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I wanna be adored är en av världens bästa låtar. Resten av skivan var bra, men inte alls på samma nivå.
Один из моих любимейших альбомов. Он звучит как свобода, молодость и приключения. Не стареющая британская классика
first song: biggest banger that was ever bangered, so incredible start. Also, the album cover is very interesting to say the least. The rest of the album was new to me, so it takes some getting used to, but i do wholeheartedly believe that this is one of the best British bands of the last 50 years.
This album is my shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!
I Wanna Be Adored is insanely good, the guitar sounds otherworldly, She Bangs The Drums and Fools Gold were great too. Nothing else stood out loads from the 2 full listens, and I don't think it needed to be an hour long. I was surprised how much 80s jangle pop sound there was but it makes it sound even more ahead of its time when you hear the outro of I am the Resurrection and Fools Gold at the end.
Hot damn that was pretty good
This albums starts off so iconic. The sound is dreamy and heavy and the first four tracks are just amazing. The middle of the album is also very good, but doesn't quite reach the same heights as the beginning (I think there's are good reason for which songs are played the most from this) - tracks like "Bye Bye Bad Man" & "Sugar Spun Sister" is good but a little jangly, and the sound is just not as fleshed out as on the great tracks. Elizabeth is a fun little medieval-ish acoustic song, cool, and "Made of Stone" is grerat too. "Shoot you Down" and "This is the one" are also great tunes, though a little longwinded - the latter does have more fully fledged out production. I just love this album when it's really big I guess because "I Am the Resurrection" is amazing as well. "Fools Gold" is a pretty cool inclusion, love the acidy drum breaks, cool connection to the rest of the psychedelia this album explores. So yeah, the highs are really really high and the lows are pretty decent, wouldn't mind cutting a track or two but overall a great album. Solid 8/10
Meg nem hallgattam vegig de coool (4,5)
Pretty friggin goo
Tento album patrí medzi mojich 10 najobľúbenejších. Nekriticky 5+
Megaaaaaa!
Any Brit Pop that I didn't listen to originally back in the 90s is bound to fall flat for me, as did this. 2/5
WHAT IS THIS. WHAT IS THIS ALBUM. I've never heard such a complete collage of music that I know and enjoy. I can hear Joy Division, The Cure, The Smiths, a bit of Belle and Sebastian. What is this. How have I never listened to this.
Their sound is such an influence on the bands I love.
A very enjoyable album, one I will probably listen to again at some point.
Really enjoyed this album, I will listen to this again.
Gets better with every listen. Take out Don’t Stop, this is a near perfect album
Super gas. I knew some song before but really liked it. Great album
This might be my first 5 album that I had no prior experience with. Way ahead of its time and would sound just as good if it had come out today.
Whopper but I don't think there's enough songs I truly like for 5
I want to be adored :)
had a boring lull in the middle, but beginning and end were nice. favorites were "i wanna be adored" "she bangs the drums" "shoot you down" "fools gold"
I think I'll need to revisit this.
Solid listen. I thought it kinda become one-note towards the end. I’ve said before that this British post-punk style isn’t my favorite. Love the hits, typically. She Bangs the Drums has always been a phenomenal song. And individually, the songs are solid. But as a whole, I probably won’t listen to the whole thing again.
Good album. I do not hate it as much as when I first heard of Stone Roses at 15-15 years old. I'm glad to have re-listened, yet Still, its just not for me.
This really had an Oasis vibe to it. So I wasn't surprised when I found out these guys were one of the main influences for the Oasis. There's a really amateurish nature to the album that I didn't really like at first but slowly grew on me a bit. She Bangs the Drums is such a fun song. That being said, I still found this pretty pleasant to just vibe to. It was fun to hear a sound that would get iterated on in one of the biggest bands in the world.
What a record. Was flipping between a 4 and 5, when I re-listened to Made of Stone and rounded up. Just a great record. The first two songs are perfect, and you never really come down.
a lot to like about this album, though if you were to ask a sizable portion of the rock-loving British public (and especially their music press), this is one of the greatest musical statements ever released. not sure I'd go that far. "I Wanna Be Adored" is just the right amount of menacing and self-adoration (they were great at that). "She Bangs The Drums" thru "Bye Bye Bad Man" you get the sugar rush harmonies with some experimental reversed instruments mixed in. "I Am The Resurrection" and "Fools Gold" are some of the greatest tracks of that era. Mani took this band to the next level with those bass parts. in the middle and towards the end of the album there are some tracks that are just fine & nonessential. PHMG had "Made of Stone" soundtracking one of their onboarding videos, and I heard that shit every two weeks for years there, so I could go the rest of my life and be fine without hearing that track.
The first half absolutely kicks ass, the second half is cool.
First time through this whole record, although I was familiar with the singles. The psych touches on the album cuts added to the vibes of the groove based cuts.
Not quite amused by this album.
"I am the resurrection and I am alive." Now that's a statement! This is one of my favourite albums of all time. It also makes me a little sad, as The Stone Roses had record company issues that I'm guessing suppressed their eventual output as a band, and for sure disrupted their momentum. In fact, I remember seeing a Q article about them that said WWII was shorter than the time between their first two albums. I guess I should celebrate the fact that this album exists. Liked Songs Added: I Wanna Be Adored She Bangs The Drums Waterfall Bye Bye Badman (Song For My) Sugar Spun Sister Shoot You Down This Is The One I Am The Resurrection Fool's Gold
This is on my Top 10 all time. There are maybe 2 or 3 albums on this list where I can remember EXACTLY where I was when I heard the first track drop. In this case, I Wanna Be Adored came on a radio station in Boston on a cold winter day and I was driving into the city with some friends on a roadtrip and I was like "what is THIS?" So this would have been maybe January 1989 as the lead single, or perhaps the following year. I just knew when I heard that one track this band was for me. In any case the Mani's mesmerizing baseline (RIP, Mani) leading into the first minute of the track and then the explosion of energy just hooked me and it still does some 37 years later. This is a no skip album top to bottom, just brilliant. Music is amazing that way.
Beautiful
I’ll admit, I know about this album, and I’ve read in great detail how influential the Stone Roses and this album were, but this is the first time I’ve ever actually listened to it. I’ve heard songs from it, there was a lot of familiarity in here, but never sat with it in its entirety. I’m a stupid man. This album could sit in any era from the past 50 years and be comfortable. While it finished one era of the UK Madchester rock scene, opening the way for grunge through the 90s, it also has its tendrils in the psych rock resurgence of the 2000s and could still stand on its own in the 2020s. Don’t be like your dad, give this a good listen. I’m curious to see if it could fit through your teens and beyond.
Okej album, absolut något jag kan ge chans någon gång i framtiden. Påminner mig om 60 tals rock blandat med något nyare 80 - 90tal. Betyg 2
Solid, enjoyable with good melodies.
a last gasp of 80s music before I became disenchanted with the 90s version of rock
Not a bad album. 3/5
Almost perfect
I am a resurrection has one of the best gutter solos ever!
