Mother Love Bone reissues

The ‘Shine EP’ and album Apple by Mother Love Bone, the short-lived Seattle band that helped to jump start the Grunge movement in the late ’80s, will be reissued on CD and vinyl in September.

Mother Love Bone was fronted by vocalist Andrew Wood, with the other members being Jeff Ament, Bruce Fairweather, Stone Gossard and Greg Gilmore. Wood died, of a heroin overdose, between the EP coming out in March 1989 and the scheduled release of the Apple album, a year later. The band ended and the album was eventually released a few months later, in July 1990.

Ament and Gossard would later form Pearl Jam with Mike McCready, all of whom had participated in the Temple of the Dog tribute project, from which emerged one eponymous album in early 1991.

Both the ‘Shine EP’ and Apple feature remastered audio and coloured vinyl editions (‘Hanbanero’ orange and ‘Opaque Sky’ blue) are available via indie retail.

Both titles are released on 26 September 2025 via UMR/Island.

BTW – If anyone is interested in the long out-of-print 3LP vinyl box set On Earth As It Is: The Complete Works (from 2016) we have a few copies on the SDE shop.

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Mother Love Bone

Apple - vinyl LP

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Shine - Vinyl LP

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Apple - CD edition

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Shine - CD edition

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Tracklisting

Apple Mother Love Bone /

• • 1. This Is Shangrila
    2. Stardog Champion
    3. Holy Roller
    4. Bone China
    5. Come Bite The Apple
    6. Stargazer
    7. Heartshine
    8. Captain Hi-Top
    9. Man Of Golden Words
    10. Capricorn Sister
    11. Gentle Groove
    12. Mr. Danny Boy
    13. Crown Of Thorns

Tracklisting

Shine EP Mother Love Bone /

• • 1. Thru Fade Away
    2. Mindshaker Meltdown
    3. Half Ass Monkey Boy
    4. Chloe Dancer/Crown Of Thorns
    5. Capricorn Sister (original CD bonus track)