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| | Shangri-La Dee Da - The Daily Californian |
 | | What a long, strange trip it's been for the Stone Temple Pilots: derision as a wannabe grunge act, drugs, rehab, a disappointing third album, more drugs, more rehab, near-breakups, disappointing side projects, a disappointing fourth album, and still more drugs and rehab. |
 | | So it's perhaps a bit of an understatement to say that there was an awful lot of outside pressure working against Shangri-La Dee Da, the fifth work by the San Diego foursome. |
 | | Somewhat miraculously, however, Scott Weiland and crew pull it together pretty well this time around, and the result is an album that not only manages to be tough without needing to be either rap or metal but also, dare I say it, even sweet in places without resorting to cheap sentiment. |
| www.dailycal.org /article.php?id=5887 (330 words) |
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