Turns into Stone

Infobox Album | Name = Turns Into Stone
Type = Compilation album
Artist = The Stone Roses


Released = July 20 1992
Recorded = 1988-1991
Genre = Madchester
Length =
Label = Silvertone
Producer = John Leckie, Peter Hook
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8sdnvwdva92k link]
Last album = "The Stone Roses"
(1989)
This album = "Turns Into Stone"
(1992)
Next album = "Second Coming"
(1994)

"Turns Into Stone" is a compilation album by The Stone Roses released in 1992. It consists of early singles and B-sides that did not feature on their self-titled debut album. The compilation reached number 32 on the UK album chart.

The album's release was surrounded by controversy, as the Roses were in the middle of a legal battle with their then-record label, Silvertone. The injunction that this case resulted in prevented the band from releasing any new material for some years afterward, in which time Silvertone re-released single after single, including two separate versions of "Fools Gold", and even taking singles from the first album which weren't even intended to be singles (such as the edited version of "I Am The Resurrection" featuring a drum machine instead of Reni's distinctive drumming).

Despite this, the album is seen as a good thing by Roses fans because it collects some of their best-known songs onto one CD, before a best-of compilation was even viable.

Track listing

# "Elephant Stone" (12" version) – 4:53
# "The Hardest Thing In The World" – 2:39
# "Going Down" – 2:46
# "Mersey Paradise" – 2:44
# "Standing Here" – 5:05
# "Where Angels Play" – 4:15
# "Simone" – 4:24
# "Fool's Gold" (12" version) – 9:53
# "What The World Is Waiting For" – 3:55
# "One Love" (12" version) – 7:45
# "Something Burning" (12" version) – 7:50

Catalogue Numbers
* LP: Silvertone ORE LP521
* CD: Silvertone ORE CD521
* Cassette: Silvertone ORE C521

External links

* [http://www.john-squire.com/discography/disco_tsr.html The Stone Roses' discography]