Having downloaded all the b-sides and AAs, I'm actually tempted to get the stupoid box just because I love these tunes so much; more so than the debut album. Simone and Guernica sound so good.
― Sickamous (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 21 August 2009 16:30 (fourteen years ago) link
They make me go all Bimble. I'm sad he missed this.
― Sickamous (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 21 August 2009 16:31 (fourteen years ago) link
bump becasue Pitchfork gave this a 10.0 today
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13449-the-stone-roses/
― Bee OK, Saturday, 12 September 2009 03:09 (fourteen years ago) link
I like the "Best New Music" tag
― musically, Saturday, 12 September 2009 03:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Is this a remastered version of sorts or just a regular reissue?
― Moka, Sunday, 13 September 2009 07:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Wait, I just read and apparently it's remastered. Anyone heard it?
― Moka, Sunday, 13 September 2009 07:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Scroll up this very thread just a little.
― Sickamous (Scik Mouthy), Sunday, 13 September 2009 07:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Excellent review.
― Spencer Chow, Sunday, 13 September 2009 17:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Wait, so did they leave in the vinyl-scratch *glitch* on the fadeout of "Elizabeth My Dear?"
Always thought that was meant to sound like an archer loosing an arrow. Intentional sound effect.
― Binjominia, Sunday, 13 September 2009 17:26 (fourteen years ago) link
I thought it sounded like a silenced pistol.
― unblapped goldmine (onimo), Sunday, 13 September 2009 17:59 (fourteen years ago) link
I think they probably left it in because everyone expects to hear it.
that's what it's supposed to be. it's a sound effect.
― Mike Crandle, Financial Analyst, Bear Stearns, New York, NY 10185 (res), Sunday, 13 September 2009 19:10 (fourteen years ago) link
I had a tape of this when I was younger and I remember it sounded like cheesed-out 90s dance beats with guitar pop music over it. But now I tolerate cheesed-out 90s dance beats way more, so maybe I would like it. But my mom maybe threw away my tapes?
― bamcquern, Sunday, 13 September 2009 19:12 (fourteen years ago) link
i really wanted to buy this so i ordered it through the mail, usually buy all my stuff at Amoeba Hollywood. anyways, i thought the second CD was the B-Sides CD but instead it's The Lost Demos CD. all i really wanted was the remastered B-Sides collection on CD without buying the super deluxe version. so i'm really sad tonight...
― Bee OK, Sunday, 20 September 2009 05:49 (fourteen years ago) link
I think it's as good as most people say it is. I love the album, would call it a classic, but it certainly isn't in my top 20 albums of all time. There are some weak songs on it, but the first three, I Am the Resurrection, Made of Stone, etc. make up for them.
― horst du sie noch, Sunday, 20 September 2009 07:23 (fourteen years ago) link
BeeOK, the 'big box' is available for cheap at the download shop.
It's minus the extra 'backwards' tracks, but that is all.
Or try Spotify even. (i.e. it's definitely there)
― Mark G, Monday, 21 September 2009 07:18 (fourteen years ago) link
You can just buy the remastered b-sides individual from the iTunes store; that's what I did. Hopefully one day they'll see sense and release them as a CD on their own.
― Sickamous (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 21 September 2009 08:59 (fourteen years ago) link
well ok the remaster is actually a *~~~revelation~~* to my ears
― omar little, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 23:14 (fourteen years ago) link
I recently heard Steve Miller's "Space Cowboy" and realized that it's 100% responsible for the Stone Roses' schtick.― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, May 16, 2007 7:59 AM (3 years ago)
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, May 16, 2007 7:59 AM (3 years ago)
Tried listening to this album today and had to bail out yet again. Three years later, I still stand by the above statement.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 1 July 2010 01:10 (thirteen years ago) link
The only exception I'll make is for Mani's freakout in the extended version of "Fool's Gold"
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 1 July 2010 01:15 (thirteen years ago) link
it was 2000, and much as i hate slipknot et al, they were a fuckload more interesting than stereophonics or travis.
Then again, music isn't about being "interesting", it's about being nice. And Travis were a lot nicer than Slipknot.― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, May 16, 2007 10:54 PM (nine years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Still the greatest post of all time.
― Freedom, Thursday, 6 October 2016 12:00 (seven years ago) link
It's up there.
― (SNIFFING AND INDISTINCT SOBBING) (Tom D.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 12:09 (seven years ago) link
I'm still not convinced that Geir isn't simply an artificial intelligence program with many bugs that were never worked out.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 6 October 2016 12:10 (seven years ago) link
On the contrary, I think they achieved near perfection with Geir.
― (SNIFFING AND INDISTINCT SOBBING) (Tom D.), Thursday, 6 October 2016 12:13 (seven years ago) link
I take it the first line was someone else
― Mark G, Thursday, 6 October 2016 12:31 (seven years ago) link
Yes.
― Freedom, Thursday, 6 October 2016 12:50 (seven years ago) link
say what you want about tenets of geirbotism, at least it's an ethos
― spongeboy bigpants (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 6 October 2016 13:31 (seven years ago) link
music is about being nice
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 October 2016 13:46 (seven years ago) link