Fun fact, The fuzzy vocal effect on the opening on Dead and Bloated was achieved by Scott weiland singing into the pickups of a Les Paul guitar owned by Dean DeLeo (Guitarist of STP)
@@Heathcoatman It literally works. Have you never done it successfully? it's pretty easy. Guitar pickups register vibrations. Vocal cords make sound by vibrating. If you think that singing in to guitar pickups doesn't work I would advise you not to pursue a career in science of any kind...
They’re touring next year to celebrate 30 years since the release of Purple, playing the entire album. Hope to see them here in Australia, having enjoyed it so much over all these years.
Between 1991 and 1992, you had really great hard rock albums. Pearl Jam had Ten, Soundgarden had Badmotorfinger, Alice in chains had dirt, and even Nirvana had Nevermind. You also had Core by Stone Temple Piolets. While most people will know it for Creep and Plush! It was Dead and bloated, Sex type thing, and Wicked Garden that got me into the album. Scott Wieland was just an amazing vocalist. Hope you get to check out Purple.
Wow, yeah the early 90's certainly had some killer rock albums didn't it? This was a fantastic introduction to Stone Temple Pilots' music and it's impressive that this is their debut. They've got such a great sound, the heavy grunge paired with a sort of floaty atmospheric quality as well. I'll definitely have to do a video for Purple as well, I'm looking forward to hearing it.
This is in my all time greatest albums ever made from one of my top 5 favorite bands of all time. This album, oh God, what can I say? It just it has everything you want. It's perfection. Scott's voice, the instrumentals on every song, the style, the atmosphere, the transitions...I could go on and on! This album defined my childhood in the 90s. RIP Scott you are missed. Great upload Molly.
Yes this was such an amazing album to listen to! It's the perfect blend of so many elements that are all executed perfectly. And to think that this was their debut album as a band too, that's very impressive.
I remember the critics hating them for being grunge "posers" when they debut. Yes there are similarities to grunge and honestly it doesn't matter if they are or not. Scott Weiland was a phenominal singer and gifted showman. His live performances were always more Mick jagger. There live shows screamed more 70s arena Rock than grunge bar scene.
I agree, people get way too obsessed with labeling bands as a certain genre, and it's kind of sad in my opinion. Stone Temple Pilots are great, I can definitely hear lots of grunge elements but they fuse on a ton of variety and different styles too which makes their music so interesting to listen to. I'll have to check out some of their live performances at some point!
I was going to make the same comment, having the same recollection back in the 90s. When Molly gets to hear Purple and subsequent albums like Tiny Music, I’m sure she’ll appreciate even more how unique STP were in their own right.
Shout out as well to Brendan O'Brien, who produced this album. The high profile projects he was behind the boards for is staggering. This was one of the first
Molly!!..YES....LOVE your vids and FINALLY you are covering STP!!!... such an incredibly underrated band with a damn near flawless discography, cant wait to see you take the musical journey ahead of you, a band that was able to take massive strides with each album and change up their sound but it still remained very much STP. You have so much amazing music ahead of you, the next one ('Purple') is my fave, but genuinely love everything they ever put out.
Thanks for watching, yeah Stone Temple Pilots are a band I've been wanting to get to here on the channel for a while now, and I'm so glad I've finally heard one of their albums! Core is a fantastic debut for them, and I look forward to checking out more of their discography :)
@@mollyesanborn Cant wait to take the journey with you and one thing you will notice going forward is , as well as the band (the 2 DeLeo brothers on guitar and bass & Eric on drums) sounding brilliant in their playing, Scott Weiland was a vocal chameleon who could literally sing ANY style and would change it up from song to song, no matter if it was an original song or a cover he would put just the right nuance on his voice to PERFECTLY serve the song. One of the all-time greats!
Yayyy! I love this album so much and I’m glad you gave this a shot Molly, Thanks for listening! And I liked your reaction to Plush haha one of my favs as well! Great song Core is pure 90s nostalgia for me ❤❤❤
Thanks so much! I think having this channel has definitely improved my ability to get my thoughts across more coherently, sometimes music makes me feel a certain way and it's hard to put into words what I'm feeling, so I'm glad there's been some growth there on my end :)
I watch a lot of music reaction videos on here. What I really like about your channel is you describe what you are hearing in laymans terms. Many channels I watch break it down into technical terms either with the guitar, the production/recording or the vocals. Your insight is a different type of insight and it's fun to hear the words you describe without all the technical jargon. Core is one of my favorite albums of all time. Thanks for listening/sharing!
What makes STP's music unique and easy to listen over and over is the fact they managed to fuse jazz, country, metal, folk, blues and turn it into great Rock music. Anyone that argues where is the country in their songs... just count all the tracks with slide guitar and now when you re-listen to them you will clearly hear the country influence in them. For anyone that wants to re-discover new (old) STP music listen to this hidden gem of an album "Army of anyone" You will not skip a single song.
It’s crazy to think how much variety we had in that era. Nirvana obviously gets always the attention but Alice, stone temple, Pearl Jam and soundgarden had amazing records too
@@mollyesanborn man I’ll be trying to pick my favourite child, but if you haven’t already, a bit of a change of style, Let Love In by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds is a wonderful album. A 10/10 in my books.
Molly. I am so happy you're hitting this very important grunge band. You've already listened to several of my other favorites...Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, Alice in Chains. I just know you will enjoy and appreciate this album. They were highly influential in the 90s.
I remember seeing them in concert back at in highschool at the Rosemont Horizon. Lol. Dennis Rodman of all people showed up on stage and Scott Weiland jumped up on him and rode his shoulders while singing his set. Also, people give Wieland a lot of credit for his singing (which he deserves) but the Deleo brothers on guitar and bass were the real heart of the band. A real guitar driven band, they were considered to be a return to form of classic rock like Led Zeppelin. Your commentary about the instrumentation seems to be picking up on that immediately. Keep em comin' Molly, this was a fun one and brought back a lot of memories. PS: I heard Mr. Bungle for the first time on my way back form that concert. lol.