Pretty cool but this era really had shitty mixes
There's a time in everyone's life when they finally *get* The Stone Roses. Mine was on New Year's Day at 6 am, in the last dregs of the party when Waterfall came on. Nothing has hit me the same since, but upon listening to the rest of the album, I was delighted to find that the rest of the songs absolutely hold up. This album only gets 5 stars if you include the version with Fool's Gold at the end.
Joda.
What a pleasant surprise. In a time of synth and bubblegum pop, the Stone Roses ushered in the 90's with a unique Brit-pop/alternative album full of influences. You can hear the Beatles' sway on the band through their catchy harmonies and chord progressions.
One of the greatest albums of all time.
Forgotten just how good this album is. One to add to Spotify library.
Three classic tracks supported by a decent, fairly unique sound. Liked it.
Made of Stone and I am the Resurrection went straight into the playlist
Not bad but nothing super memorable, easy to listen to.
Not sure how this band was COMPLETELY off my radar. Didnt change my life but good, and the style and circles so similar to so much to what I like.
I definitely was aware of this album, I was in highschool in 1989 but Stone Roses did not really got my attention. It was before the Oasis and Blur hype and also it's bit different. I never listened to this album, guess that the single "Fool's Gold" was not interesting enough to discover more. I was not really attracted to it. When I put it on this morning I started positive. Quite nice guitar parts and melodies, well crafted. But several tracks linger on unnnecessary long and I got bored. I also never knew that Fools Gold lasted over 9 minutes. Why?? 3 minutes would be enough.
Cool little English rock/pop album. I enjoyed the mellow, dancy bongo parts towards the end. 3.4/5.0
A cool but vaguely boring album. I know they quit while they were hot and the legend has grown but...
Ehhh. Don’t quite hit the spot.
Not bad, not great. Never heard of them. Rock. Slightly British feel.
The very best Mancunian album in a hell of a stacked field
This was GREAT!
I know this is a weird thing to say but ive heard this album like 5 times but never listened to it? like in my memory this was like a hard rock alternative album and im listening to it being like wait... this is so awesome and such nice vibes!! really enjoyable and a good old time
bueno, hipnótico, le debo otra escuchada
Side 1 is a 5, side 2 is a 4. Overall a really good album, but slows down in the second half. High 4.
Holy shit this is good. I’m pretty sure I listened to this and their follow up years ago and for some reason because I wanted to be contrarian came away with the opinion that Second Coming was better. I have been enlightened to the truth (Second Coming is still pretty good though). Was ready to give this a four because I’m not a fan of Fools Gold, but upon learning that it wasn’t on the original release I can give a 5 in good conscience. Oasis would not exist without this. Just banger after banger.
Generally middling for me. It's not abrasive music, just sort of dull for me.
Great
This album exceeded my expectations, I liked it too much, and it may be one of my favorite albums, I will continue listening to it
Previously listened? Yes Rating: B/B- One of the best one album wonders ever. Lots of really great songs in here but some filler too that I don't particularly enjoy.
The only good thing to come outta Manchester
Decent . Oasis v1. The songs sound similar to each other
Good (not my taste)
didn't like it at the time, but it's good
Pretty good, some of the tracks run of the mill, but I Wanna Be Adored is top tier.
I honestly didn’t expect to like The Stone Roses as much as I did. Going into it, I wasn’t particularly convinced that this was going to be my thing, but it turned out to be a really pleasant discovery. What surprised me most is how effortlessly the album balances catchy, almost dreamy melodies with the loose, understated energy of the band. There’s something very relaxed about it, but it never feels boring or directionless. Songs like “I Wanna Be Adored,” “She Bangs the Drums,” and “Waterfall” have this hazy, effortlessly cool quality that makes the album easy to get lost in. The album also has a great sense of atmosphere. It feels distinctly British and late-’80s, but not in a way that makes it sound dated. There’s a warmth and openness to the guitars, while Ian Brown’s vocals give everything a slightly detached, almost hypnotic character. At times, the songs feel like they’re just drifting along—and somehow that’s exactly what makes them work. I can see why the album became so influential, especially for the wave of British bands that followed. It has that rare quality of sounding both casual and important, like the band stumbled onto something special without needing to overcomplicate it. It’s definitely one of those albums where I went in with low expectations and came out thinking, okay, I get it now. Not every song completely blew me away, but as a whole, The Stone Roses was a much better experience than I expected. A genuinely nice discovery, and one I’ll probably be coming back to.
Very nice sound Kinda like if the smiths and the monkees had a baby Very nice vocals reminiscent of like Davy jones or other artists in that vein 3/5 although I could see the score improving if I listen more Favorites: shoot you down, waterfall, I wanna be adored
4.5 One I'd been meaning to listen to for ages. Knew more of the songs on here than I was expecting to
kind of eh. liked a few tracks but probably not a revisit
I really can’t believe I’ve never heard this before. It’s spectacular! So psychedelic and dreamy both lyrically and instrumentally. I’m obsessed with Don’t Stop and I Am The Resurrection (especially the funky jam). Super groovy. Already relistening!
I'm still continuing on a streak of very average bands. I have actually never listened to The Star roses. But this was one of those bands that everybody I knew knew who it was, and I had no interest in finding out anything about them. And safe to say, this album kind of confirms that, cause this was really not doing anything for me. I just find this very mellow and bland from my tastes. I think it's better towards the end. There's a couple tracks that have quite a bit of flair to them, and it felt more audibly stimulating. On the whole, this was just very bland though, and I just would never put this on in my day-to-day life. Fav Track: Waterfall
meowww
Thought this was mid, 5/10. Don’t mind listening but wouldn’t choose this album again
Heard Before? Yes. Notes: - hard to imagine a stronger opening to a debut album. - my goodness do i every hate the production on this album. the drums are garbage and the hideous snare is always too loud. guitar tones are indistinct and gross. the whole mix is awash in pointless reverb. at least the bass sounds fabulous. - but the songcraft, sequencing and vocal performances save the day. uniformly excellent, with little bonus goodies around every corner. - playing mostly backwards on "Don't Stop" is such a risky power move, but to my mind it works perfectly. - same with grafting multiple songs together for a Frankenstein finale. awesome. Verdict: They try everything possible to make a virtue out of believing their own hype. Listen Again? I just might, in another few years. I enjoyed it more than i remembered from last time.
I was pleasantly surprised by this album. It took me about 20 minutes to realize this was not an album by grunge band Stone Temple Pilots.
Been a while since I've listened to this. The sound was dreamy and the album art is memorable. My first reaction to seeing this pop up was similar to being reminded of last night's intangible dream in the middle of the day by some weird trigger like an eggplant or something. Everything is so familiar yet so far from recollection and suddenly I get to "Shoot You Down" and I think "That's right!" Needless to say, that's my favorite track on this album and exemplifies why I enjoy it so much. Groovy guitar fills masked behind a harmonic haze.
