Second Coming
by The Stone Roses
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Second Coming is ranked 2nd best out of 10 albums by The Stone Roses on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Stone Roses is The Stone Roses which is ranked number 33 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 22,832.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 39 minutes ago | apodian | 328 | 71/100 |
| ! | 12/27/2025 15:53 | Siromynian | 1,600 | 78/100 |
| ! | 12/22/2025 19:26 | willtoshower | 1,543 | 72/100 |
| ! | 12/20/2025 19:10 | luukvdschepop | 714 | 75/100 |
| ! | 12/14/2025 19:27 |  Leonard | 6,432 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.5/100, a mean average of 71.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.
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I didn't hear this album until many years after it had become synonymous with "disappointing second album", and enough of a punchline to turn up in the record-throwing scene in Shaun of the Dead.
And no, it's not as good as the self-titled. But I am fond of it! And I really love the three big guitar-focused tracks, Breaking Into Heaven, Driving South and Love Spreads. (John Squire in OTT blues rock mode > John Squire in jangle mode.)
Goliath 07/06/2023 16:22 | #297964
It took me some time, now I'm ready to change my opinion about this album, I now love it, (except the hidden track). Tears is an amazing song.
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Less bad than it's given credit for, pales in comparison to what came before tho.
Although I liked a lot of the tracks on this album it is not near the level of their debut. It just is an average album.
Goliath 12/01/2018 16:28 | #225988
Tears, Love Spreads and Ten Story Love song are great tracks, the rest I don't need to hear again. The 'hidden' track number 90 needs to be better hidden because no-one needs it.
Crumpet 03/31/2018 15:56 | #212070
Not a brilliant album, but fun enough, though in comparison to the debut this is disappointing. ‘Love Spreads’ is good, but my favourite is ‘How Do You Sleep’.
Meowtopia 03/30/2018 01:51 | #211961
The guitar work on this album is fantastic-outranks the debut in that category. A great album in all means-not sure why it's rated so low on this site, it may take a while for it to "click."
Just felt like they were trying too hard, 5 min intro for the opening track..
So underrated, love Begging You, and the riff on Driving South and really the whole song is amazing! I think people are/were more focused on all the other stuff going on in 1994 with movies and music, compared this to their excellent debut, and just said, "eh, its ok."
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