That's such a cool memory to have, lucky you got the chance to see them live! This is a great debut album, and yeah the instrumentals have such an amazing tone and so much variety to their sound as well. I'll definitely have to give more of their albums a listen.
The only STP album I still own a physical copy of. Back in high school, this album was everywhere. "No Memory" leading into "Sin" are my favorite tracks on this album. It's a classic of the genre.
I just saw STP on Saturday. They just finished their tour celebrating their 2nd album “Purple” and it’s 30th Anniversary! They still sound as good as ever!! Especially with their new singer Jeff Gutt (RIP Scott). Please check out their other albums! They evolve so much in the following albums. You’ll hear some beautiful melancholic songs Scott sang. Can’t wait to see your reactions! 🙌🏻
One of my top 50 mainstream debut albums of all time, top 200 albums of all time. STP was one of the first bands whose songs I wanted to learn to play when I bought my first guitar, and one I always come back to because the playing is so unique and fun to learn.
Funny how the tracks you picked out as your favorites, Sex Type Thing and Plush, were the 2 biggest singles off the album. Creep also had a music video. Crackerman though is a fan favorite. Yeah, this for me is peak STP. So many good songs on this album. Personally, I didn't really get into them anymore on subsequent album but they definitely have their fans as well.
So many great songs on this album, but yeah Plush, Creep and Sex Type Thing are for sure standouts. I can see why they were such big hits when this album came out. I'll be curious to hear more from Stone Temple Pilots and see how their subsequent albums will compare with Core.
@@mollyesanborn you’ll love this journey. And as many people as there are that LOVE this first album, a pretty big chunk of the fan base would consider their next album Purple to be their best. Honestly, all of their first 5 albums are great, but very VERY different sounding lol
The key change in Sin before the opening riff is repeated is a great example of the confidence these guys had in their talent. One thing I never understood about labelling STP as grunge imitators is why it was a negative thing. So many bands that came up at the time "grunge" as a genre was being thrown around had admirable elements in their songwriting that jumped out at the listener as surprisingly mature. Listening to interviews with the DeLeo brothers just cements the fact that their skills go far beyond this music.
Army Ants from STP's 2nd album Purple, is my favorite STP song but they have many bangers and many vibe/mood songs that are just top tier like so many of their contemporaries in the early 90s music scene.
STP has some of the best guitar tones put to a guitar and Purple and Tiny Music expands even more with added variety too. Great reaction as always Molly 👍🏻
STP was the second concert I ever went to back in the 90s. It was a relatively small venue, and it was such a great show at pretty much the height of their career. I remember they did an excellent acoustic cover of the Led Zeppelin song Dancing Days.
This was a fantastic review, I’m glad you enjoyed it. That’s really cool that you recognized the song Creep. I hope to see you do more because this album and their next album Purple are both classics. RIP Scott Weiland 🕊️ Also you should check out their MTV Unplugged performance. I don’t mean as a reaction, but just in your spare time. This album was the only album they had out at the time, so it’s fairly short, only about a half hour, and only contains songs from this album, except for one that would go on to be on their next album. They do a “swing” version of Sex Type Thing, so it’s musically pretty different than the album version.
This is the first CD I bought as a teenager, this and the Jurassic Park Soundtrack. It has such a sentimental value. It's tattooed in my brain. So good.
The guitar thing you like is produced by the guitarist lightly touching all the strings with their fret hand, not pushing them against the fret board, muting them a little, and just sort of scratching the pick across the strings. Wicked Garden is total banger. This is a great record and brings me back to a great time in my life. Glad you liked it so much.
Thanks for explaining that, yeah Stone Temple Pilots infuse so many little elements like that that really make this album so varied and entertaining to listen to.
yess, intro track is a banger fs, from 'i am smelling like a rose' to 'i run through worlds' switch up was crazy, well for me at the time it dropped. hope to see a debut gnr soon!
Love this album - it was one of the first albums that I can remember buying on cassette as a kid. I ended up seeing them in concert in 2000 when they had 4 albums but this one was still my favorite and I was so happy when they opened with Crackerman and ended up playing a lot more from Core than I expected!
Scott was known for signing through a megaphone to achieve some of those vocals you hear, especially live. In your free time, I'd highly suggest checking out some live STP. One of the last true actual rockstar's 🤘 Edit: I wish I could see him perform "Piece of Pie" just one more time live!!! 😭
O man, I remember they did this super dope effect with the stage lights for piece of pie during the, "Yeah, Yeeeah!" segments. They would turn off all off the lights but a handful of narrow spotlights that would pan up then down the arena during each, "yeah." I'm not a religious man but that felt like how I imagine church feels for some people. lol.
Well since you've listened to Stone Temple Pilots and Filter, at some point you should check out "Army of Anyone'. They only made one album but they're basically a supergroup consisting Robert Deleo (STP's bassist) and Dean Deleo (STP's guitarist), Ray Luzier (Korn's drummer, since 2009) , with Richard Patrick of Filter on vocals..
@@mollyesanborn I would say you should check out "Velvet Relolver" but before you do that, you should probably listen to Guns "N Roses first (the albums Appetite For Destruction, Use Your Illiusion I, and Use Your Illusion II are all must listens, you can probably skip Chinese Democracy though, their EP "Lies" is worth a listen though)
Very interesting review by someone not versed in music theory and such, it captures the feeling without breaking the veil, that versed people (like myself) would inevitably break in to peek inside the pieces, and break them down. Kudos
Hi Molly, I enjoyed watching your reaction with my best friend. Stone Temples Pilots music sounds really good. We are going to be listening to this album in our free time!
Loved this album. A lot of "experts" ripped it for trying to sound too much like Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, and the other heavyweights of the (in 1992) still active Grunge scene. While I have to admit that some of the songs (and especially Scott's vocal delivery) would give that kind of an impression, it still was able to exist within its own vacuum and proved very successful in sales and overall fan response, even if the "experts" didn't like it. You'll notice a shift to more of an alt-rock sound on the 1994's Purple and 1996's Tiny Music, although I wish they had stayed truer to this sound for a bit. Love the reaction, Molly, and thank you for another trip down memory lane! 🤘❤
DeLeo brothers on lead guitar, bass, with bass singing harmonies or backup. DeLeo, in my opinion, is the best guitarist that nobody talks about. He’s really F-ing good.
