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I liked the overall vibe of the album. Quite fun to listen to. Nice blend of pop rock, psy rock, dance. It feels like a blueprint of 90s britpop and I could see how they would have ended up influencing later groups like Oasis or the Verve. 3.5/5. Fav tracks: I Wanna Be Adored, She Bangs the Drums,Fools gold I don't like that they're Utd fans though..
Released before I was born and Oasis etc. had taken over the airwaves in my youth by then. Such a good album. Pity they never hit the heights of the bands they inspired. 80% of the tracks are great. If they trimmed it down to 45mins it could have been a perfect album. 4/5.
Some nice, atmospheric tracks here and there. Liked it!
Great sounds on the instruments, very nice jams. The songs in the middle aren't as strong though.
A surprisingly great album from a group I didn't know -- and one that clearly didn't reach its full potential.
Pretty middle of the road stuff
Too distracting to be in the background, but not interesting enough to keep my attention.
✋😶🤚 It's peak
I really enjoyed the Beatle-inspired (at least to my ear) songs.
Its good but I’m not really feeling it. I think the only song I would listen to is I wanna be adored. (I already knew that one.) Maybe I will listen again later and be really into it but just not my vibe right now.
Surprisingly good. I'll definitely give it a couple more listens in the future.
80% bangers
Great album 👌
I feel like the Stone Roses are a huge "what if". You wonder if this was just lightning in a bottle, or if they really could have been among the greats if the record company wasn't such douchenozzles. Psychedelic in the best way. This one really feels like a complete work, and I don't think you'd be able to take off a single note of it without making it worse. Great album.
I was surprised with how many songs I knew on this album. I knew ‘I Wanna Be Adored’ beforehand, but listening through I realized I had heard almost all the songs at some other time before. I enjoyed it, proto Brit-pop, but not something I would go back to turn on again. Fun music to dance to, I guess.
Meh.
This has everything that was good about the 80s.
This is awesome, never heard of these guys before.
I had never head of this band before. I had so much fun listening to this one. I may need to add it to the rotation. 4-5 stars at the moment.
I thought this guy was yelling, "I wanna be your dog!" Actually, it's "I Wanna Be Adored." Whatever. Either way, this album is, as the Brits say, yellow wank.
Easily forgettable
God album
Wasn’t too familiar with Stone Roses. Heard a few songs on the radio, and I’m pretty sure they had a track on one of the Guitar Hero games back in the day. Man, what a great album. I did not see Fools Gold coming at the end. Totally will play this one again.
3.5....rounding down because didn't' feel like it had a whole lot of replay-ability.
Rock, ok Haut mich nicht vom Hocker
I listened to this five times, and I still can't remember anything. I like the album cover, though.
So many happy memories of this album. Still sounds amazing.
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
It's a melodic masterpiece from start to finish with ne'er a bad tune to be found. 'She Bangs the Drums', 'Waterfall' and co, are worthy of any 60s band in their prime. Has there ever been an album so damn joyful to listen to? There is none of the sneer of punk, nor smug ego of Britpop. Major-chord, melody and groove-driven elation. To me it will always be the sound of being young. And so the album ends up being a magnificent paradox. At the intersection of the 80s and the birth of Britpop, it really feels like the perfect encapsulation of a moment in time. And yet that moment in time for me wasn't 1989 but was when I discovered it proper, in 1997. It's the sound of youthful optimism, of discovery, of being on the edge of something. That’s why it endures: it doesn’t just belong to one era, but to any wanting to claim it as part of their own.
I never heard of them before this. My first thought is that they wanted to sound like the Beatles, updated to the 80s. It's good enough that I added it to my library, but not an all time great. The 8+ minutes songs are too long and repetitive. Favorites: I Wanna Be Adored Bye Bye Bad Man This is the One
Always brilliant
This is a really great album! I was pleasantly surprised by how timeless and cool this album was. It was only dated in recording quality and guitar sounds. I really enjoyed it and will listen to it again for sure! 4 stars!
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How does that work?
The song Shoot You Down reminded me so much of the band Summer Salt. A bit weird to hear such an old song remind me of a band in the modern age. This showed that this was just a testament of how songs can be timeless in sound. Unlike most albums on here, it started exciting me toward the end, minus the very repetitive last 2 tracks. Going solid 3 here for the mixed review.
Really solid and innovative album!
Very good album I missed this somehow. Going to get multiple listens from here on out. Bummer they quit making music.
Hard to fault. Criminal that they never produced anything close to as good as this again. Fool's Gold beat stuck in my head non-stop for the rest of the day.
After the first two tracks (I've always thought Fool's Gold was brilliant), there was a quite a dip until Made of Stone. It felt like the same song two or three times until that point. Then after Made of Stone, it continued. 5/10
Not even a month in and I’m already at the stage where a rock album is going to have to really impress me to get anything higher than a 3. This is pretty good, but only just pretty good. Nothing to really write home about. As usual, it took me a while to start getting down with it, but I think the ladder half of the album is a LOT better than the top half personally, specifically “Made of Stone”, “I Am the Resurrection”, and my personal favorite “Fools Gold”. The singer sounds ok, the melody is fine, the guitarist can be boring at times and it all just sounds alright as a whole. Another album I probably won’t remember in a bit in all honesty, but hey, it’s definitely still great from top to bottom. Besides being a tad boring in places, I don’t really have any other big complaints with it. I don’t quite understand why this one is so highly rated honestly, but to each their own.
500 Stars. I own 2 copies of this vinyl, plus all the singles, plus almost everything released by the band. VERY important album in my life. Made of Stone changed my life forever. 14 years old, my brother put it on a mix tape for me and from that moment on i was hooked. There is not one bad song on this album and i can still sing each song word for word. Waterfall and Made of Stone are the 2 standout tracks, but i could add bye bye badman, sugar spun sister, this is the one, shoot you down, drums and resurrection. Fools gold does not count because it is not on the album (but is on the spotify version)
# 472 : 02/05/2025 : The Stone Roses I don't love it, I don't hate it. A couple of things stood out but no songs that connected with me. It’s good, but not great Favourite track : (Song For My) Sugar Spun Sister
Odd mix of alternative and pop elements. Mostly 70s pop feel but nothing too unique. Not sure i liked any of the songs. 4/10
This album is just a solid 6/10. The downside is that all the songs are incredibly similar and don’t really take too many risk. I enjoy that it reminds me of The Cure but it also has that boring Beatles vibe where the songs sound the same. For a first album, I feel like you need to try and make your own sound and they failed to do so.
I’m way behind, I gotta keep this short. Band is ahead of its time this album would probably be on repeat for me if I was the right generation. Fools Gold and I wanna be adored I thought were both great songs exploring unique ideas
Already really like it from the beginning. Their guitar and fade in and out are so good. I'm enjoying the hell out of this album. Every song was really good.
I joined this site to find some g[d music I have not heard before. This album finally made that come true.
I little... soft? for me IDK a type of music I like but not really clicking here. Still not terrible. 6/10
She Bangs The Drums GH nostalgia and a lot of reverb.
