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Unfinished Monkey Business by: Ian Brown List Price: £8.99 CD-Charts Price: £7.98 You Save: £1.01 (11%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0073145395652 Label: Polydor Group Manufacturer: Polydor Group Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Polydor Group Release Date: February 01, 1998 Running Time: 53 minutes Studio: Polydor Group Sales Rank: 22651 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: Former Stone Roses front man Ian Brown's first solo album, Unfinished Monkey Business is a lo-fi indie offering. A raw, slightly unfinished feel pervades throughout, which can probably be attributed to Brown's insistence on playing even those instruments with which he is not really an expert, lending the album an irresistible unrefined ambience. Brown and co-writer Aziz Ibrahim, who was briefly John Squire's replacement in the Roses, draw on influences from the East with the use of tabla on tracks such as "Sunshine". There are also guest appearances by ex-Roses colleagues Reni (drums) and Mani (bass) on third single "Can't See Me", and Primal Scream/ Electronic chanteuse Denise Johnson on the fabulously unhinged "Lions". While there are a few misguided and self-indulgent noisy meanderings--"What Happened to Ya Part 2", for example--this is a great debut, notwithstanding the constant jibes at John Squire, whose dreary album with The Seahorses this eclipses on every count. --Ronita Dutta Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - ClassThe man, the legend - I'm 35 and lets be honest 'The Stone Roses' IS the greatest album ever recorded. I remember this album when I bought it and I remember saying to my mates 'Corpses In Their Mouths' its just like the roses! I recently bought the rest of Ian Brown's albums. Quality - this man is the real front man! the absolute legend - Ian Brown is class and in years to come his albums will gain more recognition, makes you realise who the creative one was in the Roses - pure genius! Rating:  - The fine line of genius...I'm ten years too late but this is impressive stuff from the Monkey King. This album dispells all doubts about who was the true genius behind the Roses - Master Ian Brown! I've read some comments about the albums alledged lo-fi production values; don't let that put you off. There is real quality here. After four listenings (for real!), stand out tracks are 'My Star', 'Lions', 'Corpses in their mouth', 'Nah Nah' and 'Ice cold cube'. It shouldn't really be that surprising but the lyrics are inspired. 'My Star' in particular (I vaguely remember it as a single) is awesome. That perfect mix of sci-fi, cosomology, imperialism and political comment. By the way, Aziz Ibrahim's guitar is a great foil to ... Read More: Rating: - A Stone RoseIan Brown the best frontman since Johnny Rotten and the inspiration for Liam and Oasis. This is a fantastic album from the singer with the velvet voice and silky moves. The best thing to come out of Manchester since George Best... Rating: - What I'd expect from Mr BrownOK Stone Roses were fantastic but this is Ian Brown. Now I bought this album years ago and I acted like most people and just constantly played 'My Star', 'Cant See Me' and 'Corpses' and just assumed the rest were just fillers. However now that Mr Brown has pushed out more albums (Golden Greats, Music of the Spheres, Remixes, Solarized, The Greatest) I find myself listening to this one the most. It takes a while to familiarize yourself with the tracks but once thats done you'll find that they're just as good as anything else Brown has done. OK the intro and unfinished monkey business(outro) could have been scrapped but other than that there isnt a bad track in here. I will not stand for anyone bashing 'Lions', its ... Read More: Rating:  - Proving that the Roses' Inspiration came Exclusively from SquireComparing the Roses tracks to Brown's first album leaves me with one conclusion -- John Squire was the true creator of the Stone Roses. The revelation that Brown "couldn't carry a tune in a bucket" is leant plenty of plausibility by this mediocre offering that carries no instrumental inspiration, nor clever rhythms, or even any outstanding vocal moments. All it goes to show is that Squire was the real songwriter in the Roses |
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