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Ian Brown - Solarized Audio CD

A fair review of the Ian Brown "Solarized" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Ian Brown reviews here, or go back to the Ian Brown tabs.

Ian Brown Band: Ian Brown
Title: Solarized
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Release Date: 2005-02-22
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Longsight M13 2: Time Is My Everything 3: Destiny Of Circumstances 4: Upside Down 5: Solarized 6: The Sweet Fantastic 7: Keep What Ya Got 8: Home Is Where The Heart Is 9: Kiss Ya Lips [No I.D.] 10: Happy Ever After 11: Lovebug *Exclusive U.S. Bonus Track

Oh how I love this album
Not so with this album, which I absolutely fell in love with at first listening, and it only gets better as I listen to all the layers. Rarely do I actually buy an album because usually I only like one or two songs and then the rest of the music shows just how little originality or actual musical understanding the artist has. Just when you think you could sing along, Ian does something to change up the beat or melody, and he uses long musical passages or "white space" unexpectedly and thoughtfully in between the lyrics to drive home a deeper meaning. Really listen to "Time is My Everything" and see if you don't love it. Oh, how I love this album. This and Music of the Spheres just absolutely rock.


Sweet & Fantastic
Didn't know Ian Brown but found out he was a member of "Stone roses". Got into this through Paradise radio on internet. I gave away my Stone roses' album but I don't think I'll ever give this one.

Song "Solorized" got my attention, love the mood, the 'beu' bass and they way he's singing. I do get the rolling shoulders when I hear it. "Time is everything" makes me move my upper body a little more, I just love the horns' section. My hole body just slip into indecency when I play "One way ticket to paradise" a nice arabic electric guitar song with plenty of djambe.

I just love the way he blends music putting in mariachi, arabian sound, reggae, dance & trip hop.



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Incredibly bad album!
The DJ mentioned that Noel Gallagher produced the track, and that piqued my interest a little more. I hadn't heard of Stone Roses before, but had heard Keep What You've Got on the radio and thought it was a pretty decent track. So, I took a chance and sought the album out.
The album is shockingly bad, especially in comparision to the two good songs on it - the leadoff track, and Keep What You've Got. The rest of the album is over-produced garbage. It reminds me of the 80's synth-pop that was so popular (and boring) in my childhood.
Do yourself a favor and track down the single of Keep What You've Got, and maybe download the first track off iTunes - but don't waste your time or money on this pathetic album.
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Buena Opcion


Así que aquí les dejo una vez más a los hispano-parlantes y a los que no también. Considero que este album es una buena alternativa para adquirirlo por la congruencia musical que nos demuestra Ian (tanto en la lírica como en lo vocal) y aunque mi favorita es "KEEP WHAT YA GOT" con la notable participación de Noel Gallagher - tanto en la canción como en el video -, no demerito el resto del CD. . . . . . también los latinos estamos presentes VIVA MEXICO CABRONES ¡¡

Mork
Zapopan, Jal. MEXICO.


great album - forget Stone Roses
I never liked the Stone Roses that much. . But Solarized is great. its a mixture of rock, 60s psych and interesting dance beats. Nobody else is succesfully fusing these genres these days - except occasionally the Chemical Brothers on "The Test" or something. Lots of great songs, good lyrics, cool psychedelic sounds. Some kind of 60s spirit lives on in Ian Brown despite his violent bludgeoning of a bouncer in SF a few months back - check the web for the footage, its out there!.


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