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Stone Temple Pilots
Studio album by Stone Temple Pilots
Released
March 16, 2018
Studio
HOMeFRY Studios
Los Angeles, California
Bomb Shelter Studios
South Pasadena, California
Genre
Alternative rock
hard rock
Length
48:25
Label
Rhino
Producer
Stone Temple Pilots[1]
Stone Temple Pilots chronology
High Rise
(2013)High Rise2013 Stone Temple Pilots
(2018)
Singles from Stone Temple Pilots
"Meadow"
Released: November 15, 2017
"Roll Me Under"
Released: January 31, 2018
"The Art of Letting Go"
Released: February 20, 2018
"Never Enough"
Released: March 8, 2018
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source
Rating
Metacritic 60/100[2]
Review scores
Source
Rating
AllMusic [3]
Consequence Of Sound C-[4]
Drowned In Sound 7/10[5]
Kerrang! [6]
Newsday [7]
Popmatters [8]
Q [9]
Record Collector [10]
The Times [11]
Stone Temple Pilots is the seventh studio album by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots. It is the second consecutive self-titled album by the band and was released on March 16, 2018.[12] The album is the first to feature new lead singer Jeff Gutt and the second without original singer Scott Weiland, who was fired from the band in 2013 and died in 2015. The first single from the album, "Meadow", was released on November 15, 2017.[13] A second single, "Roll Me Under", was released on January 31, 2018 to announce the album's release and the band's 2018 tour.[14] A third single from the album, "The Art of Letting Go", was released on February 22, 2018 and a fourth single, "Never Enough", was released on March 8, 2018.[15][16]
Contents
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1 Critical reception
2 Track listing
3 Personnel
4 Recording
5 Charts
6 References
Critical reception[edit]
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave a favorable review of the album, commenting that new singer Jeff Gutt "nails how [Weiland] could slide from a snarl to a sigh, conjuring a bit of a snaky sexuality while still seeming a bit safe." Erlewine also credited the DeLeo brothers for the album's sound, stating that "whether it's psychedelicized hard rock or candied melodies, the pair not only know how to construct melodies, they know how to showcase these hooks with layered productions that skirt the edge of being ornate" and that the album "shows they haven't lost their knack for hooky-heavy hard rock" and "certainly opens the door on another act in their career."[3]
Track listing[edit]
All music composed by R. DeLeo, D. DeLeo, E. Kretz & J. Gutt.
No.
Title
Length
1. "Middle of Nowhere" 3:41
2. "Guilty" 3:14
3. "Meadow" 3:29
4. "Just a Little Lie" 4:00
5. "Six Eight" 3:33
6. "Thought She'd Be Mine" 5:31
7. "Roll Me Under" 3:45
8. "Never Enough" 3:46
9. "The Art of Letting Go" 4:36
10. "Finest Hour" 4:11
11. "Good Shoes" 3:39
12. "Reds & Blues" 5:00
Total length: 44:46
Best Buy bonus tracks[17]
No.
Title
Length
13. "Already Gone" 2:59
14. "Forget Forever" 3:23
Personnel[edit]
Stone Temple Pilots
Jeff Gutt – lead vocals, backing vocals
Dean DeLeo – guitar, production
Robert DeLeo – bass, backing vocals, production
Eric Kretz – drums, percussion
Recording[edit]
Stone Temple Pilots - production
Ryan Williams - recording, engineering
Ken Andrews - mixing
Dave Cooley - mastering
Charts[edit]
Chart (2018)
Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[18]
38
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[19]
105
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[20]
155
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[21]
36
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[22]
94
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[23]
44
US Billboard 200[24]
24
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Stone Temple Pilots - Stone Temple Pilots (2018) (CD liner notes). Rhino Records. Catalog No.:R2-565812
Jump up ^ "STONE TEMPLE PILOTS [2018] by Stone Temple Pilots". Metacritic. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
^ Jump up to: a b Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Stone Temple Pilots: Stone Temple Pilots [2018]". Allmusic. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
Jump up ^ Clark, Tyler (22 March 2018). "Stone Temple Pilots Struggle to Find Themselves Without Scott Weiland". Consequence Of Sound. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
Jump up ^ Miller, Kellan (16 March 2018). "Stone Temple Pilots: Stone Temple Pilots". Drowned In Sound. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
Jump up ^ "Stone Temple Pilots: Stone Temple Pilots (2018)". Kerrang!: p.55. 17 March 2018. CS1 maint: Extra text (link)
Jump up ^ Gamboa, Glenn (14 March 2018). "'Stone Temple Pilots' review: Much smoother than the original band". Newsday. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
Jump up ^ Conaton, Chris (19 March 2018). "Stone Temple Pilots Return With a New Singer and a Familiar-Sounding Album". Popmatters. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
