''Solarized'' is the fourth 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 former lead singer of

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. The album was first released in the United Kingdom on 13 September 2004.

Background

The album was the first album release on the revived

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. 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 ''

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'' during the review of the 2007

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. It has also been used in the series ''

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'' 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

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Track listing

# "Longsight M13" (Ian Brown &

Aziz Ibrahim Aziz-Ur-Rahman Ibrahim (born 16 March 1964) is a British guitarist. He was born in Longsight, Manchester to Pakistani parents. He is best known for his work as guitarist with Simply Red, The Stone Roses (post- John Squire) and their former vo ...

) – 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.

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) (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" S and Japan bonus track(Brown & Ibrahim) - 3:03

Background

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

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