Product Description

In his quest to make a musical statement outside his role as Stone Temple Pilots frontman, Scott Weiland debuts with analbum that reveals a music palette beyond the '90s grunge that became his band's trademark. Looking to David Bowie for inspiration, Weiland's approach is a chameleonic one that finds him pinballing between sludgy garage rock ("Desperation #5"), samba-flavoured meanderings ("Divider") and a faux cabaret number highlighted by Sheryl Crow's sturdy accordion playing ("Lady, Your Roof Brings Me Down".) Along with Crow, members of Porno For Pyros, Daniel Lanois (who also lent a production hand) and jazz pianist Brad Mehldau provide tasty icing to Weiland's schizophrenic cake of odd instrumentation,Beatlesque shadings and personalised lyrics that cryptically allude to the fallout from his highly publicised problems.

Track Listing

1. Desperation No 5
2. Barbarella
3. About Nothing
4. Where's The Man
5. Divider
6. Cool Kiss
7. Date
8. Son
9. Jimmy Was A Stimulator
10. Lady Your Roof Brings Me Down
11. Mockingbird Girl
12. Opposite Octave Reaction

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #97384 in Music
• Released on: 1998-05-18
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import

Customer Reviews

Off the rails is such a wonderful sound
I approached this with some trepidation. As a big fan of the Stone Temple Pilots and being aware of the personal mess Scott Weiland was in at the time of this recording I could only imagine a self-indulgent cacophany. I was knocked sideways by the sheer departure of this album. From the harsh distorted guitars to the Jim Morrison style poetic twists and the sheer moments of selfless beauty in such songs as 'Son' this recording is a personal voyage and a joy to be a part of.