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Unfinished Monkey Business |  | Artist: Ian Brown
Label: Polydor Group
Category: Music
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 5108
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 53 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 731453956520
EAN: 0073145395652
ASIN: B000007WJX
Release Date: February 1, 1998
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| Tracks:
| • | Intro Under The Paving Stones: The Beach | | • | My Star | | • | Can't See Me | | • | Ice Cold Cube | | • | Sunshine | | • | Lions | | • | Corpses In Their Mouths | | • | What Happend To Ya Part 1 | | • | What Happend To Ya Part 2 | | • | Nah Nah | | • | Deep Pile Dreams | | • | Unfinished Monkey Business |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Former Stone Roses front man Ian Brown's first solo album, iUnfinished Monkey Business/i 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
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 An unbelieveable gone solo album. February 23, 2000
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Having gone through the mill with his former musical colleagues, it seems that Ian Brown has reappeared with what the world actually was waiting for. He has come up with tunes like Corpses in Their Mouths and Ice Cold Cube, getting the message across with just as much feeling as any other legend. As a debut solo record, all signs point to the same thing - this man is a true genius.
brown is back November 30, 2002
neil (ireland)
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
this album is an absolutely fantastic journey of funk soul as it captures the imagination with its opening intro and then the delightful my star followed by my personal favourite of cant see me gets the album of to a fantastic start and then just before the rock influence begins and ends with the beautifully deep pile dreams. An absolute stunner of an album - even john lennon would have been proud to have written Corpes in their mouths
What I'd expect from Mr Brown May 23, 2006
malc2424
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
OK 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.
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br /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.
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br /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 one of those weird tunes that only makes sense when your stoned but is really catchy. The acoustic-esque 'Sunshine' to me is the best track and the 'media slammed' "Nah Nah" is a fantstic song.
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br /This is my favourite Ian Brown album for its variety and overall 'catchiness' but if your one of those people who'd rather hear 'Fools Gold' for the 1000th time 'The Very Best Of The Stone Roses' is still under a tenner.
A Stone Rose April 12, 2007
Frankie (LONDON)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Ian Brown the best frontman since Johnny Rotten and the inspiration for Liam and Oasis.
br /This is a fantastic album from the singer with the velvet voice and silky moves.
br /The best thing to come out of Manchester since George Best...
Class November 15, 2008
Top Dog
The 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!
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