Ian Brown On 'The World Is Yours'
One of the country's most popular artists returns with a brilliant new album and he spoke exclusively to John Kennedy all about it.
Following the release of his greatest hits collection 'The Greatest' in 2005 Ian Brown has become an even more important force and individual voice in British music.
A year later he was given the Godlike Genius award by the NME and has been outspoken and heartfelt about the state of British politics and the war in Iraq. All this has been channelled into his long awaited new 'The World Is Yours', his most lyric heavy and musically experimental album yet.
Speaking to John Kennedy, Ian describes working with his brilliant producers Black Ops, travelling around Brazil and how giving up weed for the recording of the album gave his music new focus. [listen]
'The World Is Yours'
"It's a message I want to send out.." [listen]
'On Track'
"Originally the idea for this was a track i'd done for a Russian film called Paragraph 78 about Russian cosmonauts." [listen]
'Sister Rose'
"Thirty-two piece orchestra we had for this...beautiful..just beautiful.." [listen]
'Save Us'
"I figured it would be best to put all my ranting and raving into a song.." [listen]
'Eternal Flame'
"I love music...I love creating, that's my thing.." [listen]
'The Feeding Of The 5000'
"I'm trying to demystify some of the stories in the bible.." [listen]
'Street Children'
"I went to Salvador in northern Brazil and there was just loads of street of kids sleeping on the steps of this beautiful church.." [listen]
'Some Folks Are Hollow'
"To me reggae is God music...it's everything that it is..." [listen]
'Goodbye To The Broken'
"The initial inspiration of this song was Tony Blair, going back to the 1997 Labour landslide victory.." [listen]
'Me And You Forever'
"Young lads with their hoods are criminals ...they're being criminalised for being young.." [listen]
'Illegal Attacks'
"If something needs to be said, someone had to say it...the war's still going on.." [listen]
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