With a real point of view, this band could be bigger than an accident." Paul Evans of Rolling Stone concluded that "inner child of Stone Temple Pilots is Iron Maiden, and that kid just won't quit howling". It's unclear whether STP, which sounds like it has crash-landed Pearl Jam into Alice in Chains, is condemning or identifying with its narrator. Entertainment Weekly 's Deborah Frost wrote that "Stone Temple Pilots' hit ' Sex Type Thing' could be Mike Tyson's rape defense transcribed into grunge rock. Music journalists often blasted the band as "rip-offs" of grunge acts such as Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains. However, the album still received mixed reviews overall. Receptionĭon Kaye of Kerrang! praised the band's "confidence and identity", unusual in debut albums. The song "No Memory", a musical interlude between "Wicked Garden" and "Sin", was written by guitarist Dean DeLeo. " Wicked Garden"'s lyrics deal with the loss of innocence and purity, while "Sin" addresses "violent and ugly" relationships. I know it's something that I relate to when I listen to music.
I guess I tend to find the darker sides of life more attractive than the yellows and oranges. I feel very strongly that all individuals, regardless of age, race, creed or sexual preference, should have the freedom to exercise their rights as human beings to enjoy life, pursue what they want and feel comfortable about who they are. Organized religion does not view everyone as equals." Further explaining his lyrical style on Core, Weiland was quoted as saying: It gives me a feeling of isolation, when I think about it. They switch off people's minds and control the masses. About people who tell others what to do and what to believe. "Naked Sunday", according to Weiland, "is about organized religion. "Sex Type Thing", according to Weiland, deals with abuse of power, "macho" behavior, and humanity's attitude toward women, treating them as sex objects. Striving to create an intense and emotional sound, vocalist Weiland has said that the main theme of the album is that humanity is confused, with songs like " Sex Type Thing" and "Naked Sunday" dealing with social injustice. CompositionĬore, as a debut album, displayed the band's attempt to revive the album-oriented music approach of the 1970s. Producer Brendan O'Brien can be heard at the end of the track, walking into the room and saying "All right, now what?" The rest of the album was recorded at Rumbo Recorders in a matter of five weeks, after which the band decided on the name "Core", referring to the apple of the Biblical story of Adam and Eve. The first recorded track for the album, the 96 second "Wet My Bed", emerged from an improv session between vocalist Scott Weiland and bassist Robert DeLeo, who were alone in the studio. The album, which peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and No. 3 on the Billboard 200, was certified 8x platinum by the RIAA on December 18, 2001, making it the band's best-selling album.
If you have doubts and aren’t sold on the singles so far, listen to tracks 4-6, great representation of the album as a whole.Core is the debut studio album by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots, released on September 29, 1992, through Atlantic Records. Congratulations to all us fans, we have an unexpected rock gem. Kudos to all, looking forward to seeing you in concert once again, and most importantly new music in the future. It’s a better album than Talk Show (which I enjoyed), and to those that say the band should’ve released the album under a new name – forget about it, this is STP, there is no mistaking the structure and the sound. Jeff’s vocals fit, and he’ll definitely pull off the classics well enough live, which is all you can ask for – but I feel we get more than that. It’s much more enjoyable than the last self titled release. Do I think it’s as good an album as Core, Purple, Tiny Music, 4 or Shangri La? No, but it’s a great reminder of each of those albums, while feeling genuinely fresh. “The unmistakable sound of Dean, Robert and Eric returns without Scott, who was one of greatest of all time, and it feels pretty good.
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