This came out a few years before my entry into the 120-minutes-verse, and I was familiar with the first two songs (which are solid) and the general "classic" reputation of the album, thus I was confused as to why the rest of the album was just kind of boring.
I Wanna Be Adored is fantastic. The rest of this album… it's fine I guess
This album was my everything for a long time. It was perfect in the 1990s, and it remains so now.
At last some Dutch music! Ah, first song was really good, the rest sounds like the same so-so song
it pains me to give this rating but even if it was boring, i t wasnt bad
canciones fav todas
Very solid upbeat album. Great listen, but nothing special.
Идеальный бленд попа и рока, вне времени, офигенный альбом для вечерних прогулок
Almost a perfect album. The blending of psychedelia and proto trip hop (with some tints of classic rock) is breathtaking. Just a couple filler tracks from being a perfect record.
Absolute Classic
Can’t believe I never heard of thus group or any if their songs and music. Really enjoyed the album in general, and I Wanna Be Adored, This Is The One, I Am The Resurrection, and Fools Gold specifically. This is all too new for me to consider it one of the great albums, but it’s very listenable, will have a place on my goto playlists, and I can see how their sound and style was influential on many of the later Britpop supergroups. A seminal effort.
Pretty cool album and I can't believe it came out pre 1990. After one listen I put it at 3.5, but I think this could eventually hit 4 for me.
Best opening/closing track combo ever. Find the middle section of the album a little dull which holds it back from a 5 for me.
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses 5 stars I'd never heard of this band before I got this album, but it is incredible. Not a skip on the whole album. I don't necessarily have the reference points to really describe this album, but it was catchy, psychedelic, and just a great listen I saw something that compared them to The Smiths, who I love, so I'm not surprised I liked this in hindsight
Who? No.
Other reviews call this "ethereal" which usually means it's going to be very difficult for my ADHD brain to hold onto as a primary focus. Therefore, I'll be rating on the "how well does this help me focus on other stuff and get shit done" scale instead of the "is this music enjoyable to listen to as an activity" scale. Mmmm. Synths get a bit distractingly 80s at times, but nothing too bad. Decent, unlike the vocalist's views.
"Fool's Gold" alone gets this album 4 stars even though the middle of the album, save for "Don't Stop," is kinda meh
A bit all over the place
Sounded a bit like Oasis
i wanna, i wanna, i gotta be a door
Liked it, surprised I haven’t heard it before
First time giving this a proper listen. Was expecting it to be good, but not this good. I can see how it influenced music and bands in the 90's.
Eschewing the metal and pop of the era, the Stone Roses launched one of the earliest Indie Rock albums. It helped to create Britpop and dictate much more of England's music scene before the Indie breakthrough. The combination of jangle pop with darker undertones resonated with everyone. It highlights desires people feel they shouldn't have, yet can't help but have. The music itself is enchanting and easy to connect to. Another perfect moment in time
One of the best albums to emerge from the madchester era.
Not too many thoughts on this album.
It was surprising, the first song of the album was pretty thematically different from the rest of it. It put me on my heels in trying to pin down a genre, but honestly, I really enjoyed what started playing in the auto-generated playlist after the end of the album. So while I don't know what it was, I'm pretty sure I like it, haha.
I’ve long thought The Stone Roses just weren’t a band for me but there were a few tracks on this album I actually liked
Really good album with some great songs. Was not familiar with it but pleasantly surprised.
Repetitive, not remembered songs, nothing catchy.
This is so right up my alley it's ridiculous!! I LOVE THIS!
It was a okay, but just faded into background music for me.
Good a few good songs a bit boring though
Elizabeth my dear the best on the album by far. Made of stone is pretty good as well.
This album delighted me. It was like a perfect bridge from Beatles to the Smiths to Oasis. With plenty of surprises as well. Loved it.
Redundant beat, melody. Monotone throughout. No one song stood out to me.
This album was very British psych-pop and it was a very easy listen.
I really like this transition period between 80s rock styles (glam, punk, folk) and 90s rock styles (grunge, alt, shoegaze, post). Mixing acoustic and electric guitars sounds soooo good when the acoustic fills a textural role and the electric takes the melody. Lots of tambourine makes the percussion feel more personal. See also: The Jesus and Mary Chain, Talk Talk, early Cocteau Twins, Talking Heads
DOO DOO GET THIS 60S ROCK AWAY FROM MEEEE
Really liked this, I didn't know the stone roses were so good. There's a surprising out of variety in their songwriting for such a long album
Really cool sound to this album. I feel like I can sink into the universe of it. It is a very specific vibe and I’m glad I got to experience it when I was in the right place for it.
This was a great album! I had never heard of this band and was happily surprised !
This starts strong with the shoegazey I Wanna Be Adored - then turns to jangly Madchester crap. Boo!
Any one of these songs would be perfect in the soundtrack to an early 90’s indie flick.
Not bad. It actually sounds good. But I find it bland and too Beatles "inspired".
Listened Before? N Not too bad... just kind of droning and same-y from song to song. I don't really get it, but apparently millions of people do judging by their Spotify numbers. Fool's Gold was a nice change of pace at the end but... its NINE minutes long. ugh. Oh well. Added to library? N Songs added to playlist: Waterfall
Listened to most of it, with the first few tunes on repeat. Didn’t get to the two long ones at the end. Smiths on steroids.
Starts off really strong but I do feel the middle of the album meanders and doesn't hold the promise of the first four or so track. Fools Gold is a straight up classic though obviously.
There were some excellent songs here - some I knew already and some I didn't. Can happily recommend this one.
Jangle dance pop. Some songs could use a bit of editing. Highlights: "She Bangs the Drums", "Waterfall" (the guitar arpeggios sound like a waterfall), "Made of Stone" (good guitar and bass interplay, catchy chorus melody. I get Smiths vibes on this one.), "Fools Gold" (more dancey, slight U2 Achtung Baby era vibes) Notable: "Elizabeth My Dear" (it's the tune of "Scarborough Fair" and very short)
I like the sound but its very basic
I am a person that listens to music based on my moods so maybe that's why I wasn't feeling this album. I thought it was okay. I can see based on 1989 how it revolutionized British music as it was a departure from the music of the day and paved the way for bands like Oasis and Coldplay. Best songs are Waterfall and I Am The Resurection in my humble opinion.
Three catchy tracks to open, then 1 that would have been better as a b-side. Descent middle, then a few more good and great ones to finish off. Favorites - "I Wanna Be Adored", "Made of Stone", "I Am the Resurrection." I remember when this album came out. The band hit so big on the college/alternative scene so fast that it kind of soured me on them, though I've always like "Adored." Glad I was given a reason to revisit the album. I wouldn't call it an all-time classic for me, but a solid debut, which helped usher in the Madchester scene to America.
