Thank You (Stone Temple Pilots album)

Thank You
Greatest hits album by Stone Temple Pilots
Released November 11, 2003
Recorded 1992-2003
Genre Alternative rock, grunge, hard rock
Length 58:29
Label Atlantic
Producer Stone Temple Pilots, Brendan O'Brien
Stone Temple Pilots chronology
Shangri-La Dee Da
(2001)Shangri-La Dee Da2001		 Thank You
(2003)		 Stone Temple Pilots
(2010)Stone Temple Pilots2010
Singles from Thank You
  1. "All in the Suit That You Wear"
    Released: October 18, 2003
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Blender[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Rolling Stone[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]
SpinB[6]

Thank You is a greatest hits collection released by the American alternative rock band Stone Temple Pilots on November 11, 2003 on Atlantic Records. The album has sold over 500,000 copies.

Overview

Thank You features most of the band's singles and notable songs, although "Dead & Bloated", "Crackerman", "Unglued", their version of Led Zeppelin's "Dancing Days", and "Hollywood Bitch", which were all fan favorites as well as modest rock radio hits, were left off the album. There are two versions of the compilation, one that only contains a music CD and another that also features a DVD with live performances, bootlegs (including a performance of the Aerosmith song "Sweet Emotion" with Steven Tyler and Joe Perry), and music videos spanning the band's career.

Thank You was called "nearly perfect" by Allmusic's Stephen Erlewine, who wrote that "STP made music that sounded great at the time and even better now" and that the band's music had "stood the test of time." Rolling Stone, who initially named STP as the Worst New Artist of 1993, gave the compilation album 4 out of 5 stars.

Big Bang Babies

An earlier greatest hits album, to be titled Big Bang Babies, was planned for an October 2000 release. In addition to twelve of the band's biggest numbers, the album was to feature four new songs, including "Heed the Water Whisperer", "The Way She Moves" and "You Can't Drive Me Away." STP planned to record the new material in New York with producer Brendan O'Brien in mid-2000.[7]

Track listing

No.TitleOriginal albumLength
1."Vasoline"Purple (1994) (Recorded In Spring 1994)2:57
2."Down"No. 4 (1999) (Recorded In 1998-1999)3:50
3."Wicked Garden"Core (1992) (Recorded In Mid October 1991-July 1992)4:07
4."Big Empty"Purple (1994) (Recorded In Mid 1993-1994)4:55
5."Plush"Core (1992) (Recorded In Mid September-December 1991)5:13
6."Big Bang Baby"Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop (1996) (Recorded In Late Summer 1995/1996)3:24
7."Creep"Core (1992) (Recorded In November 29, 1991)5:34
8."Lady Picture Show"Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop (1996) (Recorded In November-December 1995/January 1996)4:08
9."Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart"Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop (1996) (Recorded In Late 1995)2:57
10."Interstate Love Song"Purple (1994) (Recorded In August 20, 1993)3:15
11."All in the Suit That You Wear"Previously unreleased (2001) (Recorded In March 29, 1992)3:41
12."Sex Type Thing"Core (1992) (Recorded In Mid January 1992)3:40
13."Days of the Week"Shangri-La Dee Da (2001) (Recorded In Mid 1999-2000)2:37
14."Sour Girl"No. 4 (1999) (Recorded In Mid March 1999)4:18
15."Plush (Acoustic)" (recorded live on MTV's Headbangers Ball, 1992)Previously unreleased (1994) (Recorded In January 1992/Early June 1993)3:50
16."Long Way Home (Live)" (recorded live at Rolling Rock Town Fair 2001, bonus track on some foreign editions)Shangri-La Dee Da (2001) (Recorded In October 26, 2000)4:51
Total length:58:29

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
2003 The Billboard 200 26

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
2003 "All in the Suit That You Wear" Modern Rock Tracks 19
Mainstream Rock Tracks 5

References

  1. ↑ Thank You at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Archived January 17, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). "Stone Temple Pilots". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
  4. ↑ Cherry, Robert (2003-11-20). "Stone Temple Pilots: Thank You : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-12-02. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
  5. ↑ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Stone Temple Pilots". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 785. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ "Stone Temple Pilots: Thank You: Atlantic". Spin: 104. February 2004.
  7. ↑ Dansby, Andrew, Gabrielle Schafer, Richard Skanse, Jaan Uhelszki, Jennifer Vineyard (July 19, 2000). "Really Randoms: Metallica, Prince". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
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