Purple

Purple (stylized on the cover art in its Chinese character 紫) is the second studio album by the American rock band Stone Temple Pilots, released on June 7, 1994, by Atlantic Records. Expanding on the band's grunge roots, the album incorporates more genres, such as psychedelic rock, blues rock, and country. The band started work on the album while touring for their debut, Core (1992). The song "Big Empty" was recorded on May 25, 1993 and appeared in the 1994 film The Crow, while the rest of the album was recorded in March 1994.

Purple was a major commercial success, debuting at number 1 on the Billboard 200, and remaining at the top of the chart for three weeks, with 252,000 copies sold in its first week. The album spawned a number of successful singles; "Vasoline" and "Interstate Love Song" both topped the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and reached number 2 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, while "Big Empty" also reached the top ten on both charts. Lesser-known album cuts "Pretty Penny" and "Unglued" were released as promotional singles to success on rock charts.

While receiving mixed-to-negative reviews on release, Purple is retrospectively seen as one of the best albums of the 1990s, with Ultimate Classic Rock declaring it a "psychedelic grunge opus." The album has since been certified 6× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In 2019, to celebrate its 25th anniversary, a Super Deluxe Edition with remasters, demos and live performances was released. A summer tour to celebrate the album's 30th anniversary started on August 16, 2024, and ended on September 15, with the band performing the entire album each night.