Solarized is the fourth solo album released by Ian Brown, the former lead singer of the Stone Roses. The album was first released in the United Kingdom on 13 September 2004.
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| Released | 13 September 2004 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 39:07 | |||
| Label | Fiction | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 61/100[1] |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| The Guardian | [3] |
| PopMatters | (Favorable)[4] |
Background
editThe album was the first album release on the revived Polydor imprint Fiction Records.
Canadian and Australian releases did not feature "Happy Ever After". The North American edition of Solarized contains an exclusive U.S. bonus track called "Lovebug".
The song "Happy Ever After" was used in an episode of Top Gear during the review of the 2007 Jaguar XK. It has also been used in the series Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares and for the adverts of Law & Order: UK.
Unlike his previous, and subsequent albums, Solarized was not originally released on vinyl, but in April 2016, it was finally released on a limited run of 2000 vinyl copies as part of Record Store Day.[5]
Track listing
edit- "Longsight M13" (Ian Brown & Aziz Ibrahim) – 3:12
- "Time Is My Everything" (Brown & Tim Hutton) – 3:52
- "Destiny or Circumstance" (Brown) – 2:35
- "Upside Down" (Brown) – 3:12
- "Solarized" (Brown & Ibrahim) – 3:47
- "The Sweet Fantastic" (Brown, Charlie Waddington & Dan Bierton) – 3:52
- "Keep What Ya Got" (feat. Noel Gallagher) (Brown & Noel Gallagher) – 4:28
- "Home Is Where the Heart Is" (Brown) – 3:06
- "One Way Ticket to Paradise" (Brown & Ibrahim) – 4:15
- "Kiss Ya Lips (No I.D.)" (Brown & Darren Moss) – 3:56
- "Happy Ever After" (Brown, Ibrahim & Inder "Goldfinger" Matharu) – 2:46
- "Lovebug" [US and Japan bonus track] (Brown & Ibrahim) – 3:03
Charts
editReferences
edit- ^ "Solarized by Ian Brown". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 15 August 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ Solarized at AllMusic
- ^ Sullivan, Caroline (2004) "Ian Brown, Solarized Archived 12 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine", The Guardian, 10 September 2004, retrieved 13 August 2011
- ^ Teegarden, Lance. "Ian Brown: Solarized < PopMatters". Popmatters.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ "Ian Brown - Record Store Day". Archived from the original on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Ian Brown". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "The Official UK Albums Chart 2004" (PDF). Official Charts Company. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2021.