LABEL: Atlantic
VINYL RELEASE DATE: 11/13/2020
ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: 1992
VARIANT: Black Vinyl LP

Stone Temple Pilots were at their heaviest and darkest on their 1992 debut, Core, which announced Scott Weiland and Co. as an alternative-rock force to be reckoned with. The album opens with an unbeatable one-two punch, the morbid doom-blues of “Dead & Bloated” followed by the controversy-courting firestarter “Sex Type Thing.” But STP were just getting started. “Wicked Garden.” “Creep.” “Plush.” The hits keep coming and hitting hard. The 2017 vinyl remaster gives all of these bangers the hard-hitting quality they deserve.