The Very Best of The Stone Roses: Difference between revisions

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
MalnadachBot (talk | contribs)
11,637,095 edits
m Fixed missing end tag Lint errors. (Task 12)
 
(94 intermediate revisions by 66 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}
''''The Very Best Of The Stone Roses'''' is a compilation album issued by Silvertone Records in 2002. It features most of the Roses' singles, and album tracks 'Breaking into Heaven' and 'This is the One'. It charted at number 19 in the UK, and has currently spent nine weeks in the Top 75.
{{Use British English|date=January 2014}}
The company has been much maligned for supposedly cashing in on their famous band. However 'The Very Best Of' is a good compilation in that it gathers all the Stone Roses' best known tracks, in the versions generally seen as 'best'
{{Infobox album
|name = The Very Best of The Stone Roses
|type = greatest
|artist = [[The Stone Roses]]
|cover = The very best of .jpg
|released = 4 November 2002
|recorded = 1987–1994
|genre = [[Alternative rock]], [[Madchester]], [[blues rock]]
|length = 78:36
|label = [[Silvertone Records (1980)|Silvertone]]
|producer = [[John Leckie]], [[Peter Hook]], Simon Dawson, Paul Schroeder
|prev_title = [[The Remixes (The Stone Roses album)|The Remixes]]
|prev_year = 2000
|next_title = Collection
|next_year = 2010
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|id=r620209|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[NME]]''
|rev3score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/the-stone-roses/6825|title=Stone Roses : The Very Best Of The Stone Roses|magazine=[[NME]]|date=12 September 2005}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Stylus Magazine]]''
|rev4score = A+<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071102231113/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/the-stone-roses/the-very-best-of-the-stone-roses.htm Stylus Magazine review]</ref>
}}


'''''The Very Best of The Stone Roses''''' is a [[compilation album]] released by [[Silvertone Records (1980)|Silvertone Records]] in 2002. It features most of their [[Single (music)|singles]] plus album tracks including "Breaking into Heaven" and "This is the One", all of which were remastered for this album.<ref name ="squire_discog_basic">Stevens, Paul. [http://www.john-squire.com/discography/disco_tsr_basic.html The Definitive Stone Roses Discography: Basic]. Retrieved 15 June 2008.</ref> It charted at #19 in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and spent nine weeks in the Top 75.
{{compilation-album-stub}}
[[category:2002 albums]]


''The Very Best of'' is a fairly comprehensive compilation in that it gathers all the Stone Roses' best known tracks. The track listing was decided upon by band members.<ref name="squire_discog_basic"/> The previous compilation ''[[The Complete Stone Roses]]'' had been criticized for not including material from the group's [[second Coming (The Stone Roses album)|second album]], whilst including inferior edits and alternative versions of many songs.{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}}
[[fi:The Very Best of The Stone Roses]]

Tracks:
Not only does the compilation contain six songs from [[The Stone Roses (album)|their 1989 debut]] but the album is structured to open and close with the same songs in their album versions. It was re-released in 2012 following [[Reunion Tour (The Stone Roses)|their reunion]] when it reached 20 in the charts. As of July 2012 it has sold 552,577 copies in the United Kingdom.
1-I Wanna Be Adored

2-She Bangs The Drums
==Track listing==
3-Ten Storey Love Song
{{Track listing
4-Waterfall
| extra_column = Original Album
5-Made Of Stone

6-Love Spreads
| all_writing = [[Ian Brown]] and [[John Squire]] except where noted
7-What The World Is Waiting For

8-Sally Cinnamon
| title1 = [[I Wanna Be Adored]]
9-Fool's Gold
| extra1 = ''[[The Stone Roses (album)|The Stone Roses]]'', 1989
10-Begging You
| length1 = 4:53
11-Elephant Stone

12-Breaking Into Heaven
| title2 = [[She Bangs the Drums]]
13-One Love
| extra2 = ''The Stone Roses''
14-This Is The One
| length2 = 3:50
15-I Am The Resurrection

| title3 = [[Ten Storey Love Song]]
| note3 = Squire
| extra3 = ''[[Second Coming (The Stone Roses album)|Second Coming]]'', 1994
| length3 = 4:23

| title4 = [[Waterfall (The Stone Roses song)|Waterfall]]
| extra4 = ''The Stone Roses''
| length4 = 4:39

| title5 = [[Made of Stone]]
| extra5 = ''The Stone Roses''
| length5 = 4:16

| title6 = [[Love Spreads]]
| note6 = Squire
| extra6 = ''Second Coming''
| length6 = 5:47

| title7 = [[Fools Gold/What the World Is Waiting For|What the World Is Waiting For]]
| extra7 = Non-album single, 1989
| length7 = 3:51

| title8 = [[Sally Cinnamon]]
| note8 = Original 12" version
| extra8 = Non-album single, 1987
| length8 = 3:25

| title9 = [[Fools Gold/What the World Is Waiting For|Fools Gold]]
| note9 = 12" version
| extra9 = Non-album single, 1989
| length9 = 9:54

