LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES SEPTEMBER 29, 2019- IT WAS 1992 AND STP LAUNCHED THEIR CAREER OFF IN A BIG WAY WITH THEIR DEBUT ALBUM ‘CORE.’ DRIVEN BY TRACKS LIKE ‘WICKED GARDEN’ ‘PLUSH’ ‘SEX TYPE THING’ ‘CREEP’ AND ‘DEAD AND BLOATED’ THE RECORD DOMINATED THE AIRWAVES. THE ALBUM PEAKED AT # 3 ON THE BILLBOARD ALBUM CHARTS. ‘PLUSH’ WON A GRAMMY IN 1994 FOR “BEST HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE” AND THE GROUP ALSO TOOK HOME THE HARDWARE FOR “BEST NEW ARTIST” AT THE 1993 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS. ‘CORE’ ALSO CRACKED THE ALL-TIME TOP 1000 ALBUMS LIST, RANKED AT # 983. ACCOUNTING FOR DOWNLOADS,STREAMING AND ACTUAL ALBUM SALES, THE LATEST SALES FIGURES FOR ‘CORE’ HAVE IT SITTING AT JUST OVER 10 MILLION COPIES SOLD. ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2017 A 25 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF ‘CORE’ WAS RELEASED. THE REISSUE INCLUDES A 25TH ANNIVERSARY SUPER DELUXE BOX SET(4CD’S,A DVD, AND A L.P), AN EXCLUSIVE ‘CORE’ 25TH ANNIVERSARY T-SHIRT, AND AN EXCLUSIVE CORE ANNIVERSARY LITHOGRAPH. THE 4 CD’S PRESENT A REMASTERED VERSION OF THE ALBUM, PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED DEMOS AND B-SIDES, AND PARTS OF 3 LIVE PERFORMANCES FROM 1993. THE PACKAGE ALSO INCLUDED THE REMASTERED ALBUM ON VINYL AND A DVD INCLUDING A 5.1 SURROUND SOUND MIX AND VIDEOS OF THE ALBUMS 4 OFFICIAL SINGLES.
THIS IS PURE GOLD. STP CIRCA 2000 PERFORMING AT THE HOUSE OF BLUES
