Golden Greats (Ian Brown album)

Golden Greats is the second solo album released by Ian Brown, a first made famous by his role as frontman in The Stone Roses. Despite the title, the album is not a compilation, but rather, a studio album. It was described by NME as "a left-field masterpiece and Brown's best work for a decade",[3] contains soaring sonic textures and electronic dance beats; it is less song-oriented than Unfinished Monkey Business. 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]

Golden Greats
Studio album by
Ian Brown
Released11 August 1999
GenreAlternative rock, indie rock
Length45:02
LabelPolydor, Interscope (US), Koch (US)
ProducerIan 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
Metacritic69/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
NME[3]
The Guardian[4]
Rolling Stone[5]
The Austin Chronicle[6]
The Independent(Mixed)[7]
Yahoo! Music[8]

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