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2010 brings us one more Stone Temple Pilots album, a far more fitting epilogue (or, perhaps, next chapter) for such a successful career even as it actually manages to be more overtly derivative than any album they’ve released thus far.
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It's not groundbreaking stuff, but it surpasses all expectations for a group who've spent almost a decade apart.
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You can’t really fault the band for successfully doing much what it did in the 90s, but don’t expect Purple. There’s no Vasoline or Interstate Love Song.
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There are a couple groovy licks scattered here and there which are half decent, but otherwise it's a tepid exercise in mediocrity difficult to even feign interest in.
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In its heyday Stone Temple Pilots brought swagger and darkness to its second-tier grunge. Now the band has returned from its hiatus with less of a musical identity and blander tidings.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 44 out of 54
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Mixed: 5 out of 54
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Negative: 5 out of 54
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Mar 30, 2013
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Aug 21, 2010
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CraigMay 26, 2010