Disc #1/2
01. I Wanna Be Adored 4:52
02. She Bangs The Drums 3:52
03. Waterfall 4:41
04. Don't Stop 5:20
05. Bye Bye Bad Man 4:06
06. Elizabeth My Dear 0:54
07. (Song For My) Sugar Spun Sister 3:26
08. Made Of Stone 4:15
09. Shoot You Down 4:14
10. This Is The One 4:59
11. I Am The Resurrection 8:14
12. Fool's Gold 9:54
Disc #2/2
01. I Wanna Be Adored (The Lost 3:44
Demos)
02. She Bangs The Drums (The Lost 3:49
Demos)
03. Waterfall (The Lost Demos) 4:47
04. Bye Bye Badman (The Lost Demos) 4:07
05. Sugar Spun Sister (The Lost 3:31
Demos)
06. Shoot You Down (The Lost Demos) 4:27
07. This Is The One (The Lost 4:02
Demos)
08. I Am The Resurrection (The Lost 6:41
Demos)
09. Elephant Stone (The Lost Demos) 3:16
10. Going Down (The Lost Demos) 2:41
11. Mersey Paradise (The Lost 2:49
Demos)
12. Where Angels Play (The Lost 3:18
Demos)
13. Something's Burning (The Lost 3:05
Demos)
14. One Love (The Lost Demos) 6:23
15. Pearl Bastard (The Lost Demos) 3:42
16. Untitled 0:05
17. Untitled 0:05
18. Untitled 0:06
19. Untitled 0:06
20. Hidden Track 3:38
Released in the spring of 1989, the debut album by the Stone Roses remains a
blast of magnificent arrogance, a fusion of Sixties-pop sparkle and the
blown-mind drive of U.K. rave culture. It opens with the commanding jangle of "I
Wanna Be Adored" singer Ian Brown pressing his case in a cocky whisper
through miles of reverb and ends with Godlike ego, the extended tribal-dance
party "I Am the Resurrection." Everything in between still sounds just as bold
and fab: the spangled-Clash gallop "She Bangs the Drums"; the glass-rain guitars
and sighs in "Waterfall"; guitarist John Squire's psychedelic spinout in the
dark sprint "Made Out of Stone." But Brown, Squire, bassist Gary "Mani"
Mounfield and drummer Alan "Reni" Wren had only one great record in them; by
1996, they were gone, ruined by infighting and a mediocre follow-up, 1994's
Second Coming
The two-dozen-plus extra tracks spread over the multiple editions of this
reissue underscore the sober truth: The Roses were, at best, briefly brilliant
They sound hesitant and brittle on their demos. There are strong B sides and
outtakes ("Standing Here") but also too much backward-tape nonsense. The Roses
had one more flash of glory, the 1989 single "Fools Gold," nine minutes of
simulated-Ecstasy rhythm and glee. That original first LP, though, is the main
reason their audacity matters. Everything else, fascinating as it is to have and
hear, is mostly lead-up and letdown.
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