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The Stone Roses was a two-fold revolution -- it brought dance music to an audience that was previously obsessed with droning guitars, while it revived the concept of classic pop songwriting, and the repercussions of its achievement could be heard throughout the '90s, even if the Stone Roses could never achieve this level of achievement again.
11y
100
The Stone Roses is an album where everything was on the money. From the opening rumblings of “I Wanna Be Adored”, it was a declaration of intent from four men who knew they were better than what had gone before them and knew they had created something special.
10y
The album that defines a whole era where indieland joined forces with dance culture and everyone raised hands.
Such a pleasant listening experience for my ears. So many nice rhythms that you know they put their heart and soul into.
It's extremely rare that a debut album is groundbreaking, exciting, and musically perfect, but The Stone Roses managed to capture the makings of a magnum opus with their very first record. Their eponymous album is essential listening as it beautifully welds together Brit Pop with psychedelic rock and some elements of shoegaze, and is an exhilarating listen throughout its 50-minute duration. This is an album that will change lives upon the first listening, that will open eyes to the ... read more
The definitive Madchester album, The Stone Roses debut is an album I admire more than I really like, but I can't deny that this isn't just a superbly written dance-rock album with some tight grooves, enchanting vocals, and a good ear for melody.
I refuse to accept this album being higher in the 1989 user rankings than Doolittle. Don't get me wrong tho, the second half of the album is pretty good.
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Track List
| 1 | I Wanna Be Adored 4:52 | 97 |
| 2 | She Bangs the Drums 3:52 | 94 |
| 3 | Waterfall 4:38 | 93 |
| 4 | Don't Stop 5:20 | 79 |
| 5 | Bye Bye Bad Man 4:03 | 87 |
| 6 | Elizabeth My Dear 0:53 | 79 |
| 7 | (Song for My) Sugar Spun Sister 3:26 | 88 |
| 8 | Made of Stone 4:14 | 95 |
| 9 | Shoot You Down 4:13 | 88 |
| 10 | This Is the One 4:59 | 92 |
| 11 | I Am the Resurrection 8:12 | 96 |
Total Length: 48 minutes
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2mo
also the 'sugar spun sister' hatred i've been seeing in these reviews is NOT OKAY!!! FREAKING FIX IT!!
2mo
listen everyone every song on here is a 100 but 'made of stone' is something that could have only been crafted by the fucking music gods i swear
Added on: September 24, 2012