I wouldn't say it's a "great song", it's pretty much a jam with Ian singing "all for one, one for all" over the top. It's a nice little tune, nothing more, nothing less. It isn't shit like some people are claiming it is.

Noel is hardly going to say it's shit.

Ten to one Brown and Squire released this song to troll everyone clamoring for a new Roses album. Watch them disappear for another 20 years.

I've slept on my thoughts on the tune, and before I went to bed last night, had one last listen. I can assure you I'll never want to hear this song again.

Alot of you need to understand (and theyknowwhatimean knows this), is I've held the Roses, both in their debut, madchester, and second coming periods, to much high regard. TSR and SC are two incredible albums in my opinion. Even with the Second Coming era, which was filled with Squire solos and hard blues rock influence, still maintained the classic grooves and excellent musicianship by each member. Begging You is still a very refreshing and non-dated track. 

So why have I come to realize why I don't like this song? It's simple: the Roses were always about style, groove, and their unique individual sounds combined made a whole that sonically blew many other artists out of the water. Reni's beats and drum fills had a distinctive sound to them, you could feel the groove, just as with Mani's basslines. Squire's guitar tone was in proper form and equated to this back section, and while Brown's vocals, rather than standing out as a frontman style sound, was so much a part of the instrumentation. All For One has absolutely none of these things. It sounds like a generic britpop band that sprung up during the mid to late 90s wanting to sound like Oasis. There's no groove or style, and nothing that gets you to go "Hell yeah that's the Roses! Holy sh*t that wicked bassline and drumming!" Instead, you get Squire phoning it in on a Seahorses-style random guitar solo (and keep in mind I loved the Seahorses material). Not much to discuss about the lyrics, but it's safe to say that Ian in his solo endeavors kicks the living hell out of this easily, and Ian has crafted some strong work from that career. When I'm at the point where I'm searching for something to enjoy out of a song, it's basically me telling myself it's not good. But what hurts the most is not only is it not a good track, it's a terrible track by the Roses standard, and they set a pretty high bar. 

At the very least, I expected some Second Coming style hard blues rock with a minor hip hop influence, similar to what Brown did with Love Spreads at Heaton Park. It would be different, but at least on point to an extent. And please, was that really Reni drumming? Where's the classic groove? Where is it? Seriously? Couldn't even hear Mani, that Epworth fellow really doesn't understand the Roses enough to realize Mani isn't supposed to be mixed in with the drums, he has a distinct role in the sound. No Ian-Reni harmonies either! Wtf? Don't even start on the meaningless chorus repetition, not much here folks. Replace Ian's vocals with Chris Helme and this could be written off as a Seahorses b-side. 

Worst case scenario seems even more likely after finding out the physical vinyl doesn't ship out till July - they've half-assed and farted this one out quickly due to public pressure of the upcoming gigs, and there really isn't any album coming. If this is the last thing they've recorded, then they've truly f'd up the legacy. The last single really should've been Begging You if this is the case. I knew that worry steeming from myself when finding out it was going to be played on Radio 1 wasn't just knee-jerk nervousness. This is a piss-poor anthem from guys who I believe have released one of the best albums of all time. 

To quote Thom Yorke, this as being the comeback single of The Stone f*cking Roses is equivalent to "the last desperate fart of a dying corpse."

What's the deal with the lemon? Perhaps it's because the song is a lemon?! Are they trolling us?

Any band that wait 22 years to release a new record, that's usually not a very good sign.

Remember Gun n Roses.

I wouldn't say i was expecting it to be bad, I just didn't have my hopes up. They're clearly jumping on the nostalgia reformation bandwagon. Good for them, if they can make some money out of it.

The guitar parts are pretty good. The lyrics are kinda half cooked, kinda feels like place holders.

unfortunately it just gets more average the more I listen to it, I quite enjoyed it on the first few listens but Im not getting much from it anymore, I can listen to say I wanna be adored over and over but this just feels like the I can see a liar equivalent to morning glory for me.

its got some interesting elements but its just...safe I guess.

I think the main issue for me is theres no progression, it just sounds like the old stuff which is both good and bad, ians solo stuff was always good for something abit different, youd just think after 20 years they would comeback with something abit more modern and refreshing.

It's like Beady Eye doing The Stone Roses on whiskey.

Just wondering, what kind of reception did Love Spreads recieve back in '94?

All For One has clearly divided the fan base, it seems a lot of people hate it which I understand but don't agree with.

I still think they're capable of even better.