Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop

Infobox Album |
Name = Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop
Type = Album
Artist = Stone Temple Pilots


Released = March 26, 1996
Recorded = October 1995 - January 1996 at Westerly Ranch, Santa Ynez, CA
Genre = Hard rock, alternative rock, psychedelic rock
Length = 41:55
Label = Atlantic
Producer = Brendan O'Brien
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2r6qoawauijn link]
* Entertainment Weekly (C) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,291961,00.html link]
* Pitchfork Media (0.8/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22068-tiny-music link] |
Last album = "Purple" (1994)
This album = "Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop" (1996)
Next album = "No. 4" (1999)
Misc = Singles
Name = Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop
Type = studio
Single 1 = Big Bang Baby
Single 1 date = 1996
Single 2 = Lady Picture Show
Single 2 date = 1997
Single 3 = Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart
Single 3 date = 1997
Single 4 = Tumble in the Rough
Single 4 date = 1997 (promo only)

"Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop" is the third album released by Stone Temple Pilots on March 26, 1996, by Atlantic Records. The album is notable for the variety of stylistic departures it takes from the band's earlier albums. Unlike STP's first two albums, which displayed combinations of grunge and classic rock, "Tiny Music..." has a sound very similar to psychedelic rock bands of the 1960s, especially the Beatles.

Conflict within STP

In 1995, Scott Weiland was caught and convicted of buying crack cocaine. He was sentenced to one year's probation. Issues with drug use did not clear up after his sentence, and STP was forced to cancel most of their 1996-1997 tour for "Tiny Music". Because of the tour cancellation, "Tiny Music" did not receive as much exposure as initially intended. The album was certified 2x platinum but was not as commercially successful as STP's first two albums.

Track listing

tracklist
writing_credits = yes

title1 = Press Play
length1 = 1:21
writer1 = Stone Temple Pilots

title2 = Pop's Love Suicide
length2 = 3:40
writer2 = D. DeLeo, S. Weiland

title3 = Tumble in the Rough
length3 = 3:18
writer3 = S. Weiland

title4 = Big Bang Baby
length4 = 3:21
writer4 = R. DeLeo, S. Weiland

title5 = Lady Picture Show
length5 = 4:06
writer5 = R. DeLeo, S. Weiland

title6 = And So I Know
length6 = 3:56
writer6 = R. DeLeo, S. Weiland

title7 = Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart
length7 = 2:54
writer7 = E. Kretz, S. Weiland

title8 = Art School Girl
length8 = 3:32
writer8 = R. DeLeo, S. Weiland

title9 = Adhesive
length9 = 5:31
writer9 = R. DeLeo, S. Weiland

title10 = Ride the Cliché
length10 = 3:15
writer10 = D. DeLeo, S. Weiland

title11 = Daisy
length11 = 2:13
writer11 = R. DeLeo

title12 = Seven Caged Tigers
length12 = 4:17
writer12 = D. DeLeo, S. Weiland

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