Temple of the Dog began as Chris Cornell's tribute to his friend Andrew Wood, the Mother Love Bone singer who died in 1990. Cornell recorded the songs with Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament of Mother Love Bone, guitarist Mike McCready and Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron, the core of what would soon become Pearl Jam. On Hunger Strike a then-unknown Eddie Vedder sings the duet with Cornell. The album first came out in 1991 and only reached the US top 5 a year later, once grunge had broken through.

This edition is a 2-LP.