Core, Stone Temple Pilots, Music CD

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Core


1	Dead & Bloated 5:10
2	Sex Type Thing 3:35
3	Wicked Garden 4:05
4	No Memory 1:19
5	Sin 6:05
6	Naked Sunday 3:55
7	Creep 5:30
8	Piece of Pie 5:22
9	Plush 5:08
10	Wet My Bed 1:35
11	Crackerman 3:12
12	Where the River Goes 8:20

Editorial 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. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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"Core" rocks outby Anonymous

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November 18, 2003: "Core" rocketed Stone Temple Pilots to the top of the alternative world. Even critics constant critisim of thier sounding like Peral Jam or ripping chords of from Alice in Chains. This album still carries its own weight. It's a very stright ahead rock album with great chords with some catchy lyrics. If you want to buy an album that rocks, definetly pick up the "Core" album. Its great rocker songs include "Sex Type Thing", "Crackerman", and the sound-a-like Alice in Chains, "Wicked Garden". But this album shows also that STP has the power to get away from its metal roots with the smooth trasitions to "Plush" and "Creep" which are more of a softer sound, but great rock songs none the less. So if you want 2 pick up great rock material, pick up STP's "Core", it rocks!

The Best of STP!!!by Anonymous

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June 15, 2003: This album was the first of STP that I had heard...and I have to tell you that I fell in love with the baseness and crude sexness of the songs. I love STP and this album made a name for them....

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Core


1	Dead & Bloated 5:10
2	Sex Type Thing 3:35
3	Wicked Garden 4:05
4	No Memory 1:19
5	Sin 6:05
6	Naked Sunday 3:55
7	Creep 5:30
8	Piece of Pie 5:22
9	Plush 5:08
10	Wet My Bed 1:35
11	Crackerman 3:12
12	Where the River Goes 8:20

All Music Guide

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

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Product Details

Format: CD
Release Date: 09/29/1992
Label: ATLANTIC / WEA
Catalog No.: 82418
UPC: 075678241826
Sales Rank: 10,824

Album Credits
Performance Credits
Stone Temple Pilots		Primary Artist, Primary Artist
Dean DeLeo		Guitar
Robert DeLeo		Bass
Eric Kretz		Drums
Scott Weiland		Vocals

Technical Credits
Stone Temple Pilots		Art Direction
Tom Baker		Mastering
Nick DiDia		Engineer
Brendan O'Brien		Producer
Christian Clayton		Illustrations