 "HELLOOOO AMAZON!!!" | 2008-03-25 |
| - Reviewed By donaldekelly |
All of these reveiws are being posted on the cd review page and on the video tape review page. They are quite different products.
I have listed what is on the tape by adding a picture to the video page. |
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| "Probably the most comprehensive Stone Roses comp you are going to find." | 2008-02-15 |
| - Reviewed By jem711 |
Obviously everyone will have their own personal gripes about a comp when it comes out, the usual "My favorite song wasn't included" or "This is an edited version or single version of such and such song" etc..... Not much you can do about that but this is probably the most comprehensive Stone Roses comp you are likely to find and buying this will probably 1. Save you a fair bit of money because most of their classic songs are on this. 2.If you really do want to still buy their other stuff at least you know what you are getting.
Much these days is made of them being the "godfathers of Brit-pop" etc etc.... Thing is, I always remember the Stone Roses playing second fiddle to the Happy Mondays (who were nothing in comparison to the Roses) and plus the fact that this was back in the day of the indie charts and John Peel when any new band could be guaranteed a fair shot even if they didn't have some big record company behind them. The Roses to a large extent were able to bring in 2 audiences, the indie kids and the lads who were more Mondays 'Mad-Chester' inclined.
Oasis have always talked this band up (Probably because they were 1000 times better than Oasis) and anyone who likes them really needs to check out the Roses. All their best stuff is on this one and for the price it is selling you would be mad not to pick this one up.
File under fans of Stereophonics, Oasis, Blur etc need this one. |
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 "Almost completely perfect!" | 2007-07-07 |
| - Reviewed By albob3000 |
Except for the first song, and that looped song, I love every song on this album, and that never happens! As for the first song, I won't say I hate it, I just don't find it that strong. I do, however, like bits of their early sound, with its distinct bass-y sound similar to The Smiths, especially on Tell Me (are The Smiths from Manchester, too?).
My favorites are She Bangs the Drum and Fool's Gold, and What the World is Waiting For, if pressed. It's interesting how Oasis became so phenomenally popular, yet The Stone Roses, in my opinion, a superior and more intelligent band with stronger songs with better hooks was, well, just sorta phenomenally popular.
It's just such a pity they ended it so quickly. That seems to happen with really good bands. Either they dissolve from inner band friction (uh, can you say, differences in creativity?), or perhaps the lead singer overdoses. I'm glad that didn't happen, of course.
By the way, did any of them join anyone good after this? There was just so much talent! |
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| "Stone Roses - The complete stone roses" | 2006-07-28 |
| - Reviewed By User: A6YBKSPXQWSD6 |
| This album is a classic - world class! |
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| ""Turns into Stone" plus alternative takes" | 2005-12-29 |
| - Reviewed By trainreader61 |
About one-half of "The Complete Stone Roses" includes all of the songs (except "Simone") comprising "Turns to Stone," with the exception that "Fools Gold" (the full version, of course, is available on the U.S. version of the debut), "One Love" and "Something Burning" are abridged to eliminate most of the instrumental part, so that all 21 songs can fit. In my review of "Turns to Stone" (which I also gave four stars) I mentioned how the early Stone Roses songs, as well as the B-sides, clearly demonstrate how they were influenced by poppy sixties bands such as Herman's Hermits and Gerry and the Pacemakers on the one hand, and psychedelic bands such as The Byrds and Jefferson Airplane on the other. But, especially with their monumental debut album, the Stone Roses would incredibly expand their sound, and influence so many British bands that followed.
My favorite songs on the album, that are not alternative takes, are "Mersey Paradise" and "Sally Cinammon," which perhaps could have fit nicely in their debut. The alternative takes are interesting from a creative point of view, but I think it's safe to say that the band chose superior versions for their remarkable first album (I don't hear any difference in this version of "Made of Stone"). "Full Fathom Five" is basically "Elephant Stone" in reverse, much the same way "Don't Stop" reverses "Waterfall" on the debut. "Something Burning" is really just a mellower version of "Fools Gold," and the closer, "One Love," flirts dangerously with self-parody.
