Purple (Super Deluxe) (Remastered) Stone Temple Pilots

• 1Meatplow (2019 Remaster)03:37
• 2Vasoline (2019 Remaster)02:56
• 3Lounge Fly (2019 Remaster)05:19
• 4Interstate Love Song (2019 Remaster)03:14
• 5Still Remains (2019 Remaster)03:33
• 6Pretty Penny (2019 Remaster)03:43
• 7Silvergun Superman (2019 Remaster)05:16
• 8Big Empty (2019 Remaster)04:54
• 9Unglued (2019 Remaster)02:34
• 10Army Ants (2019 Remaster)03:46
• 11Kitchenware & Candybars / My Second Album (Hidden Track) (2019 Remaster)08:05
• 12Meatplow (Early Version) (2019 Remaster)03:32
• 13Interstate Love Song (Early Version) (2019 Remaster)03:14
• 14Big Empty (Acoustic; 2019 Remaster)05:40
• 15Unglued (Demo) (2019 Remaster)02:37
• 16Army Ants (Demo) (2019 Remaster)03:59
• 17Kitchenware & Candybars (Demo) (2019 Remaster)04:30
• 18Dancing Days (2019 Remaster)03:54
• 19She Knows Me Too Well (Demo) (2019 Remaster)03:03
• 20Interstate Love Song (Acoustic Version) (2019 Remaster)03:59
• Live at KROQ Acoustic Christmas, 1994:
• 21Pretty Penny (Acoustic Version) [Live at KROQ Acoustic Christmas, 1994] (2019 Remaster)04:04
• 22Kitchenware & Candybars (Acoustic Version) [Live at KROQ Acoustic Christmas, 1994] (2019 Remaster)04:21
• 23Christmastime Is Here (Acoustic Version) [Live at KROQ Acoustic Christmas, 1994] (2019 Remaster)03:13
• Live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 8/23/1994:
• 24Vasoline (Live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 8/23/1994) (2019 Remaster)03:15
• 25Silvergun Superman (Live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 8/23/1994) (2019 Remaster)04:37
• 26Crackerman (Live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 8/23/1994) (2019 Remaster)03:29
• 27Lounge Fly (Live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 8/23/1994) (2019 Remaster)05:43
• 28Meatplow (Live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 8/23/1994) (2019 Remaster)03:41
• 29Still Remains (Live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 8/23/1994) (2019 Remaster)03:54
• 30Gypsy Davy (Live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 8/23/1994) (2019 Remaster)01:10
• 31Pretty Penny (Live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 8/23/1994) (2019 Remaster)03:51
• 32Creep (Live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 8/23/1994) (2019 Remaster)03:43
• 33Andy Warhol (Live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 8/23/1994) (2019 Remaster)02:33
• 34Army Ants (Live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 8/23/1994) (2019 Remaster)04:50
• 35Big Empty (Live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 8/23/1994) (2019 Remaster)04:52
• 36Interstate Love Song (Live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 8/23/1994) (2019 Remaster)03:18
• 37Plush (Live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 8/23/1994) (2019 Remaster)05:25
• 38Unglued (Live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 8/23/1994) (2019 Remaster)03:21
• 39Dead & Bloated (Live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 8/23/1994) (2019 Remaster)04:37
• 40Sex Type Thing (Live at New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 8/23/1994) (2019 Remaster)04:44
• Total Runtime02:40:06

Info for Purple (Super Deluxe) (Remastered)

When Stone Temple Pilots returned to the studio in 1994 to record the band's second album, the quartet was facing the high expectations set by its debut Core (1992), which sold more than eight million copies and earned a Grammy® Award. The release of Purple on June 7, 1994 would cement their place as one of the definitive bands of their generation as the album debuted at #1 on the Billboard album chart on its way to selling more than six million copies.

Today - on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the album's debut - Rhino announces the upcoming release of a newly remastered version of Purple that is expanded with rare and unreleased studio and live recordings.

