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Beautiful Thing (The Stone Roses song)

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Released
  
9 June 2016

Label
  
EMI

Length
  
7:02

Format
  
Digital download, 12" vinyl

Genre
  
Madchester psychedelic rock

"Beautiful Thing" is a single by The Stone Roses. The track was first released on the band's YouTube channel, with a simple image of a green butterfly accompanying the track. The 12" vinyl, limited to 6,000 copies (worldwide), was released on 22 July.

Contents

Track listing

MP3 digital download
  1. "Beautiful Thing" – 7:02
12" vinyl single
  1. "Beautiful Thing" – 7:02

Neither format includes B-sides.

Personnel

  • Ian Brown – vocals
  • John Squire – guitar
  • Mani – bass guitar
  • Reni – drums and backing vocals

    • Reception

    The track was reviewed by the Guardian as "a substantial improvement on its predecessor" and "solid, rather than earth shattering". They also observed it included common Stone Roses touchstones, such as references to Jesus, portions of the song reversed and guitar solos treated with wah-wah. Neil McCormick described the song as "seven minutes of splendid shuffling psychedelic monster acid rock funk" in a review for The Daily Telegraph.

    References

    Beautiful Thing (The Stone Roses song) Wikipedia
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