Second Coming (The Stone Roses album) Second Coming (The Stone Roses album) Second Coming is the second and final studio album by English rock band The Stone Roses, released through Geffen Records on 5 December 1994 in the UK and in early 1995 in the US. It was recorded at Forge Studios in Oswestry, Shropshire and Rockfield Studios near Monmouth in Wales between 1992 and 1994. It went platinum in the UK and sold over 1 million copies worldwide and was dedicated to Philip Hall, the band's publicist, who died of cancer in 1993. The second album by the Manchester four-piece, it suffered greatly at the
The Second Coming (Little Richard album) to all of Richard's Reprise sessions, including the "Southern Child" album, were finally released on CD in 2005 by Rhino Records. "Second Coming" was recorded in 1972, at the Record Plant, in Los Angeles, California, and employed top 1950s and 1970s players. Whereas the previous Reprise album, "King of Rock and Roll" was considered to be under-produced and too commercial, the third released album was considered vastly over-produced, yet featuring little of the star himself. To wit, the 7 minute, one-chord instrumental, "Satisfied, Sanctified, Toe-Tapper", was a standout. Richard recalled: "I left Reprise because I felt that the producers didn't