Ian Brown March 11, 2008

It's been over 10 years since legendary band the Stone Roses broke up. Since that time former lead singer Ian Brown has released five solo albums, was presented with the Godlike Genius award at the 2006 NME awards and even made a cameo appearance in the film Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban. For Ian Brown losing interest in music would be like losing interest in keeping your heart beating.

In September 2007, Brown released what is regarded as his best solo album to date. The World Is Yours is a lush orchestral work-out that comes armed with politicised lyrics and some very special guests including former Sex Pistol Steve Jones and another ex-Pistol Paul Cook on drums. An ethereal female voice was needed for Illegal Attacks, so he landed Sinad OConnor in the studio. The ensemble completed by ex-Smith Andy Rourke, ex-Happy Monday Paul Ryder and a 30-piece orchestra.

While every British band went off and copied the Roses, Ian Brown set off in the opposite direction and invented his own multi-cultural polyglot mix of music that has a cutting-edge cool to it - honed to perfection.

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