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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''I don't have to sell my soul, he's already in me.'']]
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4	''The Stone Roses'' is the SelfTitledAlbum by Music/TheStoneRoses from 1989. It was very influential in the British AlternativeRock scene and effectively paved the way for the {{Britpop}} genre that became popular in the 1990s, similar to how Music/{{Nirvana}}'s ''Music/{{Nevermind\|Album}}'' did the same for {{Grunge}}. The album is best remembered for the singles "She Bangs the Drums" and "I Wanna Be Adored".
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6	!! Tracklist:
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8	# "I Wanna Be Adored" (4:52)
9	# "She Bangs the Drums" (3:42)
10	# "Elephant Stone"* (3:04)
11	# "Waterfall" (4:37)
12	# "Don't Stop" (5:17)
13	# "Bye Bye Badman" (4:00)
14	# "Elizabeth My Dear" (0:59)
15	# "(Song for My) Sugar Spun Sister" (3:25)
16	# "Made Of Stone" (4:10)
17	# "Shoot You Down" (4:10)
18	# "This Is The One" (4:58)
19	# "I Am The Resurrection" (8:12)
20	# "Fool's Gold"* (9:53)
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22	[=*=] Was not a track on the album at first, but put on most subsequent rereleases
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24	!! Personnel:
25	* Ian Brown: vocals
26	* Mani: bass guitar
27	* Reni: drums, backing vocals, piano
28	* John Squire: guitar
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30	!! She Tropes The Drums
31	* AlliterativeTitle: "'''B'''ye '''B'''ye '''B'''adman", "'''S'''ong For My '''S'''ugar '''S'''pun '''S'''ister".
32	* ArtImitatesArt: Painter Jackson Pollock is referenced in the song "Made Of Stone" as well as on the cover art.
33	* AsTheGoodBookSays: "I Am The Resurrection"
34	--> ''[[BlasphemousBoast I am the resurrection and I am the life]]''
35	* AuthorAppeal: Republicanism, the May 1968 student riots in Paris.
36	* BrickJoke: A musical example of this shows up in the eight-minute long "I Am the Resurrection". The first three minutes are dominated by a Motown-influenced groove with a catchy, descending bassline. After Ian Brown finishes his vocals, the band launch into an epic 5-minute funk-rock improvisation. And towards the end, Mani works in the descending bassline again.
37	* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The album cover is a painting by John Squire, the band's guitarist.
38	* TheDissTrack: According to John Squire, "I am the Resurrection" was aimed at someone he and Ian Brown knew and hated.
39	* EchoingAcoustics: Very prominent on this album.
40	* EpicRocking: The 8:12 "I Am The Resurrection", and the 9:53 "Fool's Gold".
41	* GodIsLoveSongs: "I Wanna Be Adored" is more ambiguous, but the lines "I don't need to sell my [=soul/He's=] already in me" can easily be interpreted as referring to the Devil.
42	* LyricalDissonance:
43	** "Bye Bye Badman" is an upbeat pop-rock song about the May 1968 student riots in Paris.
44	** "Made of Stone" is another anthemic, catchy tune whose lyrics reference the 1968 riots again, especially using imagery of burning cars.
45	** "Shoot You Down" is laid-back funk-rock song about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin shooting someone down]], also mentioning about how said [[AssholeVictim victim always had it coming]].
46	** "Elizabeth My Dear" is a Music/SimonAndGarfunkel-style ballad (with the melody even borrowed from the old English folk tune 'Scarborough Fair' ) about wanting to dethrone the Queen.
47	* LongestSongGoesLast: The album closes with either "I Am The Resurrection" (8:12), or "Fool's Gold" (9:53).
48	* MinimalisticCoverArt: The cover is an abstract image.
49	* MinisculeRocking: "Elizabeth My Dear", which is less than a minute long.
50	* OneManSong: "Bye Bye Badman"
51	* OneWomanSong: "Elizabeth My Dear" and "Song For My Sugar Spun Sister".
52	* OneWordTitle: "Waterfall"
53	* OverlyLongGag: The extended drum sequence near the end of "I Am The Resurrection".
54	* RearrangeTheSong: "Don't Stop" is Ian Brown singing over a demo of "Waterfall" played backwards.
55	* RecordProducer: John Leckie (Music/PinkFloyd, Music/PublicImageLtd, Music/{{XTC}}) is often credited as helping the Roses become awesome, which is quite justified when one hears the demos of the songs from their first album.
56	* SelfTitledAlbum
57	* ShoutOut:
58	** The melody for the song "Elizabeth My Dear" is based on the English traditional "Scarborough Fair".
59	** "I Wanna Be Adored" is used on the soundtrack of ''Film/WelcomeToSarajevo'' (1997). The video is a shout-out to Music/PinkFloyd's ''Live at Pompeii'' concert film.
60	** The drum intro to "I am the Resurrection" appears to be lifted from Music/ThePretenders' "Mystery Achievement".
61	* SingleStanzaSong: "Elizabeth My Dear". Thirty words, less than a minute long, and extremely creepy.
62	* StopAndGo: About 2/3's of the way through the extended jam coda of "I am the Resurrection" During the aforementioned epic 5-minute funky improv, at one point the band stop playing. There's a few seconds of silence before they start again as if nothing had happened.
63	* TitleOnlyChorus: "I Wanna Be Adored".
64	* UpdatedRerelease: Later U.K. CD and cassette pressings appended "Elephant Stone" and "Fool's Gold" to the track listing, where these had already appeared on North American editions.

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