Turns into Stone

Turns into Stone is a compilation album by the English rock band the Stone Roses, released in 1992. It consists of singles and B-sides that did not feature on their self-titled debut album. The compilation reached number 32 on the UK Albums Chart.

Released20 July 1992

Recorded1988–1990

GenreMadchester^[1]

Length53:48

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Turns into Stone
Compilation album by the Stone Roses
Released	20 July 1992
Recorded	1988–1990
Genre	Madchester[1]
Length	53:48
Label	Silvertone
Producer	John Leckie, Peter Hook
The Stone Roses chronology
The Stone Roses (1989) Turns into Stone (1992) Second Coming (1994)

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The album's release was surrounded by controversy,^{[citation needed]} as the Roses were in the middle of a legal battle with their then-record label, Silvertone. An injunction prevented the band from releasing any new material for several years afterward, during which Silvertone released several singles without the band's consent, including two alternate versions of "Fools Gold", along with tracks from the first album that the band had never intended to be singles (such as the edited version of "I Am the Resurrection" featuring a drum machine instead of Reni's distinctive drumming).

Despite this, the album is seen in a positive light by Roses fans because it collects the extended versions of many of their best-known non-album songs onto one CD, before a best-of compilation was even available.

The title of the album is taken from the final lines of "One Love": "What goes up must come down/Turns into dust or turns into stone".

In August 2009, the album's tracks were remastered by John Leckie and included as "The B-sides" on the 20th anniversary collectors edition re-release of the Stone Roses self-titled debut album and the remastered album went on to be released separately in September 2012 by Sony Music.