Temple Of The Dog
by Temple Of The Dog

Temple Of The Dog by Temple Of The Dog
Year: 1991
Release date: 1991-04-16
Overall rank: 900th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 412 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1991 (17th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (164th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (900th)

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Temple Of The Dog rankings summary
Overall rank: 900th | 1990s rank: 164th | 1991 rank: 17th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 412 votes)
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05/10/2026 12:14 Adhura  Ratings distribution  1,69677/100
 
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05/09/2026 04:40 brent13  Ratings distribution  2,14367/100
 
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03/05/2026 04:17 BrianOBX  Ratings distribution  3658/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.1/100, a mean average of 77.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.


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From 12/13/2022 19:48 | #291962
I think this might be a rare case of a "perfect" album. No weak/filler songs, no cliche/eye-rolling lyrics, lots of emotion and great vocal performances on top of strong music. I prefer the heaviness of a Soundgarden record, but it's hard to argue that Cornell made a stronger album than this one in his career (with the possible exception of Superunknown).
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80/100
From 09/25/2022 20:05 | #289959
A fantastic album to discover if you are a fan of Pearl Jam or Soundgarden as you can literally see the potential right here on this record. The music feels so raw, powerful and full of passion due to everyone's clear hunger to make amazing music. You have some outstanding vocals from both Vedder and Cornell with the latter providing some of the best performances I have ever heard him put on a record. Cornell's voice is full of desire and energy and it is so refreshing to hear a different recording of his voice. Instrumentally, they back up the vocalists brilliantly with the style and atmosphere being perfectly created for us to enjoy. Songs like Hunger Strike, Call Me A Dog and Say Hello 2 Heaven demonstrate the peak of the music on this album with all three songs being outstanding. Overall, this album feels like a passion project which makes it so accessible to the listener as we can empathise with their love to make music and so we instantly connect with this record and fall in love with it.
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80/100
From 09/06/2022 15:38 | #289298
Classic album that influenced so many others
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95/100
From 05/05/2022 17:38 | #284977
Album of the year - 1991
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From 03/31/2022 09:57 | #283636
Track score = 90 & place in my top albums chart = 12th. Rating = 100
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100/100
One of my best records ever. Dubut Eddie Vedder on vocal and amazing Chris Cornell.
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90/100
My below comment still stands. How is this record rated a 77 but the song score average is at 84? Listen again and get back to me.

RIP Chris and Andrew.
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Can't help but feel this is slightly underrated on this site. Cornell's best album vocally.
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95/100
From 05/11/2017 17:26 | #190637
Still one of the best alt rock, grunge and 90s albums. Severely underrated. RIP Andy and RIP Chris, so many legends have left us
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From 08/12/2015 10:58 | #147569
Important step for the formation of Pearl Jam, while Cornell's songwriting was improving. You can hear both Soundgarden's and PJ's footprint, but their 1991 albums would have been much better.
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