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Second Coming is the second and final studio album by English rock band The Stone Roses, released through Geffen Records on 5 December 1994[1] in the UK and in early 1995 in the US.[3] 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, sold over 1 million copies worldwide and was dedicated to Philip Hall, the band's publicist, who died of cancer in 1993.

Second Coming
Studio album by The Stone Roses
Released	5 December 1994 (1994-12-05)[1]
Recorded	1992–1994
Genre	Alternative rock blues rock funk rock Britpop[2]
Length	78:38
Label	Geffen
Producer	Simon Dawson Paul Schroeder
The Stone Roses chronology
Turns Into Stone (1992) Second Coming (1994) The Complete Stone Roses (1995)
Singles from Second Coming
"Love Spreads" Released: 21 November 1994 "Ten Storey Love Song" Released: 27 February 1995 "Begging You" Released: 30 October 1995

Background

The second album by the 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. There had been speculation in the British press that the high expectations from their debut record had left the band "paralyzed with self-doubt" according to LA Times pop music critic Robert Hilburn.[4] In addition, The Stone Roses made their return to a changed musical environment, having to compete with a new generation of Britpop bands. The album reached number 4 in the UK Album Chart.[5]

Three singles ("Love Spreads", "Ten Storey Love Song", and "Begging You") from the album were released in the UK.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[7]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[8]
The Guardian	[9]
Los Angeles Times	[10]
NME	6/10[11]
Q	[12]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[13]
Select	4/5[14]
Spin	6/10[15]

Second Coming was released to generally mixed reviews in the UK and US.[4] Rolling Stone awarded the record two out of five stars, calling its songs "tuneless retropsychedelic grooves bloated to six-plus minutes in length."[4] The Los Angeles Times were more positive, however, praising John Squire's "inspired guitar work" and concluding that "while the album's impact is undercut by some tunes that seem little more than fragments, the standouts offer a soulful earnestness as they speak of the search for salvation and comfort amid the tension and uncertainty of contemporary life."[10]

Select ranked the album at number twelve in its end-of-year list of the 50 best albums of 1995.[16]

Track listing

Personnel

The Stone Roses

• Ian Brown – lead vocals, harmonica, recording of running water on "Breaking into Heaven"
• John Squire – electric and acoustic guitars, vocals on "Tightrope", backing vocals on "How Do You Sleep", recording of jets on "Begging You", collage
• Mani – bass guitar
• Reni – drums, backing vocals, vocals on "Tightrope", recording of running water on "Breaking into Heaven"

Technical personnel

• Simon Dawson – keyboards, Jew's harp on "Straight to the Man", castanets, Wurlitzer electric piano on "Straight to the Man" and "Tears", acoustic piano on "How Do You Sleep" and "Love Spreads"; production, engineering on tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 12
• Paul Schroeder – production on tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, engineering on tracks 1, 2, 6, 9
• John Leckie – partly responsible for recording on tracks 3, 7, 11, recording on "Breaking into Heaven" intro
• Mark Tolle – initial recording on tracks 4, 8, 10
• Al "Bongo" Shaw – initial recording on tracks 4, 8, 10
• Nick Brine – assistant engineering; tambourine on "Love Spreads"

Charts

Chart performance for Second Coming

Chart (1994–1995)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[17]	17
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[18]	35
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[19]	24
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[20]	61
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[21]	57
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[22]	38
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[23]	26
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[24]	35
UK Albums (OCC)[5]	4
US Billboard 200[25]	47

References

External links

• Second Coming at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

На других языках

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[de] Second Coming

Second Coming ist das zweite und letzte Studioalbum der britischen Band The Stone Roses, veröffentlicht im Jahr 1994.

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- [en] Second Coming (The Stone Roses album)

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[es] Second Coming (álbum de The Stone Roses)

Second Coming es el segundo álbum de estudio de la banda inglesa The Stone Roses. Las grabaciones se realizaron en los Forge Studios de Oswestry, Shropshire y Rockfield Studios cerca de Monmouth, Gales.

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[it] Second Coming (The Stone Roses)

Second Coming è il secondo album in studio del gruppo musicale britannico The Stone Roses, pubblicato il 5 dicembre 1994 dalla Geffen Records.

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[ru] Second Coming (альбом The Stone Roses)

Second Coming (с англ. — «Второе пришествие») — второй и последний студийный альбом британской рок-группы The Stone Roses, выпущенный 5 декабря 1994 на лейбле Geffen Records в Британии и в начале 1995-го года в США[1][13]. Запись пластинки проходила в период с 1992 по 1994 года на студиях Forge Studios в Озуэстри (Шропшир) и Rockfield Studios близ города Монмут в Уэльсе. Альбом получил «платиновый» статус на родине музыкантов — с общим тиражом более 1 миллиона копий по всему миру. Он был посвящен Филиппу Холлу, публицисту группы, который умер от рака в 1993 году.

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