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
After Hours (Little River Band album) release in Australia, the band's first album, "Little River Band", had not yet become a hit in the US. When the first album entered the US charts, following the delayed success of single "It's a Long Way There", any potential US release of "After Hours" was delayed. In the meantime, the band recorded their third album, "Diamantina Cocktail". However, Capitol Records in the US deemed that album to be not commercial enough. In response, Capitol selected five tracks from the Australian "After Hours" plus four tracks from the Australian version of "Diamantina Cocktail" and released this compilation in the US