Shangri La Dee Da is a highly underrated album, glad you guys saw the value in it.

Tiny Music is an underappreciated masterpiece.

As a late Gen Xer, I think STP has the best, most musically diverse, musically challenging, and evolutionary arc of ALL 90s bands. Amazing guitar, beautiful bass by Robert, Scott is an all time front man...

As a contemporary fan, me and my friends were a bit miffed by Tiny Music, cuz it was soooo different. And Weiland was f’ing up the band, a show in my hometown was canceled, rescheduled and was a strange night. But as I got older and developed my jazz ears and started playing guitar, it truly emerged as the best.

Joe wondered what impression Tiny Music made on people when it came out. As a musician in 1996, I can say that when it came out it was a big deal. I think the first song to make the rounds was Big Bang Baby, and I realized right away it was a classic. Any remaining doubt about the band from critics (Beavis and Butthead?) was vanquished. I went on a trip to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the summer of 1996, and we stopped to pick this up on cassette because our rental car only had a cassette player and there are/were pretty much no FM radio stations once you cross the Mackinac Bridge. We listened to it over and over for five days and didn't get sick of it. I still like it a lot to this day.

This channel should be to 10K already. #Soon

I will always defend STP against haters, since they are one of my favorite bands. They always involved on each album, and thats why it is difficult to categorize and rank their music. Hard Rock, Psychedelic Blues, Power Pop, Bossanova, Folk, etc. They tried so many styles thoughout their attribulated career, but somehow critics have a tendency to focus on Scott behavior. I miss Scott like every real fan, he was the last true rock n roll frontman, but to me, the true genius in the band were the DeLeo brothers, and it bothers me to see them not receveing the recognition as musicians they deserve.

1. Core 2. Purple 3. No. 4 4. Shangri- la 5. Tiny music

The first 3 albums are my favorites. 1. Purple 2. Tiny Music 3. Core

It's so amazing how a song can just change the course of your life and open up new possibilities. That's the power of music I guess.

The slide guitar vamp song “Daisy” is just a pleasure to listen to...

Shangri La Dee Da was an album I dismissed back when it came out but completely fell in love with in the past 15 years. Probably their most underrated in their discography imo. Kudos for giving props to Talk Show. That and Army of Anyone are the next best thing after Shangri La Dee Da.

As far as I could tell, STP has never made a single bad album. I haven't listened to all the Jeff-era music yet, but from what I heard so far it ain't bad at all. Hell, I was among the few who defended Chester's effort at the time, the DeLeo brothers just know how to make classic poppy rock riffs. All around, solid band.

Sour Girl is incredibly sophisticated. They stretched themselves on that piece. That was way out of their comfort zone. They became better musicians for it. You can almost hear the struggle in the track. I remember seeing them play it live a few times. They always made mistakes while preforming it, until eventually they didn't. It was amazing to watch. I think that's the mark of a great band. When they compose and play music that's beyond them, but pull it off in the end. Purple is my number one. For Meatplow,ILS, Kitchenware and Candybars, Pretty Penny and Still Remains. There's not a bad song, melody or riff on that album. I can listen to it beginning to end with no omissions and I find myself repeating tracks like they just came out.

8 Perdida 7 Self Titled 2018 6 Core 5 Self Titled 2010 4 No. 4 3 Purple 2 Shangri La Dee Da 1 Tiny Music

Each member brought alot to the table. Great band, great songs and albums, and awesome live

8 Perdida 7 STP 2018 6 STP 2010 5 Core 4 Nº 4 3 Purple 2 SLDD 1 TMSFTVGS

STP were amazing. Those first 5 albums are perfect. The ONLY song from those first five albums I have ever skipped is MC5. Tiny Music, No.4, Shangri-la, & Purple are masterpieces. Core is good, too.

STP is absolutely an amazing band. But. Eric Kretz might be the most underrated drummer in rock music. (I said this in another thread just a day or two ago.) And Scott Weiland never got/gets the credit he should for his abilities with writing melodies. Hell, as a lyricist. Not to overlook the badass talents and contributions of the DeLeo brothers.

Shangri was my first one front to back that I bought with my own money. I really liked it.

I'm so inspired by this list that I need to go back and listen to all of the Scott ones. And admittedly, I've only heard the first 5, and never owned 4 or Shangri-la... so only listened to them once or twice each. So, I can't do a ranking, though at this moment it's easily 3. Core, 2. Tiny Music 1. Purple. There might be a nostalgia factor there as I saw them on the Purple tour and that album takes me back to a very specific moment in my teens. By the way, that concert! Oof it was good. Weiland ruled so hard, they were huge and wonderful, and also literally brought out a living room furniture set and did this amazing homey acoustic set in the middle that definitely had Creep, Pretty Penny and possibly Big Empty which they went electric on in the middle maybe? I need to find the set list online. Anyways, amazing show and they join the sad cherished bunch of shows I've seen by artists who have passed (David Bowie, Van Halen, Elliot Smith, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, The Ramones, INXS, Warrant, Pete Seeger, now ZZ Top, probably more I'm forgetting). Finally, I also had Weiland's 12-Bar Blues and Talk Show on cassette tape and liked them both quite a bit! Thanks for the memories Scott.

