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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.

Apple
Studio album by Mother Love Bone
Released	July 19, 1990
Recorded	Fall 1989 at The Plant, Sausalito, California, and Winter 1989 at London Bridge Studios, Seattle, Washington
Genre	Grunge[1][2][3][4] hard rock[5] funk metal[4]
Length	57:59
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
"Stardog Champion" Released: 1990 "This Is Shangrila" Released: 1990 "Stargazer" Released: 1990

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
Classic Rock	[7]
The New York Times	favorable[5]
Rock Hard	7.5/10[8]
Rolling Stone	favorable[9]
Uncut	[10]

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. 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."[9]

Reception

In 2005, Apple was ranked No. 462 in Rock Hard magazine's book of "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

14. "Lady Godiva Blues" – 3:40

Personnel

References

На других языках

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- [en] Apple (Mother Love Bone album)

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[es] Apple (álbum)

Apple es el único LP de Mother Love Bone, una de las más famosas bandas de grunge en su momento a pesar de su corta duración, ya que debido a la muerte de Andrew Wood, su vocalista, la banda se disuelve después de sólo un año en activo. El álbum fue editado poco después de su muerte por sobredosis de heroína en 1990. Fue reeditado y remasterizado en 2003 en el sello Lemon Recordings.

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[ru] Apple (альбом)

Apple — дебютный и последний полноформатный студийный альбом американской рок-группы Mother Love Bone, вышедший в 1990 году, уже после трагической смерти фронтмена команды Эндрю Вуда. В диск вошли две песни уже ранее изданные на EP Shine, эти песни на альбоме стали короче — на 2 минуты (Crown of Thorns) и на 1 минуту 39 секунд (Capricorn Sister). В 1992 году альбом занял 34 место в чарте Top Heatseekers журнала Billboard. В 2003 году был ремастирован и переиздан на британском лейбле Lemon Recordings.

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