Solid album, starts with some banger tracks, then just settles in for awhile until we get nice 8 and 9 minute jams to end the record. Top 3 Songs: Waterfall (Song for My) Sugar Spun Sister I Am the Resurrection
We’ve got the Stone Temple Pilots, The Rolling Stones, and now the Stone Roses. Well colour me confused. It’s another Monday. These weeks really do just keep goin’ don’t they? I now understand why the powers that be are intent on destroying the planet. Maybe in these trying times, one of the innumerable bands themed around BIG ROCK can provide a glimmer of light in the cosmic darkness. Or, maybe it’ll be a precursor to the band Bush and I’ll need to take a shower. I Wanna Be Adored - Oh is this going to be a “New York” album? We’ve got the subway screeching already. Very influenced by the Smiths, seemingly. Not a bad song. Has a decent melancholia and a solid musical spine. Not what I expected! She Bangs the Drums - When is the William Hung cover of “She Bangs” going to show up on here? Remember that guy? Where the whole world united around the idea that guy who doesn’t speak English well is funny for that very fact. This song is quiet and repetitive. Fades away a little for me. Waterfall - First stones and now waterfalls? How many geographic features are we going to get in this thing? I kind of started thinking about moss and lichen during this song. Very, very dull track. Don’t Stop - Now I need to remind longtime readers of my impenetrable journalism that I am indeed writing the song titles, to make my pithy observations more legible. I will endeavour to continue to make the same amount of typos and run-on sentences to ensure the reviews are as painful as ever. Speaking of painful, this song happened, and the low quality of it inspired me to inform the listening public that I would in now way be reusing the stoppage of this song. Bye Bye Bad Man - Here’s another drab, monotone song. Whatever. Elizabeth My Dear - The surefire way to get a good review out of me is to sound folky or medieval. Of course it’s a jokey interlude, but it was a nice song. Hope that kicks up the energy moving forward. (Song for My) Sugar Spun Sister - Now this is an upgrade. What a lovely melody. So much of this is ripped right from the 60’s, yet it has been updated for the modern (late 80’s) audience. Could use an album of songs like this. Made of Stone - They drove a dump truck full of money up to my house!!! I’m not made of stone!! Drive a Canyonero. Either this album or myself has been awakened by the Elizabeth interlude. A very nice song here. Shoot You Down - hey drone, you’ve done a great job up there, but unfortunately you’re in restricted airspace. Despite our pressing need for overhead pictures of the nearby landfill, we are going to have to shoot you down in a blaze of glory. Sincerely, the team at Air Force Dump. This song ruled. The jazz sensibilities mixed with the sweet melody make for another great song. This is the One - For what? The best song? It’s certainly not that, but it’s continuing in a pleasing vein. Not a bad lil track. I Am the Resurrection - I am reviewing conflicting reports of what the final song really is. I mean the ending of the last track (and its name) leads me to believe that was the album closer, but RYM says this is the last one, so we’ll go with that. Luckily it’s a nice one as well. Crazy long outro, but it still rocks fairly well. Roll that stone away, to find the tomb isn’t empty, it’s just filled with a cave bear who has a taste for British Power Pop. For such a colourful album cover, I was missing that vibrancy in the early parts of the album. I was bored and easily distracted, and I blamed the album. In the polar opposite sentiment of one’s Eugene Snitsky Esq; It WAS my fault. From the folk interlude “Elizabeth My Dear,” I was awakened and listened with a renewed sense of purpose. I need to go through this album again in order to give the early tracks the same care and attention but this was a beautiful release. Charming 60’s simplicity with updated 80’s aesthetics that made the self-titled debut a thoroughly enjoyable distraction on my interminable march towards lifetime employment. I’ll have the reports in by noon. 3.5-4 HIGHLIGHTS: I Wanna Be Adored, (Song for My) Sugar Spun Sister, Made of Stone, Shoot You Down
I had always heard of Stone Roses in passing, usually by music snobs who liked to name drop. I get it. The first time I listened to this album was while passively working. It had a great feel. By the third time I still don’t feel like I got it all and want to go back again. It reminds me of a musical bridge between the Moody Blues and the Beta Band. Were Stone Roses the original Indie-Kings? Key tracks for me are Made of Stone and Don’t Stop, though shout out to I Am the Resurrection. I’m coming back here again, so hopefully I can name drop in the future 😄 Does that make me a musical snob or a connoisseur? I am going with the latter, of course
Random thoughts: * feels like this is a bit of a genre mashup making it hard to define: dream pop, jangly guitar, 90s alternative before it happened, 80s alt a la the smiths. * I can see why this is a bit of a hidden gem and don’t get the proper attention it deserved * I listened to this one twice because it was such a good album to throw on.
With a debut album as excellent as this, it’s actually sad that this band had such a short lifespan and produced only one more album.
truly great
jangle pop seems to be a big representative in this collection, and this is probably one of the best i've heard of the genre. very pretty pop rock tunes, i'd say. this to me is a great representation of what the genre stands for, post-punk and rock music that takes heavy inspiration from the "jangly" melodies of rock tracks from the 1960s. what if the beatles or the beach boys were groups from the 80s? this is a pretty good answer to that question. i love those harmonies on the vocals.
Late 80s brit pop psych, enjoyed it 3.5
Already know it’s good
The stone roses definitely influenced some great bands including two with a bitter rivalry. Oasis vs Blur!
Sounds like the band from “That Thing You Do”. Some interesting spots.
À phénoménal début with terrific songs.
Partially listened before Fav tracks: She Bangs the Drums, Waterfall, Made of Stone, I Am the Resurrection
Balala
I love a good 3 or 4 songs on this when they come on but never really seek them out for some reason I think a lot of that has to do with the weakness of Ian Brown’s vocals This album is good but it’s not exactly the second coming (as indeed, neither was The Second Coming) She Bangs The Drum, Waterfall and (Obviously) I Am The Resurrection are great. The rest could leave or take
Pretty chill rock album. I remember listening to this when I was young. The next album was more popular amongst my friends but the "alt" kids of the day preferred this album. It's great and very easy to listen to, I'm going to put this on when a relaxed mood hits me.
Surprisingly good. Kept expecting rock cos I was thinking guns n roses but enjoyable. Some decent tunes but no full on banger really. Solid album Specific rating - 4.2 Fav Song - Made of Stone Least fav - bye bye bad man
Very good vibes! Definitely helped that I listened whilst on a beach in the sun....
Enjoyed a lot of the album but nothing really stood out to me. The backwards stuff on Don't Stop really wasn't fun to listen to for me- felt a little too uncanny valley and some of the songs at the end seemed to go on a little longer than I had patience for. Favourite: Bye Bye Bad Man Least: Don't Stop
classic album that has clearly influenced a lot of the newer artists i listen to, only thing is the last few songs have pretty long instrumental sections which i may skip on re-listens. Fav: i wanna be adored, she bangs the drums, waterfall, elizabeth my dear, fools gold. Least fav: dont stop.
