Deep Dive · Beyond the Hundred
The Stone Roses
Recorded in fragments across London and Wales between June 1988 and February 1989 by a Manchester band who thought they were already the best in the world. It peaked at number 19 on release and was barely reviewed. A decade later it was being voted the greatest British album ever made.
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