The Stone Roses

How have I never heard any of this before?! Really enjoyed the easygoing sound. The guitars shimmer over the ethereal vocals on (This Is The One is a great example) and their songs seem to unfold delicately to reveal their story. Was Don’t Stop was recorded backwards? I Am The Resurrection is a wild mix of poppy music over some seriously angry lyrics, with a killer guitar ending. Love it so much. My favorite song from this album. Still perplexed how I missed this group entirely but very exciting to realize things like this are out there just waiting to be discovered.

I will gladly listen to this album again today. I've lived and breathed this music for a long time. It makes me happy to think about. The definition of a classic is a piece of art that amazes you yesterday. If you looked or listened to the art today - it's wondrous. If you find it years from now, on a random day because of a web site - it will be fucking evergreen. A must listen for British rock/pop.

This is the one

6

A Manc conspiracy theorist primate with a voice like a de-tuned fog horn and his pals produce one of the greatest albums of all time, whodathunk it.

Highly influential album, especially to me. It's a damn shame everything they made after this was pretty meh; I suppose some groups are only destined to make 1 really great thing. But hey I'm not complaining, if the best I could do was make 1 album as incredible and timeless as this I'd be pretty damn happy. One of the best albums to ever come out of Manchester, period.

this is super critically acclaimed and considered super great and I can't figure out why.

“The Stone Roses” by The Stone Roses (1989) Toying with horror yet failing to rise to the level of meaningfulness, this album is a work of art without coherence, much like the Jackson Pollock-inspired cover. This sound is interesting enough, given the limited talents of the band members. The drums stand out, however, avoiding standard rhythms mostly by subtraction. Interesting. We hear a sometimes-innovative arrangement of backing vocals, but nothing unexpected in the melodies or chord structures. The performance is generally tight. The group seems to exert a great deal of creative energy in trying to avoid typical pop sounds, without completely offending your average pop audience. (Cha-ching?) “Elizabeth My Dear” (“Greensleeves”) clearly reveals the serious limitations in the lead singer’s vocal abilities. The solo at 2:37 on “Made of Stone” clearly reveals the serious limitations of the guitar player. He was saved by the phase shifter. “Don’t Stop” is a silly backmasking gimmick. I had to stop. Nice rhythm section on “Shoot You Down”—it started off well enough, then the vocal and guitar proceeded to screw it up. This album would appeal to someone in the late 1980s who longed for an updating of the pop music of the mid-1960s. But not me. 2/5

Super not for me. I'm not surprised people regard this highly, but this type of indie/sad boy late 80s rock can eat a bunch of dicks.

Brilliant album from start to finish. One of my favourites. To start your debut with I wanna be adored, and finish with I am the resurrection is next level

Decent. Some cool vibes but no songs that connected with me. It’s good, but not great

I like how so many 4/5 reviewers seem surprised by this album. That was me back in '89 when this band showed up. Believe me, they surprised all of us. 1989-90, my freshman year in college. Stone Roses may have technically debuted in the middle of '89 and this gets talked about as an ‘80s album, but really the band is more about the ‘90s and what was to come. The Stone Roses sounded ridiculously fresh at the time, ushering in a sound that was really different from what came before it. It was all over college radio for a couple of years, and I carried a cassette of this album everywhere with me. There wasn’t anything particularly revolutionary about The Stone Roses that you could point out. But they took all the best aspects of what came before them (pop, post punk, psychedelic) and somehow managed to make a sound and a genre that was distinctively theirs. It really changed the way music sounded, for years. They were a bridge between the post punk sound of the 80s and Britpop and Indie music to come, while somehow skating past a lot of what was going on with alternative here in the States. The songs are unabashedly lovely. They’re jangly, shimmering, melodic, gorgeously hooky songs. The lyrics are occasionally hazy and lacking in depth, but it's forgivable when the music sounds this good. It’s sometimes trippy, sometimes self-indulgent, but enjoyable from front to back. It's a downright shame this band was around so briefly. But they left behind a perfect album. Fave Songs (All songs, in order from most to least favorite): I Wanna Be Adored, I Am the Resurrection, (Song for My) Sugar Spun Sister, Made of Stone, Shoot You Down, Bye Bye Bad Man, She Bangs the Drums, Don't Stop, Waterfall, This is the One, Elizabeth My Dear. Fool’s Gold, which wasn’t part of the original UK version, but was on my well-worn cassette, deserves a 5 all on its own.

