Product Description

The title of THE COMPLETE STONE ROSES is not entirely accurate. The disc is one of the settlements resulting from the longstanding legal battles between the Manchester band and its former label, Silvertone Records. THE COMPLETE collects the singles from the Roses' classic first album, 1989's THE STONE ROSES, along with such excellent, pre-and-post-album singles as "Made of Stone" and the hypnotic nine-minute groove anthem "Fools Gold" and a handful of early recordings made in the mid-'80s with the late Martin Hannett. The latter are especially intriguing, making clear the previously hidden influence earlier Hannett-produced Manchester bands like New Order and A Certain Ratio had on the Stone Roses' more '60s-influenced and guitar-oriented sound. THE COMPLETE is an interesting compilation for fans and newcomers alike.

Track Listing

1. So Young
2. Tell Me
3. Sally Cinnamon
4. All Across The Sands
5. Here It Comes
6. Elephant Stone
7. Full Fathom Five
8. Hardest Thing In The World
9. Made Of Stone
10. Going Down
11. She Bangs The Drums
12. Mersey Paradise
13. Standing Here
14. I Wanna Be Adored
15. Waterfall
16. I Am The Resurrection
17. Where Angels Play
18. Fool's Gold
19. What The World Is Waiting For
20. Something's Burning
21. One Love

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9264 in Music
• Released on: 1995-05-16
• Number of discs: 1

From Amazon.com
The mightiest of late-'80s Manchester ensembles had the world at its feet before entering the long, dark tunnel of litigation. This tidy compilation begins with a few archival indie singles then strides into the glorious but fleeting period that produced gems like "I Wanna Be Adored," "Waterfall," and "Fools Gold." --Jeff Bateman

Customer Reviews

An inspiration
Having been in to this band when at school, though like many too short on cash to buy all of the records at the time, was with amazement five years on that went through one of those jaw dropping moments to discover b-sides such as Mersey Paradise... oh well, the youth of today will never know...

Represents the 'early' roses
This is far from the 'Complete' stone roses that the title suggests, but it is a fair representation and the stone roses from 85-90, when the roses were at their best. This album has slightly different versions of the classic songs that everyone knows due to a conflict between the band and the label, with the ending to 'Resurrection' taken off and the solo on the end of 'waterfall' cut short.
On it is the best B-sides like Merseys Paradice, Hardest thing in the world and here it comes. It also has the first single 'so young' which shows how far the roses developed.
Overall this is great album, not just for people new to the roses, but for people who don't own 'Turns to Stone' album, this is great.

Complete? Far from it
I recommend you do not buy this compilation. Many of the tunes on this 'best of' effort appear to be inferior versions of the many classics that made this band so great in their day.

For 'The Complete' Stone Roses experience simply buy 'Stone Roses' and 'Turns Into Stone'.

Do it. Do it now. If you haven't discovered the Stone Roses yet then you owe it to yourself.