Stone Temple - No. 4 (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab) Hybrid SACD *Factory Sealed

Stone Temple Pilots Return to Their Hard-Rock Roots on the Heavy No. 4: Brendan O’Brien-Produced Album Explores Dark Themes, Includes the Hit Single “Sour Girl” Hear the 1999 Record in Audiophile Sound for the First Time on Disc: Mobile Fidelity’s Numbered-Edition Hybrid SACD Plays with Stellar Dynamics, Clarity, and Fullness Vengeance is sweet. Dismissed by some insiders due to vocalist Scott Weiland’s legal issues, and viewed by many critics as a band that rode the coattails of its predecessors, Stone Temple Pilots fired a loud shot across the bow in 1999 in the form of No. 4. Blending the strengths of the quartet’s three prior LPs while marking a return to its hard-rock roots, the platinum-certified record stands as the heaviest and edgiest of the California ensemble’s career. That it succeeded while flying in the face of prevailing trends underlines its historic significance and appeal. Sourced from the original analog tapes, mastered by engineer Rob LoVerde, and housed in mini-LP-style gatefold packaging, Mobile Fidelity’s numbered-edition hybrid SACD presents No. 4. in audiophile sound for the first time on disc. It plays with a combination of enhanced liveliness, fullness, and solidity that raises the profile of an album that doubled down on rock during a time when most of the style’s practitioners abandoned it in favor of electronic elements or quit the scene entirely.