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Plastic Beach by Gorillaz

Plastic Beach

Release Date: 3/9/2010

Recording Date: 3/2010

Tracks: 16

Length: 00:56:46 Hrs

Label: EMI

Type: CD

Genre/Styles:
Rap, Pop/Rock, Synthesizer, Alternative Pop/Rock, Guitar (Electric), Vocals, England, Alternative Rap, Electronic Drums, Underground Rap, Alternative/Indie Rock

Album Tracks (16)

Song Title
Length
1.
Orchestral Intro
01:09
2.
Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach
03:35
3.
White Flag
03:43
4.
Rhinestone Eyes
03:20
5.
Stylo
04:30
6.
Superfast Jellyfish
02:54
7.
Empire Ants
04:43
8.
Glitter Freeze
04:03
9.
Some Kind of Nature
02:59
10.
On Melancholy Hill
03:53
11.
Broken
03:17
12.
Sweepstakes
05:20
13.
Plastic Beach
03:47
14.
To Binge
03:55
15.
Cloud of Unknowing
03:06
16.
Pirate Jet
02:32

What the Critics Say

Delivered five years after the delicate whimsical melancholy of Demon Days, Gorillaz's Plastic Beach is an explicit sequel to its predecessor, picking up in the dystopian future where the last album left off, its music offering a grand expansion of Demon Days, spinning off its cameo-crammed blueprint. A common thread among these tracks is they find Damon Albarn ceding the spotlight to his fellow musicians, preferring to be the puppetmaster behind the curtain, and Plastic Beach works best when he's finding hidden strengths within his guests. The album accentuates moody texture over pop hooks, and Plastic Beach is the first Gorillaz album to play like a cartoon soundtrack -- which isn't a bad thing, because as Albarn grows as a composer, he crafts richly detailed collages that are miniature marvels. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

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