Just listened to Purple and Tiny Music

vuman4223

I just finished listening to these two great albums from Stone Temple Pilots and couldn't help but think how great they both were. To me they are very different albums. I can't believe I went so long without listening to either one of them. Tell me what you all think of Purple and Tiny Music.

yosi1

vuman4223 wrote:

I just finished listening to these two great albums from Stone Temple Pilots and couldn't help but think how great they both were. To me they are very different albums. I can't believe I went so long without listening to either one of them. Tell me what you all think of Purple and Tiny Music.

Both phenomenal albums. Stone Temple Pilots were easily my favorite band for about 10 years. I was entirely obssessed. Since their demise its been harder to be as passionate about them, but I still love their work and anxiously wait for a reunion.

About these two abulms specifically. They are incredible. Purple is just one of the best albums of all time, arguably the best sophmore album of a group. So strong musically and lyrically, and STP really began to add the psychedellic element to their sound on this one (see Army Ants, Kitchenware & Candybars, Still Remains, etc). I love Tiny Music, if I had to pick a favorite STP album, this would probably be it. The music, the lyrics everything. So fucking good. They were really on top of their game song-writing wise when this came out. Its too bad they (Scott) were going through so much then and could never really tour this album out. I think if they had they would have really kept their fan base much bigger, and really could have stayed on top/relevant in the music scene.

Thanks for giving me a chance to talk STP. I fucking love those guys.

DOSW

I've never really got into STP, but I am starting to listen to these albums again. In a couple weeks I should be able to give an accurate impression.

WhiteMaleRat

Tiny Music was the only STP album that I actually went out and bought and played to death. I just thought they distanced themselves with this album from that Seattle stigma that dogged them. Bing Bang Baby, Trippin in a Whole, 7 Caged Tigers are some great songs.

tybird

Great stuff.........two killler albums that seem to get stuck in the cd player if I ever put either in it. Great band........very solid in all facets. They were great in concert both times that I saw them. Purple is slightly better to me than Tiny Music......"Unglued" simply owns me.

yosi1

tybird wrote:

Great stuff.........two killler albums that seem to get stuck in the cd player if I ever put either in it.

"Moderation is masturbation"

tonadax

i´m been a stp fan since their first great and critisized album Core, i think purple is a more diverse and complete album than tiny music and core,
in tiny music they´re going to a more mellow and poppish direction... beatlesque songs too...

aspoonfulweighsaton

I agree with the consensus here... I think Purple is really a masterpiece and I could listen to it all day long. Tiny Music has some really great songs but isn't quite as strong song-for-song as Purple, but they are definitely 1-2 in my opinion for STP's albums.

chrisopalooza

tiny music is one of my fav albums of all-time. it's one of the best guitar records since a zeppelin album. dean and robert create this psychedelic garage vibe that is matchless.

bubbamackdaddy69

All of STP rocks man...always have like them...I like Core especially

yosi1

chrisopalooza wrote:

tiny music is one of my fav albums of all-time. dean and robert create this psychedelic garage vibe that is matchless.

So very true.

yieldtome

Purple is an absolutely breathtaking album, and Tiny Music sounds like no other album I've heard. It just has an aura all its own. Adhesive is one of the most gut-wrenchingly honest songs of the 90's...kinda like STP's Junkhead.

I know it's not STP, but have a listen to the samples from the upcoming Army of Anyone album...sounds like the Deleo's have another amazing record in store

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Shawn Smith Collective

I agree with everyone else here...Purple blew me away when it was released and I still love listening to it today. Absolutely incredible album. Tiny Music is also very good, but I've never appreciated it nearly as much as Purple.

Flagg

Love all of STP's records. It amazes me the way they all sound completely different from each other, from Scott's voice to the DeLeo's tone. Each record almost sounds like it came from a different band.

yosi1

Flagg wrote:

Love all of STP's records. It amazes me the way they all sound completely different from each other, from Scott's voice to the DeLeo's tone. Each record almost sounds like it came from a different band.

Almost, but you can always tell its them. I think that's part of what made STP so special. Alwasy able to reinvent themselves, but able to retain their essesnce.

Flagg

yosi wrote:

Almost, but you can always tell its them. I think that's part of what made STP so special. Alwasy able to reinvent themselves, but able to retain their essesnce.

Yeah, agreed. I miss them. I only got to see them once and it was like their 2nd or 3rd to last show.

yosi1

Flagg wrote:

Yeah, agreed. I miss them. I only got to see them once and it was like their 2nd or 3rd to last show.

Yea, I really miss them. I only got to see them once. It was on one of the later tours (I was a little young to have seen them more than once). I saw them at Hammerstein in '02.

mark arm

and both are fake alternative crap albums, heck, what else is new?

yosi1

mark arm wrote:

and both are fake alternative crap albums, heck, what else is new?

What does that even mean?

melodyman22

2 amazing albuums. But then again all STP albums are great, Scott is on of the best.

mark arm

they were a crappy band that got into the bandwagon of the Seattle explosion or whatever that was. I mean, they claimed that they met each other at a Black Flag show in 1987 when the mighy Punk band disbanded in 1986 ! Phony rock and roll and corporate puppets.