STP: The unmistakable sound of Dean, Robert and Eric returns without Scott, who was one of greatest of all time, and it feels pretty good. It's better than the 2010 album, better than Shangri-La, better than Tiny Music. Sometimes they sound like Scott never left, sometimes they sound like Army of Anyone regrouped, but always they sound like the Stone Temple Pilots, stronger than ever. We'll never have another Weiland, but Jeff Gutt stepped up to the plate and scored an absolute home run with the DeLeos and Kretz. And "Reds and Blues" is a touching, slightly melancholic, country-tinged closer. "Meadow," "Never Enough," and "Middle of Nowhere" are fantastic, rip-roaring rockers in the best of STP tradition. It almost has a Doobie Brothers feel and might possibly be my favorite track on the album. "Thought She'd Be Mine" is absolutely stunning and even includes a dreamy, psychadelic closing that we haven't seen since No. 4 for "No Way Out." I agree with others that "The Art Of Letting Go" seems like a tribute to Scott, and it feels particularly like a Tiny Music or Shangri-La Dee Da song.
"Just A Little Lie" is the first throwback to the Core/Purple era they've ever done, and it's spot-on. I think when Scott died, I was worried I'd never find something like STP again, and the new songs are so very much STP that it completely overwhelmed me.
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Listening to the full album brought me to tears. All I can say is that the Stone Temple Pilots are back.
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