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Shangri-La Dee Da
EMAILPRINTby Stone Temple Pilots
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 11 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 13 votes
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Album Info
Label: Atlantic
Release Date: 19 June 2001
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Alternative, Rock
Summary
Grunge is long-gone, but somehow STP have survived. This is the fifth album for these long-time favorites of alternative radio.
Also On The Web: Official Artist Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Launch.com
Yet another bombshell of an album, blowing the lid off with majestic melodies, muscular pop-metal, and lyrics that detail singer Scott Weiland's battle with life and inner demons.
Read Full Review >PopMatters
Shangri La displays an earnestness and a level of comfort not heard on previous albums. A band that has intentionally held back over the past 12 years is now baring all, or at least enough to get fans pretty damn excited.
Read Full Review >Q Magazine
A couple of the songs are grunge by rote, but the art-rock sensibility gleaned from Weiland's old David Bowie albums is evident in the whispered Hell It's Late. [Oct 2001, p.130]
Sonicnet
Shangri-La Dee Da stands with the band's best work -- a furious tug of war between strychnine-laced grunge and acid-stoked psychedelic pop. In fact, it may be well be the brooding California group's pinnacle.
Read Full Review >Mojo
An interestingly mixed-up album. [Sep 2001, p.114]
CDNow
Shangri-La Dee Da sounds like two completely different bands -- DeLeo's hard rock and Weiland's soft balladry. Happily (for Atlantic Records), the album has something for both slumming Papa Roach fans and growing Jessica Simpson fans. STP has enough talent to hold both together.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone
The span of moods and melodies on Shangri-La Dee Da is nearly as sprawling, but this time the lyrics take on a deeper tinge, and they give the album a weight and coherence lacking on previous STP releases.
Read Full Review >New Musical Express
Today, in a world rooted in an entirely different stratum of rock, they're as lively as the corpses that archaeologists hook out of peat bogs: perfectly preserved, but not great for dancing or conversation.
Read Full Review >Dot Music
The trouble is that while STP may have lived dangerously, they play safe musically. There's plenty here that's pleasant, but there's nothing startling, nothing challenging.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly
The grrr goes out of Shangri after the first few tracks. [22 Jun 2001, p.90]
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 8.3 (out of 10) based on 13 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Dave N gave it a7:
A dissapointing end to an otherwise stellar career. A handful of good tracks (Wonderful is amazing), but this CD just doesn't compare to the other 4.
kirk h gave it a 9:
This album will seem like a rehash of STP's past works, or unadventurous, but those are both wrong. "Coma" and "Regeneration" are both unique and hard-rocking simultaneously, and "Hollywood Bitch" is as poignant as you can get. It's got heartfelt lyrics, and is just real brilliant. Had radio not gotten me sick of "Days of the Week", it'd be a 10, but I still recommend it to you. Haters of this album are brainwashed to think that Core is their best, while it was really Purple, though all STP is great.
Adam W gave it a 7:
Another great STP album. I think they are the closest thing to a modern day Led Zeppelin. They can play the hard and fast stuff, but also they are very good at slower acoustic stuff. Shangri-La Dee Da isn't my favorite STP album, but it is still a good album that I like very much. Hopefully the next album will be more like Core. STP shows great diversity as a band in their sound.
Tyson K gave it a 9:
I really want to give this album a ten. Maybe I should. When I first heard the album, I started to think that I was listening to a rehash of 4. By the end of the album I knew I was wrong. And don't get me wrong. I really liked 4 quite a bit, though it was flawed. Every time I listen to SLDD it becomes more intense and involved. Really a super album. Hopefully the bands publicity with Weilands probs will not keep this album from getting what it deserves...RESPECT...and to be bought wouldn't hurt the band a bit either. Great album.
Richard M. gave it an 8:
With days of the week as their first single, STP was simply wanting to be on TRL, which is just the place they don't belong. Days of the Week is a poppy, Tiny Music style song that stands out amongst the other great and awe-inspiring tracks on the c.d. STP are on their way in creating an original creative sound. Trying to please TRL fans is the only thing stopping them. This c.d. is a big step in their creative evolution. What stands out the most on this c.d. is Weilands vocals. If you liked songs like Sour Girl or Atlanta, you'll like this c.d. Weiland tends to have more confidence in his singing ability. His voice on each track sounds different. But the end result is a positive one. It shows that he has huge vocal ra
