TALK SHOW

TALK SHOW
TALK SHOW (1997)
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If you're a fan of the Stone Temple Pilots' pop side, you may well find Talk Show the great album that band never quite made. Here the Beatlesque hard-pop that increasingly distinguished STP's work from Tiny Music onward is in the ascendant--most notably on Everybody Loves My Car and Hide. At the same time, there's a lot of variety. Leadoff track Ring Twice gets your attention straight away; along with So Long, it has all the hallmarks of a great STP rocker, and singer Dave Coutts sounds most like Weiland here. (He's a fine vocalist; listen to Hello Hello and Behind to get a good sense of his range.) Everybody's the would-be single. Peeling an Orange, Wash Me Down, Filling the Fields and especially Behind show off the band's softer side to excellent effect.

1. Ring Twice
2. Hello, Hello
3. Everybody Loves My Car
4. Peeling an Orange
5. So Long
6. Wash Me Down
7. End of the World
8. John
9. Behind
10. Morning Girl
11. Hide
12. Fill the Fields