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A lot of folks say that Core is Stone Temple Pilots' masterpiece, but I say it's either Tiny Music ... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop or Purple. Try as you might, you won't find a bad song on Purple.
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Why does it seem like there's more screaming on this album than on Chevelle's debut? More screaming doesn't mean better. I know I'm approaching this as a 40-something 22 years after this record was released, but I'm just bored of angry and/or sad screamy white guys, and this coming from an old Deftones fan. A few well-placed screams have a lot more impact than a record full of them, but what do I know? As someone else said, the songs here begin to get fairly formulaic ... read more
Lots of generic, forgettable songs here, unfortunately. Over Your Shoulder and In-Between are kind of OK, and the closer, Devil's Holy Joke is pretty.That's about the best that I can say. Orange Ave. really falls off after American Standard and Rock Crown. I'm going through the band's other two studio albums. Hopefully it gets better.
This would have been a much better album if the band had cut it down to 9 or 10 tracks. The last five songs really bring it down and sound more like B side material, but it's still a decent album. Standout tracks are Lucky, Rock Crown, People Like New, Gone Away and Times Like These.
Good, not great, debut from Seven Mary Three. The band's second record, Rock Crown, is a better record overall, but American Standard has some relistenable fare like Cumbersome, Water's Edge, Devil Boy, Anything and Punch In Punch Out.
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