A nice sort of bridge between older brit rock and more modern alternative. Not the best I've heard from them but it still works
Honestly grown on me so much. Really enjoy every song from this one
cool
Fantastiskt album. Älskar! Ingen låt är dålig, allt flyter så snyggt och bra. Jag måste flera gånger påminna mig om att detta album är från 1989. Galet! Älskar Fools Gold förstås men tycker lika mycket om Made of Stone, Waterfall och I am the resurrection. I wanna be adored och She bangs the drums - är ju också fantastiska. Resten är lika bra. Herregud! 1989... Ja du... Allt var kanske inte bättre förr men detta var det definitivt. Så bra!
Brilliant all the way through. The (original) final couple of tracks blow me away every time. Nowadays followed by possibly the greatest bonus track of all time. 1989 eh?
1 Song I liked the rest was not really my thing
17. avgust 2026. 14.18h looooove, jedan od quintessential albuma mojeg srednjoskolskog zivota, svakako nije kao da sam prestala da ih slusam best: i wanna be adored, made of stone, fools gold, shoot you down, i am the resurrection
made me feel like I was in Skins
great album, nice musical memory. i remember when they were new and we thought who the hell is this and aren't they great! 4
This is an iced latte that upon the initial few sips is tasty, but it gets a little too sweet in the long run.
Starting off with an all time fave (what a riff) that only works because they have the goods to back it up. The album then winds breezily through songs that offer a brief history of 60s pop, a dash of 70s British punk and enough beats to get the kids dancing that didn't yet know they wanted to. Hooks galore. Everything just works. And that all before before you get to the killer duo of I am the Resurrection and Fools Gold to close things out. A 5 for influence alone. The fact that is still sounds great almost 40 (!) years later only adds to the legacy. RIP Mani
não consegui ouvir inteiro mas gostei mesmo assim, 7/10.
Never heard of this but I liked it!
I really liked this one! Had never heard of them.
You can hear all the brit influence from the Beatles to The Smiths in this jangly psychedelic brit-pop album. Also a large influence on the 90's alternative bands to come after them. I think it has a cool dreamy atmospheric sound and I can dig the rhythm section. They almost create a danceable alternative pop album. There are some big hits and a couple duds that keep me from rating this a 5
Déjà écouté avant. Je sais à quel point cet album a été influent durant toutes les années 1990, et notamment sur l'émergence de la britpop, par sa remise au goût du jour des sonorités psychédéliques des années 1960, mâtinée sporadiquement de rythmiques dance qui seront, elles aussi, beaucoup copiées. Je reconnais également que certains morceaux sont vraiment très bons (I Wanna Be Adored, She Bangs the Drum, Made of Stone...), portés notamment par la guitare de John Squire, l'autre guitar hero des années Thatcher. Mais pour une raison que je ne m'explique pas, en tant qu'album, The Stone Roses ne m'a jamais vraiment parlé, et cette nouvelle écoute n'a fait que confirmer ce sentiment, sans beaucoup plus me fournir d'explications. Conclusion : un album qui a tout mon respect, mais ma relative indifférence, en dehors des quelques morceaux qui surnagent. Top : Made of Stone Flop : Elizabeth My Dear
nao ouvi. monica disse que eu nao ia gostar.
Lo escuché sin conocer nada y el mismo día me crucé una persona con una remera de la banda.
okay
Why do I like this album more than other British albums at this time? It’s chill and fun. It’s something I can vibe with I guess Rating: 8/10 Favorite Song: I Wanna be Adored
Seth - 4/5 Logan - 3.5/5
Really enjoyed this band/album, but not enough to warrant a 5
I wanna be adored. Dette albumet gir meg nostalgi for en tid før min egen tilblivelse. Elsker det.
This review is essentially the same as my one from 4 days ago, for The Happy Mondays debut album, copied below, cut/paste as appropriate... "It was good in places, weird in others. I never really got into the Happy Mondays when they were 'happening', which put me in a minority as far as I can remember. I've heard better albums, but I've heard a lot more that were worse"
A chill, melodic album, 'Stone Roses' brings the music of psychedelic Beatles to 1989. It's a solid listen, good for falling asleep in a chair. Top tracks: "She Bangs the Drums," "(Song for My) Sugar Spun Sister," "I Wanna Be Adored"
replacement level late 80s brit pop. I hear nothing extraordinary or here.i
--I Wanna Be Adored...I asked and He didn't give me shit --She Bangs the Drums...solid bass chug. something something "Shiny Happy People" --Waterfall...the guitar/bass are nice. the production is a little off-kilter; like it's recorded from a distance (through a waterfall perhaps?!) --Don't Stop...oh, we gettin' psychedelic. too many tabs, lads --Bye Bye Badman...fun but nothing special --Elizabeth My Dear..."Scarborough Fair/Canticle" interpretation --(Song for My) Sugar Spun Sister...it's like if the Gallaghers chilled out a bit. not sure if that's a compliment --Made of Stone...don't love the compressed production but this song is a full team effort that rises above other tracks --Shoot You Down...this has a subtle 'n' slick funk groove that I quite enjoy. nice guitar and bass interplay --This Is the One...boring --I Am the Resurrection...enjoy the opening bass groove. some cool guitar work towards the middle. now we getting funky at the four minute mark. this song is overlong and masturbatory but in the best way. I think I would've enjoyed this LP more overall if there were more of this --*Fools Gold...there's a Happy Mondays thing going on here. it's fun. I don't usually like jam bands but I may like these guys better as one *not included in the original release
It's good.
Too good to be a 4 but if there was a 4.5 button I'd probably press that. Great record
Mmm… liked
I did not particularly enjoy or dislike this one. True neutral, I didn't care.
How perfect, as I'm currently reading the 33 1/3 book about this album. There are a handful of albums where you can say "if you don't like it argue with the wall"; this is an unequivocal one. I don't know quite what it is about this album, what makes it exactly so good, but it feels like a generational masterpiece. It definitely isn't a typical debut; it's self-assured, confident, catchy as all hell. Rest in peace to Mani, whose basslines make this album.
She bangs the drums is good. I like made of stone as well. 3 star album
Great body of work, for me it slips in a couple of places but a strong album
I never really listened to The Stone Roses back in the day, and now I find this album a little dull. Maybe it'll be a grower...
Amazing record. I remember it well from the ‘90s.
Psychedelic, trippy, danceable and loaded with infectious melodies. This hits you just right...
7 stars. Foundational to my personal identity and 1000x more culturally significant than all the derivative "Britpop" nonsense that followed it (except Pulp, who fucking rule to this day). The UK version on YouTube only gets 6 stars, though, because it doesn't have Fool's Gold.
