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All rights reserved.Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music...Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop (CD 2000)
| Track Listing 1. Press Play 2. Big Bang Baby 3. And So I Know 4. Art School Girl 5. Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart 6. Seven Caged Tigers 7. Daisy 8. Ride The Cliche 9. Adhesive 10. Lady Picture Show 11. Tumble In The Rough 12. Pop's Love Suicide
Album Notes Full title: Tiny Music...Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop.Stone Temple Pilots: Scott Weiland (vocals, percussion); Robert DeLeo (guitar, electric harpsichord, vibraphone, bass, 6-string bass, handclaps, percussion, background vocals); Dean DeLeo (guitar, bass, 6-string bass, handclaps); Eric Kretz (Fender Rhodes piano, drums, handclaps, percussion).Additional personnel: Dave Ferguson (trumpet); Brendan O'Brien (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Clavinet, tambourine, handclaps, percussion); Steve Stewart, Gena Rankin (handclaps).Engineers: Nick DiDia, Chris Goss, Tracy Chisholm. Recorded at Westerly Ranch, Santa Ynez, California and Hollywood Sound, Los Angeles, California."Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart" was nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance.On their third album, Stone Temple Pilots distance themselves from the grunge movement that was their springboard into the multi-platinum neighborhood. From the onset, TINY MUSIC... finds the group dabbling with their sound; "Press Play," a one-minute instrumental rides a slinky funk groove, juiced along by returning producer Brendan O'Brien on Fender Rhodes piano. From here, the DeLeo brothers and drummer Eric Kretz show a willingness to musically experiment with Beatlesque songs ("Lady Picture Show"), a Leon Redbone-like instrumental replete with slack-guitar phrasings ("Daisy") and a loung-ey track that lulls the listener with liberal applications of vibraphone and harpsichord ("And So I Know").Lyrically, Weiland continues to enigmatically allude to matters of personal importance--whether it be the price of fame in "Adhesive," featuring a muted trumpet solo by Dave Ferguson that conveys the song's somber tone, or the shallowness of a fictional girlfriend in "Art School Girl." As a whole, TINY LIGHTS... gives Stone Temple Pilots the chance to shrug off the grunge mantle that many others continue to cling to. Editorial Reviews Rolling Stone Magazine (05/02/1996) | |||||||||||||
Reviews  Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music (CD 2000)Review created: 05/02/08 by:  Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music From the Vatican Gift Shop The Stone Temple Pilots are a “Marmite” band often criticised for being imitators rather than innovators ,. This said it is evident that while the criticism is to a degree valid with earlier albums borrowing the best bits of Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains and later material continuing more into their own vein with only limited plagiarism on their part that they have delivered 5 albums which for the best part have lacked the peaks and troughs of their peers and remained fairly consistent. Tiny music is their 3rd effort following up the highly successful “Purple” and in fairness , criticism aside it is a really good effort in spite of some dubious inclusions . It is difficult for me to say whether the inclusion of “Press Play” is essential to the album or not.. this said it is here and plays out in under 2 minutes and has more than a nod to later R.E.M material ( Think Up- Reveal ) From here on in it is familiar territory , “Pop’s Love Suicide “ is an infectious rock opener which despite more than a glaring similarity to Alice In Chains “Dam The River “ more than holds its own and sets the feel for the rest of the record. Other Highlights of the early part are Rock Numbers “Big Bang Baby “ and “Tumble In the rough” I am indifferent about the inclusion of Lady Picture show and feel that again this is far from the best Pilots song and more of a filler. “Trippin on a hole “ for me is the stand out track which mixes all the best parts of formulaic rock and delivers them crashing through your speakers with full force. Art School Girl is another worthy inclusion if slightly disjointed ( it may have worked better on Purple ) This said for all the highs and lows , and maybe my own personal feelings that the band could deliver more .. this is an awesome record ,full of well layered guitar riffs , crashing drums and more than your fair share of Scott Weiland’s Sleaze rock persona. It is fair to say that those expecting lyrical superiority and something to think about will no doubt be disappointed as in fairness Weiland’s lyrics have always been hit and miss… this said those craving 41mins to rock out to will no doubt love this record. AB Review ID: 10000000005432615 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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