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 albums
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.
Band: The Stone Roses (Manchester, UK) Active: 1983–1996, 2011–2017 Single: One Love – non-album single B-side: Something’s Burning Released: 2 July 1990 – 30 years ago today Score: #4 in the UK
1. ‘Play Safe’ by IGGY POP Let’s play safe / I never knew how / How to play safe / You told me how
2. ‘Safety Dance by MEN WITHOUT HATS We can dance, we can dance everything out control / We can dance doing it wall to wall
3. ‘If You Tolerate This Then You’re Children Will Be Next’ by the MANICS If you tolerate this then your children will be next, will be next, will be next, will be next
4. ‘Back Home’ by GOLDEN EARRING People wonder why I’m going back home / Just the place where I belong / Back home
5. ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’ by THE VERVE I never pray / But tonight I’m on my knees / I need some sounds that recognize the pain in me
6. ‘Home’ by EDWARD SHARPE AND THE MAGNETIC ZEROS Home, let me come home / Home is wherever I’m with you
7. ‘Come Home’ by JAMES This is a testing time when the choice is mine / Am I a fool for love or foolish with desire
8. ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ by LIVERPOOL FANS When you walk through a storm / Hold your head up high / And don’t be afraid of the dark
9. ‘All For One’ by THE STONE ROSES All for one, one for all / If we take a stand, we shall not fall
10. ‘Let There Be Love‘ by OASIS Who stole the soul from the sun in a world come undone at the seams? / Let there be love
Band: The Stone Roses Single: Ten Storey Love Song – written by John Squire B-sides: Ride On on 7″ and Ride On
and Moses (an instrumental) on CD Released: 27 February 1995 – 25 years ago today Album: Second Coming Score: The single reached #12 on the UK Singles Chart