STP's first album is great. Honestly, all of STP's first 5 albums are great, especially Tiny Music which is the incredibly underrated hidden gem in their discography (and IMO the best/my favorite STP album).
I listened to this CD nonstop for months on end back in the early nineties. A fantastic debut album and Scott Weiland is one of the great front men of the grunge era.
Just seen them last night in Ohio. They played the entire Purple Album + a few other hits. Jeff Gutt (new singer) and the rest of the band sounded great. Love the reaction 🤘
finally! you reacted to my favourite grunge album!!! i got so hyped with your facial expression in "piece of pie" because i seriously had the exact same expression the first time i heard this song (sorry for bad english, not my first language, greetings from peru :) )
Hey Molly I know what you mean about Plush. When I got this CD I would play the song over and over cause I had never heard such a unique song before. Glad you liked the album.
Ecstatic that you're finally getting around to STP!!! Just keep going thru their discography by release date and you'll be glad you did, and so will we 😉 Keep up the great work! 🤘 RIP Scott. Thank you for all the amazing shows I got to see you play 😢 💙
My standouts on this first record are "Sex Type Thing," "Sin," "Creep" - god, I love that song; "Plush" is interesting, and "Crackerman." I feel kind of bad that I never realized how brilliant of a lyricist Scott Weiland really was until after his passing, despite having listened to this band since the 90's.
my favorite singer is Chris Cornell audioslave soundgarden temple of the dog. he hits notes that are hard for people. good reaction this band I play guitar to and love Scotts voice.
Two very talented singers, it's sad that both are no longer here with us. I still need to get to Temple Of The Dog, I'll have to get to their music soon!
something i really appreciate about your reactions is that you do not put too much emphasis on lyrics and meaning of songs. i like to check out reaction video's so i can experience or witness the same excitement that I felt when first listening to a song. and generally lyrics are something that take more in depth analysis which to me is a bit decoupled from the idea of an experience of a reaction. I suppose the reason why i feel this way is because i think music or sounds / tones / are fundamental in the sense where I think that an arrangement of frequencies will have the exact same outcome no matter where in the universe they reside assuming that they have posses the same output. sort of like same software will have the same outcome no matter the hardware. where as lyrics are not fundamental at all. it's just an abstract reductionist representation a larger idea or thing that humans all agree upon. like saying the word CAT does not tell you about the color or size or breed of the cat. where as hearing an arrangement of sounds or tones or melodies of a MEOW will have the same truth no matter where it's projected out in the universe. the qualitative experience from experiencing those sounds or a cat MEOW related to the senses and awareness of the self. yup thanks for reading my rambling! x) good channel yo! 😸
I think the squeaky guitar sound is achieved with a combination of: a chorus, a wah and maybe also a phaser while doing a chuga strumming pattern on muted strings. kind of if you just hold your wrist against the strings instead of pushing down a fret. also, definitely react to the next 2 or 3 STP records! the 1st 4 records by them are their best albums with my fav being the 2nd record! machina by smashing pumpkins is also an album to react to eventually. would be cool if you reacted to the downward spiral even though you already know that album! hypothetically: are you able to react to the new AURORA record?? or is her record label against full album reactions? same question but with the artist fever ray / the knife. as I rarely if ever see reactions to the fever ray / the knife records. (the singer is a woman from Sweden)
Thanks so much! I really appreciate this comment, I've never been someone that pays much mind to the lyrics the first few times I'm hearing a song, so these videos I make never really touch too much on the lyrical content. I know some people want me to dive deeper into the meanings but as you said I find it really distracting if it's my first listen. And thanks for the suggestion about Wicked Garden, I'll have to give that live version a listen!
@@michaelmarhal thanks for the squeaky guitar explanation, such a cool sound! I'll definitely plan on videos for at least the first four STP albums, I look forward to hearing them. Machina I'm going to try and get to a reaction to very soon! And I have not yet heard the new Aurora record, I will definitely be giving it a listen. Not sure if I'll do a reaction for it or not but will keep it in mind along with the Fever Ray record :)
@@mollyesanbornyou’re the best. It’s always a good night when you upload. Even before I watch the video I already know that I’m gonna love it because of you ❤️
If you're curious about the "squeaky noise" you mentioned in the video, it's an effect on guitar called harmonics where you rest your hand on the frets without playing a note and then strum it with lots of distortion to create a feedback sound. One of my favorite tricks too. Rock and metal guitarists in the 90's/00's especially did a lot of cool stuff with it that remains influential today.
Thanks for letting me know! Such a cool effect, I love how Stone Temple Pilots seems to incorporate a lot of playful and experimental things like that into their music.
A pure slice of 90s nostalgia no doubt...you must check out Kings X as well...their album Dogman was produced by the same dude who did 'Core'; Screaming Trees were another seriously great band from this era too; another great video Molly!
I bought this album on cassette tape shortly after it came out. So when you commented on the different feel between Creep and Piece of Pie, I was instantly reminded that Creep ended Side A of the tape. The more mellow feeling of Creep would linger for a bit while I flipped the tape over. Then right back to it on Side B with Piece of Pie.
This album is more raw and grungy but you can already see they have more art to the music than others of their time. I love the progression they made from album to album, thought #4 is not one of my favorites. I hope you get a chance to hear his solo project "Twelve Bars Blue". I absolutely love how he blends the music while baring his soul.
I can see why they're a favorite, Stone Temple Pilots have such a great sound to them and this was a great introduction to their music. I'll have to give that unplugged version of Plush a listen too.
@@mollyesanborn when I bought the greatest hits album just like with APC"s Thirteenth step I played it non stop. It's where I heard the unplugged version of Plush for the first time.
Awesome grunge album! These guys were really good (especially THIS album), yet are kind of overlooked compared to some of the other bands at the time. Great reaction!
