1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ad76c29ed6325356634ae3eb66bf8e1d.jpg]] |
2 | [[caption-width-right:350:''I don't have to sell my soul, he's already in me.'']] |
3 | |
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: |
7 | |
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 |
23 | |
24 | !! Personnel: |
25 | * Ian Brown: vocals |
26 | * Mani: bass guitar |
27 | * Reni: drums, backing vocals, piano |
28 | * John Squire: guitar |
29 | |
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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