Tiny Music... Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop

by Stone Temple Pilots

Tiny Music... Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 26 March 1996
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:53
  • Community rating: 3.51/5 from 11 ratings

Artists on this release: Brendan O'Brien

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Deliberately pivoting away from the heavy grunge sound of their initial successes, the band integrated glam rock, shoegaze, and jangle pop into their repertoire. Recording sessions at a secluded ranch in the Santa Ynez Valley were profoundly impacted by frontman Scott Weiland's escalating battles with addiction. Despite the turbulent production, the resulting eclectic arrangements demonstrated a significant compositional maturation.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, rhythmic, guitar-driven, infectious, arena rock

Tracklist

  1. Press Play (1:20)
  2. Pop’s Love Suicide (3:43)
  3. Tumble in the Rough (3:18)
  4. Big Bang Baby (3:23)
  5. Lady Picture Show (4:08)
  6. And So I Know (3:57)
  7. Trippin’ on a Hole in a Paper Heart (2:56)
  8. Art School Girl (3:35)
  9. Adhesive (5:34)
  10. Ride the Cliché (3:17)
  11. Daisy (2:18)
  12. Seven Caged Tigers (4:17)

Credits

  • Stone Temple Pilots - primary artist, art direction, design, photography by [colllage photos], music by
  • Tom Carolan - a&r
  • John Heiden - art direction, design
  • Robert DeLeo - bass, music by, guitar, 6-string bass [six-string], handclaps, backing vocals, guitar, vibraphone [vibes], electric harpsichord, percussion
  • Eric Kretz - drums, percussion, handclaps, music by, electric piano [fender rhodes]
  • Ron Boustead - edited by [digitally]
  • Caram Costanzo - engineer [second]
  • Dean DeLeo - guitar, music by, bass, handclaps, 6-string bass [six-string]
  • Steve Stewart - management, handclaps
  • Joe Sofio - management [assisted by]
  • John Caldwell - management [assisted by]
  • Stephen Marcussen - mastered by, mastering
  • John Eder - photography by, photography by [colllage photos], photography
  • Alison Dyer - photography by [colllage photos]
  • Nick DiDia - photography by [colllage photos], recorded by, recording
  • Brendan O'Brien - producer, electric piano [fender rhodes], handclaps, percussion, piano, percussion, organ, clavinet, percussion, tambourine, mix
  • Scott Weiland - vocals, words by, percussion, music by
  • Gena Rankin - handclaps
  • Dave Ferguson - trumpet
  • Chris Goss - engineer [vocals]
  • Tracy Chisholm - engineer [vocals]

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