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The Stone Roses is the debut album by The Stone Roses, released in March 1989. The album is regarded as one of the most significant of the 1980s, and established the band as the most important band in their genre for the time.^[1] The Britpop movement, dominant force in British popular music in the 1990s, can be traced back to the album, and groups who led that movement, including Oasis and Blur, claim it to be a heavy influence on their work. The album went platinum in the UK. Image File history File links Padlock. ... Image File history File links This image is the cover of an album or single. ... A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... The Stone Roses were an influential rock band from England active during the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... An NME Originals issue covering the Madchester movement. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Silvertone is the name of an album by Chris Isaak. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes . ... This article is about the British music producer. ... Peter Hook (born February 13, 1956 in Salford, Lancashire, England) was the bass player for the influential British post-punk band Joy Division and later New Order. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 5_stars. ... Robert Christgau (sometimes abbreviated in print to Xgau), born April 18, 1942, is an American essayist, music journalist, and rock critic. ... The Stone Roses were an influential rock band from England active during the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Second Coming was an album released on December 5, 1994 in the UK and early 1995 in the US by The Stone Roses. ... The Stone Roses were an influential rock band from England active during the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Britpop was a British alternative rock and cultural movement which gained popularity in Great Britain in the mid 1990s, characterised by the prominence of bands influenced by British guitar pop music of the 1960s and 1970s. ... British rock band Oasis, formed in Manchester in 1991, led by lead guitarist and principal songwriter Noel Gallagher and his younger brother Liam are one of the most successful and prominent British rock and roll bands ever. ... Blur are an English rock band. ...

About the album

The Stone Roses had been formed in 1984, yet 1989 saw their debut full length release (the band had released a handful of singles in the previous years, on a variety of labels). The band were from Manchester, arguably where the birth of British rave culture occurred, and where the Madchester movement was centred. Despite not considering themselves as a Madchester group, with their eponymous début The Stone Roses found themselves riding a wave of nationwide success along with Madchester groups such as the Inspiral Carpets, Happy Mondays and New Order. The Roses recorded the album with John Leckie, a notable producer who had worked with Pink Floyd on Dark Side of the Moon and it was released by Silvertone, a division of Zomba Records created to work with what they called "new rock" acts. Manchester is a major city in North West England, historically notable for being the worlds first industrialised city, and its subsequent central role in the Industrial Revolution. ... A rave (sometimes referred to as a rave party) is an all-night dance event where DJs and other performers play electronic dance music and rave music. ... An NME Originals issue covering the Madchester movement. ... The Inspiral Carpets is an alternative rock band from Oldham in Greater Manchester, England formed by Graham Lambert in 1986. ... Happy Mondays are a band formed in Manchester, England in 1985. ... New Order are an English rock group formed in 1980 by the surviving members of Joy Division following the suicide of singer Ian Curtis. ... This article is about the British music producer. ... Pink Floyd are an English rock band noted for philosophical lyrics, classical rock compositions, sonic experimentation, innovative cover art, and elaborate live shows. ... This article is about the Pink Floyd album. ... Silvertone is the name of an album by Chris Isaak. ... Zomba Records was started in 1977 by Clive Calder as a book publishing venture and moved into the recording business in 1981. ...

The Roses played a number of gigs supporting the album, including several now regarded as "legendary", including one at what was arguably the centre of the "Baggy"/"Madchester" scene, The Haçienda nightclub. Andrew Collins wrote in NME: "BOLLOCKS TO Morrissey at Wolverhampton, to The Sundays at The Falcon, to PWEI at Brixton - I'm already drafting a letter to my grandchildren telling them that I saw The Stone Roses at the Hacienda." The Roses' 1990 Spike Island gig also holds a formidable reputation. Organised by the band themselves and attended by over 27,000 fans, as with the album, the concert is regarded as a key moment in the development of Britpop.^[2] Fac 51 HaÃ§ienda (also known as simply The HaÃ§ienda) was one of the most well known nightclubs in Manchester during the Madchester years of the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a music magazine in the UK which has been published weekly since March 1952. ... Steven Patrick Morrissey (born May 22, 1959) is a singer and songwriter from Stretford, Greater Manchester, England. ... Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the English West Midlands, traditionally part of the county of Staffordshire. ... It has been suggested that David Gavurin be merged into this article or section. ... Pop Will Eat Itself (PWEI, or the Poppies) was formed in Stourbridge, England and consisted of band members from Birmingham to the Black Country. ... Spike Island, County Cork, Ireland, is a small island in the approaches to Cork. ...

On its tenth anniversary in 1999, a two-disc anniversary edition of The Stone Roses re-entered the British charts, reaching number 9.

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Cover artwork

As with most Stone Roses releases, the cover displays a work by John Squire. It is a Jackson Pollock inspired piece, titled "Bye Bye Badman". The cover was named by Q magazine as one of "The 100 Best Covers of All Time"; in the accomanying article, Squire had this to say: "lan had met this French man when he was hitching around Europe, this bloke had been in the riots, and he told Ian how lemons had been used as an antidote to tear gas. Then there was the documentary - a great shot at the start of a guy throwing stones at the police. I really liked his attitude." This story was also the inspiration for the lyrics to the song of the same name.^[3] John Squire in 2003 John Squire (born John Thomas Squire on November 24, 1962 in Broadheath, Manchester) is an English musician, guitarist and artist. ... Paul Jackson Pollock (January 28, 1912 â€“ August 11, 1956) was an influential American painter and a major force in the abstract expressionist movement. ... Q magazine is a music and entertainment magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. ... European redirects here. ... A riot control agent is a type of lachrymatory agent (or lacrimatory agent). ...

