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The Stone Roses - Second Coming (1994)

Track listing:
  1. Breaking into Heaven 11:21
  2. Driving South 5:10
  3. Ten Storey Love Song 4:30
  4. Daybreak 6:33
  5. Your Star Will Shine 2:59
  6. Straight to the Man 3:15
  7. Begging You 4:55
  8. Tightrope 4:26
  9. Good Times 5:40
  10. Tears 6:50
  11. How Do You Sleep 4:59
  12. Love Spreads 5:47
  13. Track 32 6:25

Notes

There's no denying that Second Coming is a bit of a letdown. None of the songs are quite as strong as the best on their debut, but there is plenty of good music on the band's much-delayed second record. The Stone Roses create a dense tapestry of interweaving guitars and pulsing bass grooves. Ian Brown growls a little more than before, but he isn't the center of the music; John Squire's endlessly colorful riffs are. It's clear that Squire has been listening to a bit of hard rock, particularly Led Zeppelin. While the songs occasionally take a back seat to the grooves, several tracks — "Ten Storey Love Song," "Begging You," "Tightrope," "How Do You Sleep," and "Love Spreads" — rank as true classics. It might not be the long-awaited masterpiece it was rumored to be, but Second Coming is a fine sophomore effort.