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Title: A weak debut . . . with 3 or 4 great songs
Review: How did this band get pegged as a Pearl Jam rip-off? I don't hear it. The best song on this album, Plush, is better than anything Pearl Jam ever recorded, so the comparison seems strange. The rest of the album is a bit of a let-down. Sex Type Thing, Piece of Pie, Dead and Bloated, and Crackerman are great songs, but too one-dimensional. The rest of the songs are forgettable, even the ones that became radio hits. STP would go on to make at least three more albums better than this one. This is a wobbly start. You can tell the band likes to play heavy metal Kiss-type songs, but that's it. Later on, they would make sure that every song on the album is a winner. This time, half of the tracks are filler.
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