Stone Temple Pilots-Purple

Stone Temple Pilots-Purple

Cover has normal wear and tear for the age. Cover is graded VG. Record is graded VG. Insert included

Purple (stylized in Chinese text) is the second studio album by the American rock band Stone Temple Pilots, released on June 7, 1994, by Atlantic Records. The album, building on the foundation laid by the band’s debut album Core, was a huge success for the band, selling 252,000 copies in its first week and debuting at number one on the Billboard 200 chart[3] and remaining there for three weeks, eventually selling over six million copies. It spawned a number of successful singles — “Vasoline” and “Interstate Love Song” both topped the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and hit number 2 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, while “Big Empty” also cracked the top ten on both charts. Lesser known album cuts “Pretty Penny” and “Unglued” were also released as promotional radio singles.

While Purple features elements of grunge like its predecessor, Core, the album displays the band developing a sound influenced by other genres, such as the psychedelic rock evident in “Lounge Fly” and “Silvergun Superman”, the country vibes of “Interstate Love Song” and blues rock elements of “Big Empty”. AllMusic’s Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that “Purple is a quantum leap over [Core], showcasing a band hitting their stride.” Erlewine also described “Interstate Love Song” as a “concise epic as alluring as the open highway” and “Big Empty” as “a perfect encapsulation of mainstream alienation.”