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Stone Temple Pilots released their second album Purple on June 7th 1994 on Atlantic Records. The album sold 252,000 copies in its first week and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, remaining there for three weeks. Eventually selling over six million copies. The album's first single, "Big Empty", made its debut at STP's MTV Unplugged acoustic performance in 1993. The song would later appear on the soundtrack to the 1994 Brandon Lee film The Crow, and reached number one on the Billboard charts. Other singles included Vasoline and Interstate Love Song which both topped the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and hit number 2 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. Album cuts "Pretty Penny" and "Unglued" were also released as promotional radio singles.
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The album title (Purple) is a reference in respect to Prince who allowed them to record this album at Paisley Park. They were friends, and Scott was on his way to hang with Prince when he died on his tour bus near Mall of America in Minnesota.
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