Core is the debut album by the American rock band Stone Temple Pilots, released on September 29, 1992 through Atlantic Records. The album, which peaked at #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and #3 on the Billboard 200, was certified 8x platinum by the RIAA on December 18, 2001, making it the band’s best-selling album.
The first recorded track for the album, the 96 second “Wet My Bed”, emerged from an improv session between vocalist Weiland and bassist Robert, who were alone in the studio. Producer Brendan O’Brien can be heard at the end of the track, walking into the room and saying “All right, now what?” The rest of the album was recorded in a matter of five weeks, after which the band decided on the name “Core”, referring to the apple of the Biblical story Adam and Eve.
Core, as a debut album, displayed the band’s attempt to revive the album-oriented music approach of the 1970s. Striving to create an intense and emotional sound, vocalist Weiland has said that the main theme of…