Critical response

In 1989 the critical response was generally positive; today the album is widely considered to be one of the very best British albums released and perhaps the greatest debut album ever.^[4] In 1997 it was named the 2nd greatest album of all time in a 'Music of the Millennium' poll conducted by HMV, Channel 4, The Guardian and Classic FM. In 1998 Q magazine readers placed it at number 4, while in 2000 the same magazine placed it at number 29 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. In 2003 NME magazine voted it to be "the best album of all-time", which is somewhat ironic in that upon release they rated it a good, if unspectacular 7 out of 10. In 2005 SPIN magazine ranked it 78 on its list of the 100 greatest albums of the past twenty years. In 2006 NME ranked the album number 1 in its "100 Greatest British Albums Ever" list.^[5] The album has publicly been spoken highly of by people like Bobby Gillespie, Johnny Depp, Pete Townshend, Johnny Marr, Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, Pete Doherty, Tim Booth, Andy Rourke, Johnny Borrell and more in various interviews in 2005 alone.^{[citation needed]} This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Channel 4 is a public-service television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ... The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ... Classic FM is the United Kingdoms first national commercial radio station, broadcasting classical music in a popular and accessible style. ... Bobby Gillespie (born 22 June 1964) is a Scottish rock and roll musician who is the singer for and founding member of the seminal alternative dance combo Primal Scream. ... Johnny Depp (born John Christopher Depp II on June 9, 1963, in Owensboro, Kentucky) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, known for his affinity for strange character roles. ... Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born May 19, 1945 in Chiswick, London) is an English rock guitarist, songwriter, and composer who is best known as the guitarist for the rock band The Who. ... Johnny Marr in 2002 Johnny Marr with ex-Smiths cohort Morrissey Johnny Marr (born John Martin Maher on 31 October 1963 in Ardwick, Manchester) is an English guitarist, keyboardist, harmonica player and singer, and is best known as the man behind the music of The Smiths. ... William John Paul Gallagher (born September 21, 1972, Longsight, Manchester) is the lead vocalist for Britpop band Oasis. ... Noel Thomas David Gallagher (born May 29, 1967 in Longsight, Manchester, England) is the lead songwriter, guitarist and occasional vocalist with the English rock band Oasis. ... Peter Doherty (born March 12, 1979) is the singer and songwriter of the band Babyshambles, and formerly co-frontman and songwriter (along with Carl BarÃ¢t) of The Libertines, with whom he first shot to fame. ... Tim Booth was born on 4 February 1960 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, and attended Shrewsbury School. ... Andy Rourke (born 17 January 1964) is a bass guitarist and guitar player from Manchester, England. ... Johnny Borrell (born April 4, 1980) is the frontman and songwriter of English band Razorlight. ...

Track listing

All tracks written by John Squire and Ian Brown. John Squire in 2003 John Squire (born John Thomas Squire on November 24, 1962 in Broadheath, Manchester) is an English musician, guitarist and artist. ... Ian Brown in 2004 Ian Brown (born February 20, 1963) is a solo British musician and former lead singer of The Stone Roses, a popular indie rock band. ...

1989 release

Two different versions of the LP were released in the United States with slightly different covers. The original version (1184-1-J) appends the Roses' earlier single, "Elephant Stone" before "Waterfall". The cover on the first version used black type and Waterfall design reverse whereas the cover on the re-issued U.S. version (1184-1-J RE 1) used gold type and the reverse is more like the UK edition and it has the addition of "Fools Gold" as the final track. The reissued CD version (1184-2-JX RE) is similar to this at least in terms of track listing as it has "Elephant Stone" as cut #3 inserted before "Waterfall" and the final cut, #13 is "Fools Gold". I Wanna Be Adored was the third single from The Stone Roses (LP). ... She Bangs The Drums was the second single from The Stone Roses debut album. ...

1999 10th anniversary release

The second disc also included an enhanced portion with music videos, a discography, lyrics and a photo gallery.

Credits

John Squire in 2003 John Squire (born John Thomas Squire on November 24, 1962 in Broadheath, Manchester) is an English musician, guitarist and artist. ... Ian Brown in 2004 Ian Brown (born February 20, 1963) is a solo British musician and former lead singer of The Stone Roses, a popular indie rock band. ... Gary Mani Mounfield (born November 16, 1962, Failsworth, Oldham) is a British rock bassist, with a distinctive rich playing style that combines a fast moving rock style with a dance rhythm or dub groove. ... Reni (far right) with the Stone Roses. ... This article is about the British music producer. ... Peter Hook (born February 13, 1956 in Salford, Lancashire, England) was the bass player for the influential British post-punk band Joy Division and later New Order. ... SIMON TAYLOR (Heriots FP and Edinburgh Rugby) Back-row forward. ...

References

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External links

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