Album of the day (#2861): The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses - Music

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The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1989.
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Overall rank: 29
Average rating: 86/100 (from 1758 votes).

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Tracks:
1. I Wanna Be Adored
2. She Bangs The Drums
3. Waterfall
4. Don't Stop
5. Bye Bye Badman
6. Elizabeth My Dear
7. (Song For My) Sugar Spun Sister
8. Made Of Stone
9. Shoot You Down
10. This Is The One
11. I Am The Resurrection

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RoundTheBend
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Help me appreciate this album. There's some cool stuff here, don't get me wrong, but I feel a lot of it I get a better dose of it from different bands. I know a lot love it, so would love to hear your input as to what make it pull at your heart strings.

Yann

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Location: France

sethmadsen wrote:

Help me appreciate this album. There's some cool stuff here, don't get me wrong, but I feel a lot of it I get a better dose of it from different bands. I know a lot love it, so would love to hear your input as to what make it pull at your heart strings.

This a strange album, a bit overrated in my opinion. I think what people like is the psychedelia and the production which is very arid to my ears, but nonetheless and perhaps for that reason, fresh. Overall it's an indie sound because of the vocals but the instrumentation is cleverly recorded, with contrast, style and focus, not compressed and loud like today's music, but I would stay too static: the rhythm section tries to be funky but the production, along with the singer, muffle this funkiness and sticks to what would become indie 90's psychedelia (the album is not 80's in the spirit at all).
And Made of Stone is one of those perfect songs

Tha1ChiefRocka
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sethmadsen wrote:

Help me appreciate this album. There's some cool stuff here, don't get me wrong, but I feel a lot of it I get a better dose of it from different bands. I know a lot love it, so would love to hear your input as to what make it pull at your heart strings.

I wouldn't even rate this as one of my favorites, but every time one of the songs from this album pops up on shuffle, I will always listen to it. Nearly every song is a classic. I don't even think I remember the lyrics, and then, all of a sudden, I'm singing, "I am the resurrection and I am the life, I couldn't ever bring myself to hate you as I'd like!"

CharlieBarley

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Age: 48
Location: Mount Olympus

This album changed my life. I think it's amazing.

RoundTheBend
I miss the comfort in being sad

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Stover75 wrote:

This album changed my life. I think it's amazing.

I respect your taste - tell me more.

RoundTheBend
I miss the comfort in being sad

Location: Ground Control

Tha1ChiefRocka wrote:

I wouldn't even rate this as one of my favorites, but every time one of the songs from this album pops up on shuffle, I will always listen to it. Nearly every song is a classic. I don't even think I remember the lyrics, and then, all of a sudden, I'm singing, "I am the resurrection and I am the life, I couldn't ever bring myself to hate you as I'd like!"

Yeah - I dig that song a bit. It just is kinda meh to me too though, like you say if it comes on, it's pretty alright, but for me to have a great musical experience it'd be like number 1053. That's probably the best track if I remember right.

Anyway, I suppose there's taste involved and life experience, peeps from the UK probably dig it way more... idk, trying to understand why it's so highly ranked/rated.

RoundTheBend
I miss the comfort in being sad

Location: Ground Control

Yann wrote:

This a strange album, a bit overrated in my opinion. I think what people like is the psychedelia and the production which is very arid to my ears, but nonetheless and perhaps for that reason, fresh. Overall it's an indie sound because of the vocals but the instrumentation is cleverly recorded, with contrast, style and focus, not compressed and loud like today's music, but I would stay too static: the rhythm section tries to be funky but the production, along with the singer, muffle this funkiness and sticks to what would become indie 90's psychedelia (the album is not 80's in the spirit at all).
And Made of Stone is one of those perfect songs

I think this is a good recap. It's got some cool elements to it, but just falls flat somehow.

CA Dreamin

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Location: LA

seth,

there are no words,
to describe the way you feeeeel

Graeme2

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Location: The Upside Down

Yann wrote:

This a strange album, a bit overrated in my opinion. I think what people like is the psychedelia and the production which is very arid to my ears, but nonetheless and perhaps for that reason, fresh. Overall it's an indie sound because of the vocals but the instrumentation is cleverly recorded, with contrast, style and focus, not compressed and loud like today's music, but I would stay too static: the rhythm section tries to be funky but the production, along with the singer, muffle this funkiness and sticks to what would become indie 90's psychedelia (the album is not 80's in the spirit at all).
And Made of Stone is one of those perfect songs

The band were never thrilled in the way the production was lacking a bit in low end. As far as the "tries" to be funky, I find that a bit funny. Certainly the production plays that aspect down somewhat but the rhythm is still funky as hell in the places it needs to be.