Golden Greats (Ian Brown album)

Golden Greats is the second solo album released by Ian Brown, 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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