In typical STP fashion, No. 4's songs are strong pop-rock pieces, but without the self-consciousness of previous efforts (more...)

There are two sides to Scott Weiland. One is the tortured artist who writes blistering lyrics such as "She lives in a bungalow/she kills me with garden thorns/she waits for me/my love is unusual/it's painted with roses and thorns," (more...)

As erratic as the singer's 1997 solo debut, 12 Bar Blues, was, No. 4 often lacks the reckless abandon and musical risk taking Weiland brought to his solo work. The exceptions are some of the CD's strongest tracks (more...)

it's amazing the band found the time and motivation to record such a powerful and cohesive album as No. 4. So much pressure would likely cause most outfits to crash and burn (more...)

Stone Temple Pilots have gone through hell -- actually they're still in hell, what with singer Scott Weiland in a prison recovery program for a year -- and No. 4 is nothing less than a musical exorcism for the quartet (more...)

No. 4 is the type of Zep-indebted bad vibe record that kids loved about five years ago (more...)

The results fall somewhat short of Core and Purple, their magnificent first two records, but they're probably an improvement on their third effort, Tiny Music� Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop, which leaned too far in a pop direction for a lot of fans' liking (more...)

It's raw and tough and unrelenting, but not in a metallic, pit bull rock sort of way, ala Korn or Limp Bizkit (more...)

Although the pile-driving "Down" and the nearly as heavy "Sex & Violence" are this disc's two modern-rock radio hits, the bittersweet "Sour Girl" and the Todd Rundgren-influenced "Glide" are much more original and compelling (more...)

Dean DeLeo : Guitar
Robert DeLeo : Bass
Eric Kretz : Drums
Scott Weiland : Vocals
Brendan O'Brien : Producer