By: Stone Temple Pilots Average Rating: Binding: Audio CD Label: Atlantic / Wea Number of Discs: 1 Publication Date: 2003 Release Date: November 11, 2003
Album Description: From their arrival in 1992 with the 8x-platinum "CORE," Stone Temple Pilots have consistently been among the forefront of modern rock `n' roll artists. With each album, the California-based quartet - Scott Weiland, Dean DeLeo, Robert DeLeo, and Eric Kretz - has pursued their own unique musical vision, an inspired sonic approach merging metallic riffs and baroque pop melodies with a punk-fuelled energy and a gift for psychedelic experimentation. As a result, Stone Temple Pilots have sold more than 20 million albums worldwide, and they rank among the top three most successful bands to emerge in the 1990s (along with Nirvana and Pearl Jam). Among their many accolades, Stone Temple Pilots received a "Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocal" Grammy Award for their #1 rock smash, "Plush." Other honors bestowed upon the band over the years include two American Music Awards, one Billboard Music Award, two Billboard Video Awards, and an MTV Video Music Award. In 2001, the band received a Grammy Award nomination in the "Best Hard Rock Performance" category for "Down" (from "No. 4").
Good Will do till I can get all the albums sent over from home. Doesn't replace the first 3 albums.
Great Album For the price this is a great album, I highly recommend it. I also recommend the albums "Core" and "Purple" there are yet other great songs not listed on this album that can be found on them such as "Meat Plow", "Unglued" "Pretty Penny"
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Best "Greatest Hits" CD ever put out. This compilation is a strong representation of STP's best. CD jacket is fab as well.
Good song list, but they could've had more songs. Stone Temple Pilots are an excellant band, with many great songs to contribute to and I was impressed with the selection made for this compilation, however it was a little short for me...I mean 12 tracks? Come on they could have doen better and added more songs to the mix. I was really hoping for "Dancing Days" and other good songs by STP and was dissappointed that they were not there. Other than that the album is pretty good with many good songs on it.
Five stars for sure - but don't buy it! Greatest hits albums are a blessing and a curse for me. Half the time, I love having a sampler with most (if not all) of the songs by the artist in question that I'm interested in. The other half of the time, though, I get so caught up in the best-of that I feel a need to pick up the entirety of the artist's output, meaning that I've just spent $10-15 on a CD for which I'm going to repurchase nearly every single track.
Stone Temple Pilots' Thank You is undoubtedly the most prominent example for me. After hearing "Interstate Love Song" for the first time in a while a few years back, and remembering great songs like "Plush," "Creep," and "Sex Type Thing" (all three of which, ironically enough, are on a single album, Core), I figured a Stone Temple Pilots best-of would be a great purchase. And I was absolutely right, with it introducing me to fantastic songs like "Down," "Wicked Garden," and "Big Empty," among others. Less than a month later, though, realizing that only one cut ("Days of the Week") was included from their (at-the-time, hopefully) final album, Shangri-La Dee Da, I figured I would buy that album...but just that one. And of course within the next few months I picked up the entire catalog.
I'm not trying to be one of those purists who totally disavows the Greatest Hits set on principle alone--there are quite a few artists out there whose best-of is (more than) enough to satisfy me. But if you're thinking about buying this, I'd highly recommend splurging for the deluxe version with a DVD so that at least you have the added value if you do opt to pick up the whole catalog afterward besides the two non-album tracks ("All in the Suit That You Wear" and the acoustic "Plush"). The full albums are all incredible and worthy of being added to one's collection.
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