wood's death or re-worked from existing material from demos written by Gossard and Ament. The group worked with producer Rick Parashar, who also engineered, mixed, and played piano. The recording sessions took place from November to December 1990 at London Bridge Studios in Seattle, Washington.
Seems I been living in the temple of the dog". The name Temple of the Dog is derived from the opening lyrics of the Mother Love Bone song "Man of Golden Words": "Wanna show you something, like joy inside my heart. McCready and Vedder were featured on the album due to their involvement with Ament and Gossard's next project, which became Pearl Jam. The line-up eventually included Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron and newcomers Mike McCready (lead guitar) and Eddie Vedder (background vocals). Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, who had been Mother Love Bone vocalist Andrew Wood's roommate, approached former Mother Love Bone members Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament about working on material he had written when he was on tour with Soundgarden in Europe.
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