Core (Stone Temple Pilots album)

Core
Studio album by
Stone Temple Pilots
ReleasedSeptember 29, 1992 (1992-09-29)
RecordedMay 1992[1]
StudioRumbo Recorders (Los Angeles)
Genre
Length53:39
LabelAtlantic
ProducerBrendan O'Brien
Stone Temple Pilots chronology
Core
(1992) 		Purple
(1994)
Singles from Core
  1. "Sex Type Thing"
    Released: March 15, 1993[4]
  2. "Plush"
    Released: August 23, 1993[5]
  3. "Creep"
    Released: November 1, 1993[6]

Core is the debut studio album by the American rock band Stone Temple Pilots, released by Atlantic Records on September 29, 1992.[7]

Produced by Brendan O'Brien, Core became a massive commercial success, reaching number three on the Billboard 200 by July 1993 and has since been certified 8x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[8] The album spawned four hit singles including "Sex Type Thing", "Wicked Garden", "Creep", and "Plush": "Plush" would reach number one on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks and the music video received heavy rotation on MTV.[9] Stone Temple Pilots would go on to win two awards for "Plush": an MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist and a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance.[10]

The album initially received poor reviews despite its commercial success; the band was criticized for allegedly copying the musical style of other alternative acts, particularly Pearl Jam and Nirvana.[11] Retrospectively, Core has been acknowledged as a seminal release of the alternative rock and grunge movement of the early 1990s. Core helped propel Stone Temple Pilots into the mainstream and remains their most commercially successful record.[12] A 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition was released in 2017.[13]

  1. ^ "Stone Temple Pilots – Core (1992) – The Year Grunge Broke". theyeargrungebroke.com. September 25, 2023.
  2. ^ Laufenberg, Cindy (1995). Songwriter's Market, 1996: Where & how to Market Your Songs. Writer's Digest Books. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-89879-711-4.
  3. ^ Manley, Brendan (March 25, 2016). "20 Years Ago: Stone Temple Pilots Release 'Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop'". Diffuser.fm. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  4. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. March 13, 1993. p. 17.
  5. ^ "Single Releases". Music Week. August 21, 1993. p. 23.
  6. ^ "November 1993: Stone Temple Pilots Release CREEP".
  7. ^ Childers, Chad (September 29, 2023). "31 Years Ago: Stone Temple Pilots Make Their Debut With 'Core'". Loudwire. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
  8. ^ Cabison, Rosalie (January 2, 2013). "Billboard 200™". Billboard. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
  9. ^ devops (November 28, 2013). "Mainstream Rock Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
  10. ^ "Stone Temple Pilots Core Super Deluxe Edition Available September 29 From Rhino | Rhino". www.rhino.com. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
  11. ^ Rolli, Bryan (September 29, 2022). "How 'Core' Permanently Doomed Stone Temple Pilots' Reputation". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
  12. ^ Drachman, Jillian (September 29, 2021). "Today In History: Stone Temple Pilots' Core & Alice in Chains' Dirt Changed The Trajectory of Metal". Metal Injection. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
  13. ^ Buchanan, Brett (July 26, 2017). "Stone Temple Pilots Announce Huge Core 25th Anniversary Plans". AlternativeNation.net. Retrieved February 1, 2024.