Purple (Stone Temple Pilots album)

Purple
Purple
Studio album by Stone Temple Pilots
Released	June 7, 1994
Recorded	May 25, 1993 ("Big Empty"); July 12, 1993 ("Lounge Fly"); March 1994 (rest of album);
Studio	Record Plant ("Big Empty"); Paisley Park ("Lounge Fly"); Harptone ("Pretty Penny"); Southern Tracks (rest of album);
Genre	Grunge; hard rock; alternative rock; psychedelic rock;
Length	46:59
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Brendan O'Brien
Stone Temple Pilots chronology
Singles from Purple
	"Big Empty"; Released: May 22, 1994; "Vasoline"; Released: June 1, 1994; "Interstate Love Song"; Released: September 9, 1994;

Purple (stylized on the cover art in its Chinese character 紫) is the second studio album by the American rock band Stone Temple Pilots, released on June 7, 1994, by Atlantic Records.^[5] The album, building on the foundation laid by the band's debut album Core (1992), was a major commercial success, debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 252,000 copies sold in its first week.^[6] It remained at the top of the chart for three weeks, eventually selling over six million copies. It spawned a number of successful singles; "Vasoline" and "Interstate Love Song" both topped the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and reached number 2 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, while "Big Empty" also reached the top ten on both charts. Lesser known album cuts "Pretty Penny" and "Unglued" were released as promotional radio singles.

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^ "10 Best Hard Rock Albums of 1994". Loudwire. January 12, 2024. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
^ Manley, Brendan (March 25, 2016). "20 Years Ago: Stone Temple Pilots Release 'Tiny Music… Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop'". Diffuser.fm. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
^ Martins, Jorge (June 19, 2024). "Story of the Album That Pushed Grunge's Psychedelic Side Into a Masterpiece". Ultimate Guitar. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
^ Hart, Ron (November 5, 2019). "Stone Temple Pilots Tell the Stories Behind Their Classic Album 'Purple'". Billboard. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
^ "Billboard". June 25, 1994.

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[2] "10 Best Hard Rock Albums of 1994". Loudwire. January 12, 2024. Retrieved May 18, 2024.

[3] Manley, Brendan (March 25, 2016). "20 Years Ago: Stone Temple Pilots Release 'Tiny Music… Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop'". Diffuser.fm. Retrieved November 30, 2020.

[4] Martins, Jorge (June 19, 2024). "Story of the Album That Pushed Grunge's Psychedelic Side Into a Masterpiece". Ultimate Guitar. Retrieved July 24, 2024.

[5] Hart, Ron (November 5, 2019). "Stone Temple Pilots Tell the Stories Behind Their Classic Album 'Purple'". Billboard. Retrieved July 19, 2024.

[6] "Billboard". June 25, 1994.

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