Stone Temple Pilots - Purple

Title: Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
Year/Genre: 1994, Grunge, Alternative Rock, 10/26
Condition: New - 2019 Remaster (LM) | Members: Stone Temple Pilots (N/A) | Producer: Brendan O'Brien
Cultural Facts:

1. The Cover Came From an Old Opium Label: Illustrator Dale Sizer was hired to recreate an old Chinese opium label owned by one of the band members, but time ran out, so a retoucher cleaned up the original and Sizer added the clouds and sky. The title appears on the cover only as the Chinese character for purple.
2. 12 Gracious Melodies: The original release had no track listing on the back cover, just a decorated cake reading "12 Gracious Melodies," a clue to the hidden 12th track.
3. Wiffle Ball in the Parking Lot: Cut with Brendan O'Brien at Southern Tracks in Atlanta, the album was recorded, mixed and mastered in about three and a half weeks, with breaks spent playing basketball and wiffle ball in the parking lot. Scott Weiland sang every vocal in one week, and Purple debuted at No. 1.