Saw them in Charlotte, summer of '98. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club opened. Just an amazing concert.

Like the analysis even if some of the results made me gasp. For me: 1. Purple - An all-time classic for my collection. 2. Tiny Music... 3. Core 4. No. 4 5. Shangri-La-Dee-Da 6. Stone Temple Pilots (2010) 7. Stone Temple Pilots (2018) 8. Perdida

8. Perdida 7. Stone Temple Pilots (2018) 6. Shangri La Dee Da 5. Stone Temple Pilots (2010) 4. No. 4 3. Tiny Music... Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop 2. Purple 1. Core

This was a great video. My number 1 is Core.

STP, to my ears, is aping King's X more than anyone else w/ Core... which is why I dig it. Similar heavy grooves, riffs and chords.. and if you listen to the guitar riff/tone on chorus of Creep- it's pretty much King's X's Summerland.

My Top 5 STP albums 5 No.4 4 Shangri La Dee Da 3 Purple 2 Core 1 Tiny Music

1. Purple 2. Shangri-La 3. No. 4 4. Core 5. Tiny Music 6. Stone Temple Pilots(2010) 7. Stone Temple Pilots(2018) 8. Perdida

My ranking: 1. No. 4 2. Tiny Music… Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop 3. Purple 4. Core 5. Stone Temple Pilots (2010) 6. Shangri-La-Dee-Da 7. Perdida 8. Stone Temple Pilots (2018)

Hey guys I’ll say it again. Great channel! Here’s my list. 1. Purple 2. Tiny Music 3. No 4 4. Core 5. Stone Temple Pilots 2010 6. Shangri-LA DEE DA 7. Stone Temple Pilots 2018 8. Perdida “Between The Lines” is great, one of their very best songs. Jason’s right! haha

New to the channel. Enjoy seeing who I agree/disagree with each video. It’s always different. For STP I never cared for Tiny. I have went back several times to find what I’m missing and nothing. I will however, try it again. Love the OG lineup. 1. Purple 2. 4 3. Core 4. Shangri la de da 5. Tiny 6. STP

8. 2018 Self Titled 7. 2010 Self Titled 6. Perdida 5. No 4 4. Core 3. Shangri- La Di Da 2. Tiny Music 1. Purple

I love going back and re-watching some of your reviews. Is there any way you can add your star ratings to these older videos, maybe in the comments? Sure, #8 might be bad, but how bad?

Fantastic review of Tiny! When this came out people were like WTF, what is this power-pop shit? Luckily I had a girlfriend who had the CD and it blew me away. A masterpiece!

8: Stone Temple Pilots (2018) 7: Stone Temple Pilots (2010) 6: Perdida (2020) 5: No. 4 (1999) 4: Shanghai-LA DEE DA (2001) 3: Tiny Music… (1996) 2: Purple (1994) 1: Core (1992)

kramzer’s description of core was awesome :)

Stone Temple Pilots are pretty great, although their later sound starting on their second album is definitely their best. I used to hate them, but they’re slowly growing on me, thank you Joe lol 🖤

What I loved about Core was that it seemed to straddle the eras of hard rock/metal and grunge and that transition. Stronger songwriting and stronger musicianship than much of that latter '80s-early '90s hard rock and the dirtiness and introspection of grunge. So many tried to dismiss Scott's voice as an attempt at Eddie Vedder's, but it was unique, and I think even then you had the sense that he had a tremendous range of colors within his voice. Even if we didn't exactly know how that would turn out.

At the time ...tiny music singles ( which are good) was the beginning of the end compared to the prior singles.

Wow. I'm crazy about the first two albums. When Tiny Music came out, I thought it was played, tired and too derivative. Didn't turn me on much. But I will go back and check it out again on y'all's recommendation.

Adhesive is great too. Weiland's vocals on that track are amazing.

Why listen to any record from STP when there is The Grays' ' Ro Sham Bo' ?!...

The criticism of Core and all the hate was pretty lame. Plush was an absolutely stunning song at the time, it sounded so fresh. I was never much of a fan of Nirvana or Pearl Jam, but it was always clear to me that Purple is a very strong album.

Talk Show was my favorite thing the DeLeo's and Kretz ever did. Dave Coutts is still my favorite vocalist to this day. Tiny Music is next.

