Mother Love Bone - On Earth As It Is: The Complete Works (2016)

Tracklist

01. This Is Shangrila
02. Stardog Champion
03. Holy Roller
04. Bone China
05. Come Bite The Apple
06. Stargazer
07. Heartshine
08. Captain Hi Top
09. Man Of Golden Words
10. Capricorn Sister [Explicit]
11. Gentle Groove
12. Mr. Danny Boy [Explicit]
13. Crown Of Thorns
14. Thru Fade Away
15. Mindshaker Meltdown [Explicit]
16. Half Ass Monkey Boy
17. Chloe Dancer/Crown Of Thorns
18. Holy Roller (Davitt Session)
19. Bone China (Davitt Session)
20. Hold Your Head Up
21. Capricorn Sister (Shine Version) [Explicit]
22. Zanzibar (Shine Version)
23. Lady Godiva Blues
24. Red Hot Shaft
25. Seasons Changing (Live At The Plant) [Explicit]
26. Stardog Champion (Live At The Plant) [Explicit]
27. Lubricated Muscle Drive
28. Savwhafair Slide
29. Jumpin Jehova [Explicit]
30. Showdown [Explicit]
31. Bloodshot Ruby
32. Elijah
33. Chloe Dancer (Demo)
34. Have You Ever Kissed A Lady [Explicit]
35. Otherside
36. These R No Blues [Explicit]
37. Made Of Rainbows
38. Bloody Shame
39. One Time Fire
40. Stardog Champion (Live From Alpine Valley) [feat. Chris Cornell & 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.

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