music.wikisort.org - Composition

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",[3] 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
Released	11 August 1999
Genre	Alternative rock, indie rock
Length	45:02
Label	Polydor, Interscope (US), 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]
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

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

---