Customer Reviews

Music of the Spheres

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I really like this CD. I don't have a multiple cd player, but if I did, I'd like to hear it mixed-up with Golden Greats, Ian's previous album. Some of the keyboard sounds are almost identical, which is cool and establishes album-to-album continuity (William Orbit does this, too). Rhythims are similar, similar teture. Regarding Sphere's, in particular, Ian comes out in full-force, exhibiting great song writing skills and a knack for melody, maybe more so than on Golden Greats.

I like this record a lot. It's tough to place it, because it's dense. I doubt this is going to be released domestically. Go ahead and spend the 20 bones. There's not a lot of material out there worth even 5 bucks. Spheres will quench your thirst for quality.

In my opinion there are only two survivors from the terrible 90s. Massive Attack and Ian Brown, because from all the bull... of comercial music and indie-one-record-wonders these are the guys that reinvent themselves and make great albums. There are many great musicians out there, but it takes more to it than just being a musician, someone great must have style, MIND (something lacking in todays music) and vision. Ian Brown has all this and more...

Forget the Burk who wrote the title review, this album is probably the Monkeyman's best yet. Yes, we all loved the Roses albums in the '80's ; but, alas, they are never gonna come back. Ian has moved on and created a GREAT album in the midst of all the balnd baloney that is festering our landscape out there in USA!

Simian Power.

I have owned and listened to this album on vinyl repeatedly for the past year and I am always inspired by the connection of Brown's lyrics, music and production values to quantum physics and recent new perceptions of reality. Ian gets it right and most of us can't even see beyond our noses to the possibilities that exist out there. Brilliant, this music keeps getting better and better with each listening. One of my favorite pop albums of all time and I was born in the fifties so I know a thing or two about pop. Definitely a desert island disc. And his musician friends are to be equally commended.

Every album Ian Brown puts out, whether with the Roses or solo, is significantly different from the other, although they follow a logical evolutionary path. Brown has covered a lot of ground, from the sugar coated pop of the Stone Roses debut, the rock of the Second Coming, the experimentation of Unfinished Monkey Business, the beats driven Golden Greats, and now the ambient chill-out minimalism of Music of the Spheres. Only the Beatles covered more ground. Although it is not as accessible as the Roses material or the classic Golden Greats, it boasts two great tracks in F.E.A.R. and El Mundo Pequeno, and works well as a coherent album (despite there being the odd dud track). It is an excellent 3am album, and serves as a strong stepping stone to wherever he decides to take his music next.

i was very impressed with this album and have no problem recommending this to anyone with even the slightest interest in the stone roses.A return to form and one of the best albums of the year.

mellow with an edge
production to die for
best offering since da roses
2 duff tracks out of ten not bad for the old monkeyman from manchester awright our kid.

absolutely brilliant. since goin solo ian brown hasn't put a foot wrong.
he has got better & better with every album.he is no longer with the roses. people should judge him on his solo career, not hark back to the good old days of the roses. cheers

THIS RECORD IS GREAT FOR THIS FEW BUT IMPORTANT REASONS:
1) IAN BROWN IS A GENIUS
2) BENEATH THE ELECTRONIC, SPACE-LIKE SONGS THERE ARE GREAT DIRECT, POP SONGS THAT YOU WILL REMEMBER FROM THE VERY FIRST TIME YOU HEAR THEM (AND YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT GONNA FALL ASLEEP LIKE WHEN YOU HEAR AMNESIAC OR THE LATE RADIOHEAD)
3) ALL SONGS ARE GOOD, EVEN THE ONE WHERE HE SINGS IN SPANISH...

ENOUGH SAIS: 5 STARS OUT OF 5.

This album is really very solid, easily the best thing Mr. Brown has done in his solo career. The songs have a "loose" feel to them, yet they are well-structured and very tight. Recommended.