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Shangri-La Dee Da
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews What's this?

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7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 25 Ratings

  • Summary: Grunge is long-gone, but somehow STP have survived. This is the fifth album for these long-time favorites of alternative radio.

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Hello It's Late
Hello, it's late You know I've tried to stop the rain Did you read about it? Did you think about it? Did you cry but nothing came? Nothing matter's... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Launch.com
    90
    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.
  2. Q Magazine
    80
    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]
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  3. PopMatters
    80
    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.
  4. Rolling Stone
    70
    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.
  5. CDNow
    70
    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.
  6. New Musical Express (NME)
    60
    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.
  7. Nude As The News
    50
    Eclectic to the point of sounding confused.

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. TysonK
    Aug 22, 2001
    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 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.… Expand
  2. AdamW
    Aug 27, 2001
    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 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.… Expand
  4. CrazySlaya
    Sep 28, 2014
    7
    Probably the worst STP Album. But still good. there a a few good songs and some average but it is a good buy. You should buyProbably the worst STP Album. But still good. there a a few good songs and some average but it is a good buy. You should buy it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!… Expand
  5. DaveN
    Sep 22, 2006
    7
    A dissapointing end to an otherwise stellar career. A handful of good tracks (Wonderful is amazing), but this CD just doesn't compare to 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.… Expand

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#28 Most Shared Album of 2001

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