Few second albums have carried such a weight of expectation as Second Coming, the Stone Roses’ massively anticipated follow-up to their majestic eponymous debut. This ‘difficult’ second album was released a staggering five and a half years after their self-titled record, a stretch of time so epic that the British music scene had changed beyond recognition by the time it was finally released on 5 December, 1994.
The band had emerged in the late '80s amid the feel-good hedonism of ‘Madchester’ rave culture, blending the psychedelic 60s jangle of The Byrds with a deep groove. They re-emerged into a music scene dominated by the advent of Britpop.
