Post by Osmosis on Jun 6, 2022 16:18:42 GMT
Ian George Brown (20 February 1963)
Member of: The Patrol (1980), The Stone Roses (1983 - 1996, 2011 - 2017), Solo (1998 - present)
Vocal Range: C♯2 - A5
Vocal Type: Baggy Baritone
{Vocal Summary}Frontman of Madchester's biggest band, Ian Brown was the homespun philosophical voice for The Stone Roses' catchy melodies, euphoric choruses, and funky grooves. Garage Flower featuring a more traditional post-punk outfit, with rough vocal takes, loose songwriting and noisy production. It took the band some 5-6 years to finally bloom into the psychedelic, jangly explosion of colour they are so widely known for today. The Stone Roses' self-titled debut was released in 1989 and would feature Ian at his peak -- a contemplative and melodic voice that he has went on to explore throughout the rest of his career.
In the studio, Ian's comfort zone seems fairly large due to his very particular melodies, and he is rarely heard breaking out of his established range. Though his low notes remain strong down to their very bottom, he sports nary a mixed voice and his high notes flip into falsetto soon after A4. Even if Ian's recorded range is surprising in itself, he is only a singer about vocal range insofar as he can fit it into one of his songs. Ian, the singer, only sings when he has something to sing about and Ian, the rock star, speaks only when he has something to say.
Although he has garnered infamy for his lack of pitch control in live settings, Ian's mannerisms as a frontman retain their influence in the English alternative rock scene, having no small part in the careers of people like Liam Gallagher and Tim Burgess. His stage behaviours and mid-concert ramblings come together to form a perfect mystic rock star persona that also persists off the stage, thanks to his propensity for responding to interviewers in a cryptic and cutting manner -- rarely taking what they have to say seriously. Look no further than the interview conducted by the Vox Pop in 1989 to find Brown seemingly at his most aloof.
In the studio, Ian's comfort zone seems fairly large due to his very particular melodies, and he is rarely heard breaking out of his established range. Though his low notes remain strong down to their very bottom, he sports nary a mixed voice and his high notes flip into falsetto soon after A4. Even if Ian's recorded range is surprising in itself, he is only a singer about vocal range insofar as he can fit it into one of his songs. Ian, the singer, only sings when he has something to sing about and Ian, the rock star, speaks only when he has something to say.
Although he has garnered infamy for his lack of pitch control in live settings, Ian's mannerisms as a frontman retain their influence in the English alternative rock scene, having no small part in the careers of people like Liam Gallagher and Tim Burgess. His stage behaviours and mid-concert ramblings come together to form a perfect mystic rock star persona that also persists off the stage, thanks to his propensity for responding to interviewers in a cryptic and cutting manner -- rarely taking what they have to say seriously. Look no further than the interview conducted by the Vox Pop in 1989 to find Brown seemingly at his most aloof.
Significant High Notes
A5 ("So Young (Misery Dictionary)")
E5 ("Tightrope")
E♭5 ("Getting Plenty")
D5 ("All for One", "Foz", "Standing Here", "Ten Storey Love Song", "Tightrope")
C5 ("Straight to the Man")
B4 ("Tell Me", “The World Is Yours”, "Tightrope")
B♭4 ("Driving South")
A4 ("Good Times", "How Do You Sleep", “Lovebug”, "Love Spreads", "Shoot You Down", "Tears", "Tightrope")
G♯4 ("All Across the Sands" Demo 1987, "Begging You", "How Do You Sleep", "I Am the Resurrection”, “So Young (Misery Dictionary)", "Standing Here", "This Is the One", "Tradjic Roundabout", "Your Star Will Shine")
G4 ("All Across the Sands", "All for One", “Babasónicos”, "Beautiful Thing", "Breaking Into Heaven", "Driving South", "Good Times", “Ice Cold Cube”, "I Wanna Be Adored", “Love Like a Fountain”, "Love Spreads", "Mersey Paradise", “Northern Lights”, "Redemption Song" In Studio 1989, "Sally Cinnamon", "Shoot You Down", "Straight to the Man", "Tears", "Ten Storey Love Song")
F♯4 ("Breaking Into Heaven", "Daybreak", "Don't Stop", "Getting Plenty", "Here It Comes”, "I Am the Resurrection", "I Wanna Be Adored", "Just a Little Bit", “Lions”, "Made of Stone", "Mission Impossible", "Redemption Song" In Studio 1989, “Ride On”, "So Young (Misery Dictionary)", “Superstar”, "Tell Me", “The Feeding of 5000”, "The Hardest Thing In the World", This Is the One", "Waterfall", "What the World Is Waiting For", "Your Star Will Shine")