Unless you're a diehard Stone Roses fan, who absolutely must possess their entire catalogue, I think you can just get "The Complete Stone Roses" and skip "Turns to Stone." |
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| "Godfathers of Brit-Pop coolness" | 2005-08-23 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3AXV1F1NAHKPQ |
Oasis, Blur, Charlatans UK, Catherine Wheel, My Bloody Valentine, Happy Mondays, etc.. If you want to know where Funky-
Cool-Brit-Pop started... here it is. |
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| "Another Silvertone money maker" | 2005-04-20 |
| - Reviewed By stellarossa |
Ok so that doesn't necessarily make it a bad CD but it's yet another attempt to wring some more cash out of essentially one album and a bunch of B-sides as I grew up calling them.
Most of the stuff on here is fine although you're going to have to put up with a few edited versions in order to cram all the tracks on here. Sadly, as one may expect, Fools Gold is rudely chopped down to around 4 minutes to make it fit and I'm afraid I find that a crime.
As an overview of the Stone Roses from 89-90 this isn't bad; it does have a number of tracks that you don't get on 'The Stone Roses'. One for the avid collectors, though. |
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| "A great compilation....." | 2004-12-15 |
| - Reviewed By usajauk |
| ...of early singles and B-sides, non-album tracks, singles, and the like. My one complaint is the inclusion of EDITED VERSIONS of I Am the Resurrection, Fools Gold, One Love, and Something's Burning....for full versions of the last two, check out the Turns to Stone album. |
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| "Complete or incomplete-- who cares???" | 2004-11-24 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2TX79GR278JMA |
Back when "madchester" or "baggy" or whatever-the-[heck]-it's-called was going on, I was probably about 11 or 12 years old, living in Massachusetts. I had no concept of the music of my own countrymen (and women), let alone anything that was happening overseas. Nirvana had yet to knock Michael Jackson off the pop charts, so my junior-high-school friends actually thought he was cool. I think I had an M.C. Hammer tape lying around my room at the time. The only inkling I had of great British music was the set of Beatles LPs owned (and infrequently listened to) by my parents- nothing I was going to delve into.
So when I look at reviews analyzing how complete this collection really is, my eyes glaze over. If only half these songs were on the disc, and the record label called it "the complete stone roses," I'd say fine by me- a bit of a short disc- but no problems here.
All that rambling to say this: what we have here is truly, truly timeless music in its pursest form. It's a moment of genius when everything came together for a band in a particular era and culture, and its brilliance carries the music far beyond its time and place to make it something that future generations will hopefully come back to and experience with the same awe that I had when I first heard it.
By now you're probably rolling your eyes. But the music here is THAT GOOD. It's "Revolver" for the late 80s- and every bit as good as that loaded statement implies. It created modern brit-pop. I won't dissect it song by song because there is no point. There isn't a weak link. No matter when you are reading this review, you owe it to yourself to go and find a copy, and discover music that will always sound fresh.
-HW |
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| "Send to us from Heaven" | 2004-01-06 |
| - Reviewed By johnny_marques_74 |
| A collection of songs covering mainly the Stone Roses apex,the couple of years in which they were unarguably the best band on the planet. In their brief reign they managed to produce music which doesn't fall short in comparison with any of rock's classics.The momentum which they gained between 89/90 is something that no band will ever be able to reproduce,for the Stone Roses at that time passed more as messianic messengers than as rock stars,gathering an almost obsessioned following which hanged on their every words. It's only a measure of their worth the fact that no one else could have produced lines like"I am the Ressurrection and I am the Life"or"I don't have to sell my soul,it's already in me"without sounding arrogant or ridiculous;indeed these claims perfectly fitted the Stone Roses god like aura. The compilation focuses on their peak era music seamlessly blending the gems from their first album(in all truth the only amazing song missing from their debut is "This is the One")and high quality B-sides,adding still their early singles,some of them quite distant from their habitual sound(the thrashing guitars of"So Young"and the minimalistic simplicity of the rocker "Tell Me"). One thing is for sure,they posessed the most cohesive band sound ever created with each element of the band connecting with the other with a fluid unity simply outstanding.Moreover Mani's bass,Reni's drums and Squire's guitar were no less than groundbreaking. Exceptional melodies come one after the other in this milestone in music history.Perfection perpasses every second of their songs in a dazzlingly unearthly way.The World should have been at their feet. |
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