Turns into Stone

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

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)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
Uncut	[4]

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 re-released many singles, including two separate versions of "Fools Gold", and releasing stand-alone singles from the first album that were not 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.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Elephant Stone" (12" version)	4:53
2.	"The Hardest Thing in the World"	2:39
3.	"Going Down"	2:46
4.	"Mersey Paradise"	2:44
5.	"Standing Here"	5:05
6.	"Where Angels Play"	4:15
7.	"Simone"	4:24
8.	"Fools Gold" (12" version)	9:53
9.	"What the World Is Waiting For"	3:55
10.	"One Love" (12" version)	7:45
11.	"Something's Burning"	7:50

Catalogue numbers

• LP: Silvertone ORE LP521
• LP: Music On Vinyl MOVLP628 (180g Remaster)
• LP: Modern Classics Recordings MCR 915 (2 × 180g Remaster)
• CD: Silvertone ORE CD521
• CD: Silvertone Records / Sony Music 88725467042 (2012 Remaster)
• Cassette: Silvertone ORE C521

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)[5]	32