It's so nice to see the Stone Temple Pilots getting the recognition it deserves. This album is great. It's a real shame that in the early 90's they were panned being grunge copycats with idiotic arguments like a “only Seattle bands are allowed to play grunge” and other nonsense. The band was always unique in their sound with a jazz and psychadelic rock influences that become more evident on their next works. BTW their stuff after Scott Weiland's death is also noteworthy. They made an EP with a Chester Bennington on vocals called "High Rise". Albums with the current singer Jeff Gutt is good too.
Another classic! The first 5 tracks are fire, and the rest of the album is great. The only problem I ever had with it, was they would play "Sex type thing," on Headbanger's Ball all the time.
I definitely recommend checking out some live stuff, they were really entertaining live! On the songs with the megaphone vocal effect Scott would use a megaphone into the mic when live.
I saw them live way back when this first dropped and they were opening for Megadeth... I had only heard of the one song called Sex Type Thing but after that show I was a fan for life... NGL, Megadeth was the reason I went to the show but I fell hard for STP... needless to say, that show is one I'll never forget, thanks for bringing back them memories, Queen...
I can see why Sex Type Thing made you an instant fan, that song is amazing and for sure one of my favorites off of this record as well. That's so awesome you got to see them live, and with Megadeth! Sounds like an amazing experience.
One of the best albums of the era. Critics panned it at the time but fans knew better. I still don't understand how they were ever accused of copying anyone's sound. Robert DeLeo's vast musical influences really gave them a signature sound imo, and Weiland's voice was so easy to listen to either clean or harsh. Superb song writing, interesting choices throughout. Definitely check out the Unplugged version of Creep, they switch up the intensity of the second verse and it's instant goosebumps as Scott belts out ".. think you're kind of neat" from a rocking chair. Their next two albums are also fantastic and the band comes into their own even more, but Core will always be my favorite. It's not overproduced or overwritten but it's also not as basic or paired down as some of the eras other debut acts. Super glad you enjoyed it!
@@claymccoy I'd have to go back but I think the criticism at the time was that Weiland was trying to be Vedder not Staley. I don't hear any Alice in Chains or Pearl Jam in STP though, never did, I think Wicked Garden gets the closest to the "Seattle Sound" and if anything the rhythm of it gives me the vibe of something from Soundgarden, but then it switches up on the pre-chorus to something that is its own thing. I just think it was always lazy editorializing. Their follow up album were proof positive (imo) that STP was more in line with The Pumpkins or REM in terms of their own alternative blend then they were copying trends.
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Fun fact, The fuzzy vocal effect on the opening on Dead and Bloated was achieved by Scott weiland singing into the pickups of a Les Paul guitar owned by Dean DeLeo (Guitarist of STP)
That's fuckin sick!
That's so cool! I love the sound that it has, adds such an interesting element to the song.
Urban myth. Ever sung into guitar pickups? Guessing the answer is no.
@@Heathcoatman some think that but there is actually studio footage of him doing it, look it up
@@Heathcoatman It literally works. Have you never done it successfully? it's pretty easy. Guitar pickups register vibrations. Vocal cords make sound by vibrating. If you think that singing in to guitar pickups doesn't work I would advise you not to pursue a career in science of any kind...
Wow, so glad you’re reviewing this album. Hope you cover the their second album “Purple” and third album “Tiny Music”
Yeah I'd love to give those two albums a listen as well! Core was a great intro to Stone Temple Pilots, they've got such a great sound.
@@mollyesanborn purple is the one
They’re touring next year to celebrate 30 years since the release of Purple, playing the entire album. Hope to see them here in Australia, having enjoyed it so much over all these years.
Id add No.4 as well. They're all great
2nd, 3rd, and 4th albums are their best as they moved towards an excellent power pop sound and more creativity.
Their second album will blow you away. Every song could be a hit single. It's the most diverse album I have ever heard. It's incredible
I look forward to hearing it!
Between 1991 and 1992, you had really great hard rock albums. Pearl Jam had Ten, Soundgarden had Badmotorfinger, Alice in chains had dirt, and even Nirvana had Nevermind. You also had Core by Stone Temple Piolets. While most people will know it for Creep and Plush! It was Dead and bloated, Sex type thing, and Wicked Garden that got me into the album. Scott Wieland was just an amazing vocalist. Hope you get to check out Purple.
Wow, yeah the early 90's certainly had some killer rock albums didn't it? This was a fantastic introduction to Stone Temple Pilots' music and it's impressive that this is their debut. They've got such a great sound, the heavy grunge paired with a sort of floaty atmospheric quality as well. I'll definitely have to do a video for Purple as well, I'm looking forward to hearing it.
With the previous 3 videos done, this means we all what's coming next week. SLAYER!!!!!!!!!! Also, is it me or does the background look different?
I miss the early 90s with all my heart ❤️
@@jakesmith6233 yes, Slayer is next... ;) and also good eye, I recently moved so the background is indeed different.
Scott Weiland was an incredible singer!!
A voice full of soul!
His voice is great, I love the power that he brings to the vocals on this record.
He's at top levels
Please do continue on with the rest of their discography. Such an evolution...
I look forward to hearing more :)
This is in my all time greatest albums ever made from one of my top 5 favorite bands of all time. This album, oh God, what can I say? It just it has everything you want. It's perfection. Scott's voice, the instrumentals on every song, the style, the atmosphere, the transitions...I could go on and on! This album defined my childhood in the 90s. RIP Scott you are missed. Great upload Molly.
Yes this was such an amazing album to listen to! It's the perfect blend of so many elements that are all executed perfectly. And to think that this was their debut album as a band too, that's very impressive.
I remember the critics hating them for being grunge "posers" when they debut. Yes there are similarities to grunge and honestly it doesn't matter if they are or not. Scott Weiland was a phenominal singer and gifted showman. His live performances were always more Mick jagger. There live shows screamed more 70s arena Rock than grunge bar scene.
