Stone Temple Pilots Have Been Racking Up Wins On One Chart For Three Decades Now
It's been more than five years since Stone Temple Pilots last shared a brand new studio album, but the band hasn't stayed silent during that time. As part of this year's Record Store Day, the rock group issued a live set that fans rushed to buy in locations all around the world, and, based on the charts, especially in the United Kingdom.
The newly-shared set, titled Live in New Haven 1994, only manages to find a home on one genre-specific list as it arrives. The set opens at No. 25 on the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart. That particular roster is reserved for the top-performing rock-related releases of the week in the country, with that label including general rock, hard rock, and metal.
With Live in New Haven 1994, Stone Temple Pilots collects an eighth placement on the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart. This latest appearance is the band's first in just over five years. The last time the group launched a set onto the list was back in February 2020, when Perdida debuted at No. 8 before vanishing just one week later.
Stone Temple Pilots have now been sending projects to the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart for more than 30 years. The first time the band broke onto the ranking was in the fall of 1994 with Purple — the color-themed project that remains one of the outfit's defining releases. That effort climbed to No. 10 and lingered on the tally for 10 weeks.
Since then, nearly every major effort from the group has found its way to the list. Two standouts — Tiny Music… and the band's 2010 self-titled collection — both peaked at No. 2, which is the closest the group has come to ruling the ranking.
Live in New Haven 1994 was issued exclusively as a double LP for Record Store Day, and it was only available in brick-and-mortar locations. The concert that was recorded took place at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in August 1994, just weeks after Purple was released. In a nod to that full-length and the era it represents, the new live set was pressed on purple wax.
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