Reviews
Ranked #5 in Nme's List of the 'greatest Albums of All Time.', "'I Wanna Be Adored,' their first album’s lead-off track, contains one of their most immediately recognizable bass lines, but John Squire’s nimble, bleary guitar playing is the star of the show.", "...Set the tone for rock music in the '90s; nostalgic and unable or unwilling to communicate any message except feed your head, question nothing, look elegantly vacant....this really is a record you need to own...", "Combining bowl cuts and dance beats, these neo-psych Mancunians dropped one of rock's greatest debuts in '89...", 4 stars out of 5 -- "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.", "This Was '60s Psychedelia Shot Through with Tight, Muscular Tunes.", Ranked #1 among the 50 Greatest Albums Of The '80s - "...a shining embodiment of everything rock music should be: arrogant, elegantly crafted and imbued with a rare ability to make its listener feel mighty...", 4 stars out of 5 -- "It's a tremendous debut....It's unlikely to replicate the mercurial flash of time and place that still glitters from this record.", Ranked #49 in AP's list of the 'Top 99 Of '85-'95' - "...The album that sent devotees of the baggy trouser (not to mention a number of others) into delirium. For once, all the hype was right; this is a record that lasts...", Ranked #29 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums", Ranked #7 in Q's "Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime", 5 stars out of 5 - "...pure pop alchemy....it still fascinates....it remains clear that here was a band - and an album - in a million."