I agree, people get way too obsessed with labeling bands as a certain genre, and it's kind of sad in my opinion. Stone Temple Pilots are great, I can definitely hear lots of grunge elements but they fuse on a ton of variety and different styles too which makes their music so interesting to listen to. I'll have to check out some of their live performances at some point!
I was going to make the same comment, having the same recollection back in the 90s. When Molly gets to hear Purple and subsequent albums like Tiny Music, I’m sure she’ll appreciate even more how unique STP were in their own right.
Shout out as well to Brendan O'Brien, who produced this album. The high profile projects he was behind the boards for is staggering. This was one of the first
This album was on repeat for much of the early 90's in my car.
Molly!!..YES....LOVE your vids and FINALLY you are covering STP!!!... such an incredibly underrated band with a damn near flawless discography, cant wait to see you take the musical journey ahead of you, a band that was able to take massive strides with each album and change up their sound but it still remained very much STP. You have so much amazing music ahead of you, the next one ('Purple') is my fave, but genuinely love everything they ever put out.
Thanks for watching, yeah Stone Temple Pilots are a band I've been wanting to get to here on the channel for a while now, and I'm so glad I've finally heard one of their albums! Core is a fantastic debut for them, and I look forward to checking out more of their discography :)
@@mollyesanborn Cant wait to take the journey with you and one thing you will notice going forward is , as well as the band (the 2 DeLeo brothers on guitar and bass & Eric on drums) sounding brilliant in their playing, Scott Weiland was a vocal chameleon who could literally sing ANY style and would change it up from song to song, no matter if it was an original song or a cover he would put just the right nuance on his voice to PERFECTLY serve the song. One of the all-time greats!
Yayyy! I love this album so much and I’m glad you gave this a shot Molly, Thanks for listening! And I liked your reaction to Plush haha one of my favs as well! Great song
Core is pure 90s nostalgia for me ❤❤❤
Such a great album, I'm so glad I've finally given Core a listen. Thanks for checking out the reaction :)
You've gotten better, and you've always been articulate
Thanks so much! I think having this channel has definitely improved my ability to get my thoughts across more coherently, sometimes music makes me feel a certain way and it's hard to put into words what I'm feeling, so I'm glad there's been some growth there on my end :)
@@mollyesanborn I'd never lie. Fake is my antithesis
@mollyesanborn that's a challenge for all of us. Your ability to notice, appreciate and articulate is fantastic.
I watch a lot of music reaction videos on here. What I really like about your channel is you describe what you are hearing in laymans terms. Many channels I watch break it down into technical terms either with the guitar, the production/recording or the vocals. Your insight is a different type of insight and it's fun to hear the words you describe without all the technical jargon.
Core is one of my favorite albums of all time. Thanks for listening/sharing!
Oh thank you so much! I appreciate that and am glad you're enjoying the videos :)
What makes STP's music unique and easy to listen over and over is the fact they managed to fuse jazz, country, metal, folk, blues and turn it into great Rock music. Anyone that argues where is the country in their songs... just count all the tracks with slide guitar and now when you re-listen to them you will clearly hear the country influence in them. For anyone that wants to re-discover new (old) STP music listen to this hidden gem of an album "Army of anyone" You will not skip a single song.
It’s crazy to think how much variety we had in that era. Nirvana obviously gets always the attention but Alice, stone temple, Pearl Jam and soundgarden had amazing records too
Stone Temple Pilots needs to get more recognition beyond 'Plush' and 'Interstate Love Song'
Tiny Music and No. 4 are such great albums
Yes Molly! You are working through all my favourite bands throughout the 90s!
Yeah it’s a joy seeing her reactions to these classics.
So happy to hear this! The 90's were an amazing time for music, so many great albums came out in this decade. Any others you'd suggest I check out?
@@mollyesanborn man I’ll be trying to pick my favourite child, but if you haven’t already, a bit of a change of style, Let Love In by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds is a wonderful album. A 10/10 in my books.
@@liamcasey1580 ooh thanks for the suggestion! That is another one I have not heard, I will have to check it out.
Molly. I am so happy you're hitting this very important grunge band. You've already listened to several of my other favorites...Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, Alice in Chains.
I just know you will enjoy and appreciate this album. They were highly influential in the 90s.
Yes, I am looking forward to hearing more from Stone Temple Pilots :)
One of the greatest rock vocalists of all time
I remember seeing them in concert back at in highschool at the Rosemont Horizon. Lol. Dennis Rodman of all people showed up on stage and Scott Weiland jumped up on him and rode his shoulders while singing his set.
Also, people give Wieland a lot of credit for his singing (which he deserves) but the Deleo brothers on guitar and bass were the real heart of the band. A real guitar driven band, they were considered to be a return to form of classic rock like Led Zeppelin.
Your commentary about the instrumentation seems to be picking up on that immediately.
Keep em comin' Molly, this was a fun one and brought back a lot of memories.
PS: I heard Mr. Bungle for the first time on my way back form that concert. lol.
That's such a cool memory to have, lucky you got the chance to see them live! This is a great debut album, and yeah the instrumentals have such an amazing tone and so much variety to their sound as well. I'll definitely have to give more of their albums a listen.
The only STP album I still own a physical copy of. Back in high school, this album was everywhere. "No Memory" leading into "Sin" are my favorite tracks on this album. It's a classic of the genre.
I just saw STP on Saturday. They just finished their tour celebrating their 2nd album “Purple” and it’s 30th Anniversary! They still sound as good as ever!! Especially with their new singer Jeff Gutt (RIP Scott). Please check out their other albums! They evolve so much in the following albums. You’ll hear some beautiful melancholic songs Scott sang. Can’t wait to see your reactions! 🙌🏻
One of my top 50 mainstream debut albums of all time, top 200 albums of all time. STP was one of the first bands whose songs I wanted to learn to play when I bought my first guitar, and one I always come back to because the playing is so unique and fun to learn.
Funny how the tracks you picked out as your favorites, Sex Type Thing and Plush, were the 2 biggest singles off the album. Creep also had a music video. Crackerman though is a fan favorite.
