Does it make the listener not so easy ...

In her first musical attempts the early 90s, the Stone Temple Pilots took quite a lot of concessions to the then grunge trend:
"Core", the debut, was overall a really good disc, but you missed the autonomy of the band. Singer Scott Weiland roared alternatively like Kurt Cobain and / or Eddie Vedder and the music of the Pilots was clearly influenced by Nirvana and Pearl Jam in particular. Therefore, it also surprised not to say that they were also representations at "MTV Unplugged" (and thereby a good figure duties).

In subsequent years, the band has a musical float more and more and was in the alternative area to a real number. The career was doing while repeatedly (primarily due to the drug escapades Weilands) overshadowed by setbacks, but she came so far always again after more or less for a long time back. After the Velvet Revolver intermezzo Weiland was followed by a half-baked comeback album, now the Pilots of Linkin Park Chester Bennington are gefrontet.

"Shangri-La Dee Da" it makes the listener not easy. The band rages out stylistically and brings her diverse musical influences to bear, so that between really heavy and very soft almost all varieties of rock music (sometimes in the same song) are covered. Although this is initially charged to the famous red thread, which is why the album concentration and repeated listening requires. When we are willing discovered on "Shangri-La Dee Da" However, more and more details and recognizes that the mixture of crack of rock, psychedelic pop songs and pleasing is extremely successful.

Highlights then reveal some:
"Days Of The Week" is a Beatles-heavy earworm, which was provided by Scott Weiland with great hook lines.
Is carried by a hot guitar riff the casual "Hollywood Bitch", the scores once again with an original chorus.
A big surprise is the quiet, very reminiscent of Pink Floyd "Hello, It's Late". A really nice number, which in my opinion is to be regarded as aboluter highlight of the album. Very successful is also "Too Cool Queenie" in which skilfully Pilots commute between hardness and catchiness.

Of course, can not reach the level of the above all the songs. Therefore, there is for "Shangri-La Dee Da" not the highest score, but this should by no means be denied that there is a genuine strong album.