I Am the Resurrection
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| Single by The Stone Roses from the album The Stone Roses |
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| Released | March 30, 1992 | ||||
| Format | CD, cassette, vinyl record 12", 7" | ||||
| Recorded | 1988 | ||||
| Genre | Madchester | ||||
| Length | 8:13 | ||||
| Label | Silvertone | ||||
| Producer | John Leckie | ||||
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"I Am the Resurrection" is a song by The Stone Roses and the final song on the UK version of their debut album.
The last four minutes of the song is an instrumental outro. The song is in the key of B Mixolydian. The single was released on March 30, 1992, and reached #33 on the UK Singles Chart. It was the last of several singles released from their debut album while the band were estranged from their label Silvertone.
The track's title and its placing as the final song on the album is believed to have influenced the title of their long-awaited follow-up album, The Second Coming, which was released five years later.
Q magazine placed it at number 10 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks.
NME magazine placed "I Am the Resurrection" at number 8 in its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever.
Originally, the 12" exclusively contained the 8'13" "Extended 16-9 Ratio Club Mix". Other versions were considerably shorter (under 4 minutes).
[edit] Artwork
John Squire designed the "I Am the Resurrection" cover, (an up-close shot from the cover of the first album) continuing the Jackson Pollock influenced theme of singles from The Stone Roses.
[edit] Quotes
Ian: "I saw a poster with the words that had been written with fluorescent paint, that was put on the door of a church and it impressed me. So this lyric is about anti-Christianity. If people have a normal brain, they should find out how false this statement is. But sometimes people need mental support even though they understand the real meaning. Very sad or ironic, the church is making money...the Roman Catholic Church is the richest religious organisation in the world, everyone must know that".
John: "That's ('I Am the Resurrection') a murderous attack on one individual, I don't want to tell you who it is. It's someone both Ian and I know".
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