Shangri-La Dee Da is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Stone Temple Pilots. It was released on June 19, 2001, through Atlantic Records. Recording took place between January and April 2001 in a Malibu villa. It was the band's fifth and final album to be produced by Brendan O'Brien and their last before breaking up in 2003.
Originally planned to be a double album, Shangri-La Dee Da contains thirteen tracks which range from heavy, distorted songs to psychedelic-inspired rock and acoustic ballads. "Days of the Week" and "Hollywood Bitch" were released as singles, with the former becoming a rock radio hit.
While Shangri-La Dee Da was not as commercially successful as its predecessors, it still sold well, reaching the top ten in the US and the top five in Canada and being certified Gold in both countries. The album received positive reviews from critics, with many praising the variety of moods across the album. The band toured throughout the rest of 2001 to promote the album, including embarking on the Family Values Tour with Linkin Park and others in October and November of that year.
Background
Shangri-La Dee Da was originally conceived as a double album dedicated to the memory of Andrew Wood. According to Weiland, approximately 30 songs had been recorded for the album. According to Baehler, the documentary set out to be like a modern-day version of the 1970 Beatles documentary Let It Be.
Music and lyrics
thumb|upright=1.1|left|STP playing in [[Tampa, Florida in 2002 in support of Shangri-La Dee Da. From left to right: Scott Weiland, Eric Kretz, and Dean DeLeo.]]
Much of Shangri-La Dee Da alternates between hard rock and psychedelia-inspired pop rock. Dean also credited Joe Walsh's "Indian Summer" as an inspiration on the track. Weiland described the song's subject as an "assessment of my feelings coming straight out of jail and being hit with sensory overload and a lot of new insecurities." Described as a "day-in-the-life song", "Bi-Polar Bear" references Weiland's struggles with bipolar disorder. In a June 2001 interview with VH1, he described its lyrics as a "snapshot" of a manic or depressive episode. However, it would remain their lowest-charting album until Stone Temple Pilots (2018) and was their first to fail to go Platinum.
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Shangri-La Dee Da received generally positive reviews from critics. PopMatters stated that the album "displays an earnestness and a level of comfort not heard on previous albums".
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Year-end charts
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!scope="row"| Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)
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Singles
Singles - Billboard (North America)
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|rowspan="3"|"Days of the Week"
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|US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)
| style="text-align:center;"|5
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|US Bubbling Under Hot 100 (Billboard)
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|rowspan="2"|"Hollywood Bitch"
|US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)