Love the stone roses,maždaug puse albumo dainų yra virš 9/10
I was first introduced to the Stone Roses through the album *The Second Coming*, which a friend invited me to listen to. At the time, Madchester was all the rage (it had already peaked, in my opinion!), but the scene was still producing incredibly original and truly alternative music. With me rapidly approaching 20 years of age, listening to these guys and letting myself be carried away by the sounds they produced was a truly mind-blowing experience! The music alone could transport me to absolutely incredible fantasy realms. Good times. Another album that deserves to be here and that gets a solid 5 from me. I think I can relax a little—those two horrible weeks seem to be behind me. I hope to make peace with this list and once again be able to experience music that’s truly worth listening to before I die. 5/5
Comes with a free Andy Burnham dark shirt and blazer combination. This is perhaps the iconic album of Manchester’s current cultural trendiness, and although it’s very good I’m not sure it’s quite worthy of that status. There are some great tracks to be sure, She Bangs The Drums and Waterfall probably the highlights of a psychedelic rock sound. But it does drift a bit into uninteresting places on occasion, and that’s a bit indicative of the fact that this flourishing of Manchester music had better examples than this. Very good, but maybe with an inflated reputation.
One of the most celebrated albums of its era, and listening to the first few tracks you can understand why. 'I Wanna Be Adored' is one of the best album openers, and is followed up by the anthemic 'She Bangs the Drums' and the pretty and slightly ethereal 'Waterfall'. Sadly the quality of the rest of the album doesn't quite live up to the same standard. While 'Waterfall' itself is fantastic, did we really need to hear a reversed version of it straight afterwards? There are some good songs, particularly 'Made of Stone' and 'I Am the Resurrection' alongside some other pleasant but not as memorable jangly guitar tracks.
I’ve got a vendetta against this jangly, neo-psychedelic indie rock album as I think it’s massively overpraised and should be nowhere near any ‘greatest albums of all time’ conversation. That said, every song here is at least decent-to-good, despite Ian Brown’s dreadful singing, with two exceptions: ‘Don’t Stop’ I find utterly pointless (it’s just the previous track backwards), and ‘Elizabeth My Dear’ is cringe-inducing. Slight hot take: it’s decent, but ‘I Wanna Be Adored’ doesn’t massively blow me away. ‘She Bangs the Drums’, ‘Waterfall’ and ‘I Am the Resurrection’ are all very solid, however. Just good enough for 4 stars.
Not a bad listen, but nothing stood out. NPC music I guess.
Not much to really love about this album. Not bad though.
Kinda the missing link between new wavey stuff and Oasis-era shoegaze/Britpop. So not as bad is it could be, but still already a bit off the mark. I'd like the songs to be a bit more dynamic.
Struggled with this one a bit. Like if Oasis didn’t have any hooks?
Magical album. Sugar Spun Sister is both a goofy lighthearted song and one of the most beautiful things ever
Good stuff, the last song kinda dragged and was a big outlier?
It wasn’t bad there were three songs I liked off the album
This was a surprise to me; I love the pop-style guitar. I found myself bobbing my head and dancing along. I enjoyed the vibe for this one a lot. I think I would've liked to hear the words better, but they sounded a bit mumbled to me; they were still good.
Najs! 3,5/5
Enjoyed the listen and exposure to a band I had not previously heard of. The interconnectivity of many artists I admire and how they experiment, inspire, and collaborate has been one of my favorite takeaways from this AOTD journey.
Since I've listened to this album about 50 times, because I have the CD in my car, I am not gonna listen to it. It's a 5/5, one of the best debuts of all time.
There’s a very strong argument that this is the greatest debut record ever made. No idea what those boys were on (other than a fuck load of E most likely.) but they bottled lightning with this. From the moment I Wanna Be Adored fades in to the crescendo of I Am The Resurrection they simply don’t miss a beat. Production is so dialled in it’s honestly ridiculous. It makes the fall from grace with “Second Coming” all the more baffling. But honestly, no notes, it is and always will be a 10. On a personal note, it’s a very emotionally charged record too. I grew up on the Roses courtesy of my old man, and we were fortunate enough to be at one of the Heaton Park reunion shows. Seeing Mani walk onstage like a deer in the headlights but immediately become one as he struck those opening bass notes made the hairs on my neck stand up as a 17 year old, and the memory still does today 14 years later. I’ll never forget the glow in my dad’s eyes (and I’m sure he thinks the same of mine.) when it happened, along with seeing so many middle aged Mancunians being transported back to their glory days. RIP Mani, thank you for being part of one of the best nights of my life x
It's like they took everything they were hearing around them in 1985 and then practiced really hard for 4 years so they could play it.
It's more fun if I imagine them singing "Bye Bye Batman"
2.7 3x
This is a timeless debut to say the least. The peaks on this record are some of Britpop's finest for sure. However when it comes to consistency, it's not the best. The guitar and bass parts are absolutely killer on every single track, but sometimes the psychedelic nature gets a little out of hand and the songs tend to stray/get too repetitive. But I absolutely love this album's sound. The influence this record had on bands like Ride, The London Suede, Oasis, and many more is undeniable. I'd give this a 5, but I really don't get why Fool's gold even exists. Britpop masterpiece very high 4.
Марко 2 Сара 3,5
Like some dreamy softer rock.
Pleasant, and likely to be forgotten within a week. ★★★
Who am I to judge such an iconic piece of art. Imagine being responsible for creating this and leaving it in the world after you are gone. Perfection
I was born a little bit too late to fully buy into this one but I still like it I am the resurrection is a tune
Enjoyment: 6/10 Replayability: 6/10 Cohesion: 7/10 Flow/Pacing: 5/10 Artistic Merit: 6/10 Weighted Average: 6.05/10 Review: Funny to have back to back indie rock albums from around the same era, but I ended up liking this one a lot more. The vocals and lyrics carried themselves further and I appreciated the twinge of psychedelic rock that naturally incorporated itself into their groove. Overall, a pretty solid album. Liked Song(s): I Wanna Be Adored, She Bangs the Drums, Bye Bye Bad Man, (Song for My) Sugar Spun Sister Disliked Song(s): Elizabeth My Dear, Fools Gold Recommend? Yes Heard Before? No
Iconic.
This was my first time listening to The Stone Roses. I dug it.
This is good. I still remember finding it in the CD review cabinet at KVRX I think I picked it up and carried it around in my backpack and never actually reviewed it and maybe only listened once. I should go listen to this again later. Not sure I fully grasped how good it actually is
Den var väl helt ok. Asså det var inte dålig musik direkt men jag var inte jättefokuserad och de två sista låtarna var 8 och 10 min med bara ljud liksom så det tycker jag inte jättemykcet om. Den får 2.5 av mig, men vi avrundar upp till 3.
One of the greatest debuts ever. Brilliant from start to finish.
No. 2/5
Very easy to listen to
3,5 Sterne
very nostalgic. feels like a perfect dream just before you wake up
Easily one of the best debut albums of all time, probably only pipped to that accolade by Hendrix's Are You Experienced. A ten out of ten LP for me, and although I really didn't need to relisten to it to know that, I did anyway. Because it is that good.
