{"product_id":"the-stone-roses-second-coming-new-2lp","title":"The Stone Roses - Second Coming  - New 2LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: New 2LP Label: GEFFEN Cat. No. \u003cspan\u003e5338516 \u003c\/span\u003eBarcode: 600753385166\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReleased: 13\/08\/2012\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title is a joking reference to the messianic anticipation that built up in the years between the band's 1989 self-titled debut (which the NME ranked as the greatest album of the '80s) and this 1995 follow-up. It's also a description of the Stone Roses sound, a sort of second coming of '60s and '70s blues-rock, re-born with a funk beat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBack in '89 it sounded like a revolution, and it was: crossing\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLed Zeppelin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBob Dylan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewith club music, it helped set the template for all British alternative rock to follow, from\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlur\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto the revamped\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eU2\u003c\/strong\u003e. Second Coming consolidates that sound with a see-sawing mix of hard-rock driving songs - with chunky electric guitar riffs and big beats - and acoustic anthems that immediately sound like they've been on the radio for a dozen years or more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Ten Storey Love Song\"\u003c\/em\u003e, a devotional ballad with a Dylan-esque melody, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Your Star Will Shine,\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea psychedelic folk ditty that would have fit on an early\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBee Gees\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ealbum.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Good Times\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis one of the big-beat numbers, and although it starts out sounding like a very blue\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEric Burdon\u003c\/strong\u003e, it builds into a classic shouted-out blues-rock chorus, the kind on which FM radio thrived in the 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Tears\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efollows a Zeppelin-esque arc from acoustic to electric folk, which, no doubt, is the exact route a lot of hard-rock devotees think any Second Coming should follow.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Geffen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57457620386172,"sku":"600753385166","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/9763\/5678\/files\/Second_Coming_f5c3d871_thumbnail_4096.webp?v=1789561069","url":"https:\/\/offthebeatentracks.co.uk\/products\/the-stone-roses-second-coming-new-2lp","provider":"Off The Beaten Tracks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}