Turns into Stone

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

The release of Turns into Stone was accompanied by controversy due to the band's ongoing legal dispute with their then-record label, Silvertone. An injunction from this legal battle prevented the band from releasing new material for several years. During this period, Silvertone re-released many singles, including multiple versions of "Fools Gold," and issued stand-alone singles from the debut album that were not initially intended for single release, such as an edited version of I Am the Resurrection with a drum machine replacing Reni's distinctive drumming.

Despite the legal and commercial challenges, the album is well-regarded by fans as it compiles extended versions of several popular non-album tracks onto a single CD, prior to the release of a best-of compilation. The title Turns into Stone is derived from the final lines of the song One Love: What goes up must come down/Turns into dust or turns into stone.

In August 2009, the tracks from Turns into Stone were remastered by John Leckie and included as The B-sides on the 20th-anniversary collector’s edition re-release of The Stone Roses' self-titled debut album. The remastered compilation was released separately in September 2012 by Sony Music.