Embodiment of the Albums

[ryutahellhound]

Can any of you guys give your opinion over which songs really epitomize the album they're on? Here's my opinion
Core-Plush
Purple-Still Remains or ILS
Tiny Music-Pop's Love Suicide
No.4-Sour Girl or Atlanta
SLDD-Hello its Late

[STP92]

Core - Dead & Bloated
Purple - Big Empty
Tiny Music - Pop's Love Suicide
No. 4 - Down
Shangri - Wonderful

[Blue]

My picks for songs that get the central "vibe" from each album

Core: Dead & Bloated (about being lost in young adulthood in an album about discontent with the world and issues of coming of age)

Plush: Vasoline (I believe it's about both the record industry & drugs, the two central objects of Scott's writing for this album)

Tiny Music: Seven Caged Tigers or Adhesive(both are about being lost to addiction)

No. 4: Atlanta (the ultimate break-up song on an album mostly about his divorce)

Shangri La Dee-Da: Bi Polar Bear (a song abour Scott's violent mood swings on an album about the ups and downs of his marriage with Mary)

I think those all encapsulate the central story behind each album.

[stpfan31]

Core - Wicked Garden
Purple - Vasoline or Interstate
Tiny - Tumble in the Rough or Lady Lady Picture Show
No.4 - Glide
SLDD - Coma or Regeneration

[STPCreep]

Man, I never got to listen to the album 'Plush', Blue.

Haha, just messing around. I know what you meant.

[Blue]

Man, I never got to listen to the album 'Plush', Blue.

Haha, just messing around. I know what you meant.

lol Wow. I got my STP "P-words" confused. I was gonna write something about Plush and then I didn't, so I guess I just got confused when I went to write Purple.

I hate when I do shit like that lol

[wickedgarden23]

Hmm interesting topic...kinda tough to pick just one song for each album but I'll give it a shot:

Core - Wicked Garden
Purple - Still Remains
Tiny Music - Big Bang Baby
No. 4 - Down
Shangri La - Black Again

[randallanddarcy]

I think they're too versatile a band to approach their albums with that thinking. The band is more about songwriting prowess. Everything from Led Zep style straight hard rock to Beatles/Bowie-inspired pop anthems. The genius of the songwriting is really in the bass lines, the vocal melodies and the middle eights (middle eights are called 'bridges' in the US).

[loungefly611]

Honestly, I think the singles do a really good job of capturing the essence of each album. (With the exception of Days of the Week for SLDD) STP is one of the few bands that have really good singles and really good album cuts. I might be a little biased, but oh well  

[wickedgarden23]

STP is one of the few bands that have really good singles and really good album cuts.

Agreed 100%