<Tr> <Td> Rolling Stone </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Temple of the Dog was released on April 16, 1991 through A&M Records and initially sold 70,000 copies in the United States . The album received favorable reviews, but failed to chart . In the summer of 1992, the album received new attention . Although it had been released more than a year earlier, A&M Records realized that they had in their catalog what was essentially a collaboration between Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, who had both risen to mainstream attention in the months since the album's release with their respective albums, Badmotorfinger and Ten . A&M decided to reissue the album and promote "Hunger Strike" as a single, with an accompanying music video . The attention allowed both the album and single to chart on the Billboard 200 album chart, and resulted in a boost in album sales . Temple of the Dog was among the 100 top selling albums of 1992 . Temple of the Dog has sold over 1,000,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan, and has been certified platinum by the RIAA . </P> <P> Allmusic staff writer Steve Huey gave the album four and a half out of five stars, saying, "The album's strength is its mournful, elegiac ballads, but thanks to the band's spontaneous creative energy and appropriately warm sound, it's permeated by a definite, life - affirming aura ." Rolling Stone staff writer David Fricke gave Temple of the Dog four out of five stars, saying, "For "Hunger Strike" and "Reach Down" alone, Temple of the Dog deserves immortality; those songs are proof that the angst that defined Seattle rock in the 1990s was not cheap sentiment, at least in the beginning . And you can't help but love the irony of an album, made in great sadness, kick - starting the last great pop mutiny of the twentieth century ." David Browne of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a B+ . Browne said, "Maybe because the musicians avoid the often - labored anthems they play with their own bands, the songs sound relaxed and airy without losing any of the crunch or drive of the best arena rock ." He ended by stating, "Singer Chris Cornell's lyrics remain as annoyingly oblique as they are with Soundgarden, but don't worry . Just sit back and revel in the whomping guitars of Mike McCready and Love Bone member Stone Gossard as they mesh with the imaginative pummeling of Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron--the untamed side of the much - hyped Seattle sound, in all its wailing glory ." </P> <P> Temple of the Dog included the singles "Hunger Strike", "Say Hello 2 Heaven", and "Pushin Forward Back". The lead single "Hunger Strike" was the most successful song from Temple of the Dog on the rock charts, reaching number four on the Mainstream Rock charts and number seven on the Modern Rock charts . "Say Hello 2 Heaven" also charted on the Mainstream Rock charts . </P>

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