My Way (Ian Brown album)

My Way
Studio album by
Ian Brown
Released28 September 2009
RecordedBattery Studios, Manchester
GenreAlternative rock
Length43:07
LabelFiction Records
ProducerDave McCracken
Ian Brown chronology
The World is Yours
(2007) 		My Way
(2009) 		Ripples
(2019)
Singles from My Way
  1. "Stellify"
    Released: 21 September 2009
  2. "Just Like You"
    Released: 30 November 2009
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash(6/10)[2]
The Daily Telegraph[3]
Drowned in Sound(7/10)[4]
entertainment.ie[5]
The Guardian[6]
NME(8/10)[7]
Slant Magazine[8]
The Times[9]
Uncut[10]

My Way is the sixth solo album by British artist Ian Brown. The album was released on 28 September 2009.[11] The album's lead single "Stellify" was released on 21 September 2009. In an interview with XFM Manchester he claimed that the song was originally written for Rihanna, but he realised he had created "a great sound" so claimed the track for himself.[12]

The second single "Just Like You" was released on 30 November 2009. This was Brown's final album for a decade, until his comeback with his 2019 album, Ripples.

Recording

My Way was inspired by Michael Jackson's Thriller, with Brown noting that "we mastered it on the day that Michael Jackson died (too), so I'm taking that as a good omen."[11]

Track listing

  1. "Stellify" – 4:57
  2. "Crowning of the Poor" – 3:18
  3. "Just Like You" – 3:22
  4. "In the Year 2525" (Zager and Evans cover) – 2:52
  5. "Always Remember Me" – 4:49
  6. "Vanity Kills" – 3:34
  7. "For the Glory" – 3:11
  8. "Marathon Man" – 3:39
  9. "Own Brain" – 2:56
  10. "Laugh Now" – 3:53
  11. "By All Means Necessary" – 3:42
  12. "So High" – 2:54

References

  1. ^ Metacritic
  2. ^ Clash review
  3. ^ "Ian Brown: My Way, CD review". The Daily Telegraph. 23 September 2009. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Drowned In Sound review". Archived from the original on 1 October 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  5. ^ entertainment.ie review
  6. ^ "Ian Brown: My Way | CD review". The Guardian. 24 September 2009. Archived from the original on 7 January 2023.
  7. ^ NME review
  8. ^ Slant Magazine review
  9. ^ The Times review[dead link‍]
  10. ^ Pat Long. "allmusic ((( My Way > Review )))". Uncut. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
  11. ^ a b "Ian Brown announces new Michael Jackson-inspired album details - exclusive". NME. 21 July 2009.
  12. ^ "Ian Brown reveals 'roses' artwork for new single 'Stellify'". NME. 28 July 2009.