Easy 5 stars. Sublime They do lose a star due to Ian Brown's dangerous anti-vax conspiracy spreading but they also gain a star due to Ian Brown's impressive nunchuck skills

I was never a Stone Roses fan and I’ve never listened to this album in full, although I know all the “big” tunes off of it. Difficult to rate this one because all the hits probably make it a 5 star album, but I rarely think about the Stone Roses or choose to listen to them. But their influence on other bands I rate is huge and the hits on this album are brilliant. Toss up between a 4 and a 5 for me. I’m feeling generous this morning after a West Ham win last night, so fuck it.

Lemon

Byrds style jangly guitars, infectious melodies and grooves, mumbled mysterious lyrics. It worked in 89 and still sounds great now. One of The great British albums.

Finally, a Britrock record on this list that's worth a damn.

Beautiful debut album from Baggy/Madchester band The Stone Roses. Immersive soundscapes and interesting chords changes. Reminiscent of The Smiths but with a more psychedelic atmosphere.

Epic. A masterpiece. One of the best debut albums ever.

Really cool guitars. Almost shoegazey at times. The voals plus a couple psychadelic effects like phasers and backwards guitar give it a retro 60s feel. I like it a lot. You can hear how Oasis would be influenced by them

Reasonable record that is not as good as the hype would suggest it would be. If I want to hear what this is hyped to be, I will listen to the Smiths.

Boring and forgettable

Brilliant, classic, hear its influences all over the place. I was a bit surprised how may of the songs I knew, but they released SIX singles, and one of the other songs is one of the singles backwards! Really enjoyed it, but now frustrated they didn't kick on from here.

Had no idea what I was about to listen to. I found the first track (I Wanna Be Adored) unbelievably boring the first time through and was afraid I was going to loathe the rest of the album. But I smiled through the remaining songs and immediately started the record over. Love the Brit-pop vocals and jangly guitar. I'll come back to this one. p.s. If no one's done it yet, "This is the One" would be the perfect soundtrack to the ending of a manic pixie dream girl movie.

This album is something else. While it very much feels like a product of the 1980's, carrying it with it the feel of the decade's pop or new wave artists, the way those elements are fused with the rock/alt-rock underpinnings results in something unlike anything I've ever heard. It's like The Smiths or New Order, but poppier and dance-ier. The album starts off incredibly strong with 'I Wanna Be Adored' and 'She Bangs the Drums', the latter being my favourite track on the album. However, it remains strong throughout - 'Waterfall', 'Bye Bye Bad Man', 'Sugar Spun Sister', 'Made of Stone' - this album is filled with bangers.

The ultimate blend of Goth rock and jangle pop. "I Wanna Be Adored" is one of the most beautiful, longing, dulcet songs I've ever heard. Classic!

Listened to this a thousand times in my college years and it still sounds cool

Feels like a fully formed album and band, especially for their first album. Can hear similar tones to Pixies and Smiths. High energy drums and guitar mixed with spacey atmospheric singing and driving bass.

Iconic!

A shimmering, easygoing sound that's quite refreshing for its period of music. There's a solid textural approach, though often there are many tracks that sound similar. The band must've been exhilarating to experience live. There's a heavy British accent in the vocal. For some reason it reminds me of a punk vocal (I Am the Resurrection being the primary suspect) even though it surely isn't punk music. Cross-genre? Otherwise, the album's solidly in the (80s) rock category. Huge props to the drumming on this album – really engaging, good use of silence and some interesting rhythms. It complements the other instruments nicely. I first noticed it on She Bangs The Drums, and especially on Shoot You Down, but it's great on all tracks. I Am the Resurrection is a mostly-instrumental epic. (Love it.) In fact, the album ends with two back-to-back "epics", which is a little exhausting as an album experience. The final track in particular could've been cut down. The album is probably best appreciated via close listening. My rating was a high-3 at first (on account of many tracks sounding similar, e.g. Waterfall/Don't Stop, and others being lengthy), but increased to a high-4 when I went back through the track listing and paid closer attention. Good stuff. Key tracks: She Bangs the Drums, Bye Bye Bad Man, Shoot You Down, This Is the One

I was in Australia, so missed experiencing "Manchester", but caught up with this a couple of years later. One of the best debut albums ever.

