| The World Is Yours | ||||
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| Released | 15 October 2007 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 48:33 | |||
| Label | Fiction,Polydor | |||
| Producer | Emile Haynie, Robert Maxfield, Tim Wills | |||
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| Singles from The World Is Yours | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 58/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Guardian | [3] |
| NME | [4] |
| The Observer | [5] |
| Rockfeedback | [6] |
The World Is Yours is the fifth solo studio album byIan Brown, released on 15 October 2007.
In making the album, Brown enlisted the help ofThe Smiths andHappy Mondays bassistsAndy Rourke andPaul Ryder respectively.[7] He also sought the services ofPaul McCartney to play bass on one of the tracks, but failed as McCartney was too busy at the time.[8] Meanwhile,Sex Pistols guitaristSteve Jones and drummerPaul Cook appeared on the album.Sinéad O'Connor also sings on "Illegal Attacks" and "Some Folks Are Hollow".
"Illegal Attacks" was released as the album's first single, on 8 October 2007, and was a contentious track, dealing head-on with the political issues of the day. The opening notes of the song are plucked softly inarpeggios, which are juxtaposed with the confrontational opening line, "What the fuck is thisUK?" The song then pulses with an ominous, grindingcello, and culminates with Ian Brown pleading earnestly for the return of British soldiers from Afghanistan and Iraq:
"Soldiers, soldiers come home, Soldiers come home", (lyrics which had previously been used in "So Many Soldiers" onGolden Greats.)
The single was described byNME as another example of Ian Brown's "godlike genius...an unforgettable plea to world leaders to 'Cop the fook on.'"[citation needed]
The song "On Track" made its debut seven months prior to the release of the album on the soundtrack for the Russian 2-part sci-fi movieParagraph 78 as an exclusive track. It was used in the closing titles for the first part of the movie. This version was 20 seconds longer as compared to the album version and was a bit lighter as to the orchestral arrangement.
The album was also released in a 2CD deluxe edition, along with a bonus disc containing orchestral arrangements of all twelve tracks.
