Golden Greats (Ian Brown album)

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Golden Greats (Ian Brown album) - Wikipedia

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Golden Greats

Studio album by

Ian Brown

Released

8 November 1999

Genre

Length

45:02

Label

Polydor
Interscope, Koch (US)

Producer

Ian Brown

Ian Brown chronology

Unfinished Monkey Business
(1998)

Golden Greats
(1999)

Music of the Spheres
(2001)

Singles from Golden Greats

"Love Like a Fountain"
Released: 25 October 1999
"Dolphins Were Monkeys"
Released: 7 February 2000
"Golden Gaze"
Released: 5 June 2000

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	69/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Austin Chronicle	^[3]
The Guardian	^[4]
The Independent	(Mixed)^[5]
NME	^[6]
Rolling Stone	^[7]
Yahoo! Music	^[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]

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

Track listing

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

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

2005 US release bonus tracks

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

Personnel

Ian Brown – vocals, keyboards, drums, arrangements
Aziz Ibrahim – guitar
Tim Wills – electric guitar, piano
Sylvan Richardson – electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, cello
Carlos Hernán "Carca" Carcacha – guitar
Dave McCracken – keyboards, programming
Aniff Akinola – keyboards, drums
Simon Wolstencroft – drums
Dan Bierton – drums
Diego Castellano – drums
Inder "Goldfinger" Matharu – percussion
Audrey Riley – cello
Uma-T – harmonica
DJ Peggyn – sound Fx

Technical

Ian Wright – cover portrait

References

^ "Golden Greats by Ian Brown Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
^ "Golden Greats". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
^ "Golden Greats - Ian Brown". The Austin Chronicle.
^ Sullivan, Caroline. "Review: Ian Brown - Golden Greats (Polydor)". Friday Review (12 November 1999). Guardian Media Group: 18.
^ Nicholas Barber (7 November 1999). "CD REVIEWS: POP - Arts & Entertainment". The Independent. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b "NME Album Reviews - Golden Greats". Nme.Com. 3 November 1999. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
^ [1] Archived 21 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Yahoo! UK & Ireland omg! - Celebrity Gossip | News | Photos | Videos". Uk.launch.yahoo.com. 20 April 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
^ "The Stone Roses". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 10 January 2016.

v t e Ian Brown
Studio albums	Unfinished Monkey Business Golden Greats Music of the Spheres Solarized The World Is Yours My Way Ripples
Remix and compilation albums	Remixes of the Spheres The Greatest
Singles	"Can't See Me" "F.E.A.R." "Sister Rose" "Stellify"
Collaborations	"Be There"
Related articles	The Stone Roses Aziz Ibrahim Dave McCracken Unkle Noel Gallagher Sinéad O'Connor Madchester

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