1 - Purple 2 - Tiny Music ... 3 - Shangri-La dee Da 4 - No.4 5 - Core 6 - Stone Temple Pilots (2010)

5. Core 4. Shangri-La-Di-Da 3. No. 4 2. Tiny Music 1. Purple

I was never a huge fan of the 2010 album. It's of course good music and songs like Hickory Dichotomy and Dare If You Dare are great but it just seemed like a classic rock sound that we'd already heard. And then you get to Cinnamon which is like.. an indie song? Personally I think the 2018 album has stronger writing than 2010 (especially the second half) although I do miss Scott's voice (not to say that Jeff is bad at all). My main complaint with the newer albums (mostly 2018) is that it has that generic modern rock sound, not from the writing but the tones. Dean's tone especially is just not that great, and something like Roll Me Under could be much better if the guitars sounded more like Core/Purple. I hope we can see another Tiny Music/Shangri esque album soon. My list is: 8 - 2010 (honestly could be 2018 and vice versa) 7 - 2018 6 - Perdida 5 - No.4 (Could be higher just from Atlanta alone) 4 - Shangri 3 - Core 2 - Tiny Music 1 - Purple

Ok, well my list is seemingly far different than you guys for the most part, and that's totally fine. You're all wrong!!!! Lmao. Of course not. Each of you are 100% right. Anywhoo, here's my worthless two cents. 6. Shangrilla. Nope, not for me. 5. Self titled. I really need to play this again. I gave it a couple spins it's debut week, and I only recall thinking it was better than #6. Once I started collecting vinyl again, I had to get 4-1. Must haves. 4. Tiny Music. STP getting their glammy Beatles on.... and I dig it. 3. No. 4. Every time i play it, I like it more than I remembered. --very difficult picking between 1&2 2. Core. I like many of the deeper cuts better than the singles. 1. I like the deeps and the singles pretty similarly, and that slight distinction is the difference.

For me: 1. Purple 2. Core 3. Vol.4 4. Shangri-La-Di Da 5. Tiny Music 6. STP (2018) 7. STP (2012) 8. Perdida

1. Core 2. Purple 3. Tiny Music 4. Shangri-La Dee Da 5. No. 4 6. Stone Temple Pilots (2010) 7. Stone Temple Pilots (2018) 8. Perdida

Purple for me.

I put core as the best by far but i have to say that core has the best album cover ive ever seen it's kind of creepy a woman in the middle of a field with a tree behind her and she's holding the orb like a ghost or something

My fav is core as well

1. Tiny Music 2. Purple 3. Core 4. No.4 5. Shangri 6. STP Havent heard the rest. Without Scott, its just another band unfortunately.

8 stp self titled 2010 7 stp no. 4 6 perdida 5 stp 2018 4 shangri la de da 3 tiny music 2 core 1 purple I also liked High Rise

interesting takes, great video. im in my 40s, i was into the band when they were releasing all this stuff. i wouldnt underestimate grunge, theyre very much a grunge band. nirvana are kind of meh, forget nirvana, but pearl jam, soundgarden, smashing pumpkins, these are amazing bands with a seriously diverse set of sounds. a few journalists thought core was ripping off pearl jam, theyre just idiots. core does sound more like 'once' off ten by pearl jam than anything else at the time but stp were always their own band and every bit as good as pearl jam, they were much loved by the public. tiny music was not widely received as some amazing masterpiece. people liked it but generally what they wanted was purple part 2, and they didnt get it. for you lot looking back youve had decades of grunge influence from the awful music of nickleback to the amazing mastodon. but at the time there was the 60s, 70s and 80s, 3 decades of those retro sounds, grunge was new and we had a small handful of amazing grunge albums. so its not like "omg theyre doing this new thing with tiny music", they were abandoning a new thing and playing to stuff we had already got 3 decades of. its an amazing album, i love it. but scotts addiction was destroying the band, kurt was dead, layne staleys addiction was destroying alice in chains. there was some masterpiece albums, superunknown, down on the up, siamese, infinite sadness, vs, purple, core, dirt, but now this whole area that produced these albums in such a short space of time was imploding. you could count the good grunge/grunge adjacent bands on your fingers and half of them were falling apart. we felt like stp were over, they just about managed to get tiny music made and released, alice just about got the 3 legged dog album out, but the dream people had when they heard purple and dirt was obviously over, we were not gonna get more albums like this. tiny music and 3 leg dog are amazing albums, i love them, but the reaction to both at the time was mostly disappointment, the acceptance that these bands were probably dead now and their last offerings were not gonna be the sequels to their fans favourite albums, we would not get to see them live, stp were gone, alice were gone, nirvana were gone, soundgarden were gone, pearl jam were releasing increasingly experimental weird albums to subvert their fame. this was not a time of wonder for fans, it was the end, the world of music crashing down on us while trash like limp bizkit, blink 182 and the increasingly tedious korn were completely taking over in the ashes of the amazing grunge and groove metal that existed for such a short window in the first half of the 90s.

