Purple Album by Stone Temple Pilots

Purple is the second studio album released by the American rock band Stone Temple Pilots released in June 1994 on Atlantic Records. The album, building off the foundations laid by the band's debut album Core, was a huge success for the band, debuting at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart 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 charts, while "Big Empty" also cracked the top ten. Lesser known album cuts "Pretty Penny" and "Unglued" were also released as promotional radio singles.

The album's style sees an expansion of the band's sound. While the band's debut, Core, had a more grunge-oriented sound with churning guitar riffs and aggressive vocals, Purple saw the band shift to a more alternative rock-style, incorporating a number of influences, including psychedelic and southern rock.

In 2006, the album was ranked number 73 on Guitar World magazine's list of the 100 greatest guitar albums of all time.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Scott Weiland.
No. Title Music Length


1. "Meatplow" Robert DeLeo, Dean DeLeo 3:37


2. "Vasoline" R. DeLeo, D. DeLeo, Weiland, Eric Kretz 2:56


3. "Lounge Fly" R. DeLeo 5:18


4. "Interstate Love Song" R. DeLeo 3:14


5. "Still Remains" R. DeLeo, D. DeLeo 3:33


6. "Pretty Penny" D. DeLeo 3:42


7. "Silvergun Superman" R. DeLeo, D. DeLeo 5:16


8. "Big Empty" D. DeLeo 4:54


9. "Unglued" R. DeLeo, Weiland 2:34


10. "Army Ants" D. DeLeo 3:46


11. "Kitchenware & Candybars" (see below) R. DeLeo 8:06

Personnel

Stone Temple Pilots – design
Dean DeLeo – electric and acoustic guitars, percussion on track 6, drum ending on track 7
Robert DeLeo – bass, guitars on tracks 2,3,6,7,11 & percussion on track 6
Nick DiDia – engineer
Clay Harper – assistant engineer
Eric Kretz – percussion, drums
Paul Leary – ending guitar solo on "Lounge Fly"
Brendan O'Brien – producer, engineer, mixing, mellotron on "Army Ants"
Scott Weiland – vocals, percussion on Track 6, guitar on Track 7
Dale Sizer – illustrations
Caram Costanzo – assistant engineer
John Heiden – design