I believe you if you say it's good, but giving any esteem to anything NME writes is foolish. Their reviews are all complete bullshit, solely written to generate hype. To put the Beatles at #8 is a sin, as is not to include any other classic British bands. Pulp shouldn't be on there, nor should the Libertines, nor should the Arctic Monkeys. The Queen is Dead is one of the most overrated albums of all time, Modern Life isn't even close to being Blur's best album, and London Calling is FAR better than Never Mind the Bollocks.
They're a fine news source, but their reviews are among the worst in the world.
St0rm™
in many 'best albums of all time' polls, the stone roses debut is top.
give it a go
RiotRadio
The Stone Roses are one of the best bands in the world, honestly. Their self-titled achieved pop perfection via an amazing mix of guitar pop, dance, funk, indie rock and a million of other sounds.
And their second album, Second Coming, is quite possibly the best guitar album of all time. At least it is for me. The tracks Love Spreads and Breaking Into Heaven are my two favorite guitar songs ever.
St0rm™
'begging you' and 'driving south' do it for me on 'second coming' album. both FULL ON guitar fests.
'second coming' is John Squire on fucking steroids
RiotRadio
Oh yeah I forgot Driving South !!
And Begging You just can't fall into any category. I'd like to say it's an amazig guitar song, but it's not. It's just an amazing song period. What instruments are featuring in there anyway, I mean this can't be done with only drum-bass-guitar, can it ? If it is, and if they can play this live and make it sound as good, then I might as well just bow before the great John Squire.
St0rm™
RiotRadio wrote:
If it is, and if they can play this live and make it sound as good, then I might as well just bow before the great John Squire.
They can
if you can get hold of 'Crimson Tonight', the 1995 Japanese or Australian 4-track CD EP, includes live versons of 'Daybreak', 'Breaking Into Heaven', 'Driving South' and 'Tightrope.
Tightrope is so amazing it pisses all over the album version. Ian Brown's vocals are so on form and moving that it's just great. In fact, all 4 tracks are the Roses at their live pinacle.