''Music of the Spheres'' is the third solo album released by

Ian Brown Ian George Brown (born 20 February 1963) is an English singer and multi-instrumentalist. He was the lead singer of the alternative rock band The Stone Roses from their formation in 1983. Following the split in 1996, he began a solo career, re ...

, the ex-

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. It employs

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song structures with tracks like "Hear No See No" and "El mundo pequeño", sung in Spanish. The song "Whispers" won Muso's 2002 award for Best Single. The Canadian edition of the album omits Track 5, "Hear No See No".

Track listing

Japanese Edition (UICP 1021) Bonus Tracks:

Personnel

*Ian Brown - vocals *Dave Colquhoun (track: 1),

Dave McCracken Dave McCracken is a British songwriter and music producer. He is well known for his production on Ian Brown from The Stone Roses solo albums, '' Golden Greats'', ''Music of the Spheres'' and ''Solarized''. He has also produced ''Vantage Point' ...

(track: 4),

Francis Dunnery Francis Dunnery (born 25 December 1962) is an English musician, singer-songwriter, record producer and record label owner. Dunnery was the lead singer and guitarist for British prog- pop band It Bites between 1982 and 1990. Since 1990 he has ...

(track: 1-9), Tim Wills (tracks: 6, 9) - guitar *Dave McCracken (tracks: 4, 6), Francis Dunnery (track: 6), Matt Pegg (tracks: 5, 7, 9) - bass guitar *Dave McCracken (tracks: 1 to 9), Mark Sayfritz (track: 4) - keyboards, programming *Inder "Goldfinger" Matharu - percussion (tracks: 7, 9) *Dan Liebermann, Francis Dunnery (track: 5) - backing vocals *Anthony Pleeth, Bill Hawkes, Boguslaw Kostecki, David Daniels, David Woodcock, Dermot Crehan, Emlyn Singleton, Everton Nelson, Frank Schaefer, Helen Hathorn, Jackie Shave, Maciej Rakowski, Mark Berrow, Martin Loveday, Mary Scully, Miffy Hirsch, Patrick Kiernan, Patrick Lannigan, Perry Montague-Mason, Philip Dukes, Philippa Ibbotson, Rita Manning - strings (tracks: 1, 9) *Cathy Thompson - string arrangements (tracks: 1, 9)

References

2001 albums Ian Brown albums Polydor Records albums {{2000s-alt-rock-album-stub