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Mad Season or Temple Of The Dog?

glorified G is hereglorified G is here Posts: 419
edited October 2008 in Other Music
Two very different albums. Which album is "better"? No doubt both are good, but I think Layne's vocals never sounded better and Mike's playing guitar was such a unique sound and created intense feelings. What do you all think?
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  • NewDamageNewDamage Posts: 1,913
    gregory1 wrote:
    Two very different albums. Which album is "better"? No doubt both are good, but I think Layne's vocals never sounded better and Mike's playing guitar was such a unique sound and created intense feelings. What do you all think?
    I'd also argue Cornell never sounded better than on TOTD, plus you've got Stone, Jeff, and Matt. As much as I love Mad Season, TOTD is the better of the two for me
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  • PJamGrunge10PJamGrunge10 Posts: 596
    I much prefer Temple of the Dog. Chris Cornell is at his best here.
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  • suns rivalsuns rival Posts: 15,926
    oh god, this is hard....

    TOTD for me, but just by a nose hair.
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  • suns rivalsuns rival Posts: 15,926
    gregory1 wrote:
    Two very different albums. Which album is "better"? No doubt both are good, but I think Layne's vocals never sounded better and Mike's playing guitar was such a unique sound and created intense feelings. What do you all think?

    btw, mad season's album is called "above".

    hope you're not talking of matchbox 20's album "mad season". :eek:
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  • mensanemensane Posts: 912
    EASY...

    Mad Season.

    One of the best albums by ANY band of all time.
  • catch22catch22 Posts: 1,081
    PJamGrunge10 wrote:
    I much prefer Temple of the Dog. Chris Cornell is at his best here.

    but cornell at his best still doesn't hold a candle to staley at his most mediocre ;)

    mad season by a landslide.
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  • GivenToJam88GivenToJam88 Posts: 1,187
    i like temple of the dog more but mad season is also damn good
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  • BetterThanYouBetterThanYou Posts: 853
    no matter how great cornell sounded on totd, 'above' is by far the better album.
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  • glorified G is hereglorified G is here Posts: 419
    Mad Season's Above is so different than anything else that a Seattle collaboration generated. It's mellow at times, it's intense at times and both guitar by Mike and Layne's vocals are hauntingly brilliant. A one of a kind album, and one of all time favorites! TOTD rocks too, but in an expected way with who was invlolved, whereas Mad Season's Above stands alone on unbridled intensity!
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  • n2integrityn2integrity Posts: 77
    Love them both and would have to choose between them, but if a gun was held to me - TOTD would be the one I'd hold onto.
  • wcsmithwcsmith Posts: 165
    I'm gonna say Mad Season. There are a couple of songs on TOTD that I rountinely skip, but there's not one tune on Mad Season that I skip. Plus, I think (IMHO) that Mad Season has a 'broader' sound than TOTD, which is more narrowly 'grunge'. Plus, Mark Lanegan singing on a couple of songs can only help you...
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  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    Mad Season wins pretty easily for me.
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    gregory1 wrote:
    Two very different albums. Which album is "better"? No doubt both are good, but I think Layne's vocals never sounded better and Mike's playing guitar was such a unique sound and created intense feelings. What do you all think?
    Can't choose which is better. Absolutely love Temple of the dog but the guitarist in me has to say i don't think anything is as good as mikes tone on the mad season's only album. Easily his best tone ever. It's your classic standard strat sound, very, very SRV like. Definitely hear the influence there and the effects on that album were brilliant.

    Listen to the cleans on 'river of deceit', it is just absolutely beautiful and the overdriven tone on 'i don't know anything', gives me shivers.
  • Gremmie95Gremmie95 Posts: 749
    Mad Season by a whisker biscut.
  • Stone Is GodStone Is God Posts: 1,331
    Mad Season.
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  • goldrushgoldrush Posts: 7,532
    Temple by a country mile. Cornell is at his best, the rest of PJ are all on there, there are no bad songs.

    "Above" was a bit hit-and-miss for me to be honest. I really like it but I don't think it comes close to Temple
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  • jeff's_the_manjeff's_the_man Posts: 660
    mike is on fire on 'above', but some songs the lyrics are just a bit crap, and that kills it a bit for me. dont get me wrong, some of the lyrics are amazing, but some are just so simple they bug me...

    as for TOTD, lyrics are amazing, music is brilliant, but not as brilliant as on Mad Season....


    hmmm.

    at the moment i listen to mad season more than TOTD, so i guess mad season wins by a bit... only cause of mikes guitar work tho... oh and lanegan...
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  • TheDecline13TheDecline13 Posts: 990
    Mad Season by a land slide. That record is crazy good. Temple of the dog was ok but not great
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  • ladygooddivaladygooddiva Posts: 4,169
    this is a though question ..i would say you can t compare them ..
    see
    TOTD would not existed if Wood never died....
    i love it sooooooooo much
    but in the same i like mad season ...
  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    I like Mad Season but I would go with TOTD easily.

    Anyone ever wonder how these two albums have two of mike's best extended solo's and nowhere on any pearl jam album have they ever let him jam like this? (november hotel & reach down)

    Complete Bullshit. Unleash Mike on the next album.
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  • glorified G is hereglorified G is here Posts: 419
    intodeep wrote:
    I like Mad Season but I would go with TOTD easily.

    Anyone ever wonder how these two albums have two of mike's best extended solo's and nowhere on any pearl jam album have they ever let him jam like this? (november hotel & reach down)

    Complete Bullshit. Unleash Mike on the next album.

    I agree! what Mike does on non-PJ albums deserves to be incorporated into the band. Unless mike holds back some unique styles. Across the boards, what Mike brings to songs is emotion!
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  • shermsherm Posts: 708
    Layne, enough said.
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  • greenspiritgreenspirit Posts: 64
    All I can say is November Hotel, Mike is on fire here like no other song.

    Mad Season all the way.
  • Stone Is GodStone Is God Posts: 1,331
    This thread made me go out and re-purchase Mad Season. I haven't had that disc in forever. I ran right down to the store on lunch and bought it.
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  • glorified G is hereglorified G is here Posts: 419
    Stone Is God wrote:
    This thread made me go out and re-purchase Mad Season. I haven't had that disc in forever. I ran right down to the store on lunch and bought it.
    Good deal! I'm fortunate enough to play it on vinyl when in the mood! It is an album that sounds better on a turntable. The bass is sooo deep, and the rest is mesmorizing!
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  • Stone Is GodStone Is God Posts: 1,331
    gregory1 wrote:
    Good deal! I'm fortunate enough to play it on vinyl when in the mood! It is an album that sounds better on a turntable. The bass is sooo deep, and the rest is mesmorizing!

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  • PJGARDENPJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    I love TOTD but I have to go with Above for these 3 reasons

    1. Layne and Mike is an insane combo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    2. November Hotel
    3. Layne, Lanegan, Long Gone Day and a saxophone = Absolute beauty
  • Mike_Muse_RageMike_Muse_Rage Posts: 677
    I love them both an awful lot but TOTD. Juuuuuuust.
  • Grunge100Grunge100 Posts: 178
    PJGARDEN wrote:
    I love TOTD but I have to go with Above for these 3 reasons

    1. Layne and Mike is an insane combo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    2. November Hotel
    3. Layne, Lanegan, Long Gone Day and a saxophone = Absolute beauty

    +1. Layne's voice is godlike.
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  • PJGARDENPJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    I know I have asked this before but if anyone could hook me up, or know where I can find the Live at the Moore dvd it would be much appreciated.
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