Stone Temple Pilots - Core (2LP, 45RPM)
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Lead Vocals by Scott Weiland
Bass, backup vocals – Robert DeLeo
Drums – Eric Kretz
Guitars – Dean DeLeo
Written by Dean DeLeo (A2-4, A6, B5), Eric Kretz (A2, A6, B4-5), Robert DeLeo (A1, A3, A5 to B4), Scott Weiland (A1-3, A5 to B5)
2LPs, gatefold jacket printed by Stoughton Printing
Limited Edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Black
Speed : 45 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings
Label : Analogue Productions - Atlantic 75 series
Original Label : Atlantic
Recorded in May 1992 at Rumbo Recorders in Los Angeles, CA
Engineered by Nick DiDia, Dick Kaneshiro
Produced by Brendan O'Brien
Mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound
Photography by Katrina Dickson
Originally released in September 1992
Reissued in March 2024
Tracks:
Side A:
1. Dead & Bloated
2. Sex Type Thing
3. Wicked Garden
Side B:
1. No Memory
2. Sin
3. Naked Sunday
Side C:
1. Creep
2. Piece Of Pie
3. Plush
Side D:
1. Wet My Bed
2. Crackerman
3. Where The River Goes
Awards :
1994 Grammy Award Winner - Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocal for "Plush"
Reviews:
"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." AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Ratings:
Discogs : 4.88 / 5 ; AllMusic : 3.5 / 5