Album Review: Stone Temple Pilots - Purple

This album was released waaay back during the early 90's during the famous grunge era with popular hits such as "Interstate Love Song" and "Vasoline". and here i am making an album review of it, kinda late don't you think? oh well, what the heck. back then i wasn't a music fan, i was into toys that time hehehe. i just got a 2nd hand copy 2 days ago and it hasnt left my cd player ever since. a great album, love their music!

It's been a year since i was introduced to Stp music, back then i was only listening to their great hits such as Interstate Love Song, Plush, Sour Girl, Lady Picture Show, Down through mp3's. My curiosity for their music grew so i got copies of "NO.4" and "Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop", their 3rd and 4th album release. From then on my respect for STP grew as i listened to their other tracks that werent released into the mainstream. Since then, i began to look for the "Core" and "Purple"(1st and 2nd album) which i think are their best albums. Anywho, i got "Purple" recently so my last project is "Core", which is very hard to find! So if any of you has a copy or knows anyone selling any please do inform me and maybe we could have a little business meeting, hehehe :)

After listening to the album i could say that "Purple" played a major influence on their succeeding albums. Their sound has not changed that much over the years (riffs, tuning, tempo), however this album appears to be more technical in terms of extra effects and more solos, but the rest are still the same. Scott Weiland's voice style in singing hasn't changed and the riffs created are somewhat similar because of the key and tunings used(drop d, eb and standard). I also liked their music line-up, where they had Scott do percussions on various tracks such as Pretty Penny, Lounge Fly etc. It sounded pretty ok, however they didn't apply this on "No.4". Another thing i liked about them is that they were able to maintain the grunge sound through the years, unlike pearl jam who has completely changed their sound since "Ten" and "VS.". Believe me, it was a big mistake. After that Pearl Jam was removed from the grunge scene and their music wasnt appreciated as much as their early releases.

The tracks that i find cool are Meat Plow, Vasoline, Interstate Love Song, Still remains, Silvergun superman and Big empty! i know most of you wont bother on getting an original copy, so might as well download these tracks on kazaa or something. Ok to mga mehn, astig, magpaka STP na kyo! Overall comment---> ASTIG! LUFETS!

p.s. if you know any place or anyone who sells a copy of "CORE" pls do inform me. Plus, if you know any stores that sell 2nd hand old school cds, i appreciate if you tell me. thanks :)

peace \m/