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Stone Temple Pilots were positively vilified once their 1992 debut, Core, started scaling the charts in 1993, pegged as fifth-rate Pearl Jam copyists. It is true that the worst moments of Core play like a parody of the Seattle scene -- titles like "Dead and Bloated" and "Crackerman" tell you that much, playing like really bad Alice in Chains parodies, and the entire record tends to sink into gormless post-grunge sludge. Furthermore, even if it rocks pretty hard, it's usually without much character, sounding like cut-rate grunge. To be fair, it's more that they share the same influences as their peers than being overt copycats, but it's still a little disheartening all the same. If that's all that Core was, it'd be as forgettable as Seven Mary Three, but there are the hits that propelled it up the charts, songs that have remarkably stood the test of time to be highlights of their era. "Sex Type Thing" may have a clumsy anti-rape lyric that comes across as misogynist, but it survives on its terrifically lunk-headed riff, while "Wicked Garden" is a surprisingly effective piece of revivalist acid rock. Then, there's the slow acoustic crawl of "Creep" that works as well as anything on AIC's Sap and, finally, "Plush," a majestic album rock revival more melodic and stylish than anything grunge produced outside of Nirvana itself. These four songs aren't enough to salvage a fairly pedestrian debut, but they do find STP to be nimble rock craftsmen when inspiration hits.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Brendan O'Brien, Producer, MixingEngineer - Eric Kretz, Drums - Dean DeLeo, Guitar - Robert Deleo, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - Dan Hersch, Remastering Engineer - TOM BAKER, MasteringEngineer - Stone Temple Pilots, MainArtist - Scott Weiland, Lead Vocals, Writer - Nick DiDia, Engineer - Dick Kaneshiro, Engineer
© 1992 Atlantic Recording Corporation. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1992 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Brendan O'Brien, Producer, MixingEngineer - Eric Kretz, Drums, Writer - Dean DeLeo, Guitar, Writer - Robert Deleo, Guitar, Backing Vocals - Dan Hersch, Remastering Engineer - TOM BAKER, MasteringEngineer - Stone Temple Pilots, MainArtist - Scott Weiland, Lead Vocals, Writer - Nick DiDia, Engineer - Dick Kaneshiro, Engineer
© 1992 Atlantic Recording Corporation. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1992 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Brendan O'Brien, Producer, MixingEngineer - Eric Kretz, Drums - Dean DeLeo, Guitar, Writer - Robert Deleo, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - Dan Hersch, Remastering Engineer - TOM BAKER, MasteringEngineer - Stone Temple Pilots, MainArtist - Scott Weiland, Lead Vocals, Writer - Nick DiDia, Engineer - Dick Kaneshiro, Engineer
© 1992 Atlantic Recording Corporation. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1992 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Brendan O'Brien, Producer, MixingEngineer - Eric Kretz, Drums - Dean DeLeo, Guitar, Writer - Robert Deleo, Guitar, Backing Vocals - Dan Hersch, Remastering Engineer - TOM BAKER, MasteringEngineer - Stone Temple Pilots, MainArtist - Scott Weiland, Lead Vocals, Writer - Nick DiDia, Engineer - Dick Kaneshiro, Engineer
© 1992 Atlantic Recording Corporation. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1992 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Brendan O'Brien, Producer, MixingEngineer - Eric Kretz, Drums - Dean DeLeo, Guitar - Robert Deleo, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - TOM BAKER, MasteringEngineer - Stone Temple Pilots, MainArtist - Scott Weiland, Lead Vocals, Writer - Nick DiDia, Engineer - Dick Kaneshiro, Engineer
© 1992 Atlantic Recording Corporation. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1992 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Brendan O'Brien, Producer, MixingEngineer - Eric Kretz, Drums, Writer - Dean DeLeo, Guitar, Writer - Robert Deleo, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - TOM BAKER, MasteringEngineer - Stone Temple Pilots, MainArtist - Scott Weiland, Lead Vocals, Writer - Nick DiDia, Engineer - Dick Kaneshiro, Engineer
© 1992 Atlantic Recording Corporation. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1992 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Brendan O'Brien, Producer, MixingEngineer - Eric Kretz, Drums - Dean DeLeo, Guitar - Robert Deleo, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - Dan Hersch, Remastering Engineer - TOM BAKER, MasteringEngineer - Stone Temple Pilots, MainArtist - Scott Weiland, Lead Vocals, Writer - Nick DiDia, Engineer - Dick Kaneshiro, Engineer