Scott Weiland, Dean DeLeo, Robert DeLeo and Eric Kretz recorded most of Purple in Atlanta with producer Brendan O'Brien. The album features some of the group's most iconic tracks, including "Interstate Love Song" and "Vasoline" - which both topped the Mainstream Rock chart in 1994.

PURPLE: Super Deluxe Edition explores the making of the album with a mix of unreleased music that includes demos (“Unglued” and “Army Ants”) and early versions of album tracks (“Meat Plow” and Interstate Love Song”), plus acoustic recordings (“Big Empty”). The collection also features three unreleased live performances from the 1994 KROQ Acoustic Christmas show, including a version of “Christmastime Is Here” from A Charlie Brown Christmas. Perhaps the biggest surprise of the new collection, however, is STP’s previously unreleased demo of “She Knows Me Too Well,” a song the Beach Boys originally recorded in 1965.

"'Purple' is a lean, throttling piece of post-alternative hard rock. STP doesn't rely simply on riffs, although there is a fair share of killer hooks; the band writes songs, where the melodies and chords intertwine, becoming inseparable. From the brooding ballad "The Big Empty" to the simple, pounding fuzzy riffs of "Vasoline", the group improved in every facet - their songs are stronger and their playing is more convincing and powerful." (AllMusicGuide)

Stone Temple Pilots

Digitally remastered

Since the moment they appeared on the scene in the early 90's, Stone Temple Pilots dominated the decade from start to finish, racking up 15 singles on the Billboard Top Ten, winning a "Best Hard Rock Performance" GRAMMY in 1994 for for "Plush," and having their five albums sell more than 35 million copies worldwide. Of all their peers, STP alone had sustained commercial success, earning greater critical acclaim with each release, building a body of work that remains popular and its enduring acclaim has only highlighted the absence of the band, who quietly went their separate ways after the turn-of the millennium release of Shangri-La Dee Da. Despite the presence of the greatest hits album Thank You in 2003, there has been a generation that has never witnessed the live power of the vocalist Scott Weiland, guitarist Dean DeLeo, bassist Robert DeLeo and drummer Eric Kretz live in concert, a situation that will be remedied this summer when the band reunites for a long-awaited and highly anticipated tour.

A dominant force in rock music since their inception, the group's impressively extensive and top-selling music has cemented their standing as one of the most successful rock groups of all time. Scott Weiland and Robert DeLeo met at a Black Flag concert in Long Beach, California, discovering in the course of their conversation that the two were dating the same girl. Instead of sparking a rivalry, this common ground was the foundation of a friendship, with the pair moving into the girl's apartment after she left town. Weiland and DeLeo formed a band called Mighty Joe Young, with drummer Eric Kretz joining the lineup soon afterward, with Robert's brother Dean coming aboard not long after that. Soon, the group established themselves as a draw in San Diego, eventually gaining the attention of Atlantic Records who signed them in 1991. After hearing that there was a blues singer calling himself Mighty Joe Young, the group changed their name to Stone Temple Pilots during the recording of their 1992 debut album, Core.

Core was bracing blend of grunge guitars, classic rock moves and big pop hooks. At first, the ironic swagger of "Sex Type Thing" brought them onto MTV and radio, but it was "Plush" that blew the doors wide open for the band, establishing them as multi-platinum act in 1993. A pair of subsequent singles were released from Core -- "Wicked Garden" and the spooky, acoustic "Creep" -- before they delivered Purple in 1994. A large, eager fan base snatched Purple up upon its opening week, sending it to # 1 but Purple wasn't a one-week wonder, it grew as the record spun off hit after hit: first there was the majestic, cryptic "Big Empty," taken from The Crow soundtrack, then there was "Vasoline," which was followed by the modern rock classic "Interstate Love Song," a radio smash that stayed on the top of Billboard's Album Rock charts for 15 weeks, besting the record set by the Rolling Stones' "Start Me Up." For more please visit the STP Homepage.

This album contains no booklet.