Yeah, this for me is peak STP. So many good songs on this album. Personally, I didn't really get into them anymore on subsequent album but they definitely have their fans as well.
So many great songs on this album, but yeah Plush, Creep and Sex Type Thing are for sure standouts. I can see why they were such big hits when this album came out. I'll be curious to hear more from Stone Temple Pilots and see how their subsequent albums will compare with Core.
@@mollyesanborn you’ll love this journey. And as many people as there are that LOVE this first album, a pretty big chunk of the fan base would consider their next album Purple to be their best. Honestly, all of their first 5 albums are great, but very VERY different sounding lol
Their second album Purple is one of my favorite albums of all time ❤❤❤
Same here.
I'll definitely have to plan on doing a reaction for that one as well, can't wait to hear it!
The key change in Sin before the opening riff is repeated is a great example of the confidence these guys had in their talent.
One thing I never understood about labelling STP as grunge imitators is why it was a negative thing. So many bands that came up at the time "grunge" as a genre was being thrown around had admirable elements in their songwriting that jumped out at the listener as surprisingly mature.
Listening to interviews with the DeLeo brothers just cements the fact that their skills go far beyond this music.
Woot! Made it to STP! You're bound to be delighted through at least 4 albums. Enjoy.
Army Ants from STP's 2nd album Purple, is my favorite STP song but they have many bangers and many vibe/mood songs that are just top tier like so many of their contemporaries in the early 90s music scene.
STP has some of the best guitar tones put to a guitar and Purple and Tiny Music expands even more with added variety too. Great reaction as always Molly 👍🏻
YES! I've been waiting for this one! STP is one of my all time favs, you have to check out their next one Purple
STP was the second concert I ever went to back in the 90s. It was a relatively small venue, and it was such a great show at pretty much the height of their career. I remember they did an excellent acoustic cover of the Led Zeppelin song Dancing Days.
One of the best debut albums of the 90s. You will not be disappointed with their catalog.
I am looking forward to hearing more!
This was a fantastic review, I’m glad you enjoyed it. That’s really cool that you recognized the song Creep. I hope to see you do more because this album and their next album Purple are both classics. RIP Scott Weiland 🕊️
Also you should check out their MTV Unplugged performance. I don’t mean as a reaction, but just in your spare time. This album was the only album they had out at the time, so it’s fairly short, only about a half hour, and only contains songs from this album, except for one that would go on to be on their next album. They do a “swing” version of Sex Type Thing, so it’s musically pretty different than the album version.
This album is so good, that it's hard to comprehend that their next album is even better 🤯
I'm looking forward to hearing it!
I love these guys... takes me back to high school.
Thank Molly, this is one of my favorite albums of all time, just awesome......❤
"Crackerman" is probably the most underrated song on the album.
This is the first CD I bought as a teenager, this and the Jurassic Park Soundtrack. It has such a sentimental value. It's tattooed in my brain. So good.
The guitar thing you like is produced by the guitarist lightly touching all the strings with their fret hand, not pushing them against the fret board, muting them a little, and just sort of scratching the pick across the strings. Wicked Garden is total banger. This is a great record and brings me back to a great time in my life. Glad you liked it so much.
Thanks for explaining that, yeah Stone Temple Pilots infuse so many little elements like that that really make this album so varied and entertaining to listen to.
Yes! So glad you reacted to this. Really hope you react to all their albums. Probably the most consistent discography of the 90s grunge bands.
Great reaction! Always waiting for your Jane's Addiction rabbit hole.
Noted, I'd love to get to some Jane's Addiction soon. And thanks for checking out the reaction! :)
yess, intro track is a banger fs, from 'i am smelling like a rose' to 'i run through worlds' switch up was crazy, well for me at the time it dropped. hope to see a debut gnr soon!
Love this album - it was one of the first albums that I can remember buying on cassette as a kid. I ended up seeing them in concert in 2000 when they had 4 albums but this one was still my favorite and I was so happy when they opened with Crackerman and ended up playing a lot more from Core than I expected!
Scott was known for signing through a megaphone to achieve some of those vocals you hear, especially live. In your free time, I'd highly suggest checking out some live STP. One of the last true actual rockstar's 🤘
Edit: I wish I could see him perform "Piece of Pie" just one more time live!!! 😭
O man, I remember they did this super dope effect with the stage lights for piece of pie during the, "Yeah, Yeeeah!" segments. They would turn off all off the lights but a handful of narrow spotlights that would pan up then down the arena during each, "yeah."
I'm not a religious man but that felt like how I imagine church feels for some people. lol.
That's amazing, the lighting can really add so much to a live experience of a band.
STP was the 1st band I got to see live as a teenager in the early 2000s. Another band that had a huge impact on my upbringing.
This was a great introduction to their music, I'm excited to hear more!
Well since you've listened to Stone Temple Pilots and Filter, at some point you should check out "Army of Anyone'. They only made one album but they're basically a supergroup consisting Robert Deleo (STP's bassist) and Dean Deleo (STP's guitarist), Ray Luzier (Korn's drummer, since 2009) , with Richard Patrick of Filter on vocals..
Ooh that sounds interesting, thanks for the heads up! I'll definitely have to give Army Of Anyone a listen at some point.
@@mollyesanborn I would say you should check out "Velvet Relolver" but before you do that, you should probably listen to Guns "N Roses first (the albums Appetite For Destruction, Use Your Illiusion I, and Use Your Illusion II are all must listens, you can probably skip Chinese Democracy though, their EP "Lies" is worth a listen though)
Another awesome review. Scott's solo albums are well worth a listen. Especially 12 bar blues. It's so underrated.
Very interesting review by someone not versed in music theory and such, it captures the feeling without breaking the veil, that versed people (like myself) would inevitably break in to peek inside the pieces, and break them down. Kudos
Hi Molly, I enjoyed watching your reaction with my best friend. Stone Temples Pilots music sounds really good. We are going to be listening to this album in our free time!