This was a bit of a treat. It’s one of my all time favourite albums so no real hardship popping it on. Such a perfect album and such an era-defining one to boot. Beatles-y psychedelic pop hooks, Squires making it all sound effortless, Mani and Reni bringing the backbeat, particularly stunning at the end of Resurrection, and Brown’s laid back vocals just sounding cooler than cool. Just ace.

You can tell the musical quality of The Stone Roses at this time was supreme not only through the amount of singles of their debut, but also the songs left of the album. Fool's Gold, Mersey Paradise and Elephant Stone are some of the excellent tracks that were left of the original release. The tracks that made it instead are decent at worst and brilliant at best. I Wanna Be Adored, She Bangs the Drums, Made of Stone and I Am the Resurrection are the cream of the crop. The instrumentation is top-notch as well with the rhythm section knowing where to fire all cylinders and when to be understated. There is also some innovative tactics applied here as well, like reversing the instrument tracks on Waterfall to make Don't Stop. The vocals are calm and laidback which fit the songs very well, and the guitarist takes the songs to another level.

Definitely a contender for one of the best debut albums, this is a classic that deserves its status. The vocals are mellow but never boring, the guitars jangle with bite, the bass throbs and the drums drive. There's some nice psychedelic touches but it always remains accessible. It's groovy enough to dance to and they remembered to bring some decent tunes along. Yep, this is a corker of an LP.

A shimmery, jangly, dream!

Northerners will try to tell you this is the best album of all time, and it’s really not. It drags a lot in the middle (Sugar Spun Man in particular is just a bad song), and even though I Am the Resurrection is a great closer it goes on far too long at just over 8 minutes (this is made even worse on the US release, where this is followed by Fools Gold - another great song for a bit but inexplicably 10 minutes long) The Stone Roses were inescapable when I was living in York so I got quite sick of them quite fast. I haven’t really listened to them in a while now so it was actually quite refreshing to go back to this with a relatively clean perspective and see what other people saw in it. The grooves are great, and there are some huge anthemic choruses and just generally really catchy hooks. It has 5 massive singles (7 if you take the US version, which just has two extra songs slapped in) and they’re all very deserving singles, and make a remarkable impact. The highlight for me is probably This is the One which is a bit more subtle but just builds beautifully and has a real sense of urgency To summarise, I have very complicated feelings about this album. I think it’s massively overrated but also get why it is, and do think it has elements of greatness. It may not be the best album of all time, but it’s pretty good, and it’s better than anything Oasis put out

Not many debut albums have the consistency Ian Brown et al achieved with this. There are 8 absolute classic songs on here. But I've never thought the run of Don't Stop and Elizabeth my dear are good enough and most people just skip past them to the majestic sugar spun sister. This is a shame considering they left Love Spreads and Sally Cinnamon off this. The version I have been given by apple music has Love spreads on which I don't recall being on this. Further checks to the back of my original album version confirm this. All things considered though a classic album if not a perfect one. P.S- Ian Brown can't perform live and is an anti vax nob. 4/5

3 songs in and it's giving me an Oasis meets The Cure, meets The Beatles vibe that I really dig. It has me intrigued and wanting to listen more. After the first few songs I unfortunately kinda lost interest. The last 9 songs on the record just kinda meshed into one long mediocre song.