| title10 = [[Begging You]]
| extra10 = ''Second Coming''
| length10 = 4:53

| title11 = [[Elephant Stone]]
| note11 = 12" version
| extra11 = Non-album single, 1988
| length11 = 4:51

| title12 = Breaking into Heaven
| note12 = Short version; Squire
| extra12 = ''Second Coming''
| length12 = 6:59

| title13 = [[One Love (The Stone Roses song)|One Love]]
| note13 = 7" version
| extra13 = Non-album single, 1990
| length13 = 3:35

| title14 = This Is the One
| extra14 = ''The Stone Roses''
| length14 = 5:00

| title15 = [[I Am the Resurrection]]
| extra15 = ''The Stone Roses''
| length15 = 8:13
}}

==Charts==
{{col-start}}
{{col-2}}

===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!scope="col"|Chart (2002)
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Ireland2|9|artist=The Stone Roses|rowheader=true|accessdate=21 March 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|19|date=20021110|rowheader=true|accessdate=21 March 2021}}
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!scope=col|Chart (2006)
!scope=col|Position
|-
!scope="row"|UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2006.pdf|title=2006 UK Albums Chart|publisher=ChartsPlus|accessdate=8 April 2021}}</ref>
|163
|-
!scope=col|Chart (2020)
!scope=col|Position
|-
!scope="row"|UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20201231/37502|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2020|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=21 March 2021}}</ref>
|100
|}
{{col-end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
<!-- This is a licensed stream for the album, which is allowed under Wikipedia polices -->
*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJziKgkV9M2zHVLXBNOQ0j6w-yc6_w3tk ''The Very Best of The Stone Roses''] at [[YouTube]] (streamed copy where licensed)
*[http://www.john-squire.com/discography/disco_tsr.html The Stone Roses' discography]

{{The Stone Roses}}
{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Very Best Of The Stone Roses, The}}
[[Category:The Stone Roses albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by John Leckie]]
[[Category:2002 greatest hits albums]]

Latest revision as of 07:58, 4 January 2023

The Very Best of The Stone Roses
Greatest hits album by
The Stone Roses
Released4 November 2002
Recorded1987–1994
GenreAlternative rock, Madchester, blues rock
Length78:36
LabelSilvertone
ProducerJohn Leckie, Peter Hook, Simon Dawson, Paul Schroeder
The Stone Roses chronology
The Remixes
(2000) 		The Very Best of The Stone Roses
(2002) 		Collection
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
NME[3]
Stylus MagazineA+[4]

The Very Best of The Stone Roses is a compilation album released by Silvertone Records in 2002. It features most of their singles plus album tracks including "Breaking into Heaven" and "This is the One", all of which were remastered for this album.[5] It charted at #19 in the UK and spent nine weeks in the Top 75.

The Very Best of is a fairly comprehensive compilation in that it gathers all the Stone Roses' best known tracks. The track listing was decided upon by band members.[5] The previous compilation The Complete Stone Roses had been criticized for not including material from the group's second album, whilst including inferior edits and alternative versions of many songs.[citation needed]

Not only does the compilation contain six songs from their 1989 debut but the album is structured to open and close with the same songs in their album versions. It was re-released in 2012 following their reunion when it reached 20 in the charts. As of July 2012 it has sold 552,577 copies in the United Kingdom.

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Ian Brown and John Squire except where noted

No.TitleOriginal AlbumLength
1."I Wanna Be Adored"The Stone Roses, 19894:53
2."She Bangs the Drums"The Stone Roses3:50
3."Ten Storey Love Song" (Squire)Second Coming, 19944:23
4."Waterfall"The Stone Roses4:39
5."Made of Stone"The Stone Roses4:16
6."Love Spreads" (Squire)Second Coming5:47
7."What the World Is Waiting For"Non-album single, 19893:51
8."Sally Cinnamon" (Original 12" version)Non-album single, 19873:25
9."Fools Gold" (12" version)Non-album single, 19899:54
10."Begging You"Second Coming4:53
11."Elephant Stone" (12" version)Non-album single, 19884:51
12."Breaking into Heaven" (Short version; Squire)Second Coming6:59
13."One Love" (7" version)Non-album single, 19903:35
14."This Is the One"The Stone Roses5:00
15."I Am the Resurrection"The Stone Roses8:13

Charts[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. The Very Best of The Stone Roses at AllMusic
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  3. ^ "Stone Roses : The Very Best Of The Stone Roses". NME. 12 September 2005.
  4. ^ Stylus Magazine review
  5. ^ a b Stevens, Paul. The Definitive Stone Roses Discography: Basic. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
  6. ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography The Stone Roses". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  8. ^ "2006 UK Albums Chart" (PDF). ChartsPlus. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  9. ^ "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2020". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 March 2021.

External links[edit]

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Very_Best_of_The_Stone_Roses&oldid=1131465143"