The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses makes for okay background music on a weekend day filled with chores because like most weekend days filled with chores you want them to be done so you can move on to the fun part. It's an okay album with an attempt to create their own sound only to be drowned out by the oncoming hard rock and grunge alternative train from the US. 3/5
1. I Wanna Be Adored - 10/10 2. She Bangs the Drums - 10/10 3. Waterfall - 8/10 4. Don’t Stop - 4/10 5. Bye Bye Bad Man - 8/10 6. Elizabeth My Dear - 7/10 7. (Song for My) Sugar Spun Sister - 8/10 8. Made of Stone - 10/10 9. Shoot You Down - 10/10 10. This Is the One - 9/10 11. I Am the Resurrection - 8.6/10 12. Fools Gold - 8/10 9/10
I played this on CD, bought it on vinyl, and still play it today. No skips.
A really pleasant surprise
Gitaren
Фоном слушается замечательно и музыка гораздо приятней, чем можно было ожидать. Последний трек только немного утомляет. 7 из 10.
pretty good soft alternative tbh
This is a good album but it's definitely overhyped. I wanna be adored is great but it peters out towards the end of the album.
A few stand out moments but a lot of it blended into the background. The vibe was nice but didn't keep me hooked the whole way through.
A good overall sound, not huge on the vocals but they're mixed in a way that I can cope with it. I even took a look at their second album, which had a great guitar sound but the song writing wasn't as strong.
some brilliant classic songs on here but very front-loaded and not something i'd really listen to as a full album unit
Knew and liked some songs from this before but didn't realize how stacked it was. Packed with tunes, groovy as hell. Biblical, even. Strong four I'd say.
Good this
Favorite: - She bangs the drums Heel leuk album! Had voor mij wel 2/3 nummertjes korter mogen zijn.
made of stone and sugar spun sister on top!!! last two songs were unnecessarily long with random guitar sounds. 3.6
Been waiting for this: "The Stone Roses is a Stone cold classic"
"have you seen, her have you heard? the way she plays, there are no words, to describe the way i feel" It's one of my all time favorites, probably top3-5. I don't have much to say about it, except that it's still amazing, after all this time. It's one of those pieces of art that makes me nostalgic for a place in time which I haven't even experienced.
I can listen to this album on repeat for hours
What a fucking corker of an album
One of my all time favourite albums. I saw them live the week this came out!
3/5
Really funky and cool album
Not dissimilar to the Happy Mondays, something I liked but it didn’t really grab me. I’ll give it 3 stars but it’s more 3 and a half, because I did enjoy some of this more than I thought I would.
I never got into this band, but was cautiously optimistic. I liked it OK, but it didn’t make me regret having it listened to it yet.
Acid rock, beatles-esque almost. Mesmerizing and impossible to take yourself out of once you fall in love
Strong opening tracks, then there’s another couple good tunes spread throughout. Will revisit the classics but nothing else.
Sublime. Psychedelic, anthemic, earnest depiction of Manchester and beyond
Blah...
This is the one I've waited for!!!
Functionally perfect
I really liked the guitar part throughout the whole album.
A little embarrassed to admit after hearing this album referenced my whole life that this was the only time I can remember ever listening to the whole thing in one sitting. I know some of the tracks of course, especially the first three. Having listened to it, I definitely dig it, and it probably deserves a 5, but I feel like it passed me by, so 4 is best I can do
Okay, so THIS is the Stone Roses! I've heard their music over the public radio once in a while, never an album. Opening Track is a mood-setter, i should read into lyrics..meh Track 3: WaterFall is super Folksy compared to Track 1? -The Spotify Commercial break of DJO (Steve from Stranger Things) is so BASIC! FUCK THAT SUPERPRODUCEDSHITSHOW! _ The Folk Feel on Bye Bye Bad Man...the Lyrics! The 68Riots...Timely. -Reading the Wiki, 1st album was a collection of music ideas, sounds like it. -I am the Resurrection...just kept going on, didnt even realize it.. -Album Closer; Fools Gold could almost be a Beastie Boys Song.
This album is catchy as a gill net and content-free as that same net pulled out of an unstocked lake. Practice frame for Oasis, who knew where the big fish were.
This is one of those hyper-evocative albums for me: It brings me right back to my college dorm, where I first heard it and listened to this album most often. To me, this album would be worth it for the reprise of the lovely “Waterfall” into “Don’t Stop” alone. It’s sonic magic, with its trippy tape loops and hypnotic rhythm. “Elizabeth My Dear” clearly cops its melody from Simon & Garfunkel. “Shoot You Down” is effortless cool and "Fool's Gold" feels like being on drugs at a rave. Too bad they fizzled out after a mediocre sophomore release, but at least they gifted us with this brilliance.
I was OBSESSED with She Bangs the Drums when it came out, I was in middle school and I only heard it on the radio, never knew its title or band, took me more than a decade before I actually found it, remember how difficult it sometimes was to find the artist behind songs you heard in passing?
I didn't hear anything here that caught my attention or interested me.
How many bands have put out a great debut and either broken up immediately, or followed up with something meh before breaking up? In the latter category, there's Elastica and the Stone Roses. This record holds up better than most of their contemporaries, and yet the goddam Happy Mondays, a shambling group with a few singles that don't hold up well decades later,manage to have TWO records on this list. At least Dimery had the decency to forget Inspiral Carpets on his list.
I have admittedly never listened to this entire album until now. It's really great. Not the album cover. I never did like that. (What is it? A cutting board? A Jackson Pollock?) Oh. Wait. Just read the Wikipedia article on the artwork. "The cover was named by Q magazine as one of 'The 100 Best Record Covers of All Time.'" Umm...no. YOU ARE WRONG, Q! WRONG! But the music is really great. Also, TIL, my favorite track from this album (Fool's Gold) wasn't actually on this album. It was a single-only release they tacked on to the end of this album in later reissues.
I enjoyed this album. Never heard of it before.
5*
Totally fine but forgettable pop rock. Did not really make an impression on me in any way.
Best of its era, one of the best of all time. I stream it constantly plus have vinyl and CD versions of this album.
I've listened to this a lot before and thought it would be a 4 star album. However, I think it deserves a 5. I never realised that Fool's Gold wasn't on the original album and, as great a song as it is, it does feel tacked on. Its inclusion also changes the dynamic of the end of I Am The Resurrection - with Fool's Gold following it, the long ending to the song feels overlong and self indulgent, spoiling an otherwise great tune. Without Fool's Gold following, the ending feels like a conclusion to the whole album and significantly more appropriate.
Pleasantly surprised. All tracks are good one this one
This album has exactly zero interesting or catchy melodies, a rambling half-hearted rhythm section, and no creative ideas apart from a random sitar passage. They had about four minutes worth of music and somehow stretched it into 58 minutes. 0.5/5.0: Unlistenable
boring but not bad
4/5
Very cool listen! The Stone Roses provides a very pretty sounding wall-of-sound release that I can see where a lot of bands in modernity got their inspiration from this record. I almost feel like its' sound is the prototype for a lot of shoegaze groups that I listen to today. Not sure if it's a record I'll return to frequently but it was a pleasant listen!
On ronfle.
Classic British sound, some great songs. 3, 4, among the best I've heard lately. 5 great aswell, like the lead guitar. I like the lead vocals. The instrumentals are sometimes a bit bland sadly. Go directly to the 2009 remaster. Miles better.
