\nCore<\/i> was a paragon of a perfect grunge LP, oozing with
\nmachismo at every opportunity. It was crass, boastful and bigoted,
\nbut a braggart to be befriended for all its energy and pugnacity.
\nAfter the loud debut, with the follow-up, Purple, STP reveals a
\nrather different facet of its persona, its mellower alter ego.<\/p>\n
\nPurple<\/i> is, by all means, a terribly true grunge album. But,
\nbeneath all the grime on the surface, it shows that it has a heart
\nthat feels.
\nPurple<\/i> touches with its vehement passion and soothes when it
\ncries. It listens to you, and wants you to do the same with it, and
\nfeel the same way as it feels for you.<\/p>\n
\nPurple<\/i> shows a striking maturity in the band’s musicality —
\nwithin a span of just one album, STP has grown up, big time.
\nConsistently, throughout the album, vocalist Scott Weiland has
\ntried to put in a lot of honesty and earthiness in his singing,
\nunlike in the case with
\nCore<\/i>, where he was big, bad and bold, all over the place,
\naptly suiting its belligerent feel.<\/p>\n
\nPurple<\/i> isn’t disposed to aggress, not without “Wicked
\nGarden” or “Crackerman,” but
\nCore<\/i> isn’t sensitive enough to feel the pangs of pains of
\nlove, without “Interstate Love Song” and “Still Remains.” If
\nCore<\/i> was an aggressive grunge album,
\nPurple<\/i> is a sensitive grunge LP, evident particularly in
\nthese two beautiful love songs back-to-back. “Interstate Love Song”
\nis a simple ‘goodbye’ song, with an amazing riff and an even more
\namazing intro. “Still Remains” has the most beautifully written
\nwords in the album, and is one of the best-sung STP numbers: a
\nhaunting chorus, turning tuneless, momentarily, building up
\nimmediately to the heavenly succeeding verse.<\/p>\n
“Meatplow,” “Unglued” and “Army Ants” show signs of the angry
\nCore<\/i> STP, but with sophistication. The album reaches its
\nsummit towards the end with the last song, (or the last couple of
\nsongs) “Kitchenware & Candybars.” The first of the two-past
\nsong starts off as a rather somber and controlled acoustic
\nrock-song, ultimately building up to be as grungy as it could be,
\ndriven by a stalking chorus and maddening mixture of guitar and
\nviolin strings going berserk. Unlike any other song STP has ever
\ncreated, the second part of “Kitchenware & Candybars,” which
\nSTP couldn’t name at all, is indeed unique — all the gruffness of
\nthe preceding songs are replaced by soothing m\u00e9lange of
\npiano, trumpets and strings, with Weiland sounding as if he a
\ndilettante jazz-singer singing in a run-down bar, trying hard to
\nplease the oblivious drunks with his witty, silly and funny
\nsinging. Alas! No one there is pleased, but we sure are.<\/p>\n
For sure,
\nPurple<\/i> shows great maturity in STP. It is a grunge album,
\nbut musically exceeding its confreres. A rock album, which as
\nshamelessly sheds a few tears as shamelessly as it bares its
\nchest-hair,
\nPurple<\/i> is inspiring. STP has outdone itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":26705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[6457],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-37962","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-stone-temple-pilots","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/37962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/37962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=37962"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=37962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}