The Stones Roses This definitely feels like lightning in a bottle, a great combination of musicians in exactly the right balance at the right time. Squire’s guitar is, of course, excellent, but it doesn’t dominate, or more accurately the Jimmy Page influence doesn’t yet dominate and result in too much noodling. Mani’s bass is superbly melodic and works beautifully with Reni's fantastic, shuffling drums. Despite the Madchester label, the rhythms aren’t overtly dancey, but they are more roll than rock and definitely suggest danceability. And all the obvious criticisms of Ian Brown’s voice are there, but it has been recorded brilliantly, and the thin etherealness suits it all so well. You only have to listen to the live tracks on the end of the deluxe edition to realise how good they are on here. I’m not necessarily a fan of the backmasking on Don’t Stop, but aside from that every other song is fantastic, it all flows so fantastically, and even the less obvious songs like Shoot You Down, Sugar Spun Sister and Bye Bye Badman have such great moments of melody and playing. Made of Stone in particular has really grown on me in recent years, This is The One is superb, Waterfall too, of course, I Wanna Be Adored, brilliant, and I loved I Am The Resurrection as a teen when I first got into them, but I really love She Bangs The Drums, one of the most summery, sunshiney songs imaginable. There is of course a lot of nostalgia and university memories all tied up in it too, which only adds to the warmth and brilliance of this, and even without that nostalgia its an undeniably great guitar op album 🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋 Playlist submission: She Bangs the Drums

Great album. I wanna be adored, she bangs the drum, waterfall, made of stone, I am the resurrection and fools gold are all stands out for me. One of the best albums to come out of Manchester

First time listening to Stone Roses. Good shit here.

Definitely an album that is enhanced while high. Crazy these guys released a groundbreaking album like this and then decided to just watch football for like 5 years. Great jamming and love all the guitar playing. The backwards instruments on "Don't Stop" are really cool. Somewhat drags, but that's because the US version adds a single and an extra song at the end, and it's still all great songs

Absolutely superb from start to finish. A joyous mash of jangly guitars with "Summer of Love" vibes. "I Wanna Be Adored", "Waterfall" and "I Am the Resurrection" all absolutely monster tracks, but there are no low point here at all. Burned so bright and, inevitably, fell so fast.

There are equals but difficult to think of a better album in 30 years.

This is too great to fluke: I’ve heard demo versions of these songs that have made me flinch - they worked hard to reach this sparkling, weightless collection. The record’s retro in the same fashion as a Chesley Bonestell space station painting: a silver rocket weaving gliding past Saturn’s rings. They never matched this, but had they the octane to build on “Fool’s Gold” the result might’ve been even better.

A pure delight that still rings clear and true today. Melodies so primal I suspect the songs materialized by the invocation of a powerful ancient text. The rare album that brings together disparate yoof cultures in total admiration (the indie wallflower, the raver, the lad, the scally who doesn't give a shit about music) - at least for my generation and geographic origin. That said, more than one US friend has been keen to show me their fine musical taste using this as their example. I wanted so much to be *part of whatever created this* the moment I got to the end of "I Am The Resurrection". Can genuinely say that my life would be quite different if I never heard it. My greatest motivation for doing this 1001+ album slog/enchantment is to discover *the other record* that has the same effect on me. You'd better agree, Mark, or I'll cut your fucking hands off

Knocked it out the park on the first one, shame they couldn't keep it going 🤷

A favorite of mine from this era. Enjoyed revisiting it here for the first time in a while!

Ian Brown must be the worst singer ever to front a successful rock band, but nevertheless this is a fabulous album.

Its hard to pinpoint what exactly makes this album so amazing for me. But pretty much every song on here just sounds great, has the exact length it should have, and is memorable after even 1 listen.

(jane to her stepdad stevie) "at what point is life, like, fun? at what time is life actually good?" (s) "the nineties." ----- 1989, mount sinai (peak district) ian brown descends from heaven on gossamer wings with arms outstretched holding a small tablet "oi aaaah mega mayte im foochin jesus man im better than jesus man im fooochin mad with it man... (and further inaudible manc gibberish)" you say nothing, and graciously accept. he flies away happily still talking shite. is this the dawn of the new age? "what wisdom hath god bestoweth upon humankind through this slate?" you think to yourself. "for if this truly be gods will, by me let it be done." you hold the tablet in your hand and with the fresh eyes of a child stare deep into the jackson pollock scribbles its time peel back the label brush your thumbs over the lemon wedges the nineties may now begin ----- the opener is so raw and powerful, grandiose with unique structure. waterfall is purified rarified distilled euphoria that springs from the temples and trickles down to kiss the backs of the ears. made of stone brings out that whole stadium belting out in unison quality that pervades 'whats the story?...'. there is the inexplicable sophistication and musicianship of the blissful shoot you down. bye bye bad man i can take it or leave it, the scarborough fair interlude is a bit silly, and the rest is perfect. what an album. im glad i could have listened to it today. 🦡

