![]() But the bulk of the credit lies not with Weiland but bassist Robert DeLeo, whose sly, evocative songwriting allows the band to play off familiar pop styles without sounding secondhand. ![]() Some of that is because singer Scott Weiland avoids the mannerisms that made him seem like an Eddie Vedder clone, opting for a higher, lighter sound than on previous albums. Even though the album was recorded with Pearl Jam producer Brendan O'Brien, its sound is anything but imitative. Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop," however. That's not a complaint anyone is likely to level against "Tiny Music. When Stone Temple Pilots sailed onto the scene with "Core" four years ago, critics from Rolling Stone to "Beavis and Butt-head" complained that the group was nothing but a Pearl Jam rip-off, with no sound of its own.
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