Oh that's so awesome, I hope you enjoy hearing Core! :)
Loved this album. A lot of "experts" ripped it for trying to sound too much like Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, and the other heavyweights of the (in 1992) still active Grunge scene. While I have to admit that some of the songs (and especially Scott's vocal delivery) would give that kind of an impression, it still was able to exist within its own vacuum and proved very successful in sales and overall fan response, even if the "experts" didn't like it. You'll notice a shift to more of an alt-rock sound on the 1994's Purple and 1996's Tiny Music, although I wish they had stayed truer to this sound for a bit.
Love the reaction, Molly, and thank you for another trip down memory lane! 🤘❤
Thank you so much for this review. One of my all time favorite albums. Every song hits.
Such a fantastic album! very impressive that this is their debut record too.
DeLeo brothers on lead guitar, bass, with bass singing harmonies or backup.
DeLeo, in my opinion, is the best guitarist that nobody talks about. He’s really F-ing good.
STP's first album is great. Honestly, all of STP's first 5 albums are great, especially Tiny Music which is the incredibly underrated hidden gem in their discography (and IMO the best/my favorite STP album).
I listened to this CD nonstop for months on end back in the early nineties. A fantastic debut album and Scott Weiland is one of the great front men of the grunge era.
Just seen them last night in Ohio. They played the entire Purple Album + a few other hits. Jeff Gutt (new singer) and the rest of the band sounded great. Love the reaction 🤘
Plush and Creep were some of the biggest songs for me as a preteen, around 2015
Both are such amazing tracks!
Same for me. Though I'd just turned 13, and it was 1992. It goes to show that good tunes make an impact no matter when they're found.
finally! you reacted to my favourite grunge album!!! i got so hyped with your facial expression in "piece of pie" because i seriously had the exact same expression the first time i heard this song (sorry for bad english, not my first language, greetings from peru :) )
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed the reaction! :)
Hey Molly I know what you mean about Plush. When I got this CD I would play the song over and over cause I had never heard such a unique song before. Glad you liked the album.
Perfect debut album. And imo a perfect album front to back.
Plush, Interstate Love Song, Vasoline and Sex Type Thing are my STP favorites!
I went to a show during this tour. Simply Amazing.
I love driving with this album. You rock Molly.
:)
Ecstatic that you're finally getting around to STP!!! Just keep going thru their discography by release date and you'll be glad you did, and so will we 😉 Keep up the great work! 🤘 RIP Scott. Thank you for all the amazing shows I got to see you play 😢 💙
Let’s goooo finally !!!
My standouts on this first record are "Sex Type Thing," "Sin," "Creep" - god, I love that song; "Plush" is interesting, and "Crackerman." I feel kind of bad that I never realized how brilliant of a lyricist Scott Weiland really was until after his passing, despite having listened to this band since the 90's.
I am!! Smellin like a rose!
my favorite singer is Chris Cornell audioslave soundgarden temple of the dog. he hits notes that are hard for people. good reaction this band I play guitar to and love Scotts voice.
Two very talented singers, it's sad that both are no longer here with us. I still need to get to Temple Of The Dog, I'll have to get to their music soon!
This is an essential album of any rock/grunge fan. Top 5 album of the 90’s and def a top 100 album of all time.
One of the few albums I'd consider a true masterpiece. There is legitimately not a single bad song on Core.
something i really appreciate about your reactions is that you do not put too much emphasis on lyrics and meaning of songs. i like to check out reaction video's so i can experience or witness the same excitement that I felt when first listening to a song. and generally lyrics are something that take more in depth analysis which to me is a bit decoupled from the idea of an experience of a reaction. I suppose the reason why i feel this way is because i think music or sounds / tones / are fundamental in the sense where I think that an arrangement of frequencies will have the exact same outcome no matter where in the universe they reside assuming that they have posses the same output. sort of like same software will have the same outcome no matter the hardware. where as lyrics are not fundamental at all. it's just an abstract reductionist representation a larger idea or thing that humans all agree upon. like saying the word CAT does not tell you about the color or size or breed of the cat. where as hearing an arrangement of sounds or tones or melodies of a MEOW will have the same truth no matter where it's projected out in the universe. the qualitative experience from experiencing those sounds or a cat MEOW related to the senses and awareness of the self.
yup thanks for reading my rambling! x)
good channel yo! 😸
oh also: check out wicked garden LIVE on letterman. it's i think the bands live TV debut and it's such a great performance!
I think the squeaky guitar sound is achieved with a combination of: a chorus, a wah and maybe also a phaser while doing a chuga strumming pattern on muted strings. kind of if you just hold your wrist against the strings instead of pushing down a fret.
also, definitely react to the next 2 or 3 STP records! the 1st 4 records by them are their best albums with my fav being the 2nd record!
machina by smashing pumpkins is also an album to react to eventually.
would be cool if you reacted to the downward spiral even though you already know that album!
hypothetically: are you able to react to the new AURORA record?? or is her record label against full album reactions?
same question but with the artist fever ray / the knife. as I rarely if ever see reactions to the fever ray / the knife records. (the singer is a woman from Sweden)
Thanks so much! I really appreciate this comment, I've never been someone that pays much mind to the lyrics the first few times I'm hearing a song, so these videos I make never really touch too much on the lyrical content. I know some people want me to dive deeper into the meanings but as you said I find it really distracting if it's my first listen. And thanks for the suggestion about Wicked Garden, I'll have to give that live version a listen!
@@michaelmarhal thanks for the squeaky guitar explanation, such a cool sound! I'll definitely plan on videos for at least the first four STP albums, I look forward to hearing them. Machina I'm going to try and get to a reaction to very soon! And I have not yet heard the new Aurora record, I will definitely be giving it a listen. Not sure if I'll do a reaction for it or not but will keep it in mind along with the Fever Ray record :)
@@mollyesanborn thank you for the thoughtful replies!