F4 (“All Across the Sands", "Begging You", "Here It Comes", “Ice Cold Cube”, "She Bangs the Drums" Budokan Tokyo 2017, “(Song for My) Sugar Spun Sister" Demo 1986)
E4 ("All I Want", “Babasónicos”, "Begging You", “Black Roses”, “Boy on a Pedestal”, “Breathe and Breathe Easy”, “Can’s See Me”, "Daybreak", “Destiny or Circumstance”, "Eternal Flame”, “Fall", "Getting Plenty", "Going Down", "The Hardest Thing In the World", "Heart of the Staves", "Here It Comes”, “I Wanna Be Adored", "Just a Little Bit", “Little Seed Big Tree”, “Love Like a Fountain”, "Made of Stone" Budokan Tokyo 2017, "Mersey Paradise", "Nowhere Fast", "One Love", "Sally Cinnamon", “Shadow of a Saint”, "She Bangs the Drums", "Some Folks are Hollow”, “(Song for My) Sugar Spun Sister", “Sun Still Shines”, “The Gravy Train”, "This Is the One", "Tightrope", "Tradjic Roundabout", "Trust a Fox", "What the World Is Waiting For", "Where Angels Play", "Your Star Will Shine")
Significant Low Notes
D3 ("All Across the Sands”, “Breaking Into Heaven", “Billie Jean”, “By All Means Necessary”, "Bye Bye Bad Man", “Can’t See Me”, "Daybreak", “Destiny or Circumstance”, “Eternal Flame”, “First World”, “First World Problems”, “Free My Way”, "Going Down", "Good Times", "High Time" Live Reading Festival 1996, "Laugh Now”, “Love Spreads", “Neptune”, “Ripples”, "Save Us”, Set My Baby Free”, “So High”, “So Many Soldiers”, “Some Folks Are Hollow”, “Standing Here", "Tears", "Ten Storey Love Song", “The Dream and the Dreamer”, “The Gravy Train”, "Tightrope", “Vanity Kills”, “What Happened to Ya Part 2”)
C♯3 ("Always Remember Me”, “Break Down the Walls”, “Bubbles”, “Crowning of the Poor”, “Deep Pile Dreams”, “Driving South", "Elephant Stone", "For the Glory”, “From Chaos to Harmony”, “How Do You Sleep", “In the Year 2525”, “Lions”, "RULES", “Shadow of a Saint”, “Thriller”, “What Happened to Ya Part 1”, "Your Time Will Come")
C3 ("Babasónicos”, “Beautiful Thing", “Billie Jean”, “Blue Sky Day”, "Corpses In Their Mouths", "Daybreak", “Eternal Flame”, “First World”, “Getting’ High”, "Good Times", “Ice Cold Cube”, “Laugh Now”, “Northern Lights”, "Shoot You Down", “Solarized”, "Straight to the Man", “Superstar”, “Time Is My Everything”, “What Happened to Ya Part 2”)
B2 ("Bye Bye Bad Man", “Corpses in Their Mouths”, “Deep Pile Dreams”, "Don't Stop", "Elizabeth My Dear", “Home is Where the Heart is”, "How Do You Sleep", "I Am the Resurrection", "I Wanna Be Adored" Garage Flower, “Marathon Man”, “Me and You Forever”, "One Love", “Nah Nah”, “Neptune”, "Pearl Bastard", “Ride On”, “Shadow of a Saint”, "She Bangs the Drums", "Standing Here", “The Sweet Fantastic”, "This Is the One", “Thriller”, "What the World Is Waiting For", "Where Angels Play")
B♭2 (“Corpses in Their Mouths”, "For the Glory”, “From Chaos to Harmony”, “I Am the Ressurection" Budokan Tokyo 2017, "Straight to the Man", “Sunshine”, "This is the One" Budokan Tokyo 2017)
A2 (“Always Remember Me”, "Babasónicos”, "Bye Bye Bad Man" Demo, "Elizabeth My Dear", "Fools Gold", "Going Down", “How Do You Sleep?" Demo, "Ice Cold Cube”, “Laugh Now”, “Nah Nah”, “Ride On”, "Save Us”, Set My Baby Free”, “She Bangs the Drums", "Shoot You Down", “Some Folks are Hollow”, "Something's Burning", "(Song for My) Sugar Spun Sister", “Vanity Kills”)
G♯2 ("Break Down the Walls”, “For the Glory”, “Upside Down", "Where Angels Play" Demo)
G2 ("Babasónicos”, “Fool's Gold", "Love Spreads", "Mersey Paradise" Demo, "One Love", "Pearl Bastard", "Something's Burning", “Sunshine”)
F♯2 ("RULES", "What the World Is Waiting For")
E2 ("This Is the One" Garage Flower)
C♯2 ("RULES")
{Questionable Notes}G5 ("Just a Little Bit"[1a])
F♯5 ("Tradjic Roundabout"[1a])
F5 ("Daybreak"[1a], “Save Us”[3a])
E5 ("Nowhere Fast" [1a])
D5 ("Tears" [1a])
A2 (“Little Seed Big Tree”[1b], "Tears"[1b])
G2 ("Mersey Paradise"[1b])
D2 ("Love Spreads"[2a])
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[1] Questionable quality
a. Just some short yelps
b. Aimless breathy slide
c. Vocal fry
[2] Questionable legitimacy
a. Probably doesn't get there
[3] Questionable Identity
a. Cannot for sure be attributed to the singer in question
Questionable notes are any notes with a questionable significance. In short, this spoiler acknowledges notes that I am aware exist, but do not want to contribute to the singer's range. These involve (but are not limited to) weak vocal fry, uncontrolled slides, very short notes, notes hit at an ambiguous pitch and notes where it is unclear who is singing.
