'Down' is a song by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots, released as the first single from their fourth album, No. 'Down' (#9 Alternative Rock, #5 Mainstream Rock) 4 - 4.5 stars (Top 100 by any band)Ĥ - Purple -4 stars (Top 150 by any band)įor some perspective: I have well over 5,000 albums, so you could say I'm a pretty big STP fan to have 4 ranked so highly. My rankings:Ģ - From the Vatican Shop - 4.5 stars (Top 50 by any band)ģ - No. Overall, a fantastic album and the 4th winner in a row. The retro 'I Got You' is another track I really look forward to hearing.

I'm still not tired of 'Sour Girl', despite the massive radio airplay. 'Atlanta' delivers one of the best vocal performances in my entire music collection - A beautiful, moving and powerful song. (In a good way) Pruno is an amazing rocker and would be my favorite if not for the epic closer 'Atlanta'.

Weiland's voice is again very powerful, as it was on Core. 4 brings some of the energy of Core as well as a bit of the sophistication from Vatican Gift Shop. I wish Core had this kind of bottom end and clarity. ( Yeah, I will agree the cover-art is pretty weak but that's a minor detail for me) 4 has aged quite well for me so I like it even more now. 4 - When this came out, I liked it a lot. In honor of this thread, I’ll give ol’ No. I did end up buying it again when it was released on vinyl. Guess I don’t really dislike any tracks, I just seldom feel the need to revisit many aside from Down, I Got You, and Atlanta. I’d later gain a new found appreciation for “Down” after hearing it live. 4 became part of his birthday present from this cheap bastard. I remember it came out a day or so before my younger brothers birthday, so No. No love lost, as I’d go on to see them live countless more times, but I guess the days of eagerly anticipating new music from them were over. Pretty straight forward, meat and potatoes, which typically I’d be all about, but for whatever reason, it just didn’t click with me. Musically it was okay, and Weiland’s voice and melodies were good, but lyrically nothing stood out to me like the previous albums. The album artwork is something I could literally create in a couple minutes tops, and in a way encapsulates my overall feeling of the record. Talk Show and 12 Bar Blues perhaps should have been early indicators, as neither did much for me, though 12BB has it’s moments. Maybe it was inevitable coming off such a high point in Tiny Music.Ĭrazy how long a 3 year wait seems, being 15 when Tiny Music was released, and 18 by the time No. This one was a disappointment for me upon it’s release.

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