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Stone Temple Pilots peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 chart , selling 61 @,@ 933 copies its first week . The album was prevented from reaching number one by the television soundtrack Glee : The Music , Volume 3 Showstoppers . The album dropped to number 16 in its second week and to number 45 in its third week ... |
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On February 23 , 2010 , the album was previewed in its entirety during a private listening party at Gramercy Park Hotel 's Rose Bar in New York City . Craig Kallman , Chairman and CEO of Atlantic Records , delivered a speech praising the members of the band and their influence on the music industry , comparing them to... |
William Goodman of Spin described the album as a " signature blend of tuneful melodies and rock guitar crunch , psychedelic solos and impressive crooning courtesy of Scott Weiland , " adding that two songs in the second half of the album were slower and performed with acoustic guitar . Rick Florino of ARTISTdirect.com... |
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Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic suggested that Stone Temple Pilots proved the band members , after nearly a decade of side @-@ projects , needed each other . The album 's sound picked up where Shangri @-@ La Dee Da left off , but the lack of Brendan O 'Brien 's production , which Erlewine believed was a " key ingr... |
Brad Wheeler , writing for The Globe and Mail , wondered if the eponymous title was an allusion to the Atlantic Records contractual dispute . He went on to remark on the music 's combination of 90s era " guitar flash and crunch " and The Beatles . Wheeler did not think the album moved the band or its sound forward , c... |
Newsday 's Glenn Gamboa praised the band for " not reliving the past " , but he found enough similarities to the band 's previous releases to appeal to listeners . He considered the album successful because the band had been " reflecting their time apart and their work with Velvet Revolver and Army of Anyone . " Mike ... |
Ronnie Kerswell of Rock Sound said that the album " does not disappoint " , describing it as having " heady guitar trips and crunching grooves " . She found Weiland 's voice to be improved in part due to his sober lifestyle and wrote that the band was " back in action " . USA Today 's Jerry Schriver praised the band f... |
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All lyrics written by Scott Weiland .
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Band
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Scott Weiland – lead vocals
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Dean DeLeo – guitar , production
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Robert DeLeo – bass , harmonizer , production
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Eric Kretz – drums
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Production
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Chris Lord @-@ Alge – mixing
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Don Was – additional producer
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Ted Jensen – mastering
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Russ Fowler – engineer
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Bill Appleberry – engineer and all keyboards
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Doug Grean – engineer
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Mike Gerlach – assistant engineer
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Jared Hirshland – assistant engineer
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Arik Garcia – assistant engineer
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Keith Armstrong – assistant mixer
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Nik Karpen – assistant mixer
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Brad Townsend – additional engineering
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Andrew Schubert – additional engineering
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Shepard Fairey – cover image
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Mark Obriski – art direction & design
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David J. Harrigan III – additional design
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Chapman Baehler – photography
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Dana DuFine – management
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= Peasants ' Revolt =
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The Peasants ' Revolt , also called Wat Tyler 's Rebellion or the Great Rising , was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381 . The revolt had various causes , including the socio @-@ economic and political tensions generated by the Black Death in the 1340s , the high taxes resulting from the conflict wi... |
Inspired by the sermons of the radical cleric John Ball , and led by Wat Tyler , a contingent of Kentish rebels advanced on London . They were met at Blackheath by representatives of the royal government , who unsuccessfully attempted to persuade them to return home . King Richard II , then aged 14 , retreated to the ... |
On 15 June , Richard left the city to meet with Tyler and the rebels at Smithfield . Violence broke out , and Richard 's party killed Tyler . Richard defused the tense situation long enough for London 's mayor , William Walworth , to gather a militia from the city and disperse the rebel forces . Richard immediately be... |
The Peasants ' Revolt has been widely studied by academics . Late 19th @-@ century historians used a range of sources from contemporary chroniclers to assemble an account of the uprising , and these were supplemented in the 20th century by research using court records and local archives . Interpretations of the revolt... |
