The Stone Temple Pilots - Purple: Super Deluxe Edition is a comprehensive 25th-anniversary reissue of the band's multi-platinum 1994 sophomore album. Released via Rhino Records in October 2019, this set expands the original 11-track album with 29 bonus tracks, including unreleased demos, rarities, and a full live concert. Physical & Format Details
Jonah started dreaming in purple. He dreamed of a chorus looping in neon alleys, of a young singer sitting cross-legged on the roof of a twenty-story building writing in a spiral notebook, of a room where friends argued over whether to keep honesty or sell a single. In dreams and waking hours, the music threaded memories together: his first kiss behind a bodega, the day his father left the house, a girl he hadn’t called back. The songs were mirrors and maps; where they were rough, he found comfort—imperfection suggested truth. Stone Temple Pilots - Purple -Super Deluxe- Rem...
For the casual fan, the digital remaster of the original ten tracks is likely sufficient. But for the collector, the historian, or the guitar player who spent hours learning the "Interstate Love Song" solo, Stone Temple Pilots - Purple - Super Deluxe - Remastered is essential. The Stone Temple Pilots - Purple: Super Deluxe
The remasters carried ghosts of the studio: the clink of a water bottle between takes, the hiss as a reel spun, a whispered count-in over a cymbal crash. Those small artifacts made the music feel like a conversation across time. Jonah began to annotate the lyric sheet in the margins—notes about what a line had meant to him that morning, where a guitar lick reminded him of the way sunlight cuts through blinds. It was silly, maybe. But each note made him less alone. "Vasoline (Live)" "Interstate Love Song (Live)" "Big Empty
Originally released in June 1994, Purple debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, dethroning none other than The Crow soundtrack. It was raw, psychedelic, and undeniably catchy—featuring the iconic riff of “Vasoline” and the acoustic melancholy of “Interstate Love Song.” This new Super Deluxe Edition expands that legacy into a sprawling archive of the band’s most creative period.