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3 82418-2SRC**05 Core is the debut studio album by the American rock band Stone Temple Pilots, released by Atlantic Records on September 29, 1992.[3] Produced by Brendan O'Brien, Core became a massive commercial success, reaching number three on the Billboard 200 by July 1993 and has since been certified 8× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[4] The album spawned three singles: "Sex Type Thing", "Plush", and "Creep". "Plush" reached number one on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks, with the music video receiving heavy rotation on MTV.[5] Stone Temple Pilots would go on to win two awards for "Plush": an MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist and a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance.[6] The album initially received poor reviews despite its commercial success; the band was criticized for allegedly copying the musical style of other alternative acts, particularly Pearl Jam.[7] Retrospectively, Core has been acknowledged as a seminal release of the alternative rock and grunge movement of the early 1990s. Core helped propel Stone Temple Pilots into the mainstream and remains their most commercially successful record.[8] A 25th anniversary deluxe edition was released in 2017.