Golden Greats | ||||
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Released | 8 November 1999 | |||
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Length | 45:02 | |||
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Producer | Ian Brown | |||
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Singles from Golden Greats | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 69/100 [1] |
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AllMusic | [2] |
The Austin Chronicle | [3] |
The Guardian | [4] |
The Independent | (Mixed) [5] |
NME | [6] |
Rolling Stone | [7] |
Yahoo! Music | [8] |
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Track 10, "Babasónicos", is the name of an actual Argentine band that collaborated with Brown on the song.
"Gettin' High" includes an excerpt of "Morrassi" performed by Aziz Ibrahim
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