Ret fedt for et britpop album. Stor 3
Mega tidlig britpop hvis man kan kalde det det, men lyder meget mere fremtidsorienteret end de andre britpop plader vi har haft
I wanna be a doooooog
6/10
Great album. Timeless! Plenty has been written about this but I appreciate how immersive it is with the sound and tempo. How each track is excellent in its own right but with some obvious highs that elevate the listening experience. A band inspired, thank you.
Review - much better than I'd expected. As far as Madchester goes this is good. Interesting bass parts etc. But too much self-indulgent psychedelia. A whole track that's basically the last track backwards? And there are sections where it feels like they've added something in because they didn't trust themselves to write songs that were too repetitive - but the repetition is what makes the psychedelic vibe work! Case in point - I Wanna Be Adored is a great track that's almost the same repeating riff the whole way through - then with about a minute to go there's a little bridge section that's absolute shite. Why'd they do it? Stick to your guns lads. Score - 7/10 Need to listen? YES
I Wanna Be Adored She Bangs the Drums Waterfall (Song for My) Sugar Spun Sister Made of Stone This Is the One I Am the Resurrection Fools Gold
Was surprised how much I enjoyed the album!
One of the greatest. This album is truly worth its place in the 1001. It defines a generation. Not only does it hold up today, it's hard to think of a modern band that can produce an album within touching distance of this. Forever inspiring.
Amazing album. Can’t believe it was out for like 30 years before I knew it.
Bastante melodioso, indie, bastante dulce y agradable
First Listen Favorites: I Wanna Be Adored She Bangs The Drums Don't Stop Honorable Mentions: Shoot You Down Made of Stone
A surprise as refreshing as the fruit used on the cover. I really can't think of anything else like this, yet I love it. Everything works so well, there's so many ideas here executed perfectly. What a quality piece of brilliant alternative rock music and most definitely worth the listen. PS: The Stone Roses felt so familiar as a name, I just couldn't place where I know them from - until I got to the last track in Fools Gold which was used as a radio track in GTA San Andreas. The curation for those radio stations in those games was truly next level.
I really enjoyed this album. Sounded like it was from the 60s while having a modern feel in 2026 while actually being made in 1989. Standouts for me were "I Wanna Be Adored", "She Bangs the Drums", and "Bye Bye Bad Man". I liked the different guitar sections.
THIS IS SOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOD i came for this
Un grupo infravalorado. Sus discos sorprenden gratamente con cada escucha
One of the greatest
I don’t know how it is that I first listened to this album. It had to be at least a decade after its release. Somehow it got passed to me. Anyway, I always found it delightful. Something in its mix of pop and tongue in cheek musical joke making, with proper hooks, and clear musicianship always made me… bounce. A true good time. Not asking a whole lot more. 4 Boolean: True
Öðruvísi en ég bjóst við. Seinni hlutinn ýtti henni næstum upp í fjórar stjörnur að mínu mati. Allt voða næs en skilur lítið eftir sig.
A nice little pop album. Some people praise this as on of the greatest additions to British music since the Beatles, which I'm not quite sure I understand, but good fun nonetheless
no lo escuché
9/10
Bands like The Stone Roses suffer from the passage of time. In 2026 it is impossible to know the impact that this had in 1989, and what a ray of delight and sunshine in must have been in an otherwise gloomy Britain. And certainly it was hugely influential on music in the 90s, even into the 2000s. But nearly 40 years after its release it is...well, a bit lame? It's like someone took the best bits of Revolver, took even more drugs and tried to recreate them - but worse. A couple of fun singles that have stood the test of time but I really do think You Had To Be There, Man.
This was actually awesome, I can’t believe I’ve never heard of these guys before Playlist add: "This Is the One"
A masterpiece. Legitimately a top-10 album of all time for me. Catch me on the right day and I’d call it the greatest British album ever made.
It is a pleasant enough album. And I'm sure it was doing something unique for it's time, but it is just an era of rock music from the late 80s that does nothing for me. Most of the singing sounds like backup singing. The only track I genuinely thought was good was Fools Gold at the end.
Its bery similsr to the sundays but alot less vocals - meh its okay
Wow this is awesome, how have I not heard this before? Coming off some really pre toots artsy albums recently this was a breath of fresh air. Remarkably tight for a debut album. Will definitely be coming back to this.
Prety darn good listen.
Zwischen Juni 1988 und Februar 1989 nahm die britische Band aus Manchester ihr Debüt größtenteils in den Battery Studios in London auf, mit Ergänzungen in den Konk Studios und den walisischen Rockfield Studios; Produzent John Leckie formte daraus einen Sound, der sechziger Gitarrenpop mit den ersten Ausläufern der aufkommenden Acid-House-Kultur verband. Veröffentlicht wurde das Album am 2. Mai 1989 über Silvertone Records, ein Sublabel von Zomba, das gezielt auf junge Rockacts setzte. Die Kombination aus jangeligen Gitarren, tanzbaren Grooves und der lässig-arroganten Attitüde Ian Browns machte The Stone Roses zum Gründungsdokument der Madchester-Bewegung. Songs wie I Wanna Be Adored, She Bangs the Drums, Waterfall und I Am the Resurrection zeigen, wie mühelos die Band zwischen psychedelischer Verträumtheit und tänzerischer Energie wechselte, ohne dabei je hektisch zu wirken. John Squires Gitarrenspiel oszilliert zwischen Hendrix-artigen Ausbrüchen und der flirrenden Klarheit eines Johnny Marr, während Mani und Reni der Rhythmusgruppe eine geschmeidige, fast tänzerische Beiläufigkeit verleihen. Kommerziell blieb der Erfolg zunächst überschaubar – Platz 32 der UK-Charts –, doch die kritische Anerkennung wuchs mit jedem Konzertauftritt, etwa dem legendären Gig in der Hacienda im Februar 1989. Erst im Rückblick wurde deutlich, wie sehr dieses Album den Weg für Britpop und die gesamte Gitarrenmusik der Neunziger ebnete; Bands wie Oasis nannten es explizit als Initialzündung. Zeitlos wirkt es vor allem durch seine Grundstimmung aus jugendlichem Optimismus und leiser Rebellion, die auch heute nichts von ihrer Anziehungskraft verloren hat. Ein Debüt, das seiner eigenen Legende mit erstaunlicher Gelassenheit gerecht wird.
3.5
good
Outstanding album, a very high 4* 4/5
really good
Моя оценка никак не связана с Кариной) но альбом реально крутой, удовольствие на кончиках пальцев. She Bangs the Drums, Bye Bye Bad Man и Waterfall - просто мед. Побольше бы такого в целом в музыке.
Идеальное создание. Это записали феи реально. Нет альбома лучше (на мой скромный взгляд). Если я тут увижу тройки…. Начну стрелять в воздух. Барабаны, гитары, вокал, лириксы. Ноль халтуры. Просто гениальность.
