The Stone Roses - Stone Roses Reviews

"The Stone Roses" is the Stone Roses' debut album, released in 1989.The album has been critically acclaimed worldwide, but I have never heard it so I thought I would give it a listen. Also the album was recently re-mastered and re-released for it's 20th anniversary and there were a lot of music people on TV talking about how great it ...  Read the complete review

The Stone Roses must be one of the pioneers of british music . Their music is still very popular with the working class of today , they have influenced so many musical acts , both famous and non-famous . Some of the most famous to be influenced by The Stone Roses are Oasis , The Coral and The Charlatans . They played a very big part in the ...  Read the complete review

The Stone Roses first album is unquestionably one of the greatest debut albums of all time and one of the greatest albums by a British band ever. This frequently crops up in lists of top ten this and top one hundred that, but does the music justify the hype? Well, in a word, yes. The strength of the songs, the unity of the performers and Ian ...  Read the complete review

The Stone Roses were a four piece indie/rock band formed in 1984 who were of huge part of the 'Madchester' music scene of the 1980's and early 90's which surged out of the city of Manchester and inspired a whole new brand of music which is still increasingly popular today. This album self-titled after the band wasn't released until 1989, five ...  Read the complete review

Your initial thought upon finding this review may have been "Why do we need another review on The Stone Roses?" On one level, you might be justified in taking that view. Writing reviews on albums by The Stone Roses, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin et al will always run the risk of carrying the cache of pointlessness. Those who love ...  Read the complete review

How great were The Stone Roses? Fairly great it has to be said on the basis of this record, though sadly it all apparently fizzled out fairly quickly, the Roses, like so many groups, eventually undone by that fatal mix of drugs, laziness and litigation. Their eponymous 1989 debut album though is still regarded as one of the greatest introductions ...  Read the complete review

Without doubt the most incredible album to ever be released. I honestly feel that only the Joshua Tree by U2 comes close to this. It is simply phenomenal. From start to finish, the playlist is spot on, the songs are just amazing and the sound is breathtaking. This band were, for me, the first to blend in pop-like melodies ...  Read the complete review

The Stone Roses' self titled album is still considered one of the most important, and influential, indie releases ever. Released in 1989 during the 'Madchester' scene the band create a slight psychedelic sound with some great pop melodies. The whispered delivery of the lyrics by the band's frontman (Ian Brown) is an acquired taste, and can be ...  Read the complete review

Back in 1989 the British music scene was much much different to what it is today. The Smiths had broken up 2 years prior and the charts were awash with big hair and electro beats. 8 years on and Be Here Now has just been released and Tony Blair voted into power marking the end of Britpop. No one band had a greater hand in this change of the ...  Read the complete review

From the moment Ian Brown's legendary hushed vocals breeze in on "I Wanna Be Adored", you know you're on to something special: 'I don't need to sell my soul/He's already in me.' The first three songs on TSR have not been bettered in a century of music. From 'I Wanna Be Adored', a song like no other, to the ...  Read the complete review

Picture the scene. It is October 1995. I was a young fresher then with a pint of cider and black in hand sitting in Stirling University?s premiere pub the Long Bar. The Stone Roses are on the juke box. The Stone Roses were always on the jukebox. I had head of them before but had not really listened to their music before going to Stirling.. At ...  Read the complete review

Before I begin my review of this album, I feel it only fair to detail a little background to my attitude to it. Firstly, in 1990 I was but 12 years old, and therefore a little bit too young to get fully involved in the whole “Madchester” thing. So I missed out on the release of The Stone Roses. A few years later, when starting ...  Read the complete review

Now once in a lifetime, there comes a band that means much more to you than just music. From that band will come an album that beans much more to you than a collection of songs on a CD. Both of these cases were true when I was a young 15 year old in my final year in school. You will remember the time... you are coming to the final ...  Read the complete review

It sometimes happens that a book or a film manages to capture the mood of a particular time. In one single piece of work the ideas, feel and cultural attitudes of the day are encapsulated. Kerouac’s novel ‘On the Road’ or James Dean’s film ‘Rebel Without a cause became synonymous with the whole youth movement of ...  Read the complete review

Regularly cited as one of the best albums ever, The Stone Roses debut is just as important as a historical document as it is a piece of recorded music. Unfortunately, as I was only 11 when it was first released in 1989, most of my recollections of the time were with regard to the massive impact the music being played around me was having on my ...  Read the complete review

This debut album from the Stone Roses is without doubt one of the classics. It has raw talent, killer harmonies and heartbreaking melody. The Stone Roses consist of John Squire on guitar who is the true driving force behind the band. His guitar playing is exceptional and whether it be chords or solos he's equally amazing. He is backed up ...  Read the complete review

Im afraid so. If you are reading this, you are either aware of this albums brilliance or you've never heard it. This is the album that sparked the great debate, "So whats the second best album ever". Reviewers of this album are constantly trying to find new ways to describe the effect it has had on them. ...  Read the complete review

They were a weird old band, the Stone Roses. In the late eighties and early nineties they were the band most blessed with rock's Holy Grail of nonchalant cool combined with awesome musical talent. Incendiary live shows gave them a reputation that their eponymous debut only served to strengthen. Then, at the height of their powers, they got ...  Read the complete review

The Stone Roses only ever made two albums and while they were both exceedinlg good their first, entitled simply The Stone Roses, touched greatness. The number of truly memorable songs on this album is incredible. From the slow atmospheric I Wanna Be Adored that kicks things off the album builds to the god like crescendo of I Am The ...  Read the complete review

Things were never going to be the same after the release of this seminal album. The Smiths might have invented indie, but the Stone Roses showed everyone else how to do it. From the iconic cool of lead singer Ian Brown to the innovative stick handling of Reni this was a band that was much more than their music. The Stone Roses were the ...  Read the complete review