Love Spreads

THE STONE ROSES Released Glorious Single ‘LOVE SPREADS’ 30 Years Ago This Day

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Top singles from the past

21 November 2024

Band: THE STONE ROSES
Who: Manchester’s indie heroes who made one
of the best-ever debut LP’s (1989) in my book.
Active: 1983–1996, 2011–2017 / 2 studio LPs.

Single: LOVE SPREADS

5 years (because of legal label battles, drugs, too much money, etc)
after their debut longplayer the lazy bastards came up with this new
rad single as the harbinger for their sophomore album Second Coming.

Its lyrics are a telling of the Passion of Christ, reinterpreting
Jesus as a black woman. The song peaked at #2 in the UK.

Let the love spread.

TSR: Story – Discography

25 Years Ago THE STONE ROSES Released Their Second And Final Album ‘SECOND COMING’…

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5 December 2019

Today 25 years ago, on 5 December 1994, Manchester’s legends THE STONE ROSES released their second and final album titled biblically’ SECOND COMING‘. It came more than 5 years after their sensational self-titled debut LP, their magnum opus, all killers no fillers. The delay was due to a lengthy legal dispute with their first record label Silverstone Records, the fact that they were too busy spending the big advance money they got from their new, major label Geffen Records, but most of all there was the immense pressure
on the band to make another masterpiece.

Despite top tracks such as ‘Driving South’, ‘Ten Storey Love Song’, ‘Love Spreads’, ‘Your Star
Will Shine’ and ‘Begging You’ the longplayer failed to meet the high musical expectations and the critics weren’t impressed. Yet the record peaked at #4 on the UK Chart and sold over 1 million copies worldwide.

Here are the three singles…

– LOVE SPREADS –

– TEN STOREY LOVE SONG –

– BEGGING YOU –

Album in full…

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THE STONE ROSES


Back sleeve