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Artist: Stone RosesEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Jive
Soundtracks:
- I Wanna Be Adored
- She Bangs the Drums
- Elephant Stone
- 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
- I Am the Resurrection
- Fools Gold
Free Music Notes for Stone Roses
Free Music Review: An all-time classic
Hit: 5 Stars
Despite the many well-deserved glowing reviews, it's hard to praise this album enough. Suffice it to say that calling it one of the greatest debut albums does it a disservice, because I would put it right up there with the best of the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and The Who -- that's how good I think it is.
The first song, "I Want to be Adored," puts the listener on notice that the Stone Roses are a special band. From that curious industrial sound prior to the music kicking in, to that spooky bass-line and guitar phrase, to those sparse and memorable lyrics, ("I don't need to sell my soul, he's already in me -- I want to be adored") it's just a great song, though, in its darkness, departs from most of the rest of the album. With the more typical and exhilarating "She Bangs the Drums," one really gets a sense of the unique guitar stylings of John Squire, and the often-imitated smooth voice of Ian Brown (compare the drum intro to Springsteen's "In Candy's Room"). "Elephant Stone" shows off the subtle intrumentation of Mani and Remi, both masters at their craft, on the bass and drums repectively. One also learns how Squire can easily switch from a leading role to a more communal one. In "Waterfall," Squire's repetitive phrases perfectly compliment the harmony driven vocals of Ian Brown with himself, and with Reni in the background. It's easily one of the band's best songs.
Following "Waterfall" there is, to me, a bit of a lull in the album. Not that I don't like the next three songs, it's just that they don't quite match the quality of the rest. Still, "Don't Stop" is a curiosity, where a part of the preceding "Waterfall" is played backwards. "Bye Bye Badman" highlights the distinct stylings of Mani and Reni, who might be as good a rhythm section as Clayton/Mullin of U2. For those who think that the melody of "Elizabeth My Dear," is stolen from Simon and Garfunkel's "Scarborough Fair," please go back and check your sources. In fact, both songs use a melody credited as "traditional" (same as Traffic's "John Barleycorn," or the Grateful Dead's "Going Down the Road").
The greatness of the album starts anew with "Sugar Spun Sister," which to me sounds slightly like the theme to the movie "Chariots of Fire" by Vangelis. The chorus ("until the sky turns green and the grass turns several shades of blue") consists of one of the most dramatic up-lifting parts of the album. Just as good, and almost its companion song, is "Made of Stone," probably the most "hit" oriented track. Next, with "Shoot You Down," the subtle Mani/Reni rhythm section shines through.
If the album had ended with "Shoot You Down," as they say during a Passover Seder, it would have been sufficient. But the Stone Roses saved the best for last. The power of Squire's guitar in "This Is the One," after a mellow introduction, is incredible. But he's just getting started. Any 8 minute song called "I am the Resurrection," better be good. In fact it's nothing short of fantastic, with Squire pulling out all of his tricks. Brown's vocals stand out, as do some of the lyrics (i.e. "Your tongue is far too long/I don't like the way it sucks and slurps upon my every word."). The Squire/Mani/Reni jam that makes up the second half of this song might be my very favorite part of the album. "Fool's Gold" is pure funk, and it turns out the band excels with this type of music as well.
I don't know how a new band could have the talent and inspiration to do an album like this right out of the shoot (some of their earlier singles were quite good, but not at this level). Soon after the band released this album, there were British clubs that played only Stone Roses music. In the 90's, a British poll of greatest albums rated this album second only to "Sgt. Pepper." This album (together with My Bloody Valentine's "Loveless") inspired so many subsequent bands and albums that one could write a book about just that. The Stone Roses debut albums remains, after over 15 years, one of the ten albums I would bring to a desert island, and I guess that's the best way to sum up this, admittedly, overlengthy review.
Footnote: These are the ten rock albums I would bring to that proverbial desert island (in no particular order):
1. Stone Roses
2. Who's Next - The Who
3. Born to Run - Springsteen
4. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis
5. In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
6. Disintegration - The Cure
7. To Our Children's Children's Children - Moody Blues
8. Beggar's Banquet - The Rolling Stones
9. Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
10.Joshua Tree - U2
If I could sneak on three more:
1. Nowhere - Ride
2. Ferment - Catherine Wheel
3. O.K. Computer - Radiohead.
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