Record Mirror 13th May 1989 Issue THE STONE ROSES 'The Stone Roses' SILVERTONE The Stone Roses aren't hanging about. Still flush with the glow of a mountain of recent accolades. Manchester's hottest musical sons have bravely released their debut long player and dared us to start the backlash. In a year that has already witnessed several blatantly premature introductory long players, the Stone Roses have come up trumps - no problem. Straight in with 'I Wanna Be Adored', the intentions are clear. These boys have a self importance and confidence that you can almost smell. Not only that, but guitarist John Squire may one day be credited with redefining independent guitar bands' sound. His is a fat, strutting beast that's patently never heard of the phrase 'jangly'. The oft cited Simon & Garfunkel influence oozes out of the superb 'Waterfall', with Ian Brown's dreamy harmonies winning the day. Bobby Gillespie would kill for this voice. This is also the introduction of the band's instrumental doodlings via their psychodelic funny five minutes and John's 'Grandson Of Hendrix On Mogadon' guitar explorations. The tendency to draw these passages out beyond their sell-by date is the only gripe here, though they even pull this off on the closing 'I Am The Resurrection'. 'Bye Bye Badman', '(Song For My) Sugar Spun Sister' and 'She Bangs The Drums' show the Stone Roses possess more merry melodies than the Warner Brothers' cartoon department and are the onlt young band around at the moment with the potential and the balls to go all the way. ***** Andy Strickland