I'd never heard of The Stone Roses before today, but I really enjoyed this album. Every song was super hummable and grooving nicely. Good vocals, good production, good melodies, good songwriting. Four stars.
Probably wouldn’t seek it out, but not too bad. Good background music. Reminds me of something that would be in the movie Lost Boys.
i liked it. unfortunately didn’t have much to say about this. will probably listen more in the future
Good record, but not my era
Whiny and incoherent Indie Rock.
Not going to spend much time on this review, due to my dislike of all things Stone Roses. Their biggest sins? Boredom, that seems to melt all the songs into one big droning mess. Blah.
Hey I might just be feeling generous today. But I had a great time listening to this album. I gotta be honest I am kinda sick of the British rock but also they did a good job and for that I think it deserves a five. Of the many British rock/alt albums it’s one worth listening I think. There are several songs I definitely need to go back to cause I didn’t get them but I still had fun listening so.
Without getting really super into it, they do have a really great sound that I enjoyed. Feels like a returnable album fs.
I only really knew Waterfall before going into this album It was exactly what I expected it to sound like! That distinct British summer vibe. I recognised a few songs by the end A good and enjoyable album 4 ⭐️
I'm glad I stuck it out for this one. It was better than my initial feelings. Outside of Elizabeth My Dear and I Wanna Be Adored I bopped along quite satisfied. Its not my usual thing but surprised me a little with my enjoyment. It hits that apathetic British rock sound and singing and makes it listenable, Fools Gold was great for that!
I started this album incredibly jaded. The first song almost made me write it off as just a boring indie rock album. Then literally every other song played and I was blown away. What a fucking album! So many musical layers and tastes represented on here. You can hear the sound Oasis would capitalize on, Beatlesesque harmonies and guitar riffs, Scarborough Fair?!?!? “She Bangs the Drum” sounds like if Duran Duran made rock music. So original and unique. The template for so much of the rock sound of the 90s and beyond. Wow what a great album! Also I know “Fools Gold” isn’t on the original release but it’s on the Spotify edition and holy shit what a groovy tune!
boooorrrriiiiiinnnnggggg, jk but not doing much for me
I found this pretty forgettable. Maybe I wasn't in the right headspace, or the impact was such that it set the new bar that all current-day music is easily able to clear.
Not the first time that I've listened to The Stone Roses this week. What was it about wanting to turn off 50 Cent that made me think to put this on? Mumbling probably. I Wanna Be Adored has the poorly enunciated swagger that would come to characterise gangsta rap and the Oasis Brothers in the 90s and 00s - and I would be lying if I said I didn't enjoy it more here than there. However, I am baffled as to how such bravado manages to convince so many people that it is deserved and how many listeners roll over and accept Oasis's 'best band in the world' schtick. All these loudmouths throw their names into the conversation and credulous fools accept it as an impartial observation. The myth that The Stone Roses' debut is a great or significant record is not born out by listening to it. John Squire's status as a guitar hero is undermined when all he does is hammer-on and pull-off or wah wah wah. And, as for his status as a visual artist? The cover is sophomoric nonsense. A legendary rhythm section is revealed to be groovy only when augmented by bongos, whereas a comparative, Byrds-inspired four-piece, The Smiths, manages to sound full and funky at the back, with more ornate arpeggiating, and a more articulate self-aggrandising, conspiracy-theorist vocalist up front. In fairness, Mani will go on to be great in Primal Scream and Screamadelica is a much more complete ecstasy record than this. The top of the album powers through on familiarity. Indeed, I know Waterfall backwards. Their debut record and they are already out of ideas, scraping the barrel with one track reversed and a cringeworthy extrapolation of Scarborough Fair. The rest is basic and tedious. Bye Bye Bad Man, Sugar Spun Sister, etc. is bad music played badly. Only I Am The Resurrection is any fun at all, but is that braggadocio ever unearned! The final nail in the coffin of the myth is that the original UK release doesn't even include their too long, too repetitive, to mumbly masterpiece, Fool's Gold. The beauty of that song is that you don't have to listen to it the whole way through, the small quantity of musical material you remember of it is all you need. 2 If there’s one thing preventing this record from being the best and most important record ever made it’s that a lot of the music is no good. And several other things. The opening and closing tracks are good; I wanna be adored and (the first three and a half minutes anyway) of I am the resurrection. In the ‚nice enough’ column we have She bangs the drums, Waterfall, the chorus of Made of Stone. The rest is dull except the stuff that doesn’t even deserve that designation because it is simply a waste of a listener‘s time - Don‘t stop, Elizabeth my dear, and the jam session sellotaped onto I am the resurrection. Fool‘s Gold, as all civilised people agree, isn’t on this album. The album is poorly recorded and generally sounds like shit; Ian Brown can’t sing well so making him do it in a school corridor was a poor decision. I like the cover art. 2.5/5
Preppy Brit Pop from the late 80's / early 90's. This album influenced one of my favorites, BRMC. Coincidentally (or not) the best song on this 1989 album is "Don't Stop," whereas in 2003, BRMC's single from Take Them On was "Stop." What BRMC did was take the psychedelia and add some America grit and attitude. The Stone Roses is an acquired taste for people born in the early '70s.
I don’t think I want to be adored. Loved, yes. But adored? … I don’t adore The Stone Roses. I don’t love them either. But I don’t hate them. “The Stone Roses” was a little bit Britpoppy, a little bit 60s jangly rock, a little bit psychedelic. Apparently that’s representative of “Madchester,” the Manchester indie rock scene in the 80s and early 90s. Not the music style I typically associate with MDMA, but it seems that was their thing - ecstatic dancing to indie pop at clubs. Like their contemporaries The Happy Mondays, it’s decent. Doesn’t quite make me want to dance, doesn’t quite make me want to pop a molly, doesn’t quite make me want to listen again. I’m just not mad for Madchester.
Man I really like the first track, I had such high hopes for the album based on that initial track. Ultimately it didn't live up to my expectations but it ends with a bang. Too bad the middle is just kind of meh.
Love this album. Their second album was not well received but now sounds pretty good. It's a shame they didn't stick around longer.
Slightly above average album 3.5 to 4⭐ Favorite tracks: Made of stone and I Am the Resurrection
Muy bueno, el principio mejor que el final entonces tal vez me subió expectativas
Almost perfect but got repetitive
i really loved this album!! the genre that i’m making up for it is whimsi-rock
I really wanted to like this more than I did, I dig the psychedelia but it feels a little forced to me, some catchy pop riffs too. Top 3 I am the resurrection, waterfall, fools gold
83/100.
obvious classic that deserves its reputation some true bangers, very beatles-y song writing with ahead of its time production kind of wish it was mixed better, vocals are drowned but probably a stylistic choice
9/10 It’s only in the last few years that I finally got the SR, having been sniffy about them for some reason. This is magnificent. I think the turning point was realising that this is fun, not dark. Uptempo anthems with such a hit of pop sensibility. Everything in harmony and everything really good. So many great tunes. Best: This Is The One
This is a favourite of mine but it was good to listen to it. It’s been a while.
