Pros: Wonderful, Black Again Cons: Most of the rest of the songs, no direction, doesn't live up to STP standard
By the time Shangri-La Dee Da was released in 2001, I already knew Stone Temple Pilots was all but done. After five albums and years of internal disagreements (mostly due to enigmatic front man Scott Weiland’s drug addiction) the band’s spark had ...
Pros: tight songs, great production Cons: a couple of misses in spots
Author Note: I held off on reviewing and even listening to this disc for so long...not because I didn't like it, but because I associated for so long with my parent's separation. I bought this disc, listened to it on the train home, and when I got...
Monday April 19, Strasbourg, France, 4 am. It’s still dark outside as I board the bus bound for the Frankfurt airport. 15 minutes to go, we’ve still time. So I sit back and watch other people go by as they take their seats. I don’t ...
Pros: Really fine ballads, excellent guitar work Cons: not great hard rockers, mediocre filler songs
Rock-N-Roll Band and Every bodies waiting, getting crazy, anticipating…”
Stone Temple Pilots are still a rock band. There are fewer and fewer of them any more. When Soundgarden passed it felt like the end of an era in my mind....
Pros: Different influences and style float throughout the music. Cons: Many people just don't care anymore.
Nirvana is dead. Soundgarden is busted up. Pearl Jam turned its back on fair-weather fans long ago. Who's left to carry on the "alternative-rock" torch? Time has not been kind to groups who once carried the grunge moniker like a battle flag. Flannel...
Pros: Entertaining rockers, lovely ballads, production Cons: originality, 2 songs, not enough excellent songs in comparison to previous albums
Man, or Woman, or which ever one you like to be called. Can you feel my pain? Well you shouldn't because you're not me, but perhaps I should explain why this review was so much harder to right then usual. I have for some reason given myself the task ...
Pros: Nothing bad, or particularly wrong with it
Cons: Not terribly original
It’s only been two years since “No. 4”, but the Pilots are back with their fifth album, “Shangri-La Dee Da”. It’s unmistakable Stone Temple Pilots hard rock, but isn’t really much of a change from the familiar, and neither does it perfect their...
Pros: Thoroughly satisfying. This is what No. 4 should have been. Cons: If they had enough material for a double album, where's the rest?
So, how psyched were you that you were finally going to get a new STP album?
Dude, you have no idea. No. 4 barely had enough juice in it to keep me satiated the entire time. I had to pad it with the "Mighty Joe Young" demo that...
Pros: STP is still one of the best bands around Cons: There are so few real rock bands left
Stone Temple Pilots return this summer with yet another brilliant and diverse album. They’ve managed to yet again not write the same album twice. This offering has a very eclectic and retro sound. There are a number of great rock songs, but all have a...
Pros: Everything you could want in an album: flows, diversity, great lyrics... Cons: sometimes you just wish the band would just rock out a little more
I wasn't just trying to get your attention with the title, this album really did change my life. Before I bought Shangri I had no idea who STP was, and frankly I could've cared less. I could never really get into music over the first 15 years of my...
Pros: Great musical ability and diversity shown. It doesn't sound like everything else. Cons: Could use two more hard core rockers.
STP is just a superb band... and that's saying a lot in the contemporary rock climate. First of all, Scott Weiland is one of the few vocalists who doesn't sound like Eddie Vedder. Also, the DeLeo brothers bring skilled musicianship back to rock....
Pros: on the whole, its better than their last album "no.4" Cons: no great songs, just not that good
As long as I can remember I’ve been a huge fan of the Stone Temple Pilots. I have made it to their last 3 concert stops in my area (they’ve only been in town 4 times), and their second album “Purple” has a special place in my heart right next to my...
Pros: This album showcases various musical styles that will appeal to the band's diverse fan base. Cons: A few cuts miss the mark and get lost in good intentions.
After ten years and four prior albums (excluding side projects) STP prove that they still have it. But what's the it? It is the ability to continually compose compelling and relevant music, beyond the trend that spat them into the public consciousness....
Pros: Great album from one of your favorite "original" grunge bands Cons: None that I can think of...
I'll try to balance this review on the fringe between "the smart, wordy critic" and the fan who just likes STP from the roots while trying not to over-do it on the bands history more than necessary.
Pros: just an overall good album, some good heartwrenching songs mixed with harder rock songs Cons: there's a little bit of dead wood in between "hits", but that's a small complaint
Stone Temple Pilots "Shangri-La Dee Da" released June 2001
If it is at possible, STP just seems to getter better with age. I figured itd be tough to top their last album no. 4 but they managed to do that. A perfect balance between the softer...
SHANGRI-LA DE DA, the fifth and finest album from the incomparable Stone Temple Pilots finds the California quartet continuing to carve out their own ...More at Buy.com Marketplaces
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