Golden Greats (Ian Brown album)

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Golden Greats
Ian Brown - Golden Greats.jpg
Studio album by
Released8 November 1999
Genre
Length45:02
Label
Producer Ian Brown
Ian Brown chronology
Unfinished Monkey Business
(1998)
Golden Greats
(1999)
Music of the Spheres
(2001)
Singles from Golden Greats
  1. "Love Like a Fountain"
    Released: 25 October 1999
  2. "Dolphins Were Monkeys"
    Released: 7 February 2000
  3. "Golden Gaze"
    Released: 5 June 2000
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 69/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Austin Chronicle Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [4]
The Independent (Mixed) [5]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [6]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Yahoo! Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Golden Greats is the second solo album released by Ian Brown, first made famous by his role as frontman in the Stone Roses. It was described by NME as "a left-field masterpiece and Brown's best work for a decade", [6] Golden Greats showcases a diverse usage of instruments including strings, mellotron and organs. A number of the tracks on the album were written by Brown whilst he was imprisoned for two months following a fracas with a flight attendant. [9]

Contents

Track 10, "Babasónicos", is the name of an actual Argentine band that collaborated with Brown on the song.

Track listing

  1. "Gettin' High" (Ian Brown, Aziz Ibrahim) – 4:01
  2. "Love Like a Fountain" (Brown) – 5:14
  3. "Free My Way" (Brown) – 4:19
  4. "Set My Baby Free" (Brown, Aniff Akinola) – 4:26
  5. "So Many Soldiers" (Brown, Dave McCracken, Tim Wills) – 5:16
  6. "Golden Gaze" (Brown, Simon Wolstencroft, Mike Bennett, McCracken, Wills) – 3:56
  7. "Dolphins Were Monkeys" (Brown, McCracken, Wills) – 5:06
  8. "Neptune" (Brown, Sylvan Richardson) – 3:32
  9. "First World" (Brown, Ibrahim) – 5:07
  10. "Babasónicos" (Brown, Diego Tuñon, Walter Kebleris) – 4:05

"Gettin' High" includes an excerpt of "Morrassi" performed by Aziz Ibrahim

2005 US release bonus tracks
  1. "Dolphins Were Monkeys" (Single Version) (Brown, McCracken, Wills) – 2:55
  2. "Dolphins Were Monkeys" (Unkle Vs. South Remix) (Brown, McCracken, Wills) – 7:09
  3. "Billie Jean" (Michael Jackson) – 3:36
  4. "Thriller" (Rod Temperton) – 3:23
  5. "Love Like a Fountain (Infected By Scourge of the Earth)" (Brown) – 3:35

Personnel

Technical

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