"The Stone Roses" is the debut studio album by English rock band the Stone Roses. The Wiki-listed genres are Madchester, jangle pop, neo-psychedelia, indie rock and alternative rock. They were fixtures of the Madchester (indie dance, acid house, rock) and baggy (alternative dance) scenes. I put those definitions there for myself. The band is Ian Brown (vocals), John Squire (guitar, vocals), Mani (bass) and Reni (drums, vocals). Commercially, the album hit #19 in the UK and #86 in the US but grew over time. It did the same critically with its standing growing over time including it being one of the albums of all time and in the 80's and, of course, finishing #1 in the Neil Kell's best of 1989 list. A bass eventually comes in after a long time of random noises to begin "I Want to Be Adored." Next are guitar notes and the drumbeat. The band kicks in; a psychedelic and dreamy guitar. Brown's vocals pleading he wants to be adored as He is already with him. Hmmm. The song builds. Retro yet current. A great first song. The band continues that retro 60's sound in "She Bangs the Drum." More of a rock dance beat. I always liked Squire and Reni's backing vocals on this one. Guitarist John Squire shines in "Waterfall." A melodic guitar riff throughout and he gets the wah-wah going. Initially, a slow song but builds as Squire literally by himself creates a groove. It ends chaotically with a piano. "This Is the One" successfully uses the start soft and slow and build to a soaring end game plan. All instruments and the vocals play a part. A song that I think is about anticipation fitting the song motif. One of my faves on the album. Pounding drums lead off "I Am the Resurrection." Another great melody and groovy beat. An anti-Christianity theme? Maybe. A jam band ending of sorts. Speaking of groovy dance beats and jam band, the album closes (my version anyway) with the 10-minute long "Fool's Gold." Squire utilizes the wah-wah and phasing aspects of his guitar sound. Here's your hypnotic rave dance tune. The bass and drums laying it down. Hooks galore, groovy beats, a retro psychedelic guitar. What's not to like? This album has sounded great ever time I've listened to it. I knew the music and guitar had that 60's sound with groovy beats back in 1989. It still hasn't changed and it's still irresistible. Retro yet timeless. I know some people have a problem with lead singer Ian Brown but he's fine here for me. I honestly didn't hear much from him anyway past this album. I had a hard time limiting the songs I wanted to highlight since I like them all including the one where they play "Waterfall" backwards. At this time, it belongs in that classic category. Highly recommended.
Dosta su me zamorili ti britanski rock bendovi u ovome projektu, imam osjećaj da dobivaju way too much space ovdje i baš ne mogu to slušati više. Na cijelom albumu mi je po pola dvije pjesme bilo okej, ostalo baš neuzbudljivo i ne kužim, eto. 1/5, 1.5/10
My favourite and most listened to album of all time
There was nothing I disliked about this album, but nothing really stood out either. I liked the psychedelic aspects and its 60s sound. In my view, it was better take on British indie than others I’ve heard. I may revisit to see if any songs connect better with me.
Is it possible to give SIX stars??
Like if The Beatles and The Who had a baby who also were also slightly into shoegaze? Obviously a lot more influences than that, but those are the ones that jumped out at me. Good album, just doesn't hit me like I assume it hits a lot of other people. I'd just rather be listening to The Beatles, The Who, or My Bloody Valentine/slowdive, haha.
Hmm, never heard of Stone Roses before. Maybe because they took a while to catch on with some folks but never reached a large following. While I cannot say I think this is one of the greatest albums of all time, for a debut, it is pretty solid. Liked the sound, very heavy but balanced on rhythm and accompanying guitar, solid beat and decent vocals/lyrics. The two extended tracks that end the album give an indication they were probably a good live band!
Aquele tipo de música que você reconhece da trilha sonora de filmes. Gostoso de ouvir!
I wasn't going to listen to this because I've never liked The Stone Roses bit it got so many positive reviews I thought I would give it a go... My first instincts were correct.
The only man Ian Brown has never beaten in the dojo? Len Houmous! 4.6
Vibey
Got into this album late and am mad of the waste of decades I didn’t get to listen to it
It’s ok. Never really understood the hype. Meandering. The backwards track (if that’s what it was) was unnecessary.
1989 feels so late for this sound, it feels like these guys belong in 1969.
OK
meh
Track thoughts: 1) This sounds more modern than 1989 to me. So far I like this, more my style than some of the earlier albums. Reminds me a bit of Smashing Pumpkins, who I guess were already big by this time. 4) A bit trippier, not as much my thing I am the Resurrection is a really awesome track
I’ve only listened to this a few times, but I definitely need to start spinning it more. It’s such a great blend of alternative, neo-psychedelia, jangle pop, folk, and dance music. It almost feels like if 60s psychedelic music had never faded away, this is what it would have sounded like by the late 80s.
I rather liked this dreamy pop, with elements of grunge and of new wave. Nice sound. Not spectacular but a few catchy tunes.
Un gran descubrimiento. No había prestado mucha atención a este grupo, por fin un grupo de britpop que merece la pena. Musicalmente son excelentes. Una mezcla de indie pop etéreo con influencias de psicodelia sesentera, muy de mi estilo. No le doy más nota porque tampoco me parecen tan innovadores, y la parte central del álbum se me ha hecho un poco larga. Pero los tres primeros temas y los dos últimos son de 10. Un álbum que definitivamente va a entrar en mi rotación personal. Un 3 que roza el 4.
Classic 80s poprock. Mostly not my style... Couple of banger tho: I am the resurrection and foold gold. Solid 2 star album but the couple of bangers make it 3.
I feel like I should have more takes on this than I do. I was expecting a britpop album and it mostly feels like that to me. There were a few Shoegazier/groovier songs that surprised me, and none of it was the truly hateful dregs this genre can sink to.
Great opening track, but this album loses steam quick.0
This album was inoffensive, kind of all same same. Not terrible, not mind blowing.
This is super critically acclaimed and considered super great and I can't figure out why. I remember when it came out, and wasn’t into it then; still not now, but I can appreciate it. 3.5⭐️
I hear the Byrds' jangle, the Beatles' harmonies, and other 60s influences, with a great bass line and wah-pedal guitar ripped from the 80s in most of the tracks. On paper, this should be fire to me, but Ian whats-his-face's vocals are pretty dull, and after a while, the whole album just drags on.
