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〕 | rev2 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev2Score = B- | rev3 = Robert Christgau | rev3Score = | rev4 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev4Score = | rev5 = Sputnikmusic | rev5Score = | rev6 = ''Rock Hard'' (de) | rev6score = 9/10 }} ''Purple'' is the second studio album by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots, released June 7, 1994 on Atlantic Records. The album, building off the foundations laid by the band's debut album ''Core'', was a huge success for the band, debuting at #1 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart and remaining there 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 hit number 2 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, while "Big Empty" also cracked the top ten on both charts. Lesser known album cuts "Pretty Penny" and "Unglued" were also released as promotional radio singles. ==Background and musical style== The album's first single, "Big Empty", made its debut at STP's ''MTV Unplugged'' acoustic performance in 1993. The song would later appear on the soundtrack to ''The Crow''. ''The Crow'' soundtrack reached number #1 in 1994 and a couple of weeks later, ''Purple'' reached the top of the charts, thus making two for the band in 1994. The lyric "She said she'd be my woman, she said she'd be my man" from "Lounge Fly" also appears on the ''Mighty Joe Young Demo'', in the song "Spanish Flies". Paul Leary of the Butthole Surfers is credited with playing the ending guitar solo in "Lounge Fly". While ''Purple'' still features strong elements of hard rock and grunge like its predecessor, ''Core'', the album displays the band developing a more unique sound influenced by other genres, such as the psychedelic rock evident in "Lounge Fly" and "Silvergun Superman", the country vibes of "Interstate Love Song" and ragtime elements of "Big Empty". Allmusic's Stephen Erlewine wrote that "''Purple'' is a quantum leap over (), showcasing a band hitting their stride." Erlewine also described "Interstate Love Song" as a "concise epic as alluring as the open highway" and "Big Empty" as "a perfect encapsulation of mainstream alienation."〔(Purple - Stone Temple Pilots : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Purple (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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