This is a great, great album. It's not Britpop, that came about 4 years later, but it certainly set the scene for what was to come. I remember when I first heard Fool's Gold, it sounded like nothing else around at the time, and I rushed out to buy the CD. I was both surprised and disappointed to find Fool's Gold wasn't on the CD so I bought the vinyl 12" of Fools Gold as well, bases all covered. Turns out Fools Gold wasn't a whole lot like the album, and was recorded afterwards. Rhythm section is super solid, some fantastic bass playing (love it on I Want to be Adored), but what carries this album is the sublime guitar playing of John Squires. It's not the flashy poodle/glam rock guitar popular at the time (think Motley Crue, Skid Rock, Warrant). This is melodic, arpeggios and wah-pedal heavy trills, some reverse trickery and overdubs as well but it's all pure gold.

I adore the first two songs on this album. Feel the rest never quite lives up to that lofty promise. 4.5/5

Never heard it before, chill and easy listening with enough complexity to keep it interesting. I can see why people love this record

No. 98/1001 I Wanna Be Adored 4/5 She Bangs the Drums 5/5 Waterfall 4/5 Don't Stop 4/5 Bye Bye Bad Man 4/5 Elizabeth My Dear - NR Sugar Spun Sister 4/5 Made of Stone 4/5 Shoot You Down 4/5 This Is The One 4/5 I Am The Resurrection 4/5 Fools Gold - NR Average: 4,1 Great album from front to back. Just suffered the lack of some highs for me to get into the masterpiece level.

there are a couple tracks on here that i just absolutely love shoot you down and fools gold respectively my favourites on the album some of the other songs were good and some alright i enjoyed the album as a whole but dont know if i can put it more than three stars really its certainly on the higher end though i just looked through the other albums i have rated and this is certainly better than some of those threes so four it is i am struggling with the lemons though

Tout commence une matinée d'avril. Alors que je venais de m'asseoir sur le siège d'une balançoire, celle voisine, jusque-là inoccupée fut prise d'assaut par un vieillard édenté. Je lui adressai un regard furtif qu'il ne sembla pas remarquer ni même rechercher. Un silence assez long suivit son arrivée. Il prit soudain la parole : "The Stone Roses" dit-il en se balançant d'avant en arrière et inversement. "Voulez-vous répéter ?" lui répondis-je avec tout l'étonnement du monde. "The Stone Roses" redit-il sans se faire prier. Son comportement n'augurait rien de bon. "J'ai peur de ne pas comprendre ce que vous me racontez." lui avouai-je. "The Stone Roses" répéta-t-il une nouvelle fois. Je commençais à m'agacer de la situation. "Voulez-vous bien arrêter de m'importuner ?" lui recommandai-je. "The Stone Roses" continua-t-il ; je le tuai.