For this review, I listened to the tracklist of the original U.K. release, and chose to ignore the tacked-on bonus track "Fools Gold". I've heard a few Stone Roses songs from the Guitar Hero games: "She Bangs the Drums" and "Love Spreads". They seemed like a short-lived group I didn't hate, but I wasn't wowed over either. Well, that changed today with checking out their debut album, and I can now say that they had at least one good outing. With their debut, the Stone Roses invented the Madchester sound, a very English mixture of alternative rock and psychedelia, taking inspiration from the jangle pop of the 1960s. The jaunty guitar lines from John Squire, the tight rhythm section from Mani Mounfield and Reni Wren, Ian Brown's delightfully British vocals, and John Leckie's atmospheric and revered production made for such a rich style. Songs like "She Bangs the Drums", "Waterfall", "Made of Stone", and the eight-minute closer "I Am the Resurrection" popped off with a certain hazy yet danceable bliss that I can see how they would go on to influence the Britpop sound of the 90s. If I had to make a complaint, this album does drag a bit in the middle, particularly around tracks like "Bye Bye Bad Man" and "Elizabeth My Dear". They're not bad songs, but they're also not strongly composed compared to the rest. That said, this was a great debut album from the Stone Roses. Sure, the second album would be an over-bloated nightmare and the band would dissolve quickly after, but for the one time, the band was on top of British popular music and deservedly so.
This is the forty eighth album I’m rating. I’ve heard the name but I’ve never heard anything about the band or what music they make. Adding to my Playlist - I Wanna Be Adored, She Bangs the Drums, Waterfall, Don’t Stop, Bye Bye Badman, Elizabeth my Dear, (Song for my) Sugar Spun Sister, Made of Stone, Shoot You Down, This is the One, and I am the Resurrection. Not Adding to my Playlist - Nothing. All in all I liked 11/11 of the songs. I can feel how influential this was just by listening to it. I can’t believe I’ve never heard this before because it is just do so good.
Indie / psych rock album with a laid back feel. It was a pretty enjoyable listen but doesn't quite reach 5 star heights for me. Shoot You Down is the standout for me and I love the way it builds up to such a quiet and relaxed chorus.
Decent britisk rock, tidlig indie, lidt melankolsk, stadig upbeat
Genial, histórico, legendario. Todo mundo lo sabe.
More psych than Brit pop but still not sure what all the fuss is about this album. It just seems a little too comfortable and doesn’t push itself until the last few songs.
Great album! Nice mix of 80s rock sound with some psychedelic influence, with emerging 90s rock sound. Waterfall was a good tune, will listen them again.
Charming and endlessly infectious. Combining elements of shoegaze, jangle-pop, and 60's psych rock and folk ("Fool's Gold" features honest-to-god dance beats), it's not a far-fetched notion that this is the album that informed 90's alternative rock (particularly slow-/sad-core), pop music, and to some extent, foretold the coming of Jungle/DnB as well. Despite being fairly laid-back, the songs are imbued with a palpable optimism that brings a smile to my face.
Альбом подкупает культовым статусом и музыкальным разнообразием. Мне не хватает на нем цельности, кажется, что материал не ровный. Всё можно простить за I Am The Resurrection.
Very psychedelic meets sad like the cure meets babe rain orange
This album kinda fucks, best songs are not the singles. Don’t stop is cool too
Always good to come back to this one!
This is a vibe I like. Not sure I had any new favorite songs from it but enjoyed
It's a decent album. The first few song were not very interesting, but the album picks up near the end. Some of the later grooves are pretty good. 2.5/5 Might listen again
Took a minute to get going, but as soon as it finished, I went right back to the start and listened to it over again. Been a long time since I've done that. Instant classic for me.
Fucking awesome, loved the journey the longer songs took me on
A very interesting album as it seems like it is “the” bridging album between the sound of the 80s to what was to come. I have never come across an album that has parts with the 80s synth sound and then moves on to arrangements and music that are still heard now. I’m glad I heard it but I don’t see seeking out more unless they come up in this project again.
I don't care where you've been or what you plan to dooooo
Practically perfect. Favorite: She Bangs the Drum Would I listen to it again: Yes
I am feeling generous, there is something about this album that makes me think of 60’s Beatles type music. It does sound similar at times but they have a nice sound.
Solid from top to bottom a bit of a surprise to me
Really liked this. Dude had a nice voice, instruments sounded really good. Loved the delivery of everything, loved the feel. Lyrics were interesting and solid, everything just sounded really good, especially for this time. Normally I hate anything Britpop related but I really liked this. Only downside was the fact that allegedly this inspired Liam Gallagher which is incredibly unfortunate as Oasis is one of the worst things to come from Britain and wildly overrated.
I've heard lots of mentions of Stone Roses over the years but never given them a listen. this was excellent. still shocked it released in '89. great guitars, enjoyed the bit of distortion, great variety in tempos. this is the kind of album you want to find on this list.
liked the music - did not like the lyrics
This album was pretty solid. The vocals were a bit at times, but the instrumentals were good. The last 2 songs were longer then usual, but they were kinda split up, so it didn't drag, which I also liked. Overall pretty good. 3.5 Liked songs: I Wanna Be Adored, I Am the Resurrection Least Favorite: Fools Gold
Easy 5, so many amazing tunes
If there's a patient zero for SO MUCH of what British rock became in the 1990s it would this album, it sounds like all the things that were going on sound wise, a little bit of madchester and baggy, a little bit of jangle pop, a little bit of shoegaze, yet it synthesizes all these things in such a unique way. And all these things sort of coming together sound like basically what britpop would be like later on, so obviously I really enjoy this, it's so carefree in a way that feels straight out of a mid 90s movie. Really recommended if you like that era of rock.
Probably my favourite album ever. It is faultless. John Squire might be the most underrated guitarist of all time. 🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋
Another band I had never heard of but overall enjoyed.
Saving this one to revisit, I liked it
The seminal and eponymous album by Madchester scene's The Stone Roses, it carries their most famous and misunderstood song I Wanna Be Adored. I can't tell you how many people I know thought it was I Wanna Be a Dog... It's still a great, and clearly their most enduring song. That may have been affected by their not having another album out for five years, that being their last album. That album didn't really do much even on the Alt Rock stations of the time. That said, THIS album is amazing. Full of great pop hooks, overlayed with droning guitar noise, and great solos. There are also so many great songs. The second song on the album, She Bangs the Drum, was a college radio hit back in the late 80s and is nothing like I Wanna Be Adored - it's a great pop song, more New Wave than Dream Pop or Shoegaze. And so goes the rest of the album. They may have been a flash in the pan but it was a bright flash.
Lightning in a bottle, absolute classic. Wall to wall home runs. Era defining triumph. Don't stop isn't quite as good as the rest (but still good)
This is very good. There are a couple filler songs but the rest are great.
The rehearsal room meets the rave - great vibes and huge sounds. Praise Mani! Gets a bit repetitive.... Favourite tracks: Waterfall, She Bangs The Drums, I Am The Resurrection
This could have come out in 2010 and fit right in with the indie movement. Wild how music can be ahead of its time. This is shoegaze, spacey rock with fantastic arpeggios and vocals reverbed to the max. While the music can get a bit lost in the sound at points, the highs are high. The guitar rips. Hard to compare this to something, but easy to hear similarities in the greats of the genre.
Wow, what a great album. I used to listen to I wanna be adored back in the day, only now I’m finding out this album has so many more gems.
What an album - just gorgeous
Cool album. Kind of feels like a mediator between 80s and 90s rock style. I could give this one a few more listens.