Jump up ^ "Stone Temple Pilots: Stone Temple Pilots (2018)". Q: p.112. May 2018. CS1 maint: Extra text (link)
Jump up ^ McIver, Joel (April 2018). "STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - STONE TEMPLE PILOTS". Record Collector. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
Jump up ^ Hodgkinson, Will (16 March 2018). "Pop review: Stone Temple Pilots: Stone Temple Pilots". The Times. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
Jump up ^ "Stone Temple Pilots New Album Pre-order and Tour Dates!". StoneTemplePilots.com. January 31, 2018. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
Jump up ^ Bienstock, Richard (November 15, 2017). "Stone Temple Pilots Talk New Singer, Honoring Scott Weiland and Chester Bennington". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
Jump up ^ Leight, Elias (January 31, 2018). "Stone Temple Pilots Preview New LP With Roaring 'Roll Me Under'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
Jump up ^ "Stone Temple Pilots Debut New Song "The Art Of Letting Go"". The PRP. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
Jump up ^ Buchanan, Brett (March 8, 2018). "Listen To Stone Temple Pilots' Emotional New Song "Never Enough"". Alternative Nation. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
Jump up ^ "Stone Temple Pilots [2018] [Bonus Tracks] [Only @ Best Buy] [CD]". Best Buy. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
Jump up ^ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. March 26, 2018. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
Jump up ^ "Ultratop.be – Stone Temple Pilots – Stone Temple Pilots" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
Jump up ^ "Ultratop.be – Stone Temple Pilots – Stone Temple Pilots" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
Jump up ^ "Stone Temple Pilots Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
Jump up ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Stone Temple Pilots – Stone Temple Pilots [2018"] (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
Jump up ^ "Swisscharts.com – Stone Temple Pilots – Stone Temple Pilots". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
Jump up ^ "Stone Temple Pilots Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
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Lever action is a type of firearm action which uses a lever located around the trigger guard area (often including the trigger guard itself) to load fresh cartridges into the chamber of the barrel when the lever is worked. This contrasts to bolt-action, semi-automatic, or selective-fire weapons. Most lever-action firearms are rifles, but some lever-action shotguns and a few pistols have also been made. One of the most famous lever-action firearms is the Winchester Model 1873 rifle, but many manufacturers—notably Henry and Marlin—also produce lever-action rifles. Even Colt's Mfg. Co. produced 1883 until 1885 6403 lever-action Colt-Burgess rifles. Mossberg produces the 464 in centerfire .30-30 and rimfire .22. While the term lever-action generally implies a repeating firearm, it is also sometimes —and incorrectly— applied to a variety of single-shot or falling-block actions that use a lever for cycling, such as the Martini–Henry or the Ruger No. 1.
Spencer-carbine M1865, .50 inch
Colt-Burgess rifle
Contents
1 History
2 Usage in warfare
2.1 Lever-action shotguns
2.2 On other applications
3 Advantages and disadvantages
4 Cartridges
5 Other long gun actions
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
History[edit]
Colt Paterson Ring Lever rifle
Probably the first lever-action rifles on the market were Colt's 1st and 2nd Model Ring Lever rifles, both cap and ball rifles, produced by the Patent Arms Mfg. Co. Paterson, N.J.-Colt's Patent between 1837 and 1841. The ring-lever was located in front of the trigger. This loading-lever, when pulled, would index the cylinder to the next position and cock the internal hidden hammer.
Multiple lever action designs including the Volcanic pistol were designed before the American Civil War, but the first significant lever-action designs were the Spencer repeating rifle and Henry rifle. The Spencer was a magazine-fed lever-operated breech-loading rifle designed by Christopher Spencer in 1860. It was fed from a removable seven-round tube magazine, enabling the rounds to be fired one after another, and which, when emptied, could be exchanged for another. Over 20,000 were made, and it was adopted by the United States and used during the American Civil War, marking the first adoption of a removable-magazine-fed infantry-and-cavalry rifle by any country.[citation needed] Unlike later designs, the early Spencer's lever only served to unlock the falling-block action and load a new cartridge from the magazine; it did not cock the hammer, and thus the hammer had to be cocked after the lever was operated to prepare the rifle to fire.
