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Beautiful Thing (The Stone Roses song)

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Wikipedia article


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| type = single

| artist = the Stone Roses

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| released = 9 June 2016

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| length = 7:02

| label = Virgin EMI

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| producer = Paul Epworth

| prev_title = All for One

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"'Beautiful Thing'" is a song by English rock band 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.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/lCk34IVVgcc Ghostarchive] and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160609231601/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCk34IVVgcc&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]: The 12" vinyl, limited to 6,000 copies (worldwide), was released on July 22, 2016. This is their final singles, prior to their second disbandment in 2017.

Reception



The track was reviewed by the Guardian as "solid, rather than earth shattering" but "a substantial improvement on its predecessor", referring to the single "All for One". 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'.

Track listing



;MP3 digital download

# "Beautiful Thing" 7:02

;12" vinyl single

# "Beautiful Thing" 7:02

Neither format includes B-sides.

Personnel



*Ian Brown vocals

*John Squire guitar

*Mani bass guitar

*Reni drums and backing vocals

Charts



References




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