Some pre-listen thoughts, the first track “I Wanna Be Adored” is probably one of my favorite songs oat, so I have pretty high expectations going into this one. The Stone Roses’s self titled record is, in short, nothing fantastic, but pretty consistent in quality with someone generally good vibes throughout the entire project. Most songs follow the same tempo which does make some portions of the album feel a bit sluggish, but that just allows the songs that stick out to be even more special. Instrumentally, it’s about as 80’s and 90’s as it gets, although I do wish the lead vocalist had a little bit more variation in his vocal style. Overall, it was an enjoyable listen that was interesting enough to not make me want to skip songs. Favorite tracks: I Wanna Be Adored, Bye Bye Bad Man, Made Of Stone (I really really really like this one)
I don’t see any meaning with this album nor is the music actually good.
The Stone Roses- self titled 4.8/5⭐️ ༘˚⋆𐙚｡⋆𖦹.✧˚ i love old british pop music. TURN THAT SHIT UPPPP. reminiscent of blur, oasis …the beatles. the first song kinda reminded me of sour girl from STP with the dreamy instrumentals (hoping that’s a staple for the album because i really like it ^^). okay currently on track four. and i wish i knew how to better describe it but the instruments for this album is SO GOOOD. very melodic and soulful. i would say this album is very consistent with their hits. a lot of songs in here are really really good. tbh i thought i was gonna hate this album bc i do judge books by their covers and the cover for this album is UGH-LEE. but i am pleasantly surprised. this is probably my favourite aotd yet!! edit: THE GUITAR FOR THE LAST SONG OMGG. immediately shot up the placement of the last song for me. ——— stand out songs: i wanna be adored, she bangs the drums💕, waterfall, bye bye bad man, SFMSSS💕💕💕, made of stone, this is the one💕💕, i am the resurrection💕💕💕
⭐⭐⭐⭐– 4[.3] of 5 stars I had already loved "Made Of Stone" before listening to this album in full, and was hoping that the full album would be just as good, and man, THIS DID NEOT DISAPPOINT (i also ended up listening to it twice lol). I absolutely love all the guitar work and use of instruments on this album (i might even go ahead and learn some of these songs). Just powerful and good-feeling songs from start to finish, 12 bangers back to back (except for maybe BBBM, that one didn't rly do much for me tbh), amazing melodies, what more can I say? Not to mention, the influence this album this album has had, basically allowing brit pop to exist in bands such as Oasis and Blur and (even early Radiohead!) just makes this already good album that much better. ALSO HOLY SHITE THOSE LAST TWO 8+ MINUTE SONGS WERE F-ING AMAZING (definitely two favs right there!). Favourites: Made of Stone, I Am the Resurrection⭐, Fools Gold, Waterfall/Don't Stop, This Is The One. Dislikes: Bye Bye Bad Man
rating - 4/5. (its actually a 3.8/5 but I'll round) > this album is cute! I like their sound. some songs are very "perks of being a wallflower". don't stop is a weird sounding song with weird lyrics it sounds backwards LOL. sugar spun sister instruments r so nice. made of stone lyrics r cool. I am the resurrection's crazy switch up halfway through was actually heat. why is fools gold 9 mins long tho bye. kinda getting inxs vibes from the instrum on it tho. > thumbs up: I wanna be adored, she bangs the drums, waterfall, I am the resurrection (solely for the sick instrumentals?? hello? who is on the guitar) you win this time, british people.... (also I just realized how bad at reviews I am pls don't come for me.)
Incredible album start to finish - no skips on here for me. I am the resurrection is an amazing album closer. Not sure what else to say, just a great album 4.75/5
Again needs to be in my rotation more. Excellent and baffling that they dropped off the planet after
Sounds like the 90s version of the smiths but happier. Honestly it’s a shame the band distanced themselves from so young because that is a fantastic song and would’ve added a little more flavor/variety to the album. The little jam at the end of I am the resurrection is very cool though
Kannte ich noch nicht, finde ich gefällig.
Liv top songs: -I wanna be adored -Bye Bye Bad Man -I Am the Resurrection -Fools Gold
It was fine.
Blind album and artist. Thoroughly impressed honestly. I love the tonality softness but the impact it carries on the beats and melodies. Brilliant.
Can’t believe they named their band after the bar in Leeds! This takes me back to being 14, being depressed in my room and hearing I wanna be adored for the first time and thinking wow maybe life isn’t so bad Shame Ian brown just does karaoke of his own songs on stage now and hates vaccines Favs: I wanna be adored She bangs the drum Waterfall Bye bye bad man Songs for my sugar spun sister Made of stone Shoot you down I am the resurrection Fools gold
Apologies The Stone Roses, I was unfamiliar with your game. 3.5/5 Standout tracks: - Bye Bye Bad Man (4/5) - Elizabeth My Dear (5/5)
I am the resurrection ✨️
This was ok, most of the songs are longer than necessary. If you’re wishing that the Artic Monkeys and Oasis had a baby, and it was raised by The Beatles, this is the album for you. But not for me 1001 album worthy: No - 43/76
I like the sound. It has aspects that remind me of every decade from the 60s through the 90s. I think if it listened to this a few times I would really like it.
Great album … Great songs … No fillers.
Discount Kurt Cobain with clean socks
I really don’t get the hype around this record. It’s fine.
dunno, but also I was really absorbed in other things while I was listening to this
aquele rock alegre e leve, algumas músicas lembram um pouco Oasis; agradável de ouvir; a última música (fools gold) é muito familiar, acho que teve algum dos primeiros Fifa
Прекрасный альбом, 9 из 10.
Die Krönung an langweiliger Musik.
I’ve worn it out!
The Good: Jackson Pollock cover art! The Bad: Not finding the same kind of excitement in the music The Ugly: Stone Roses are just that; roses from stone, lacking beauty et al This album has been conflicting to a certain extent: I hadn’t heard it before, yet I do recall hearing about them… and then it dawned on me that, when I first heard of the name, i was confused by thinking they’d be like Guns & Roses or LA Guns… and they aren’t. Musically there is nothing wrong with the album at all, but the singer sounds too much like he belongs in a late 60s psychodelic band, or something like that, and I’ve gained a massive dislike for that kind of singing since starting my journey on this list. I don’t know… i feel bad for them, and for all the people who believe this is awesome, but it isn’t that, nor bad, it’s just grey—the color of a stone rose. 2 1/2*
the citizen kane of britpop
Some good stuff, need to listen to more.
This album had 3 amazing songs but the rest had a kinda mid new-wavy sound. Stand-out: She Bangs the Drums, This Is the One
A few really good ones on this album.
It was pretty good.
Great flow. Would listen again.
Lads, lads, lads 🍋🍻🍋🍻🍋🍻
I actually like a lot of this, even though it’s not my typical style. Kind of grunge-y but softer, described by Derek as “pre-shoegaze”. She Bangs the Drums a starter favorite.
Vilken överraskning. Riktigt bra skiva. Lyssnat en hel del och känner definitivt att detta kan man lyssna mer på. Alltid roligt när det händer!
Älskar den här skivan, svinbra rakt igenom.
Pretty good. Not sure I would seek it out.