The Henry rifle, invented by Benjamin Tyler Henry, a gunsmith employed by Oliver Winchester in 1860, used a centrally located hammer, rather than the offset hammer typical of muzzleloading rifles, and this hammer was cocked by the rearward movement of the Henry's bolt. The Henry also placed the magazine under the barrel, rather than in the butt-stock, a trend followed by most tubular magazines since.
The Martini–Henry rifle was the main rifle of British and Empire forces from the early 1870s to the turn of the 20th century and remained in use to the end of World War I. It was used in some areas, either by civilians or by the local military, much longer. Variants copying the Martini–Henry mechanism but using more modern cartridges were also produced; as late as the 1970s a version taking the common Enfield .303 ammunition was common in Afghanistan.
John Marlin, founder of Marlin Firearms Company, New Haven, Connecticut, introduced Marlin's first lever-action repeating rifle as the Model 1881. This was chambered in rounds such as the 45/70 and 38/55. Its successor was the 1895 solid top design, which we know as the model 336 today. It also gave rise to the Marlin Model 1894, which is still in production today.
Inside of Marlin 39A receiver
By the 1890s, lever-actions had evolved into a form that would last for over a century. Both Marlin and Winchester released new model lever-action rifles in 1894. The Marlin rifle is still in production, whereas production of the Winchester 94 ceased in 2006. While externally similar, the Marlin and Winchester rifles are quite different internally; the Marlin has a single-stage lever action, while the Winchester has a double-stage lever. The double-stage action is easily seen when the Winchester's lever is operated, as first the entire trigger group drops down, unlocking the bolt, and then the bolt is moved rearward to eject the fired cartridge.
The fledgling Savage Arms Company became well known after the development of its popular hammerless Models 1895 and 1899 (which became named the Model 99) lever-action sporting rifles. The Models 1899/99 were produced from introduction in 1899 until the expense of producing the rifle, and declining interest in lever-action rifles from the 1950s on, resulted in dropping the Model 99 from production in 2000. Unlike most Winchester and the Marlin lever-action rifles, which used a tubular magazine requiring round-nose or flat-nose bullets, Arthur Savage designed his rifle using a rotary magazine. This allowed the 99 to use cartridges with spitzer pointed bullets for increased ballistic performance. The 99 was produced in many different cartridges and several different model variations. The final models eliminated the very expensive-to-produce rotary magazine, using a detachable box magazine instead. But the 99 was still very expensive to produce when compared to the other lever-action rifles, and the Savage bolt-action rifles and economics determined the fate of the rifle.
More recently, Sturm Ruger and Company introduced a number of new lever-action designs in the 1990s, unusual because most lever action designs date from before World War II, in the period before reliable semi-automatic rifles became widely available.
Usage in warfare[edit]
The Henry Lever Action was used in the US Civil War. Henry Lever Action firearms were used in the US until the Winchester Model 1866 rifle replaced it. The Spencer repeating rifle was also used in the US Civil War. Additionally, rifles using the lever-action design were used extensively during the 1930s by irregular forces in the Spanish Civil War. Typically, these were Winchesters or Winchester copies of Spanish manufacture. At least 9,000 Model 1895 rifles are known to have been provided by the Soviet Union in 1936 to the Spanish Republicans for use in the Spanish Civil War.[1] Both the Russian Empire and the United States adopted the Winchester Model 1895 as a military weapon.[2]
Lever-action shotguns[edit]
A modern reproduction of the Winchester Model 1887 lever-action shotgun
Early attempts at repeating shotguns invariably centered around either bolt-action or lever-action designs, drawing obvious inspiration from the repeating rifles of the time. The earliest successful repeating shotgun was the lever-action Winchester Model 1887, designed by John Browning in 1885 at the behest of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, who wanted to market a repeating shotgun. The lever-action design was chosen for reasons of brand recognition, Winchester being best known for manufacturing lever-action firearms at the time, despite the protestations of Browning, who pointed out that a slide-action design would be much better for a shotgun. Initially chambered for black powder shotgun shells (as was standard at the time), the Model 1887 gave rise to the Winchester Model 1901, a strengthened version chambered for 10ga smokeless powder shells. Their popularity waned after the introduction of slide-action shotguns such as the Winchester Model 1897, and production was discontinued in 1920. Modern reproductions are (or have been), however, manufactured by Armi Chiappa in Italy, Norinco in China and ADI Ltd. in Australia, while Winchester continued to manufacture the .410-bore Model 9410, effectively a Winchester Model 94 chambered for .410-bore shotgun shells, until 2006.