..................................................F♯5 ("Tradjic Roundabout"[1a])
F5 ("Daybreak"[1a], “Save Us”[3a])
E5 ("Nowhere Fast" [1a])
D5 ("Tears" [1a])
A2 (“Little Seed Big Tree”[1b], "Tears"[1b])
G2 ("Mersey Paradise"[1b])
D2 ("Love Spreads"[2a])
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[1] Questionable quality
a. Just some short yelps
b. Aimless breathy slide
c. Vocal fry
[2] Questionable legitimacy
a. Probably doesn't get there
[3] Questionable Identity
a. Cannot for sure be attributed to the singer in question
Questionable notes are any notes with a questionable significance. In short, this spoiler acknowledges notes that I am aware exist, but do not want to contribute to the singer's range. These involve (but are not limited to) weak vocal fry, uncontrolled slides, very short notes, notes hit at an ambiguous pitch and notes where it is unclear who is singing.
• Blue denotes falsetto passages.
• Bold denotes outstanding passages.
• Italics denote non-melodic passages.
• Underlines denote obscured passages.
{Best Vocal Performances}
- I Wanna Be Adored
- All Across the Sands
- I Am the Ressurection
- Good Times
- Going Down
- The Hardest Thing in the World
- She Bangs the Drums
- Sally Cinnamon
- Your Star Will Shine Again
- Always Remember Me
{Album Ranges}The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses (1989): A2 - G4 - A4
Second Coming (1994): G2 – A4 - B4 - E5
Garage Flower (1996): E2 - G♯4 - A5[1a]
Ian Brown
Unfinished Monkey Business (1998): G2 – F♯4 – G4
Golden Greats (1999): G2 – G4
Music of the Spheres (2001): B2 – F♯4 – G4
Solarized (2004): G♯2 – E4 – A4
The World is Yours (2007): A2 – F4 – B4
My Way (2009): G♯2 – E4
Ripples (2019): G♯2 – E4
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[1] Archival albums
a. Recorded 1985
The Stone Roses (1989): A2 - G4 - A4
Second Coming (1994): G2 – A4 - B4 - E5
Garage Flower (1996): E2 - G♯4 - A5[1a]
Ian Brown
Unfinished Monkey Business (1998): G2 – F♯4 – G4
Golden Greats (1999): G2 – G4
Music of the Spheres (2001): B2 – F♯4 – G4
Solarized (2004): G♯2 – E4 – A4
The World is Yours (2007): A2 – F4 – B4
My Way (2009): G♯2 – E4
Ripples (2019): G♯2 – E4
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[1] Archival albums
a. Recorded 1985
{Notewatched Material}Baronessa
The Stone Roses (1989)
Second Coming (1994)
Garage Flower (1996) [1a]
Osmosis
Unfinished Monkey Business (1998)
Golden Greats (1999)
Music of the Spheres (2001)
Solarized (2004)
The World Is Yours (2007)
My Way (2009)
Ripples (2019)
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[1] Archival albums
a. Recorded 1985
The Stone Roses (1989)
Second Coming (1994)
Garage Flower (1996) [1a]
Osmosis
Unfinished Monkey Business (1998)
Golden Greats (1999)
Music of the Spheres (2001)
Solarized (2004)
The World Is Yours (2007)
My Way (2009)
Ripples (2019)
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[1] Archival albums
a. Recorded 1985
