ally wrote:
The thing about the Roses was that they always had brilliant b-sides as well (much like The Smiths). Stuff like Going Down, Mersey Paradise, Where Angels Play etc. all effortless and rivalled alot of what was on the first album.
Shame the b-sides to Love Spreads were pish! Moses and Ride On stank of contractual obligation from start to finish.
While we're here why don't we restart the whole debate as to whether Second Coming was any good or not? 

Played it one the way down to Chelsea last week. I like most of it but the feel of it as a whole is just wrong. Bits of it jar and irritate slightly. There's nothing really amazing on it. The main problem though is the direction, why abandon the sound on the 4 tracks released after Stone Roses, for a totally unfashionable rock sound?