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Album · 1994

Second Coming

by The Stone Roses

Second Coming is a 1994 britpop album by The Stone Roses. It runs 44 tracks across 76 minutes. Riffiter listeners rate it 2.8/5 from 2 ratings.

Britpop · Madchester · Indie

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John Squire, Kevin Reagan
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Kevin Reagan

Tracklist

44 tracks · 76 min

  1. 01Breaking Into Heaven
  2. 02Driving South
  3. 03Ten Storely Love Song
  4. 04Daybreak
  5. 05Your Star Will Shine
  6. 06Straight to the Man
  7. 07Begging You
  8. 08Tightrope
  9. 09Good Times
  10. 10Tears
  11. 11How Do You Sleep
  12. 12Love Spreads
  13. 13[silence]
  14. 14[silence]
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  35. 35The Foz
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  44. 44[silence]

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Second Coming is the second studio album by The Stone Roses, released through Geffen Records on 5 December 1994 in the UK and in early 1995 in the US. It was recorded at Forge Studios in Oswestry, Shropshire and Rockfield Studios near Monmouth in Wales between 1992 and 1994. It went platinum in the UK and sold 1 million copies worldwide and was dedicated to Philip Hall, the band's publicist, who died of cancer in 1993. On cassette tape and vinyl record record format, it was released as a double album. Second Coming would be the Stone Roses' final studio album before splitting up in 1996 and eventually reuniting in 2011. The second album by the influential Manchester four-piece, it suffered greatly at the time from the sheer weight of expectation generated by both the 5½ year gap between it and the band's eponymous debut, and the band's withdrawal from the live arena for 4½ of those years. In addition, The Stone Roses made their return in a changed musical environment, with the UK newly-ensconced in Britpop with Blur and Oasis as the premier rock bands of the day. The album reached number 4 in the UK Album Chart.

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Second Coming features tribal rhythms, 1970s-style extended guitar riffs, funky rock/blues numbers with jazz elements and campfire style songs such as "Your Star Will Shine" and "Tightrope" that hint at the band's rural surroundings at the time (the band moved to Wales to make the album). As the line-up began to crumble, three singles ("Love Spreads", "Ten Storey Love Song", and "Begging You") from the album were released in the UK.

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Is Second Coming good?
Riffiter listeners rate Second Coming 2.8/5 from 2 ratings.
When was Second Coming released?
Second Coming was released in 1994.
How many tracks are on Second Coming?
Second Coming has 44 tracks, with a runtime of 76 minutes.
What genre is Second Coming?
Second Coming is catalogued under Britpop, Madchester, Indie.
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