No. 4 by Stone Temple Pilots

Pros: Some cool hard rockers and some nice, catchy tunes
Cons: Production value isn't all there

Stone Temple Pilots had spent most of the '90s as one of the top rock acts, releasing three excellent albums. Even with the band on hiatus, singer Scott Weiland released an oddly cool solo album. As they looked to close out the decade with their fourth ...

Pros: A few decent hard rock tracks, STP's long awaited return, ATLANTA.
Cons: Some crappy songs including Sour Girl.

I am above all other things musical, an unconditional fan of Stone Temple Pilots. Strange choice of bands, I know, but since I first heard them my sophomore year of high (mid 1992) I’ve been in lust with their brand of rock music. The mixture...

Pros: Some nice softer stuff, and the boys can still play (and sing)
Cons: Way too often, shoddy songwriting comes to the fore.

Maybe it's DC. I've heard things about DC and New York City, things warning people like me to be careful. People like me are people who appreciate the moments of calm, who like walks outside on nice suburban streets, who aren't in any particular rush ...

Pros: Down, Church on Tuesday, No Way Out, GLIDE, GLIDE, GLIDE
Cons: the rest of the album

Maybe it shouldn't be such a surprise that Stone Temple Pilots' fourth album is their worst. After all, it was the album that followed their best, 1996's Tiny Music...Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop. It was also recorded in the midst of ...

Pros: Down, Sour Girl, Glide, I Got You, and Atlanta are awesome
Cons: everything else is either mediocre or awful, about 60%

Looking at the title of my review I just felt a sudden wrench in my stomach, and you know why? Well just take a look at the end bit. “Stone Temple Pilots - Part Four; No. 4” You see, don’t I look like an idiot? well no, because ...

Pros: It's the Stone Temple Pilots, it kicks a$$, it's good rock music.
Cons: None really

These days it's a breath of fresh air to have a real rock band release an album. I'm not saying that Limp Bizkit, Korn, Kid Rock and so on aren't real rock....oh wait I am. No.4 is a great album from STP with hard rock songs mixed in with four slower...

Pros: Heavy inventive riffs and smooth slow songs
Cons: Lyrics can be quite basic

Lead singer Scott Weiland released a solo album which pretty much tanked saleswise. After a small club tour, Weiland boasted that the Pilots were going to come back and save rock and roll. At the same time, the remaining members of STP had gotten a...

Pros: it totally rocks, to think otherwise is a crime
Cons: Hillary Clinton is a US Senator now

STP has released four albums. The fourth of which is called No. 4. So I have written four epinions to reflect this and this is my fourth STP epinion. This is a review of No. 4 and is the fourth to be written by me. So to review: STP has four albums,...

Pros: Unique blend of fairly wide influences; great sounds
Cons: None really

Please excuse the over use of the word "cool" in this review.

I'll admit, I used to not care for STP.

Now, they're probably my favorite "active" band since Soundgarden called it a day.

What changed...

Pros: Continued evolution without losing touch with their hard core roots.
Cons: Wished it were a little longer.

There have been mixed reviews of this STP release. The detractors' complaints have been that No.4 doesn't sound like other STP releases. Well, they're right. But a band that releases album after album that sounds like the previous one has found a sure...

Pros: Good Lyrical Content...Some Songs are "Catchy"
Cons: Heavier Songs are Not as Memorable

Stone Temple Pilots are the number one band that fueled my interest in Rock Music and was the first band I ever saw live (minus the Righteous Brothers).

After lead singer Scott Weiland's severe drug problem, unforgiving accusations of being a...

Pros: there are a couple of glimpses of the good old STP
Cons: there is no theme to this CD, it covers too many types of music, the CD seems rushed, like they wanted to get it out on shelves too quickly

A couple year back I decided to go out an buy an STP CD for my collection, they were a pretty big band that I didn't know much about. I purchased "Tiny Music..." I fell in love. Within the next month or so I had picked up "Purple"...

Pros: Great music
Cons: No live shows for a while

With album number four, "No. 4", having just been released, it's time for a little Stone Temple Pilots (STP) retrospective. And hey, if Ben Fold Five can release an retrospective album after just two releases, then I can indulge myself and...

Pros: Varied musical palette and generally strong material performed with flair.
Cons: For whatever reason, Weiland and the Deleo's don't quite get the hard rock right at times.

I promised to myself that I would not review No.4 til I got hold of at least "Purple" and maybe "Tiny Music"... well I couldn't wait any longer, this cd has been preying on my conscience... I need to review it.

So, I got...

Pros: It is a good SOLID rock album.
Cons: Not as close to the old STP as die-hard fans might like.

I would like to start off by saying I love the Stone Temple Pilots, Purple is one of my top 3 favorite albums and the concert I went to of theirs was wonderful. With that said I can say with a clear conscience that No. 4 is a disappointment compared to...