The Stone Roses were my first real exposure to this thing called the Manchester sound that really started making some noise in the mid 80's. After I heard their self titled debut album I really started giving this genre some much deserved attention. The Manchester sound includes the likes of New Order, The Smiths and Charlatans UK to name a few.
20 years later this album still stands the test of time and has been consistently been in the top 10 of my all time favorite albums.
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By Alex Young
on May 8th, 2009
Reunions take a lot
of work. Reissues do not. So, given all the hoopla of late, perhaps it
make sense that for the foreseeable future, The
Stone Roses have chosen to stick with the latter. On August
11th, Ian Brown and Co. will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the band’s
self-titled debut with a reissue, and a pretty stellar one at that.
According to Pitchfork, The Stone Roses will be available in
three packages:
- Single CD
“Special Edition” featuring original album, remastered by Brown and
producer John Leckie. It contains the original album as well as
with the full-length version of “Fools Gold”.
- Three-disc
“Legacy Edition” featuring original album plus a bonus disc of demos,
and the Live in
Blackpool concert film, shot in 1989.
- “Collectors
Edition” featuring all of the above plus three LPs containing the
original album and 13 non-album track, a 2 GB USB drive shaped like a
lemon containing “all the audio, promo videos, ringtones, wallpapers,
plus previously unseen John Leckie home video footage of the recording
of ‘Fool’s Gold’,” a book featuring original artwork and photographs,
and six art prints painted by guitarist John Squire for the covers of
the album’s singles.
Remind me why The Stone Roses are still adored?
The
Stone Roses Tracklist:
01. I Wanna Be Adored
02. She Bangs the Drums
03. Waterfall
04. Don’t Stop
05. Bye Bye Bad Man
06. Elizabeth My Dear
07. (Song for My) Sugar Spun Sister
08. Made of Stone
09. Shoot You Down
10. This Is the One
11. I Am the Resurrection
12. Fools Gold
The
Lost Demos Tracklist:
01. I Wanna Be Adored
02. She Bangs the Drums
03. Waterfall
04. Bye Bye Badman
05. Sugar Spun Sister
06. Shoot You Down (1 version)
07. This Is the One
08. I Am Resurrection
09. Elephant Stone
10. Going Down
11. Mersey Paradise
12. Where Angels Play
13. Something’s Burning
14. One Love
15 Pearl Bastard
The
B-Sides & Non Album Singles
Tracklist:
01. Elephant Stone
02. Full Fathom Five
03. The Hardest Thing
04. Going Down
05. Guernica
06. Mersey Paradise
07. Standing Here
08. Simone
09. Fools Gold
10. What the World Is Waiting For
11. One Love (Full Length)
12. Something’s Burning (Full Length)
13. Where Angels Play
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