The Stone Roses


It is. I remember when it was album of the week in nme and decided to take a punt as it was being hyped up. It was s breath of fresh air and one of the ladt albums that changed the dynamic in the music scene. (Probably not for the better) Certain bands have just got it and this album was brilliant from first listen and is still fresh as a daisy. Imho of course.
In their previous review they had rubbished it. The album of the week one was their second effort after seeing which way the wind was blowing.

Their objectivity, if they ever had any, eroded from then.
 
I bet you bop around to shite like Tiger Feet.
I did when it came out. I was in primary school.

In their previous review they had rubbished it. The album of the week one was their second effort after seeing which way the wind was blowing.

Their objectivity, if they ever had any, eroded from then.
I was never a fan of nme but you got your information where you could. Sounds was my music paper of choice from 1975 to 1982
 
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Their first album is one of the best albums I've heard. Seeing them live was like a religious experience, won't forget it for a long time.
 
I'm sure I've read before it was originally meant to be the B side... but fair enough
""Fools Gold" and "What the World Is Waiting For" were recorded at Sawmills Studios in Cornwall during the late summer of 1989, with additional vocal and guitar parts recorded later at London's Battery Studios, during the autumn of 1989. The tracks had been worked on for four months, and the intention was to put "What the World Is Waiting For" as the A side; however, when Roddy Mckenna, Silvertone's A&R man, heard "Fools Gold" he urged the band to use that as the A-side. The band were not completely convinced, and it was agreed, instead, to release the two tracks as a double A-side.[2]"
 
In their previous review they had rubbished it. The album of the week one was their second effort after seeing which way the wind was blowing.

Their objectivity, if they ever had any, eroded from then.

This is true but there was a review by Bob Stanley in some other music paper, possibly MM? in which he proclaimed it the best album he’d ever heard and that he was walking to the chip shop and he had to turn around half way there to go back to his house to listen to it again, such was its greatness :D
 
This is true but there was a review by Bob Stanley in some other music paper, possibly MM? in which he proclaimed it the best album he’d ever heard and that he was walking to the chip shop and he had to turn around half way there to go back to his house to listen to it again, such was its greatness :D
I can believe that, that's what I felt about music when I was late teens early 20;s (Mondays, Roses, Charlatans etc), music not had that impact on me for quite a few years.
 
Suppose you got to have listened to the music at the time. The stone roses were about before the britpop era, before indie music went mainstream. They were about at a time the thatcher's political dominance was ending, and there was a working class rebellion against the tories. They were the archetypal manc band that summed up this rebellion.
The eponymous album and the turns to stone b-tracks album were outstanding still sound fresh as the day they were made.
 
That's 'cos ya've not been late teens/early 20s for quite a few years.
That was my poorly explained point! Music at that age has a massive affect on you, lessens with age in my opinion. But I look at some genres of music which came at the right time or in line with social feeling (punk, rave, Britpop) and I don't think we have had that for a long time.
 
That was my poorly explained point! Music at that age has a massive affect on you, lessens with age in my opinion. But I look at some genres of music which came at the right time or in line with social feeling (punk, rave, Britpop) and I don't think we have had that for a long time.
Grime is big with the youth
 

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