The Stone Roses' following increased as they gigged around the country and released the "Made of Stone" single in February 1989. This did not chart, but enthusiasm for the band in the music press intensified when they released their debut album (produced by John Leckie) in March. Bob Stanley (later of Saint Etienne), reviewing the Stone Roses album in "Melody Maker", wrote, "This is simply the best debut LP I've heard in my record buying lifetime. Forget everybody else. Forget work tomorrow." "NME" did not put it quite so strongly, but reported nonetheless that it was being talked of as "the greatest album ever made". John Robb in "Sounds" gave the album 9/10 and said that the Stone Roses "revolutionised British pop".