'' was an album released on
December 5 ,
1994 in the UK and early 1995 in the US by
The Stone Roses . The album was released on
Geffen Records . 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 5-and-a-half year gap between it and the band's
Eponymous Debut and the band's withdrawal from the live arena for four-and-a-half of those years. Ten years on from the album's release, it is now generally accepted that the critical reception at the time was somewhat harsh.
The album was dedicated to Philip Hall, the band's publicist, who died of cancer in 1994.
: 1. "Breaking Into Heaven"
( Squire ) (11:18)
: 2. "Driving South"
( Squire ) (5:09)
: 3. "Ten Storey Love Song"
( Squire ) (4:29)
: 4. "Daybreak"
( Brown / Mounfield / Squire / Wren ) (6:46)
: 5. "Your Star Will Shine"
( Squire ) (2:56)
: 6. "Straight To the Man"
( Brown ) 3:15)
: 7. "Begging You"
( Squire / Brown ) (4:56)
: 8. "Tightrope"
( Squire ) (4:30)
: 9. "Good Times"
( Squire ) (5:38)
: 10. "Tears"
( Squire ) (6:53)
: 11. "How Do You Sleep
( Squire ) (4:55)
: 12. "Love Spreads"
( Squire ) (5:46)
: 13. "The Foz"
( Squire ) (6:25)
- Ian Brown - Vocals
- John Squire - Guitars (Backing vocals on Track 8)
- Mani - Bass guitar
- Reni - Drums, backing vocals
- Simon Dawson - Producer (all tracks), Engineer (Tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 12)
- Paul Schroeder - Producer (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11), Engineer (Tracks 1, 2, 6, 9)
- John Leckie - Partly responsible for recording (Tracks 3, 7, 11)
- Mark Tolle - Initial recording (Tracks 4, 8, 10)
- Al "Bongo" Shaw - Initial recording (Tracks 4, 8, 10)
