Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns
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| "Chloe Dancer/Crown Of Thorns" | ||
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| Song by Mother Love Bone | ||
| from the album Shine | ||
| Released | 1989 | |
| Recorded | 1989 | |
| Genre | Grunge | |
| Length | 8:16 | |
| Label | Stardog/Mercury Records | |
| Writer(s) | Mother Love Bone/Andrew Wood | |
| Shine track listing | ||
| Half Ass Monkey Boy (3) |
"Chloe Dancer/Crown Of Thorns" (4) |
Capricorn Sister (5) |
Chloe Dancer/Crown Of Thorns is a grunge song written and performed by Mother Love Bone on their debut EP, Shine. It was featured on the soundtrack to the movie Singles. Pearl Jam, which includes members of Mother Love Bone, has performed the song in concert many times, starting with the 10/22/00 show in Las Vegas, which was the tenth anniversary of Pearl Jam's first show.
"Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns" is actually two songs sequenced together. "Crown of Thorns" is found by itself on the band's album, Apple. "Chloe Dancer" is not available as a stand alone track.
The song is critically acclaimed, and considered one of Mother Love Bone's best songs. Jason Josephes of Pitchfork Media described it as "one astoundingly great song."[1] Steven Rosen of the Denver Post referred to the song as "trancelike epic."[2] Spencer Patterson of the Las Vegas Sun comments that the song is "fantastically melancholy."[3] Essi Berelian of the Rough Music Guide writes that it is "beautifully swirling."[4] The Salt Lake Tribune found the song "eerie" and praised Andrew Wood's "powerful and emotive voice."[5]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Josephes, Jason. "Throneberry Trot Out The Encores". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved January 2, 2007.
- ^ Rosen, Steven. "`Singles' and `Vegas' sound tracks post better records than films". Denver Post. Retrieved January 2, 2007.
- ^ Patterson, Spencer. "Soundtrack from movie 'Singles' still hits home". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved January 2, 2007.
- ^ Berelian, Essi. "Mother Love Bone". Rough Music Guide. Retrieved January 2, 2007.
- ^ "NEW DISCS: MEATY MORRISSEY; A TRIP THROU". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved January 2, 2007.
[edit] Possible influences
- The central melody of Crown of Thorns is part of 1973's The Revealing Science of God (Dance of the Dawn), as featured on Tales from Topographic Oceans by Yes.