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The Peasants ' Revolt was fed by the economic and social upheaval of the 14th century . At the start of the century , the majority of English people worked in the countryside , as part of a sophisticated economy that fed the country 's towns and cities and supported an extensive international trade . Across much of En... |
In 1348 a plague known as the Black Death crossed from mainland Europe into England , rapidly killing an estimated 50 per cent of the population . After an initial period of economic shock , England began to adapt to the changed economic situation . The death rate among the peasantry meant that suddenly land was relat... |
The authorities responded to the chaos with emergency legislation ; the Ordinance of Labourers was passed in 1349 , and the Statute of Labourers in 1351 . These attempted to fix wages at pre @-@ plague levels , making it a crime to refuse work or to break an existing contract , imposing fines on those who transgressed... |
Over the next few decades , economic opportunities increased for the English peasantry . Some labourers took up specialist jobs that would have previously been barred to them , and others moved from employer to employer , or became servants in richer households . These changes were keenly felt across the south @-@ eas... |
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Another factor in the revolt of 1381 was the conduct of the war with France . In 1337 Edward III of England had pressed his claims to the French throne , beginning a long @-@ running conflict that became known as the Hundred Years ' War . Edward had initial successes , but his campaigns were not decisive . Charles V o... |
Richard 's government was formed around his uncles , most prominently the rich and powerful John of Gaunt , and many of his grandfather 's former senior officials . They faced the challenge of financially sustaining the war in France . Taxes in the 14th century were raised on an ad hoc basis through Parliament , then ... |
Just before Edward 's death , Parliament introduced a new form of taxation called the poll tax , which was levied at the rate of four pence on every person over the age of 14 , with a deduction for married couples . Designed to spread the cost of the war over a broader economic base than previous tax levies , this rou... |
In November 1380 , Parliament was called together again in Northampton . Archbishop Simon Sudbury , the new Lord Chancellor , updated the Commons on the worsening situation in France , a collapse in international trade , and the risk of the Crown having to default on its debts . The Commons were told that the colossal... |
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The decades running up to 1381 were a rebellious , troubled period . London was a particular locus of unrest , and the activities of the city 's politically active guilds and fraternities often alarmed the authorities . Londoners resented the expansion of the royal legal system in the capital , in particular the incre... |
Rural communities , particularly in the south @-@ east , were unhappy with the operation of serfdom and the use of the local manorial courts to exact traditional fines and levies , not least because the same landowners who ran these courts also often acted as enforcers of the unpopular labour laws or as royal judges .... |
Concerns were raised about these changes in society . William Langland wrote the poem Piers Plowman in the years before 1380 , praising peasants who respected the law and worked hard for their lords , but complaining about greedy , travelling labourers demanding higher wages . The poet John Gower feared England might ... |
The discontent began to give way to open protest . In 1377 , the " Great Rumour " occurred in south @-@ east and south @-@ west England . Rural workers organised themselves and refused to work for their lords , arguing that , according to the Domesday Book , they were exempted from such requests . The workers made uns... |
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The revolt of 1381 broke out in Essex , following the arrival of John Bampton to investigate non @-@ payment of the poll tax on 30 May . Bampton was a member of Parliament , a Justice of the Peace and well @-@ connected with royal circles . He based himself in Brentwood and summoned representatives from the neighbouri... |
By the next day , the revolt was rapidly growing . The villagers spread the news across the region , and John Geoffrey , a local bailiff , rode between Brentwood and Chelmsford , rallying support . On 4 June , the rebels gathered at Bocking , where their future plans seem to have been discussed . The Essex rebels , po... |
Revolt also flared in neighbouring Kent . Sir Simon de Burley , a close associate of both Edward III and the young Richard , had claimed that a man in Kent , called Robert Belling , was an escaped serf from one of his estates . Burley sent two sergeants to Gravesend , where Belling was living , to reclaim him . Graves... |
Some of the Kentish crowds now dispersed , but others continued . From this point , they appear to have been led by Wat Tyler , whom the Anonimalle Chronicle suggests was elected their leader at a large gathering at Maidstone on 7 June . Relatively little is known about Tyler 's former life ; chroniclers suggest that ... |
Tyler and the Kentish men advanced to Canterbury , entering the walled city and castle without resistance on 10 June . The rebels deposed the absent Archbishop of Canterbury , Sudbury , and made the cathedral monks swear loyalty to their cause . They attacked properties in the city with links to the hated royal counci... |
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