Thursday, March 25, 2021

Stone Temple Pilots preview expanded Tiny Music 25th anniversary reissue

The Stone Temple Pilots are streaming a previously-unreleased alternate version of their 1996 single, “Big Bang Baby”, as the first preview to the July 23 release of an expanded deluxe edition of their third album, “Tiny Music…Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop.”

The original record – which delivered three rock radio hits in “Big Bang Baby”, “Trippin’ On A Hole In A Paper Heart” and “Lady Picture Show” – debuted and peaked at No. 4 on the US Billboard 200 on its way to sales of more than 2 million copies in the region.

The expanded 2021 reissue will feature a remastered version of the original album, alternate versions and mixes of several of the songs, and a complete concert taped at the Club La Vela in Panama City Beach, Florida, on March 14, 1997.

"Tiny Music" was recorded in late 1995 with producer Brendan O'Brien at the Westerly Ranch in Santa Ynez, CA.

“Re-listening to this album brought back some beautiful memories of all of us living, writing, and recording the record in the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley,” guitarist Dean DeLeo tells Rolling Stone. “And of course, every time I revisit this stuff I miss Scott.”

Original STP lead singer Scott Weiland – who parted ways with the band in 2013 and spent the next two years working on solo music and his group The Wildabouts – died in December 2015 at age 48 from an accidental overdose while on tour.

Last year, the group released an acoustic record, “Perdida”, the band’s eighth studio album and second with singer Jeff Gutt following a 2018 self-titled effort.


Stone Temple Pilots
"Tiny Music…Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop" deluxe edition

Release date: July 23

Disc One: Original Album 2021 Remaster

01. Press Play
02. Pop's Love Suicide
03. Tumble In The Rough
04. Big Bang Baby
05. Lady Picture Show
06. And So I Know
07. Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart
08. Art School Girl
09. Adhesive
10. Ride The Cliche
11. Daisy
12. Seven Caged Tigers

Disc Two: Early Versions, Instrumentals, & Alternate Mixes

01. Press Play (Full-Length Version)
02. Pop's Love Suicide (Early Version)
03. Tumble In The Rough (Early Version)
04. Big Bang Baby (Early Version)
05. Lady Picture Show (Early Version)
06. And So I Know (Early Version)
07. Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart (Early Version)
08. 5 Or 4 Times (Art School Girl) (Early Version)
09. Adhesive (Instrumental)
10. Ride The Cliche (Instrumental)
11. Seven Caged Tigers (Early Version)
12. Big Bang Baby (Alternate Version)
13. Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart (Percussion Mix)
14. Art School Girl (Jaw Harp Version)
15. Kretz's Acoustic Song

Disc Three: Live at Club La Vela, Panama City Beach, FL (3/14/97)

01. Crackerman
02. Meatplow
03. Tumble In The Rough
04. Vasoline
05. Wicked Garden
06. Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart
07. Plush
08. Big Empty
09. Interstate Love Song
10. Lady Picture Show
11. Unglued
12. Big Bang Baby
13. Dead & Bloated
14. Sex Type Thing

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