Where is the theme music from?

My relationship with STP is interesting. I LOVE their first album "Core", it's one of my favorite albums of all time. After that.... I don't really like anything else. "Purple" has a handful of decent tracks, "No. 4" to a lesser extent and that is about it.

1. Purple 2. Tiny Music 3. Core Never got into the rest of them...

Crazy to me in that even bavk in 2021 that people tanked band albums in a digital world you can just download each fav song from every album on their own merits. I am only 40, yet i know none of you were alive or old enough to have lived out the age of when ranking albums was an actual thing.

1) tiny music 2) no. 4 3) shangri la dee da 4) purple 5) core 6) 2010 7)Perdida 8)2018

Core is their best album in my opinion.

You HAVE TO PUT HIGH RISE in here. EP or no, it’s still the band firing on all cylinders.

Purple Tiny Music STP 2010 Core No 4 High Rise Shangri-La Perdida

Personally for me its core i just like it i wouldn’t say its metal but it seems it has some influence from metal

Core at #6??????

Tiny music Purple No.4 and Shangri la are so close Core Etc.

I agree that STP is not grunge. Never was. I think of them as harder edged pop rock band with some psychedelic elements.

Scott Weiland is the singer of STP.

It's a shame that they got overlooked as just another Grunge band given the jazzy complexity they had in their songwriting and instrumentation. Also they are one of the best live bands ever! Here's a full show from 2001 that is flawless: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gbVlprOc2NnWnYE.html

Yall are smokin. No. 4 doesnt lean that hard into the hard grunge save for a few songs. And the pop tunes on there blow anything on shangri la out the water

Core at number 6 is infuriating! Do better, Jason!

Alt-rock bands from the 90s that have sold 40 million records or more: Oasis, 100 million. They have album video Nirvana, 85 million. They don't have video RHCP, 80 million. They don't have video Blur, 75 million. They have video Pearl Jam, 65 million. They have TWO videos The Cranberries, 50 million. They don't have video Radiohead, 45 million. They have video STP, 40 million. They have video

Well, I went back and listened and I gotta say...I want what you guys are smokin. I still consider Tiny Music... to be a sharp decline for STP. Not impressed with the tunes, the suicide, the "I'm not dead and I'm not for sale." Ride the cliche? Definitely. A few decent songs and I do love the guitar solo in Trippin, but c'mon guys. This can't touch the first two.

I think core has scott best vocals later on the drugs to me fucked up his vocals to me it got really naisly

All these guys are wrong... 1. Purple (redefined their sound and each song is massive from beginning to end) 2. Core (if you didn’t grow and get introduced to STP with songs like plush, sex type thing, wicked garden, creep, you can’t be an STP fan) 3. Tiny music (fucking massive experiment of sounds that explodes all the talent these guys have 4. Shangriladeeda (it’s a beautifully well written album, more balladish but quite dynamic) 5. #4 (has some weak songs but other fantastic songs) 6. Self titled (album gets lost as it progresses) The rest are irrelevant

8.) STP (2010) 7.) Core 6.) 4 5.) STP (2018) 4.) Tiny Music 3.) Perdida 2.) Shangri 1.) Purple

Brian Johnson is not the "same" as Bon Scott.

Could never see the “Core is a Pearl Jam ripoff “ at all. Ironically PJ to me is derivative and unmemorable. STP whatever their faults had their own sound but the leading “rock critics” had focussed on Seattle and wouldn’t back down afraid of losing their street cred.

No Weiland no stp

This (and Counting Crows) was probably my least favourite of the artists featured on your channel. Might have been a bit harsh with the scores, but I found their music so boring and uninteresting. Not a big grunge fan, and their later more eclectic stuff wasn't too good either. 8. Stone Temple Pilots (2018) ★ 7. Perdida (2020) ★ 6. Stone Temple Pilots (2010) ★½ 5. Shangri-La Dee Da (2001) ★½ 4. No. 4 (1999) ★½ 3. Core (1992) ★★ 2. Purple (1994) ★★ 1. Tiny Music... Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop (1996) ★★½ ★★★★★ - Masterpiece ★★★★½ - Really great ★★★★ - Great ★★★½ - Really good ★★★ - Good ★★½ - OK ★★ - Bad ★½ - Really bad ★ - Awful ½ - The worst

Purple hasn‘t aged well for me, I only like Interstate and Big Empty, the rest bores me to death.

I find it ironic that people were calling STP a Pearl Jam rip off if only PJ had more than one good album

I was an STP fan long before Sour Girl but that was one hell of a track. Bob DeLeo may be my favorite bass player of all time.