© 1992 Atlantic Recording Corporation. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1992 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Brendan O'Brien, Producer, MixingEngineer - Eric Kretz, Drums - Dean DeLeo, Guitar - Robert Deleo, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - Dan Hersch, Remastering Engineer - TOM BAKER, MasteringEngineer - Stone Temple Pilots, MainArtist - Scott Weiland, Lead Vocals, Writer - Nick DiDia, Engineer - Dick Kaneshiro, Engineer
© 1992 Atlantic Recording Corporation. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1992 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Brendan O'Brien, Producer, MixingEngineer - Eric Kretz, Drums, Writer - Dean DeLeo, Guitar - Robert Deleo, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - Dan Hersch, Remastering Engineer - TOM BAKER, MasteringEngineer - Stone Temple Pilots, MainArtist - Scott Weiland, Lead Vocals, Writer - Nick DiDia, Engineer - Dick Kaneshiro, Engineer
© 1992 Atlantic Recording Corporation. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1992 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Brendan O'Brien, Producer, MixingEngineer - Eric Kretz, Drums - Dean DeLeo, Guitar - Robert Deleo, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - Dan Hersch, Remastering Engineer - TOM BAKER, MasteringEngineer - Stone Temple Pilots, MainArtist - Scott Weiland, Lead Vocals, Writer - Nick DiDia, Engineer - Dick Kaneshiro, Engineer
© 1992 Atlantic Recording Corporation. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1992 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Brendan O'Brien, Producer, MixingEngineer - Eric Kretz, Drums - Dean DeLeo, Guitar - Robert Deleo, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - Dan Hersch, Remastering Engineer - TOM BAKER, MasteringEngineer - Stone Temple Pilots, MainArtist - Scott Weiland, Lead Vocals, Writer - Nick DiDia, Engineer - Dick Kaneshiro, Engineer
© 1992 Atlantic Recording Corporation. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1992 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Brendan O'Brien, Producer, MixingEngineer - Eric Kretz, Drums, Writer - Dean DeLeo, Guitar, Writer - Robert Deleo, Guitar, Backing Vocals - Dan Hersch, Remastering Engineer - TOM BAKER, MasteringEngineer - Stone Temple Pilots, MainArtist - Scott Weiland, Lead Vocals, Writer - Nick DiDia, Engineer - Dick Kaneshiro, Engineer
© 1992 Atlantic Recording Corporation. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1992 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Album review
Stone Temple Pilots were positively vilified once their 1992 debut, Core, started scaling the charts in 1993, pegged as fifth-rate Pearl Jam copyists. It is true that the worst moments of Core play like a parody of the Seattle scene -- titles like "Dead and Bloated" and "Crackerman" tell you that much, playing like really bad Alice in Chains parodies, and the entire record tends to sink into gormless post-grunge sludge. Furthermore, even if it rocks pretty hard, it's usually without much character, sounding like cut-rate grunge. To be fair, it's more that they share the same influences as their peers than being overt copycats, but it's still a little disheartening all the same. If that's all that Core was, it'd be as forgettable as Seven Mary Three, but there are the hits that propelled it up the charts, songs that have remarkably stood the test of time to be highlights of their era. "Sex Type Thing" may have a clumsy anti-rape lyric that comes across as misogynist, but it survives on its terrifically lunk-headed riff, while "Wicked Garden" is a surprisingly effective piece of revivalist acid rock. Then, there's the slow acoustic crawl of "Creep" that works as well as anything on AIC's Sap and, finally, "Plush," a majestic album rock revival more melodic and stylish than anything grunge produced outside of Nirvana itself. These four songs aren't enough to salvage a fairly pedestrian debut, but they do find STP to be nimble rock craftsmen when inspiration hits.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:53:36
- Main artists: Stone Temple Pilots
- Label: Rhino Atlantic
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1992 Atlantic Recording Corporation. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 1992 Atlantic Recording Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company.
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