Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

Strangely enough, I`ve been listening to a lot of stuff over the past couple of days to come out of Manchester in this time period (In fact all the bands that you mentioned etc) and was just listening to the Stone Roses debut yesterday after not having heard it for a couple of years.

You`ve done a great review here and the album does have a certain magic about it, and for me along with the Smiths debut possibly the best album to have come out of Manchester (based on what I`ve heard of course) The Smiths evoke a kind of romantic nostalgia, whereas The Stones`s debut has an almost dreamy magic to it that becomes so apparent as soon as the opening "I Wanna Be Adored" kicks in. Only shame for me is that "Elizabeth My Dear" is so short but the rest of the album is full of great stuff. Only criticism is, that a few of the songs tend to drag in a couple of places and its position as the best ever British album of all time is also highly debatable.....but nobody can question its impact on British music.

Surprisingly I`ve never listened to the follow up album but will in the next few days. Its just a shame, that the much publicized problems that hit the band after this album, along with some bad luck that their flame was stolen by the less talented Oasis.