Music Of The Spheres
by Ian Brown
  • Record Label: Polydor
  • Release Date: Oct 1, 2001
Metascore
63

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Dot Music
    60
    Musically it is by far and away his most complete offering but some cracks do show.
  2. Neumu.net
    50
    An improvement over his lo-fi solo debut and his over-produced second disc, but it misses as often as it hits.
  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    60
    No song is quite right: a lyric about angels or elephants here, a trip-hop beat there, and even the Milky Way would blush.
  5. Q Magazine
    60
    Lacking the strangely compelling shambolic glory of his first solo album Unfinished Monkey Business and the crisper soul-warrior posing of second solo set Golden Greats, this album isn't going to fulfill Brown's hopes of bettering The Stone Roses' debut.
  6. Stylus Magazine
    45
    You can see the Angel/Heaven/Cocaine lyrics coming a mile off and the predictable bass that punctuates them soon becomes just as banal.

Awards & Rankings

88
#88 Most Discussed Album of 2001

User Reviews

All reviews »
User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 21 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 21
  3. Negative: 3 out of 21
  1. DenzelJamie
    Jul 15, 2022
    10
    I'd give this masterpiece a 20/10, but since we've been limited to 10 only, I'll settle for 10 then.
  2. [Anonymous]
    Jun 28, 2006
    10
    bang on baby
  3. jamesa
    Mar 2, 2006
    10
    long live king monkey
See all user reviews »