Hi Molly you’re amazing 🥰🥰🥰
Thanks so much, I appreciate the comment! :)
@@mollyesanbornyou’re the best. It’s always a good night when you upload. Even before I watch the video I already know that I’m gonna love it because of you ❤️
If you're curious about the "squeaky noise" you mentioned in the video, it's an effect on guitar called harmonics where you rest your hand on the frets without playing a note and then strum it with lots of distortion to create a feedback sound. One of my favorite tricks too. Rock and metal guitarists in the 90's/00's especially did a lot of cool stuff with it that remains influential today.
Thanks for letting me know! Such a cool effect, I love how Stone Temple Pilots seems to incorporate a lot of playful and experimental things like that into their music.
Oh and another classic beauty from the 90s my goodness I miss these days…Plush did it
A pure slice of 90s nostalgia no doubt...you must check out Kings X as well...their album Dogman was produced by the same dude who did 'Core'; Screaming Trees were another seriously great band from this era too; another great video Molly!
Thanks for the suggestion, I'll make sure that Kings X and Screaming Trees are both on my list to check out!
I bought this album on cassette tape shortly after it came out. So when you commented on the different feel between Creep and Piece of Pie, I was instantly reminded that Creep ended Side A of the tape. The more mellow feeling of Creep would linger for a bit while I flipped the tape over. Then right back to it on Side B with Piece of Pie.
Oh that's cool! Yeah you can totally hear that tone change between the two sides of the tape.
Killing it Molly, reviewing some dope albums. 🔥
Thanks for watching! :)
This album is more raw and grungy but you can already see they have more art to the music than others of their time. I love the progression they made from album to album, thought #4 is not one of my favorites. I hope you get a chance to hear his solo project "Twelve Bars Blue". I absolutely love how he blends the music while baring his soul.
One of my favorite bands. Plush unplugged is even better!!!
I can see why they're a favorite, Stone Temple Pilots have such a great sound to them and this was a great introduction to their music. I'll have to give that unplugged version of Plush a listen too.
@@mollyesanborn when I bought the greatest hits album just like with APC"s Thirteenth step I played it non stop. It's where I heard the unplugged version of Plush for the first time.
Awesome grunge album! These guys were really good (especially THIS album), yet are kind of overlooked compared to some of the other bands at the time. Great reaction!
Purple their next album is top 3 albums of the 90s, they grow so much
I have Purple on vinyl but I need this one in my collection asap!!
Best album from them! So good!!
Been waiting for this one
Thanks for waiting! This was such a great introduction to Stone Temple Pilots' music.
STP’s Music has aged incredibly well. In retrospect I personally have STP above bands like AIC, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam these days.
For being more than 30 years old this album sounds incredible, it has indeed aged very well! And it's their debut album as well, that's so impressive.
Dean DeLeo is criminally under appreciated as a guitarist
This album is absolutely fantastic: pretty much every song is a banger
one of my favs
Sometimes I take the 90s for granted
Tidal wave of great voices and albums emerged
Across all genres
This album was Columbia House's album of the month and I selected it as an option without hearing a single song. Great job young me!
Purple is there best album, hope you get a chance to listen to it.
I'll definitely have to plan on doing a video for that one as well, I look forward to hearing it.
Great reaction: Fun fact: that squeaky tone the guitar was making in track 2 (and in other tracks) are called harmonics
It's so nice to see the Stone Temple Pilots getting the recognition it deserves. This album is great. It's a real shame that in the early 90's they were panned being grunge copycats with idiotic arguments like a “only Seattle bands are allowed to play grunge” and other nonsense. The band was always unique in their sound with a jazz and psychadelic rock influences that become more evident on their next works.
BTW their stuff after Scott Weiland's death is also noteworthy. They made an EP with a Chester Bennington on vocals called "High Rise". Albums with the current singer Jeff Gutt is good too.
It's always struck me how many of the grunge/show stare albums were great all the way through. A true rarity now.
Another classic! The first 5 tracks are fire, and the rest of the album is great. The only problem I ever had with it, was they would play "Sex type thing," on Headbanger's Ball all the time.
I definitely recommend checking out some live stuff, they were really entertaining live! On the songs with the megaphone vocal effect Scott would use a megaphone into the mic when live.
I saw them live way back when this first dropped and they were opening for Megadeth... I had only heard of the one song called Sex Type Thing but after that show I was a fan for life... NGL, Megadeth was the reason I went to the show but I fell hard for STP... needless to say, that show is one I'll never forget, thanks for bringing back them memories, Queen...
I can see why Sex Type Thing made you an instant fan, that song is amazing and for sure one of my favorites off of this record as well. That's so awesome you got to see them live, and with Megadeth! Sounds like an amazing experience.
One of the best albums of the era. Critics panned it at the time but fans knew better. I still don't understand how they were ever accused of copying anyone's sound. Robert DeLeo's vast musical influences really gave them a signature sound imo, and Weiland's voice was so easy to listen to either clean or harsh. Superb song writing, interesting choices throughout. Definitely check out the Unplugged version of Creep, they switch up the intensity of the second verse and it's instant goosebumps as Scott belts out ".. think you're kind of neat" from a rocking chair. Their next two albums are also fantastic and the band comes into their own even more, but Core will always be my favorite. It's not overproduced or overwritten but it's also not as basic or paired down as some of the eras other debut acts. Super glad you enjoyed it!
I think it was because Scott Weiland's vocal style is similar to Layne Staley, at least is sounded similar when it first came out when I heard it.
@@claymccoy I'd have to go back but I think the criticism at the time was that Weiland was trying to be Vedder not Staley. I don't hear any Alice in Chains or Pearl Jam in STP though, never did, I think Wicked Garden gets the closest to the "Seattle Sound" and if anything the rhythm of it gives me the vibe of something from Soundgarden, but then it switches up on the pre-chorus to something that is its own thing. I just think it was always lazy editorializing. Their follow up album were proof positive (imo) that STP was more in line with The Pumpkins or REM in terms of their own alternative blend then they were copying trends.
STP's MTV Unplugged was one the best on the backend of Core and worth checking out.
Good to know, I'll have to check it out!
"Crackerman" has such a drive to it that I am sure speeding tickets have occurred due to it.
I could listen to “Plush” everyday and not get tired of it.
Such a fantastic song!