Somewhat uneven album but a game-changer for everyone suffering through the underground rock n roll scene of the late 80's, when college rock was played out and we were all waiting for the next big thing. With all respect to my friends and loved ones from the Pacific Northwest, there is no doubt in my mind that the world would be a better place if Manchester had defeated Seattle for epicenter of new rock n roll in late 80's-early 90's. Put differently, a culture dominated by people high on ecstasy is better than one built on heroin. For me, this album was also the soundtrack of another cinematically perfect encounter with the cops: Miles was doing a study abroad program in London and I picked him up at JFK when he came back for winter break. It was late at night in December 1989, and this album had made big waves in the UK but wasn't on my radar at all. Miles popped the tape into my car stereo and pulled a couple of beers out of his duffel bag. The beers were hysterical because they were branded with a generic "BEER" a la Repo Man. I lit a joint I had brought for the occasion and we got on the highway back to Connecticut, cranking The Stone Roses and fighting about if it was the most important record ever made. Being a contrarian, I was trying hard to hate it but actually I was digging it, so relieved to discover that the Next Big Thing was more melodic than heavy, expansive instead of intense, even if at one point they seemed to be doing a weird riff on Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme. Traffic was moving pretty well on I-95 until very suddenly we were at a standstill. The cops had set up an impromptu checkpoint for some kind of a manhunt but we hadn't realized what was going on until I belatedly noticed a state trooper so close to our car his wide brimmed hat was practically touching my window as he was screaming at me to roll down my window. Based on how angry he was, I think he must have been shouting for a fair bit of time before I noticed him. Shocked, having gone in a moment from doing perhaps 70 miles an hour down the interstate to a screaming cop in my face, I immediately turned down the music and rolled down my window, which had the unfortunate effect of enveloping the trooper in a massive cloud of weed smoke. "What the fuck is your problem?!?" etc etc - Lots of anger radiating from this guy. You sensed he wanted to beat us with his flashlight but had bigger fish to fry so instead he shined it in my face while screaming nonsensically and then all three of us, the cop, me and Miles, followed the flashlight's beam as it traced the trail of joint ash that led down the front of my parka to a can strategically positioned between my thighs. "What the fuck is that?!?!?" I obediently lifted the can but inadvertently in a way that exposed the word "BEER" directly at him, almost in his face, in a way that was so comically perfect I managed to push out an involuntary chuckle even though I felt only partially in control of my bowels for being possibly moments away from getting beaten to death with a flashlight on the side of the highway. "ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?!?!?" Filled with a rage like I have only seen a couple of times in my life, he grabbed the beer out of my hand and threw it over his shoulder, where it miraculously hit the front wheel of a fast moving car on the other side of the highway and shot off into the night, spraying that car and everything else around it with beer. It was miraculous because it managed to catch the attention of our friend's superior officer, who yelled at him something to the effect of stop fucking around with these dickheads from Connecticut while there's a manhunt going on. The trooper looked me dead in the eye with a seriousness reserved for such occasions and told me that I was the luckiest person in the world and to get the fuck out of here right now if I knew what was good for me. I wordlessly concurred, rolled up the window and hit the gas, while Miles cranked the tunes back up and fished a replacement beer out of his duffel bag for me.

I feel like I should really like this, and there are some classic tracks, but it just doesn't really hang together as much more than background music with some excellent singles

Pretty decent Brit-rock. Still don't understand why this is such a vaunted album, though. I mean, it's good for a rock album, but I don't get why people look at it as transcendent, rather than just what Oasis ripped off in the 90's.

Fairly middle of the road for me. Almost was even a two. I think it was the last track of the album that was interesting for me, but pst that it was just aight.

I enjoyed most of this. It felt somewhere in between the classic rock Zach braff would put on a soundtrack and the indie rock Zach braff would put on a soundtrack.

Hmmmm I liked most of it but not enough to go back to, I don't think.

Good for light-hearted, upbeat listening. The songs are mostly alike and the vocal gets a bit bored and detached, lyrics too self-indulgent with no apparent depth.

Pretty unique

The music feels like it goes in circles, in a way. Interesting.

An enjoyable album of jangly 80s pop. Given that I love music from this decade, I'm surprised I hadn't heard of this band. Particularly liked songs like "Made of Stone" and "This is the One." Enjoyable yes, but will I listen again? Probably not.

Great tight pop rock--hard to be both lush and tight at the same time--really good. Awful lyrics. Just awful. It doesn't help that I heard "I wanna be adored by you" as "I wanna be your dog." A rare album that would have been better, nearly, as an instrumental.

This feels like one of those hyped albums that you see and hear about so naturally assume it must be fairly decent. I found it a bit monotonous and boring if I’m honest!? Even the songs that I recognised the names of, I wasn’t really sure why they were popular!? But anyway, clearly not for me but I’m sure for some people it’s a top tier record

it was a nice vibey album. Only enjoyed 4/12 tracks as I felt they were too similar and would blend in to each other, more than I would like. Good background music imo

Maybe I am in a weird mood today, but this record is Just sooooooo mediocre and boring... Maybe I'm a Stan today, but hard no...