The best!
ровный хороший альбом, классика - 4
Good background music, sounds like the libertines
It’s something I never thought I would hear, each song drew me closer with how interesting it was. I will definitely come back to listen to it between 6-9 more times to really understand.
I really liked the album. I think I'll listen to it again. 4/5
I just can’t get into this band
A really fun a pleasantly rhythmic album that has soft sweet moments and fun uplifting beats.
This sounds really hood what. It’s like the smiths and interpol mixed together with VERY LONG instrumental solos but it is really good i will definitely listen to them from now on wau
This is one!
when you press play on the first track of this album, you can't help but feel like you've heard this before. the appreciation for this debut, like many a piece of fine art, increased over time. it makes sense, I feel like this album feels so familiar because of its influence over the genre over time, which makes revisiting it in 2026 comforting. it's like reading a book that inspired a bunch of authors after you already read the progeny of its influence. it's like watching Get Out in 2026 for the first time after hearing the third term Obama joke referenced everywhere for years.
Prelúdio do Oasis? Não conhecia a banda, o que mais me marcou nesse álbum foram os riffs da guitarra. É um álbum com cara de anos 80, mas já querendo chegar nos 90. Me surpreendi positivamente.
Had a pretty strong start, but started falling off to the very end. It felt like a mix of alternative rock and psychedelic. While there were some seriously strong guitar licks that kept it going, the lyrics and stories that were being told didn't align. Towards the very end, it turned more jam band like, compared to the beginning which felt more like singles. The mesh didn't fit. Album Rank: 5.6 Favorite Song: She Bangs the Drums
This is 80s music at its best. Love it.
La primera canción una locura, la guardé y la escuche varias veces durante el día . Me gusto el album en general, algunas canciones mas que otras though.
This album started out really strong, got boring in the middle, but then ended sort of okay at the end. The production is great - I love this type of 80s production and they did a really interesting thing where they used what felt like a restrained version of how echoey everything sounded in the late 80s, making a cool effect where that element was there but it sounded a little less produced. There were times where the 60s and 80s influences meshed really well, and others where it was just so much 60s and the songwriting went nowhere. While I thought that sonically it took an upswing in the last two tracks, they also had no need being 17 minutes total. I dunno. I'd rate this a 2.5 were I able, but given that I'd be willing to listen to more of their stuff, I'll bump it up.
Pretty good but felt kinda old-school and I think I just didn't really get it. They have a lot of range which was cool.
cool and vibey, definitely sounds ahead of it's time. maybe the first time i've got that *influential* feeling without any previous context. i don't think it packs a ton of crazy cool hits but the baseline is very enjoyable. the two big half-instrumental closers are so fun they bring the score up easy. favorite song is Made of Stone, maybe Fools Gold. solid 4
Rating: 10/10 I absolutely love this short lived band. Has the DNA of just about everything I like in modern rock music to make for one really incredible album filled to the brim with catchy pop songs. It's like a synthesis of influence from 60's psych pop and the 80's jangle with the indie rock sounds of 90's bands that surely aimed to make music that sounded like these guys did. The album starts of with three amazing tracks that are all distinct from each other, and has so many deeper cuts, the best being the very fun Made of Stone and the closing track. The only song on the album I don't care for is less than a minute long anyway. I just had to listen to it twice more and have all the songs stuck in my head right now. An album that has really made a lasting impact on music today whether you know it or not
This album was sadly mostly a miss for me. Loved the hits Adored and Made of Stone, MAYBE Bangs the Drums, but otherwise it just felt like it got lost. A ton of the songs ran too long without much happening, a few were a bit of "lets try to sound like The Beatles", and overall yeah the parts I didn't already like didn't really impress. Decent at best 5.7/10
Hmmmm
Solid, 3.5 leaning towards 4
Mint, start to finish
Best ever
07/04 Pretty good. Need to find a physical of this one
i kinda feel like some kind of drugs are missing in my body for me to really get into this. i can hear it's really good, but i just can't feel it.
I don't know, not my cup of tea.
4.5
Dived into this blind, and I'm floored. Such a treat. It's got its eyes on the prize and its feet tapping to a rhythm that's equal parts rock 'n' roll swagger and funky 80's groove. Really dig that teasing 80's sound. It's childhood to me. Spins: 3 Playlist Additions - I Wanna Be Adored - She Bangs the Drums - Waterfall - (Song for My) Sugar Spun Sister - This Is the One
can be bizzare but 9/10
It’s not really doing anything for me… I think if the singer did more than the bare minimum it’d be a fun album, many of the instrumentals are great.
Okay
Easy five flawless album.
Good
Très cool
*voix de Regelogorila* Oui. C'est bien. Playlist pick : Waterfall
Me voy a dejar llevar por la emoción y le daré las 4 estrellas, great listen
not for my current mood but id def listen to it when im driving in the middle of the desert or idk a car with some sunroof. but def not a vibe location wise
This was a good album! I never have heard of these guys but I liked them and this album alot
One all time great song - Fool's Gold - and a few other good tunes, but too much filler for my tastes.
This was fun. Liked Adored the best. Last few were good but all carried on a little too long.
Shoot you down & This is the one c'est quoi cet enchainement de fou furieux. L'album est juste incroyable et je pense que plus je vais l'écouter et plus je vais l'aimer. Super découverte, tout ce que j'aime dans un album de rock expérimental. Je suis certain de l'écouter pendant longtemps. Magnifique
Franchement très bon je m'attendais pas à ça sachant que le nom de l'album est le nom du groupe
Good album, nothing stands out
Contains the greatest song of all time in I Am The Resurrection, which I could happily listen to everyday til the end of time. A classic.
One of the all time best outros to an album. I don't listen to this as much as I used to so was lovely to revisit
A frustrating listen. I Wanna Be Adored starts so well, but then Ian Brown's voice kicks in and takes all the shine off. (Reminiscent of Tonight, Tonight by The Smashing Pumpkins in that respect). I Am The Resurrection is a wonderful song with a self indulgent funk-rock outro. The rest is a mixed bag, some of which I quite enjoyed but a lot of which irritated me. Two stars.
One of the all great albums, 5 stars!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Tom.
Det er ved at være noget tid siden jeg hørte det nu - men jeg var *meget* positivt overrasket.
Wasnt my favorite. I liked one or two songs. I did like the album art though.
#172/1001 🇬🇧🍋🐝 I'm getting a lot of 5 star albums at the moment. This one is really special to me - the sound of growing up in the 90s (i know it was released in 89). From the rumbling brooding intro to Adored right through to the false endings and restarts of Resurection this is a perfect album from start to finish. Ian Brown is obviously a pretty average singer but this record is all about Squires's guitar and the rhythm section of Mani and Reni. I always think that debut albums represent bands in their truest form and this is as pure a sound as you will ever hear. Best Tracks: I Wanna Be Adored, Waterfall, Made Of Stone, This Is The One, I Am The Resurection.
