The Very Best of The Stone Roses

2002 greatest hits album by The Stone Roses

Greatest hits album by

The Stone Roses

Released

4 November 2002

Recorded

1987–1994

Genre

Alternative rock, Madchester, blues rock

Length

78:36

Label

Silvertone

Producer

John Leckie, Peter Hook, Simon Dawson, Paul Schroeder

The Stone Roses chronology

The Remixes
(2000)

The Very Best of The Stone Roses
(2002)

Collection
(2010)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]
NME	^[3]
Stylus Magazine	A+^[4]

The Very Best of The Stone Roses is a compilation album released by Silvertone Records in 2002. It features most of their singles plus album tracks including "Breaking into Heaven" and "This is the One", all of which were remastered for this album.^[5] It charted at #19 in the UK and spent nine weeks in the Top 75.

The Very Best of is a fairly comprehensive compilation in that it gathers all the Stone Roses' best known tracks. The track listing was decided upon by band members.^[5] The previous compilation The Complete Stone Roses had been criticized for not including material from the group's second album, whilst including inferior edits and alternative versions of many songs.^{[citation needed]}

Not only does the compilation contain six songs from their 1989 debut but the album is structured to open and close with the same songs in their album versions. It was re-released in 2012 following their reunion when it reached 20 in the charts. As of July 2012 it has sold 552,577 copies in the United Kingdom.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ian Brown and John Squire except where noted

No.	Title	Original Album	Length
1.	"I Wanna Be Adored"	The Stone Roses, 1989	4:53
2.	"She Bangs the Drums"	The Stone Roses	3:50
3.	"Ten Storey Love Song" (Squire)	Second Coming, 1994	4:23
4.	"Waterfall"	The Stone Roses	4:39
5.	"Made of Stone"	The Stone Roses	4:16
6.	"Love Spreads" (Squire)	Second Coming	5:47
7.	"What the World Is Waiting For"	Non-album single, 1989	3:51
8.	"Sally Cinnamon" (Original 12" version)	Non-album single, 1987	3:25
9.	"Fools Gold" (12" version)	Non-album single, 1989	9:54
10.	"Begging You"	Second Coming	4:53
11.	"Elephant Stone" (12" version)	Non-album single, 1988	4:51
12.	"Breaking into Heaven" (Short version; Squire)	Second Coming	6:59
13.	"One Love" (7" version)	Non-album single, 1990	3:35
14.	"This Is the One"	The Stone Roses	5:00
15.	"I Am the Resurrection"	The Stone Roses	8:13

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[6]	9
UK Albums (OCC)^[7]	19

Year-end charts

Chart (2006)	Position
UK Albums (OCC)^[8]	163
Chart (2020)	Position
UK Albums (OCC)^[9]	100

References

^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. The Very Best of The Stone Roses at AllMusic
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
^ "Stone Roses : The Very Best Of The Stone Roses". NME. 12 September 2005.
^ Stylus Magazine review
^ ^a ^b Stevens, Paul. The Definitive Stone Roses Discography: Basic. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography The Stone Roses". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
^ "2006 UK Albums Chart" (PDF). ChartsPlus. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
^ "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2020". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 March 2021.