French Firearm Manufacturer Verny-Carron has released its Stop and Go Lever action shotgun called the Veloce. It is a unique action which self unloads a fired cartridge but requires a side mounted lever to allow the shotgun to reload and reset the trigger.
In more recent times lever action shotguns have seen a resurgence in some markets with the Turkish made Adler A110 Lever action shotgun selling extremely well in the Australian marketplace with over 7000 ordered in under 2 week they are also being imported into North America as well. The success of the Adler in these markets has sparked several other manufactures in Turkey to begin development of and production of their own lever action shotguns. Australian firearm laws strictly control pump and semi-automatic actions while lever-operation falls into a more lenient category, hence the recent popularity of the action in that country.
On other applications[edit]
M1895 operating mechanism showing the lever in the forward (top) and rear (bottom) positions
A one-off example of lever-action reloading on automatic firearms is the M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun. This weapon had a swinging lever beneath its barrel that was actuated by a gas bleed in the barrel, unlocking the breech to reload. This unique operation gave the nickname "potato digger," as the lever swung each time the weapon fired and would dig into the ground if the weapon was not situated high enough on its mount.
The Knötgen automatic rifle is another example.
Advantages and disadvantages[edit]
While lever-action rifles were (and are) popular with hunters and sporting shooters, they were not widely accepted by the military. One significant reason for this was that it is harder to fire a lever-action from the prone position (compared to a straight-pull or rotating-bolt bolt-action rifle), and while possessing a greater rate of fire (contemporary Winchester advertisements claimed their rifles could fire 2 shots a second) than bolt-action rifles, lever-action firearms are also generally fed from a tubular magazine as did most of the bolt actions of that time which limits the type of ammunition that can be used in them. Pointed centerfire spitzer bullets, for example, can cause explosions in a tubular magazine, as the point of each cartridge's projectile rests on the primer of the next cartridge in the magazine (elastomer-tipped Hornady LEVERevolution ammunition overcomes this problem).[3] The tubular magazine may also have a negative impact on the harmonics of the barrel, which limits the theoretical accuracy of the rifle. A tubular magazine under the barrel also pushes the center of gravity forward, which alters the balance of the rifle in ways that are desirable for shooting off hand from a standing position to some shooters. However, there are some lever rifles—such as the Winchester Model 1895, which saw service with the Russian Army in World War I—that use a box magazine. Furthermore, many of the newer lever-action rifles are capable of shooting groups smaller than 1 minute of angle, making them equal to the accuracy of most modern bolt-action rifles as than in the past.
Henry rifle, toggle-lock
Another explanation for the lack of widespread use of lever action designs stems from the initial inability to fire high-pressure cartridges. Safe operation could only be carried out by using low-pressure cartridges in the toggle-lock lever action rifles such as the Henry rifle and the following Winchester Model 1866, Model 73 and Model 76 (which was used by the mounted police of Canada). The new lever action designs, notably the Winchester Model 1886, Model 92 Model 94 and the Model 1895 (in 7.62x54R, a Russian military cartridge), with a strong locking-block action designed by John Moses Browning, were capable of firing higher pressure cartridges. These rifles became available in the late 19th century, too expensive to manufacture, militaries worldwide had put cheap bolt action rifles into service and were unwilling to invest into producing a lever action rifle after having done with an inexpensive bolt action design.
Due to the higher rate of fire and shorter overall length than most bolt-action rifles, lever-actions have remained popular to this day for sporting use, especially short- and medium-range hunting in forests, scrub, or bushland. Lever-action firearms have also been used in some quantity by prison guards in the United States, as well as by wildlife authorities/game wardens in many parts of the world.
An additional advantage over typical bolt-action rifles is the lack of handedness: lever-actions like pump-actions are frequently recommended as ambidextrous in sporting guidebooks.
