Scott Weiland
Happy In Galoshes

Review By Emily Zemler

While Scott Weiland scores some points for opening his new double-disc solo album with a bittersweet ballad entitled “Missing Cleveland,” the majority of the former Stone Temple Pilots/Velvet Revolver frontman’s second solo effort spends a lot of time stumbling. Although Weiland hasn’t technically released any solo material since 1998’s 12 Bar Blues, he’s a prevalent force in rock music, making headlines more for his drug-addled antics than his actual music. Happy In Galoshes initially suffers from a lack of cohesion as Weiland fails to find his voice as the arena rock ballad opener transitions to  “Tangle With Your Mind,” a Bob Dylan-lite track.

The second disc (why do artists keep insisting on putting out two-disc CDs?) contains fewer songs but is no less inconsistent. “Hyper-Fuzz-Funny-Car” is a propulsive rocker while slow-moving “Sometimes Chicken Soup” lives up to its horrible title. The entire collection is watered down and occasionally contrived, expectedly failing to live up to even Velvet Revolver’s worst moments.