Flawed masterpieces

I agree about the Observer. I'm trying to get used to that questionable interlude. The Gash, I thought, was the highlight of an otherwise "meh" second half of an album. If you look at the inside sleeve with that man running and listen to the Gash at the same time, you sort of "get" the song.

Anyways, definitely the Stone Roses' debut.

If they had cut "Don't Stop," "Fool's Gold" and maybe even "Elephant Stone" out of the mix, the record, to me, would have been flawless, and I might have bought it by now if it weren't for the questionable pacing of the album.

Don't Stop comes in too soon. It's a mess of a song with no groove and five minutes too long. It destroys the pacing of the album completely. Fool's Gold is just redundant - we already have "She Bangs the Drums." And, finally, "Fools Gold" destroys an otherwise fantastic album closer: "I am the Resurrection."
 
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I guess I'm probably the only one here who doesn't particularly care for Made Of Stone, but then again, I love Don't Stop and Shoot You Down.
 
Shoot You Down is a great song. Made of Stone is also great, but there are much better songs in that record, such as This is the One, Sugar Spun Sister and Waterfall, to name a few.

I saw the UK LP yesterday going for 50 bucks! It's two vinyls for some reason. Each side only has 2 songs : S

Oh! And I have another contribution: Synchronicity by The Police. I'm thinking of the song "Mother." I really don't know what they were thinking - may someone enlighten me?
 
Just remerabered Leonard Cohen's 'I'm Your Man' falls nicely into the flawed masterpiece category. It'd be a classic if it weren't for Jazz Police which is a bit, y'know, ****
 
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