Cartridges[edit]
The cartridges for lever action rifles have a wide variety of calibres, bullet shapes and powder loads, but they fall into two basic categories: Low-pressure cartridges with rounded bullets, and high-pressure cartridges with aerodynamic pointed ("spitzer") bullets.
Some lever actions are not as strong as bolt-action or semi-automatic rifle actions. The weaker actions utilize low- and medium-pressure cartridges, somewhat similar to high-powered pistol ammunition. To increase the bullet's energy at the relatively low velocities, these often have larger, heavier bullets than other types of rifles. The most common cartridge is the .30-30, introduced by Winchester with the Model 1894. Other common cartridges include: .38 Special/.357 Magnum, .44 Special/.44 Magnum, .41 Magnum, .444 Marlin, .45-70, .45 Colt, .32-20 Winchester, .35 Remington, .308 Marlin Express, .22 calibre rimfire, and .300 Savage. There is dispute about which of these cartridges can safely be used to hunt large game or large predators. Even in the largest calibres, the low velocities give these cartridges much lower energies than Elephant gun cartridges with comparable calibres. However, even the smallest cartridges fit lightweight, handy rifles that can be excellent for hunting small herbivores, pest control and personal defense.
Some stronger, larger pistols (usually revolvers) also accept some of these cartridges, permitting use of the same ammunition in both a pistol and rifle. The rifle's longer barrel and better accuracy permits higher velocities, longer ranges and a wider selection of game. A pistol provides extra security.
Some of these cartridges (e.g. the .45-70) are developmental descendants of very early black-powder metallic cartridges. When metallic cartridges and lever-actions were first invented, very small, portable kits were developed for hand-reloading and bullet-molding (so called "cowboy reloading kits"). These kits are still available for most low-pressure lever-action cartridges.[4]
Stronger lever actions, such as the action of the Marlin Model 1894 can utilize high-pressure cartridges. Lever-action designs with strong, rotary locking bolts (such as the Browning BLR with seven locking lugs) safely use very high-powered cartridges like the 300 Winchester mag, 300 WSM and 7 MM Remington magnum. Tilting block designs such as the Savage Model 99 are also strong enough to handle high pressures.
Many lever actions have a tubular magazine under the barrel. To operate safely, cartridges for these have bullets with rounded tips, and some use rim-fire primers rather than center-fire primers. The safety problem is that long-range aerodynamic supersonic bullets are pointed. In a tubular magazine the points can accidentally fire center-fire cartridges. A related problem is that some pointed bullets have fragile tips, and can be damaged in a tubular magazine. So, some lever actions such as the Savage Model 99 can be fed from either box or rotary magazines. The Winchester Model 1895 also uses a box magazine, and is chambered for .30-06 and other powerful military cartridges. More recently, spitzer bullets with elastomeric tips have been developed.[5]
Lever-action shotguns such as the Winchester Model 1887 were chambered in 10 or 12-gauge black powder shotgun shells, whereas the Model 1901 was chambered for 10 gauge smokeless shotshells. Modern reproductions are chambered for 12 gauge smokeless shells, while the Winchester Model 9410 shotgun is available in .410 bore.
Other long gun actions[edit]
Bolt action
Pump action
Break-action
Falling-block action
Rolling block
Semi-automatic rifle
See also[edit]
Antique guns
Henry Rifle
Colt-Burgess rifle
Marlin 336
Mossberg model 464
Spencer repeating rifle
Volcanic Repeating Arms
Winchester rifle
Winchester M1887
Martini–Henry
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Mercaldo, Luke; Firestone, Adam; Vanderlinden, Anthony (2011). Allied Rifle Contracts in America. Wet Dog Publications. p. 83. ISBN 0-9707997-7-2.
Jump up ^ Mercaldo, Luke; Firestone, Adam; Vanderlinden, Anthony (2011). Allied Rifle Contracts in America. Wet Dog Publications. pp. 77–78. ISBN 0-9707997-7-2.
Jump up ^ John Taffin (February 2007), "Seven revolution: it's not your grandpa's .30-.30", Guns Magazine, archived from the original on 2010-06-09
Jump up ^ "The Best Portable Reloading Press". Reloader Addict. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
Jump up ^ "Spitzer Bullets for .30-30 Reloaders: Boing, Boing, Boing!". Real Guns. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
External links[edit]
The All-American Lever Gun - Rifle Shooter (dead link)
Hunting with lever-action rifle (dead link)
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