"While John Squire took care of the band's Byrds-like jangling guitar, it was Mani, who has died aged 63, who played the powerful, hard-edged bass lines that put the rocket fuel into tracks such as She Bangs the Drums and This Is the One. The first sound you hear on the disc is his bass emerging, both tantalisingly and menacingly, through the sonic fog at the start of I Wanna Be Adored."
"The album earned a tsunami of rave reviews, and the critical acclaim was long-lasting in 1997 the album was judged the second best of all time in a poll launched by HMV (beaten only by the Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band), and an Observer poll in 2004 hailed it as the greatest British album of all time. Rolling Stone declared that it single-handedly launched 90s Britpop, and in 2010 it won the Mojo classic album award."
The Stone Roses' eponymous 1989 debut blended anthemic, 1960s-evoking melodies and chiming guitar with the drive of British rave culture. John Squire provided Byrds-like jangling guitar while Mani delivered powerful, hard-edged bass lines that energized songs such as She Bangs the Drums and This Is the One. Mani's bass opens I Wanna Be Adored, surfacing menacingly through sonic fog. The combination of grooves and chiming guitars helped redefine Manchester as Madchester and fueled a club-indie crossover centered on venues such as the Hacienda and bands like the Happy Mondays. The album received sustained critical acclaim, earning top rankings in major polls and awards and contributing to the rise of 90s Britpop.
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