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Happy In Galoshes
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  • Summary: The second solo effort for the Stone Temple Pilots singer was produced with Doug Green and Steve Albini.

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Missing Cleveland
You were dressed up at the ball They expected us to fall From the heavens Into the seven They were monkeys all of them Entertaining so we... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14
  1. AllMusic
    80
    Happy in Galoshes isn't quite as textured or bright as "12 Bar Blues"--the smaller budget is evident in its muted colors as well as Weiland's sleepy delivery--but it has the same emphasis on churning psychedelia and clomping glam.
  2. Rolling Stone
    70
    His latest is two discs and all over the highway, from the solid rock of "Missin' Cleveland" to the banjo-glam ballad 'Tango With Your Mind' to the bossa-nova glide of 'Killing Me Sweetly.'
  3. Billboard
    70
    While the debut showed him eager to step outside the confines of STP, he essentially has nothing to prove here, and as a result, it's a casual-sounding record.
  4. Hot Press
    60
    STP singer on the solo comeback trail.
  5. Q Magazine
    60
    Galoshes largely succeeds as a document of a delinquent soul finally coming to terms with his own past. [Feb 2009, p.119]
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  6. Blender
    50
    Mood enhancers like 'Blind Confusion' and 'Blister on My Soul' set tart melodies to a guitar punch that compensates for a shortage of coherent content. But from there, things slow down and bloat up.
  7. The Boston Phoenix
    25
    It might be one of the year's worst albums, an underwritten, overarranged mess of factory-floor guitar fuzz, go-nowhere vocal melodies, limp electronic beats, and lyrical clunkers.

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  1. ricardod
    Nov 29, 2008
    9
    "Happy In Galoshes" runs in much more familiar grounds than "12 Bar Blues" did, but it's still a joy to hear Scott Weiland running free "Happy In Galoshes" runs in much more familiar grounds than "12 Bar Blues" did, but it's still a joy to hear Scott Weiland running free from the constraints of an actual "band". "Paralysis" is simply wonderful and many other tracks follow closely. Good stuff.… Expand
  2. SanderE
    Nov 26, 2008
    8
    Ok, maybe it's not the most brilliant album ever made, but come on, it's still Scott Weiland!
  4. BrentH
    Dec 27, 2008
    8
    I like the dominate, beefy bass through out the cd good production. The slower songs really projects Weiland's vocal ability he gives it I like the dominate, beefy bass through out the cd good production. The slower songs really projects Weiland's vocal ability he gives it a real eligant vibe. Great melodys something that scott dose not lack. Anyways I am from Cleveland and so is he.… Collapse