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Background music with the occasional attention grabber.

I Wanna Be Adored is a great song that should've piqued my interest as a listener enough to check the album out right away. And yet, I never did. Maybe that was a good thing because there are also some duds on the record. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Sounds generic and very boring listen.

Terrible

Excellent.

6/5. I fucking love this album

Classic.

Best debut album of all time and should be known more

Big up The Stone Roses!

I already liked Made of Stone and This is The One Don't stop - 1:48 Forgot how good the singles are I Am the Resurrection is also very good, maybe lasts a little too long but its worth sticking with when in the mood This album has that entirely washed out but Powerful characteristic that I really really like in all kinds of music Not super into Fools Gold

Upbeat and dreamy, triumphant and bittersweet, anthemic and intimate - this album is pure joy. Tied for the best Manchester album (with Queen is Dead, Unknown Pleasures, and Definitley Maybe). John Squire's guitar playing is sublime, the grooves are undeniable, Ian Brown's singing is blissfully naive and direct, a perfomance that demands you belt out the hooks at the top of your lungs along with him. I Am the Resurrection is the best break up song of all time - so good it almost makes you want to get dumped just to really feel it. Noone could ever make an album that captures this energy again, even them.

I know I’m giving everything 5 stars but god damn I love this album

Genuinely mad how many of the tunes on this would be absolutely sensational singles from any other album.

Mag ich sehr!! Hab die meisten Lieder direkt runtergeladen, ist ein gutes Album zum nebenbei hören. Hab bei einem Lied angefangen nachzuschauen, was die Bedeutung dahinter ist und gelesen, dass es Bezug nimmt auf die 68er Bewegung in Paris - fand ich spannend Lieblingslieder: I Wanna Be Adored She Bangs the Drums Bye Bye Bad Man

Era defining!

Started it one day and didnt vibe. Started on second song like a week later and it was super chill the whole time. Longer than it should be maybe tho. A nice late 80s evolution of beatles. More long winded, less vocal heavy but more instrumental. A nice new wave/early indie type sound i enjoy

Ah the Madchester (Manchester, UK) sound... it had to have a start... and this record is it... pop/rock music with a nod to the sunshine pop of the 60's... but what it really is, is a collection of good songs... and a couple grand slams in there... "I Wanna Be Adored", "She Bangs The Drums", "Made of Stone", "Waterfall", "Song For My Sugar Spun Sister" and "I Am The Resurrection" are all top songs... and if you get the expanded verson, you are TREATED to their best song.... "Fools Gold"... Five STARS.

One of the easiest five stars I’ve given. Absolutely tremendous from start to finish.

This is really, really good. Straight bangers start to finish. I don't know how I've never heard of The Stone Roses; this is right up my alley.

Top tier album!

Perfect album. No skips. Sexy too.

5 This is the easiest album I have had the pleasure of reviewing thus far. When this dropped, time stopped. The 60s, 70s, and 80s all met in this retro-forward Manchester music. This is the big bang of BritPop and how it even came to cross the ocean. We bought every format because we needed every morsel they were serving. A stone cold classic that destined them for greatness and myriad problems in following it.

10/10

One of the best debuts of all-time.

Alright, so here it is then — The Stone Roses album - and it’s a proper game-changer, this. From the first jangle of “I Wanna Be Adored” you know they’re not messing about — it’s like they’ve nicked a bit of Byrds, thrown in some swagger from the Pistols, then sloshed it through a Manc raincloud of attitude. Ian Brown’s not so much singing as pronouncing his own legend, and Squire’s guitar is shimmering like it’s just wandered out of a dream you had after necking too much cider behind the Arndale. You can’t help but think, “This lot know exactly what they’re doing,” and you’re a bit jealous you didn’t do it first. There’s summat in it that feels like the city had woken up again — now we had a proper soundtrack to walk past it with our chins up. “She Bangs The Drums” should be piped through Piccadilly Station, and if “I Am the Resurrection” didn’t make you want to kick down the doors of your local indie disco and claim the dancefloor in your Adidas Gazelles, you might already be dead. It’s not just an album, it’s a statement — Manchester’s back, and this time we’re wearing flares and a bucket hat.

