STONE ROSES - SECOND PRESSING by STONE ROSES
SKU | 87191 |
Artist | STONE ROSES |
Title | STONE ROSES - SECOND PRESSING |
Label | MODERN CLASSICS |
Catalog # | MCR 914 |
Tag | |
Release | W 51 - 2015 |
Format | Vinyl - US2LP |
EAN Barcode | 826853091404 |
Benelux exclusive, Import | |
€ 37,99 | incl. VAT, excl. shipping |
Tracks
- I Wanna Be Adored
- She Bangs The Drums
- Waterfall
- Don't Stop
- Bye Bye Bad Man
- Elizabeth My Dear
- (Song For My) Sugar Spun Sister
- Made Of Stone
- Shoot You Down
- This Is The One
- I Am The Resurrection
Description
Second pressing No color wax or foil stamp jacket
Some albums hold the blueprint for something bigger than can be contained on twelve inches of vinyl; the self-titled debut album by The Stone Roses is one of them. Check!Despite clocking in at less than fifty minutes long, it�s a record that shaped the next two-and-a-half decades of British music.
Released in 1989, The Stone Roses was a fusion of rock music and the nascent rave scene in the group�s native Manchester. For a period of a few years, the industrial English city that gave us Joy Division, The Fall, and The Smiths was home to a drug-fuelled, club-based scene that earned the town a new nickname�Madchester. Falling squarely in that point of transition, The Stone Roses created guitar music that made people dance, fostering the baggy scene that paved the way to Britpop and Manchester�s next mega band, Oasis.
The Stone Roses were the full package: they had the tough demeanor and insular mentality of any group of friends from a rugged city, they had a unique look comprised of bucket hats, Adidas sportswear, baggy jeans, and oversized T-shirts, and they talked a mean fight in interviews. But musically they were groaning with talent�Gary �Mani� Mounfied (bass) and Alan �Reni� Wren (drums) made complex rhythms seem effortless, guitarist John Squire could give his beloved Jimmy Page a run for his money, and frontman Ian Brown balanced punk sensibility and hippy mentality.
In the UK, the album is the stuff of legend, its cover still seen on T-shirts in any given gig venue. Around the world, its influence was less tangible, most likely due to the fact that the group was hamstrung by a legal wrangle with the Silvertone label following the album�s release.
Musically, it�s a mix of the grandiose and the intimate, containing songs so forceful and emotive they�ve become terrace anthems (�This Is The One� is Manchester United�s walk-on music) alongside introspective tracks like the anti-monarchy madrigal "Elizabeth My Dear.� In �Waterfall,� there are cascading guitar lines that describe its title like musical onomatopoeia, and in �Made Of Stone� and �She Bangs The Drum,� there are perfect pop songs too. Most significantly, there are songs in which the band etch their own myth in earth-rumbling basslines and grandiose statements: �I Wanna Be Adored,� which opens the album, and �I Am The Resurrection,� which closes.
Reissued on Light In The Attic on deluxe double-vinyl, this is your chance to discover the album for the first time or to own it in its most beautiful presentation yet.