 Stone Temple Pilots was released worldwide over a period of a week . Several foreign markets released the album on May 21 , including Australia , Germany , and the Netherlands . The U.S. released the album on May 25 , and countries like Sweden , Finland , and Japan released the album on May 26 . Different versions of the album were released , including retailer @-@ specific versions . The standard 12 @-@ track album was released on CD and vinyl . Deluxe and Japanese versions of the album included a second disc with four bonus tracks . Target stores sold a deluxe edition version that included gold foil on the artwork and an 18 @-@ panel poster , and iTunes included a music video , an interview video , and a pre @-@ order bonus track . 
