The Complete Stone Roses [Import]

Stone Roses | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 8, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Sony/Bmg Int'l
• ASIN: B000WC4AKC
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  VHS Tape
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #644,817 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. So Young [#]

2. Tell Me [#]

3. Sally Cinnamon [#]

4. Here It Comes [#]

5. All Across the Sands [#]

6. Elephant Stone

7. Full Fathom Five [#]

8. The 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. Fools Gold

19. What the World Is Waiting For

20. Something Burning

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

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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

Product Description

1.SO YOUNG 2.TELL ME 3.SALLY CINNAMON 4.HERE IT COMES 5.ALLACROSS THE SANDS 6.ELEPHANT STONE 7.FULL FATHOMFIVE 8.THEHARDEST THING IN THE WORLD 9.MADE OF STONE 10.GOING DOWN11.SHE BANGS THE DRUMS 12.MERSEY PARADISE 13.STANDING HERE14.I WANNA BE ABORD 15.WATERFALL 16.I AM THE RESURRECTION17.WHERE ANGELS PLAY 18.FOOLS GOLD 19.WHAT THE WORLD ISWAITING FOR 20.SOMETHING BURNING 21.ONE LOVE --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Positively a treasure., June 4, 2003

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Charles Comer (Baltimore, Maryland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Complete Stone Roses (Audio CD)

First, some corrections are in order pertaining to at least one of the former reviews. Yes, "complete" Stone Roses is something of a misnomer but it must be recalled that the "complete" refers to their singles from their inception until the last decent thing they have done prior to the mediocre second coming era recordings. Thus it spans from the mid-eighties (85 or 87, depending if one considers release dates, copyright dates or otherwise) up to '91. That being said this compilation does not intend to be a retrospective as such, only a collection of a handful of very important recordings, and any layover between the tracks compiled here and the tracks on their self-titled debut are merely because these are singles. And neither are they abriviated versions as such made for this collection. As "singles," tracks generally need to fit within a certain format. Radio is not necessarily friendly to nine-plus minute anthems such as Fools Gold or I am the Resurection. Indeed, some of the singles from their first album were edited down in the studio but others were actually rerecorded, or in the case of Elephant Stone, recorded as a single prior to the release of their album and then recorded again for their first album.

Now on to the music proper. The tracks are more or less in chronological order, diverging only slightly toward the end where 91's Where Angels Play is plotted prior to the Fool's Gold single and the One Love single. The first two tracks are from the mid-eighties and represent their supposed 'Goth' period, however true or false that categorization might be. I have read more than a few unfortunate descriptions of these tracks, calling them "immature" or "not yet realized." To be sure, So Young and Tell Me are not quintessential Stone Roses, but as a first go it is interesting to here them, and, quite frankly, I see them as being quite good. They are raw and powerful and, as I see it, are somewhat to the Stone Roses as This is Your My Bloody Valentine is to MBV; a gritty, pseudo-punk, slightly dark, and perhaps even fragmentarily reminiscent of a cross between the better goth stuff from that time and the Cramps.

With the next single, Sally Cinnamon, The Stone Roses are beginning to come into their sound: sixties-ish pop with sweet lyrics--the b-side repeats, as if a mantra, the unforgettable lines "I'd rather be no one than someone with no one."

After these early singles Roses fans familiar with the first album - as if a Roses fan could be unfamiliar with the first album - should find themselves in familiar territory. Even the b-sides to some of the album tracks will likely not yeild too many suprises other than the shock of how good some of these songs are. Some of the highlights are Going Down and Mersey Paradise, the former of which pays a nice homage to Jackson Pollack, reinstilling the fact that John Squire's aesthetic sensiblities are fully indepted to the yank ab-exer.

Many of these songs I have heard before on vinyl but because of cost and rarety I was unable to get them. It is a wonderful thing that this compilation exists. At first I was afraid that the number of tracks also contained in one form or another on the first album would diminish my suprise or enthusiasm. Not that I find those songs tired or hackneyed, but rather because I have heard them so many times I feared I might be tempted to skip ahead to the b-side songs. This, however, was not the case. As I remarked earlier, some of the tracks are different from the album version, but beyond that, hearing them in a different context, juxtaposed against their b-sides, is as refreshing an experience as it was when I heard these tracks for the first time over a decade ago.

So, whether you are a hard-core Roses fan, a Madchester revivalist, or neophyte groove-meister, this collection is great to groove to or simply as an historical collection of some rare material of one of the most influential bands that barely made a ripple here in the States. Too bad for us we've collectively bad taste, but let those select few who are disenfranchised with ...poor metal, tired American indie, and all-too-pop hip-hop, rejoice that there is enough interest in the good stuff to warrant the release and continued printings of the Roses.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not "complete" but undeniably great, December 8, 2000

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This review is from: Complete Stone Roses (Audio CD)

First of all, a "truth in advertising" alert : this is not the "complete" Stone Roses. Far from it. This CD collects pretty much all their singles (A's and B's) and selected tracks from their first album, "The Stone Roses". Many of these tracks are brilliant and the rest merely great, although one should be warned that some of the tracks are abbreviated single edits. For all this great music, though, the CD doesn't really hold together the way "The Stone Roses" CD does. "The Complete Stone Roses" is essential for SR fans, but new converts or the curious should definitely begin with "The Stone Roses" before picking this up. After you hear that CD you'll want to get the rest, including this one.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Stone Roses CD..., January 24, 2000

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This review is from: Complete Stone Roses (Audio CD)

If you want to hear The Stone Roses buy this cd. It contains 21 songs, and not one is for filling empty space.All the songs are great.The Cd contains some of their early material, which was previously unreleased, and all their greatest hits from their first album, and some singles released shortly after that.It's a great compilation that contains their most important material from 1985 to 1991, the period when they were most popular.Fantastic...