Fiquei ouvindo esse várias vezes ou invés de ouvir outros novos mt bom quando começou a primeira música já senti o rajadao
One of my favourite indie rock albums from the uk, is in the debate for one of the best debut albums of all time which helped bridge the gap between post punk and britpop beautifully. Loved the guitar tones on this and has an easy listenable sound for any occasion . Comfortable 5
Was never really into English Rock, but this album has definitely helped with that. I Wanna be Adored, She Bangs the Drums, Sugar Spun Sister, Made of Stone and Fool's Gold are masterclass. Don't Stop didn't really do it for me, but I can definitely appreciate the attempt at something so experimental. Overall, definitely get the hype and will be revisiting this album.
Great album! Already knew one song but the album is very good and very chill! His voice is also cool
I came into this with an old prejudice. At the time, I struggled to see what all the fuss was about. I understood the cultural weather around it: Manchester, baggy, clubs, terraces softening, inflatable bananas, the sense that guitar music had suddenly discovered hips. But I’d always slightly filed it as a “better on E” album. One that needed the right room, the right hour, the right crowd, the right social chemistry. The surprise is that it passes the 07:30 test. Heard at breakfast, away from its natural habitat, the album still has architecture. It isn’t just aura. It isn’t just Ian Brown mumbling over dance-adjacent grooves. What you hear is a band that had spent years failing towards the right version of itself, absorbing 60s jangle, Paisley Underground weather, post-punk looseness, club rhythms and Manchester insolence until it all came out as something unmistakably theirs. That matters, because this does not sound like a debut album in the usual sense. It sounds like a band finally shedding the wrong versions of itself. The confidence is unforced. Not “please admire us”, more “obviously this works; keep up.” The key, I think, is that the Roses don’t always give you songs. They give you phases. A lot of the album doesn’t move like conventional guitar pop: verse, chorus, middle eight, resolution. It moves more like pulse, shimmer, lift, refraction, burn, release. That is why it can be hard to reduce to busking, terrace chant, or sober historical explanation. A normal song survives extraction. A phase-band needs the ecology intact: rhythm section, tone, momentum, repetition, altered perception, collective lift. I Wanna Be Adored is a fabulous opener because it prowls before it blooms. It begins like something stalking out of the scrub, then suddenly opens into the kind of wide-armed guitar lift Noel Gallagher would later recognise and simplify. But the Roses are stranger than Oasis. They don’t quite become an anthem. They become the apparition of one. She Bangs the Drums is purer Roses: bright, chiming, absorbed neo-psychedelic guitar pop, lifted by a rhythm section that refuses to sit still. The lazy cliché is “dance groove and mumbling”, but this could almost have blown in from the Paisley Underground, except the Roses don’t sound like collectors recreating the 60s. They sound as though that whole revivalist weather system has passed through them and left the air changed. Then Waterfall happens, and that is a genuine masterpiece. It has the structure of a good acid house track: not simply song sections, but a journey through states. It grooves through phases. The fade-out doesn’t end the song; it lets it pass beyond the frame. Then Don’t Stop folds the same material back on itself. With the backwards reverb on Brown’s voice, the whole thing feels as though the song is arriving before itself. It’s prismatic origami. The dream sequence from Twin Peaks as baggy. What I hadn’t fully appreciated before is how much of the album is running on insurrectionary imagery. Bye Bye Badman turns Paris ’68, tear gas, lemons and revolt into bouncealong pop. Elizabeth My Dear then becomes more pointed: not just a throwaway republican squib, but a little act of folk-song vandalism after a song about riot. Sugar Spun Sister sounds sweet, but the lyric is sticky, bodily and queasy, with MPs tripping on glue. Made of Stone returns to singalong jangle-pop, but with burning cars and cold streets running behind it. Call it Manchester Situationism. Not as academic doctrine, but as instinct: politics as image, city as theatre, revolt as colour, everyday life made strange. It sounds blissed-out, but it keeps smuggling in barricades. Ian Brown’s limitations are not incidental. The album uses them. A stronger singer might ruin parts of this record by over-declaring the emotion. Brown’s flatness keeps the songs suspended somewhere between arrogance, vacancy, bliss, side-eye and threat. On Shoot You Down, the pause before “I’d love to do it and you know you’ve always had it coming” is perfect because he doesn’t snarl it. He lets it fall quietly, which makes it much colder. John Squire’s guitar playing is also more interesting than a simple “guitar hero” reading allows. His solos are often not technically dazzling. He runs through simple shapes. But that simplicity is the point. His real strength here is chordal chops, riffs, texture, rhythmic ignition, and knowing when not to clutter the architecture. He doesn’t smother the groove. He sparks across it. And the rhythm section is absurdly good. Reni makes guitar-pop dance without turning it into ordinary dance music. Mani gives the songs bounce, pocket and confidence. Together they stop the album becoming merely pretty, merely jangly, or merely retro. They are why it levitates. This Is the One gives the album its progressive-pop expansion without becoming pompous. It has opening panels, swelling movement, threshold drama. But it is not earnest in the cosmic old-prog sense. It is blissed-out Manc side-eye. It levitates with its hands in its pockets. Then I Am the Resurrection is the perfect final argument. The first section is pure 60s strut: snap, sneer, riff, chorus, Brown doing the messianic shrug. Then the song finishes being a song and becomes a band happening in real time. The excitement is not really in Squire’s soloing, but in the chordal chops and riffs burning alongside Reni, the stop-time, the sense of “you want more? We got more.” It is controlled detonation. Depending on the edition, Fools Gold then gets shoved on afterwards, and it slightly changes the balance. It is magnificent, obviously, but it is not the same organism. The album proper is a guitar band using dance logic. Fools Gold is closer to dance music wearing a guitar-band badge. Essential Stone Roses, but not necessarily essential to The Stone Roses as an album. So yes, it is an ecstasy album. It wants weather. It wants bodies. It probably still improves with a pill. But the important discovery is that it doesn’t need one. I came in respecting its importance more than feeling grabbed by it. I came out hearing the craft under the glow. It is disciplined, funny, arrogant, strange, politically barbed yet daft, rhythmically alive, and far better built than the mythology sometimes allows. A strong four, blurring into five
HELL. FRICKEN. YEAH !!! My first five stars !!! Been a rough few days of lots of ones and twos so I was delighted to find that I love this ! Never heard of this band or their music before but they’re great - I will be listening to more. Many songs have gone straight onto my faves list and only one or two I wasn’t super bothered about. YIPPEEEEE!
There were some songs id see myself tapping my fingers to but its not specifically my thing I can see why it holds importance in music, though
Groupe anglais début 90s Premier son vraiment très bon et le reste est cool surtout la guitare sur les derniers
Very good album - the hits (6 out of 12) are classics, not completely bowled over by some of the album tracks, but touch and go for a 5 would certainly be a 9 out of 10
This shit picked up and got way better. Fun.
