Tiny Music... Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop
by Stone Temple Pilots

From Strangel TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/10/2019 02:04 | #245487 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

This album is a ‘little’ gem and in my opinion enhances Weiland’s legacy as a pioneering progressive artist. I don’t think it challenges Purple but I think it surpasses Core as an artistic statement. I agree with the comment below in regards to initially being disappointed upon its release. I was hoping that the quality of Purple would flow into the new release. Instead we had to wrap our musical minds around a very different style which required many listens before we were well enough acquainted. Tiny Music is to Purple what Currents is to Lonerism. (Edited)

Far and away their best album. In fact if they had never released it I probably wouldn't care for STP. But it lifts up some of the other albums like Purple and No. 4 for me. Weiland said his biggest influence is David Bowie, you can kind of see it on this album. Best songs are Pop's love suicide, And So I know, Tumble in the rough, Lady Picture show (Edited)

At one time my fav album of 1996 (still top 5). No one songs really jumps out, if any it would be 'Trippin on a hole...' but I considered it to be a psychedelic masterpiece of the 90's. Start by how the 1st track suggests and 'Press play' and listen to it thru the end, as a whole it's far out with it's mood swings.

STP’s masterpiece and they never should’ve strayed away from this sound as no one would’ve complained if STP kept making more albums like Tiny Music.

What's even more amazing is as different as this album was to the band’s first two albums, it was still quite a commercial success and a very respectable seller in the States even though 90’s Grunge/Alternative Rock was completely on it’s way out by 1996 as all of Tiny Music’s singles and videos were still huge and all over MTV. The album also stayed on the Billboard 200 chart for a total of 50 weeks. 50 weeks!!!

You also don’t have to be a big fan of 90’s Grunge/Alternative Rock to love or even like this album. This is radio-friendly experimental hard rock done right. (Edited)

From junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/30/2012 00:31 | #43238 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

I HATED this album when it first came out. I was infatuated with what STP had done with Core and Purple, and I wasn't ready for this shift. You can hear Scott Weiland's drug addiction all over this album. It's bizarre and disjointed. However, listening to it now, I see the quality. The boys in the band have never grooved like they did on this album, as they tackle more challenging tracks. It's funky and saucy, and yes, a little weird, but it works. Not as consistent as Core or Purple, but I'm glad they pushed themselves.