Purple (album)
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| Studio album by Stone Temple Pilots | |||||
| Released | June 7, 1994 | ||||
| Recorded | 1993–1994 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative, hard rock, Post-grunge | ||||
| Length | 46:57 | ||||
| Label | Atlantic | ||||
| Producer | Brendan O'Brien | ||||
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Purple is the second album released by the American rock band Stone Temple Pilots, on June 7, 1994, by Atlantic Records. It contains several of the band's biggest hit songs, including "Vasoline," "Interstate Love Song," and "Big Empty," which was also featured on The Crow soundtrack. The album was a big success for STP, debuting at #1 and being certified 6x platinum. In 2006, the album was ranked number 73 on Guitar World magazine's list of the greatest 100 guitar albums of all time.[1]
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[edit] History
The lyric "she said she'd be my woman, she said she'd be my man" from "Lounge Fly" also appears on the Mighty Joe Young Demo in the song "Spanish Flies".
The band debuted the first single, "Big Empty", at their MTV Unplugged performance acoustically. The song would later appear on the soundtrack to The Crow.
[edit] Title
The album title, "Purple," is written as a Chinese character on the cover, and nowhere else on the packaging (including along the spine). When asked about the title in an interview, Scott Weiland replied "It's my favorite color. It's the color of bruises."
[edit] Track listing
| # | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Meatplow" | Robert DeLeo, Dean DeLeo, Scott Weiland | 3:37 |
| 2. | "Vasoline" | R. DeLeo, D. DeLeo, Weiland, Eric Kretz | 2:56 |
| 3. | "Lounge Fly" | R. DeLeo, Weiland | 5:18 |
| 4. | "Interstate Love Song" | R. DeLeo, Weiland | 3:14 |
| 5. | "Still Remains" | R. DeLeo, D. DeLeo, Weiland | 3:33 |
| 6. | "Pretty Penny" | D. DeLeo, Weiland | 3:42 |
| 7. | "Silvergun Superman" | R. DeLeo, D. DeLeo, Weiland | 5:16 |
| 8. | "Big Empty" | D. DeLeo, Weiland | 4:54 |
| 9. | "Unglued" | R. DeLeo, Weiland | 2:35 |
| 10. | "Army Ants" | D. DeLeo, Weiland | 3:46 |
| 11. | "Kitchenware & Candybars" (see below) | R. DeLeo, Weiland | 8:07 |
[edit] Notes
Track 11, "Kitchenware & Candybars", contains a hidden track named "12 Gracious Melodies", which is a parody of most hidden tracks being unorthodox songs that the band would make. It was performed by Richard Peterson, a musician who happens to be a big fan of Johnny Mathis, hence the reference to Mathis in the song.[citation needed]
[edit] Personnel
- Stone Temple Pilots – design
- Dean DeLeo – acoustic guitar, percussion, drums, electric guitar
- Robert DeLeo – bass, guitar, percussion
- Nick DiDia – engineer
- Clay Harper – assistant engineer
- Eric Kretz – percussion, drums
- Paul Leary – ending guitar solo on "Lounge Fly"
- Brendan O'Brien – producer, engineer, mixing, mellotron on "Army Ants"
- Scott Weiland – vocals, percussion, guitar
- Dale Sizer – illustrations
- Caram Costanzo – assistant engineer
- John Heiden – design
[edit] Charts
[edit] Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1994 | The Billboard 200 | 1 |
| 1994 | UK Albums Chart | 10 |
| 1994 | Australian Albums Chart | 1 |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1994 | "Big Empty" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 3 |
| 1994 | "Big Empty" | Modern Rock Tracks | 7 |
| 1994 | "Big Empty" | Top 40 Mainstream | 40 |
| 1994 | "Interstate Love Song" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 |
| 1994 | "Interstate Love Song" | Modern Rock Tracks | 2 |
| 1994 | "Interstate Love Song" | Top 40 Mainstream | 22 |
| 1994 | "Vasoline" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 |
| 1994 | "Vasoline" | Modern Rock Tracks | 2 |
| 1994 | "Unglued" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 8 |
| 1994 | "Unglued" | Modern Rock Tracks | 16 |
| 1995 | "Pretty Penny" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 12 |
| Preceded by Ill Communication by Beastie Boys |
Billboard 200 number-one album June 25 - July 15, 1994 |
Succeeded by The Lion King (soundtrack) by Various artists |
| Preceded by The Division Bell by Pink Floyd |
Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album June 26 - July 2, 1994 |
Succeeded by Voodoo Lounge by The Rolling Stones |
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