Wonderful, especially the first half
No notes, banger after banger
such an easy going album and definitely a good listen also as a Manchester united fan you just have to love The Stone Roses you can't hate them
This album is definitely better than the last one. This one is more geared towards my tastes, which is more bass and drums sounds. I had a difficult time figuring out which one I like the best since they are all so good! My top two are “she bangs the drums” and “waterfall”
It couldn't have started any better.
The kind of album that always comes back to me at the perfect times in my life. This particular instance, the sun was shining and the heat has been the highest it's been in ages, creating the perfect listening conditions for an album which exudes that summer feeling. Uber catchy, still just as revolutionary as when I first gave it a go, and some of my favourite basslines in anything. Iconic stuff. Favourite track: I Am The Resurrection Least favourite track: Bye Bye Bad Man
Me re gustó. Rock. También siento q lo escucharía louis. Igual la melodía son medio lo mismo todas
Pretty good.
Not consistent enough to get a five, which is a shame as the best tracks are stratospherically high points.
pretty nice!!
First half is amazing, second half a bit too meandering, but happily surprised.
Nice. The overall sound is a little cloudy for me at times but we’ve got a lot of nice sounding guitar and some really strong melodies. Seems pretty ahead of its time. Will revisit
The rare album I wanted to be twice as long. I've always been a sucker for the jangling guitars and outside of Ticket to Ride this is the best version I've come across. I can't believe how catchy these songs are, this is the rare straight five that I'd never listened to until the generator sent it our way. I probably listened to She Bangs the Drums twenty times this weekend.
Neat. There are some great melodies and some neat guitar work too. Beatles-esque 60's pop rock with some sad boy mixed in works better than I would have thought. A wee bit long in the tooth at points (3.5)
There's nothing inherently wrong with it, but I just found it incredibly boring. I genuinely had to force myself to listen to it twice and in those two hours I didn't connect with the music once.
all timer!
Interesting alt-British rock sounds, great extended tracks
Madchester mad for it. Happy days cracking album. As another reviewer pointed out nothing new here but everything at the highest level.
It's the best. End to end, not a duff note. I still remember how wild it felt to hear them play Don't Stop live - you'd think that the same song forwards and backwards couldn't work and yet... And then finishing with I Am The Resurrection is perfect. (Obviously Fools Gold shouldn't be included as it wasn't on the original release. Even though its magnificent.) Mani, Reni and Squire together at that moment was just some kind of magic. I'm convinced that at any other time, Reni wouldn't play like that, which turns them into more than just another band. What an album.
A decent, but not exceptional album. I did greatly enjoy the variety on instrumental sections across the album that created a strong feeling of variety through the piece.
It's...not great. Musical noise. There i some skill, but it doesn;t sound good.
I really liked the beginning but the end was not so fun for me
Surprisingly good album, really enjoyed the vibes
Hadn't heard about this band or album before. A hole in my music history knowledge. TIL about the Madchester scene. Overall loved it. Back half of the album is stronger than the front, to me. I can see why this is considered a rock classic.
Know The Stone Roses, haven’t really explored much beyond whatever few songs would’ve come across. Sounds like post punk meets alt rock. At times, has a more modern sound than late 80s. And at times is very 60s psychedelic. This is a fun album with a fun variety of sound. Like it better than a lot of the BritPop music that came later that I’ve encountered. I think its strength is that it does have a variety to the sound. It’s little bit long, and some of the jam songs seem to drag a little toward the end of the album. But overall I liked this a good amount. Somewhere between a 3 and a 4 for me.
Yeah it's really good. Lots of great hooks, shimmery guitars, bass riffs, floaty vocals, funky drums... It's a really good album. It's not completely excellent, there are a few throwaways, such as Don't Stop which is an interesting experiment, reversing the entire song that played beforehand and trying to do something with it- that falls a bit flat. There's also some alright but average songs near the end. But I wanna be adored, She bangs the Drums, Waterfall, Made of Stone, I am the resurrection, Fools gold... half of this album contain some of the best late 80s/early 90s songs ever written. It has several 5 star songs, but a few 3 or 4 star ones... which doesn't add up to 5 overall, unfortunately. 4 stars will have to do.
the predecessors to Oasis. I really like this album. some awesome tracks like "I Wanna Be Adored", "She Bangs the Drum" and "Waterfall". ive been listening to this album for over thirty years.
Yikes this was boring and monotonous. The first track was a real struggle to get through and I think that was the single! The music was commonplace and the singing was lackluster.
Never heard of them. Was expecting something hard/metallic or similar. Pleasant surprised.
Very good record. I just love the songs and easiness in which they are performed. I will say this though… their other album is better.
Not a band I ever followed. Pleasant listen.
Madchester, neo-psychedelia, indie rock, alternative rock.
pretty nice
191. good except for the end
Decent but boring
Really interesting music that sets the mood. It has a great vibe that makes you want to go somewhere.
The Stone Roses arrived in 1989 at the center of a moment — Madchester, the convergence of indie guitar rock and dance culture that briefly made a specific corner of England feel like the only place music was happening. The record carries that energy convincingly. The jangly 60s-inflected guitars, Reni’s drumming (genuinely the secret weapon, funk-informed in a way the rest of the band doesn’t always match), Ian Brown’s loose detached vocal sitting more on feel than precision — it all coheres into something that sounds like a scene rather than just a band. The problem is that it sounds like that scene for the entire record without quite varying the formula enough to keep the back half as alive as the front. Same samey is the honest verdict — not in the sense that the songs are indistinguishable, but in the sense that the emotional register doesn’t shift enough to generate the kind of peaks that earn replayability. Nothing moves the needle sufficiently to demand return visits, which is the test that separates a record worth respecting from a record worth reaching for. The talent is real and the vibe is genuine. “She Bangs the Drums” and “I Am the Resurrection” make the case for what the band could do when the groove locked in. But a record that impresses without moving sits at three regardless of its historical reputation, and the UK press canonization of this particular era deserves the same healthy skepticism it always does in this project. A solid three. The moment was real. The record is a good document of it.
Boring and normal. Just sounds like 80’s rock.
Insane this is a debut album. I knew some of their music but not the whole history. Every track rocks, so many different kinds of sounds. I feel like they took the best from the post-punk sound, but cast of the taboo against also resurrecting some of the psychedelia/noodly guitar vibes of the 70s. Incredible that this album came YEARS before the alternative music of the 90s. Also paved the way for Oasis etc. stunner of an album, easy 5
3.5
I really like this album!!! Such a nice vibe
Struggled to rate this one. Will give it 3.5
Really enjoyed it. Has some classic songs on and most of the songs I didn't know were solid too.
8/10 - a classic indie britpop album
Before the Brit Pop wave, The Stone Roses came along with this magical blend of pop, rock, soul, and psychedelic. In places, ethereal, in others, stadium anthems
good