I have seen this album cover about a million times, and I think I've even heard a few songs off it. However it's not been something I've shown much interest in. Maybe this is something I've been missing out on. It seems the general consensus around it is that it's great, so I'm looking forward to a listen. I Wanna Be Adored Deep and dreamy sound with some really beautiful background effects. Love the punchy drums. Awesome atmosphere, the dark and powerful bassline really adds to the slickness of the sound. Unique vocals. The drums continue to impress. Fantastic. 5/5 She Bangs the Drums Evocative lyrics. Love the way the guitar flows on top of the rhythm section, has a generally pretty sound to it. The chorus rises nicely making it distinct and memorable. Really like where the vocals sit in the mix. Fades out nicely. Great. 4.5/5 Waterfall Very lively and harmonic atmosphere. Love the deep, distant bass sound. Very fitting structure to the chorus. Great guitar riff, wonderful solo. Hypnotic instrumental section. Great. 4.5/5 Don't Stop The backwards tape effect is a really interesting choice. Gives the track a very psychedelic feeling, while still managing to sound coherent. I appreciate the slower tempo. Good. 4/5 Bye Bye Bad Man The isolated guitar is a great way to start the song. Love how it pans subtily. Has a decent rhythm to it. The lazier, not as intense vibe comes at a good time in the album. Kinda bored by the vocals. Good. 4/5 Elizabeth My Dear That's Scarborough Fair! Not very subtle in its messaging. Cool to hear somethibg so anti-monarchy. Good. 4/5 (Song for My) Sugar Spun Sister Loud guitar. Very pretty chord progression. Evocative chorus. I really like the subtle backing vocals. Great drums. Good. 4/5 Made of Stone Opens sorta bleakly. The dark bass and the omnious guitar makes for quite the gothic atmosphere. Catchy classic sounding chorus. Love the psychedelia of the instrumental break with the clashibg guitars, the awesome drumfills and the ever present bassline. Great. 4.5/5 Shoot You Down Quite a unique start compared to the rest of the album. Sounds really liquidy and deep. Love when the instrumental makes way for the vocals. There's an interesting melody to the chorus. Just an all round solid instrumental with an infectious v8be that's really easy to get lost in. Fantastic. 5/5 This Is The One I like the more vocal focused direction of the verses. Lovely drumming, really loud, powerful and intense. The largeness of the chorus is really interesting, this is the exact sound so many other UK bands tried emulating in the following decade. Works really well here. Great. 4.5/5 I Am the Resurrection Great bassline. Has sort of a sentimental feeling to it. Kinda boring verse structure. I like how the chorus builds up to its climax. Lovely guitar passages. Catchy and rhythmic instrumental section. Really like the drums here. An infectious groove with psychedelic undertones. Great. 4.5/5 Fools Gold Awesome percussion. The cool, smooth guitar riff adds a lot to the groove. In a strange way the moody vocals fit with the funky nature of the track. Good groove, good atmosphere with some interesting effects thrown in here and there. Love when the additional instrumentation comes in at the end. Good. 4/5 I was definitely missing out. This album is a treasure trove of unique and beautifully written rock tunes that don't seem to have aged a day. The chemistry at display is really something else. Very impressed by the drumming, and the bass playing on here. As well as the solid songwriting. Could definitely hear their influence on other bands that would emerge a few years later. Will need to revisit this, as I'm still astonished by its quality after the first listen. There's just so much to take in and appreciate here. 4.5/5 rounded up to a 5/5

Amazing and under appreciated today. Catchy lyrics, catchy riffs, groovy beats. I forget how guitar-driven the songs are. Stellar pop music.

Quelque chose dans la première track qui me met dans le mood de 3 d'Indochine. L'atmosphère planante et les gammes pentatoniques à la guit. Déjà dans le mille pour moi. Je connais rien de ce groupe là mais il y a un drapeau français et ça sonne new wave. Dont stop a une vibe revolution 9 et Lucy in the sky. Quelque chose de The Shins et Death Cab. Je pourrais réécouter ça 1000x dans une journée j'imagine ça vaut 5 étoiles.