The Stone Roses - The Remixes (2000)

With each year that passes after the release of The Stone Roses, the album
looks more and more like one of the last truly inspired rock albums. The
Remixes, compiled in 2000, sees remixes of ten of that album's tracks that
do little to improve or expand upon the exuberant genius of the original
John Leckie productions. Indeed, many of the remixers -- among them A Guy
Called Gerald, Paul Oakenfold, Utah Saints, Grooverider, and Justin
Robertson -- seem unwilling to make many tweaks to the original tracks.
Remixers who experiment the most present the best results here, especially
since many of the remixes seem interchangeable with the album tracks. Soul
Hooligan tones down "Shoot You Down" into lo-fi Madchester. 808 State turns
"Made of Stone" into an aggressive, high-pitched piece of electro-pop.
Rabbit in the Moon earns points simply for taking one of the more daring
chances of the remixers, making over "I Wanna Be Adored" into a slow acid
house excursion. Elephant dares to twist "She Bangs the Drums" into an
echoing, spooky vocoder workout. Mint Royale adds layers of strings to the
same song. Had many of the remixers spent more time with their arrangements
and reproductions, The Remixes would be more worthwhile. Instead, it's far
tamer than one would expect -- only occasionally insightful and markedly
less interesting than the source material.