Stone Temple Pilots - Stone Temple Pilots (2010)

Stone Temple Pilots - Stone Temple Pilots (2010)

Tracklist front / back album covers

1. "Between the Lines"   2:50

2. "Take a Load Off"   3:11

3. "Huckleberry Crumble"   3:10

4. "Hickory Dichotomy"   3:22

5. "Dare If You Dare"   4:29

6. "Cinnamon"   3:33

7. "Hazy Daze"   2:59

8. "Bagman"   2:45

9. "Peacoat"   3:29

10. "Fast As I Can"   3:33

11. "First Kiss on Mars"   3:03

12. "Maver"   4:52

Total length:   41:16

Bonus tracks

13. "Samba Nova"   3:33

14. "Vasoline" (live from Chicago)   3:10

15. "Hickory Dichotomy" (live from Chicago)   3:18

16. "Between the Lines" (live from Chicago)   2:55

iTunes deluxe edition

17. "Between the Lines" (music video)   3:02

18. "Stone Temple Pilots Interview" (video)   14:56

19. "About a Fool" (pre-order only)   3:43

 

Stone Temple Pilots Band Members / Musicians

Scott Weiland – lead vocals

Dean DeLeo – guitar, production

Robert DeLeo – bass, backing vocals, production

Eric Kretz – drums

Chris Lord-Alge – mixing

Don Was – additional producer

Ted Jensen – mastering

Russ Fowler – engineer

Bill Appleberry – engineer, keyboards

Doug Grean – engineer

Mike Gerlach – assistant engineer

Jared Hirshland – assistant engineer

Arik Garcia – assistant engineer

Keith Armstrong – assistant mixer

Nik Karpen – assistant mixer

Brad Townsend – additional engineering

Andrew Schubert – additional engineering

Shepard Fairey – cover image

Mark Obriski – art direction & design

David J. Harrigan III – additional design

Chapman Baehler – photography

Dana DuFine – management

Stone Temple Pilots is the 6th studio album by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots. The album was released worldwide from May 21 through May 27, 2010, and is the band's first album since 2001's Shangri-La Dee Da. The album is the result of the band's reunion, which occurred in April 2008 with their North American tour. After Stone Temple Pilots had begun playing together, the band decided to record again, but a lawsuit filed by Atlantic Records on June 12, 2008, made the sixth album an uncertainty. Atlantic eventually withdrew the lawsuit, and the band's attorney called the legal situation a "misunderstanding". The album is also the band's final release with the full original lineup, as vocalist Scott Weiland was dismissed from the band in 2013, and died in 2015.

Robert DeLeo, against Atlantic Records' wishes, insisted that he and his brother Dean DeLeo produce the record themselves, which began production in early 2009. Because recording took place during breaks in the band's touring schedule, production took nearly ten months to complete. Three studios were used simultaneously, including Robert's home studio and Eric Kretz's Bomb Shelter Studios. Scott Weiland recorded vocals at his own Lavish Studios. Don Was came in as an additional producer to help keep the band's separate recording sessions in sync, as well as to work closely with Weiland during the recording of his vocals. The album was completed in December 2009, and mixing and mastering were finished by February 2010.

The album received generally favorable reviews. Most critics agreed that Stone Temple Pilots was heavily inspired by country and rock music from the 1960s and 1970s. The band confirmed these assertions and that lyricists like Bob Dylan, and guitarists like Speedy West and Brad Whitford were influences. The album was promoted during the band's performances at music festivals and headlining concerts, as well as in interviews with music websites and magazines, including Billboard and Spin, and radio and television talk shows. "Between the Lines" was the first single, released on March 22. The second and third singles, "Take a Load Off" and "Cinnamon", were released later in the year. Stone Temple Pilots sold 62,000 copies in its first week and peaked at number two on the Billboard 200.