Title [Plastic Beach ] ░██▓
Artist [Gorillaz ] ██▒
Label [Virgin ] Genre [Hip-Hop ] ██░
Quality/Size [44.1 @VBR 82,9 MB] Ripped [03-02-2010 ] ▒██
Grabbed from [CDDA ] Enc [Lame 3.97 ] ▓██
Website [n/a ] ▒██
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01 01:09 Orchestral Intro ██
02 03:36 Welcome To The World Of The Plastic Beach ██
03 03:44 White Flag ██
04 03:20 Rhinestone Eyes ██
05 04:31 Stylo ██
06 02:55 Superfast Jellyfish ██
07 04:44 Empire Ants ██
08 04:03 Glitter Freeze ██
09 03:00 Some Kind Of Nature ██
10 03:54 On Melancholy Hill ██
11 03:17 Broken ██
12 05:21 Sweepstakes ██
13 03:47 Plastic Beach ██
14 03:56 To Binge ██
15 03:06 Cloud Of Unknowing ██
16 02:33 Pirate Jet ██
Totals ██
16 56:56 min ██
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When Gorillaz first emerged on the music scene, the idea of ██░
a virtual band composed of edgy cartoon personas that ██
existed only on screen seemed both strange and brilliant. It ██
may have been a gimmick, tailor-made for MTV back when it ██
still regularly played videos, but it was an inventive one. ██
And with huge breakthrough hits like “Clint Eastwood,” ██
“Tomorrow Comes Today” and “Feel Good Inc.,” it was hard not ██
to get caught up in the contagious combination of dub, hip- ██
hop, Brit-pop and electronic music. ██
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Gorillaz is essentially the brainchild of Blur frontman ██
Damon Albarn and comic-book artist Jamie Hewlett ù best ██
known for his work on Tank Girl ù who dreamed up the project ██
back in 1998. Albarn would handle the music while Hewlett ██
would design the characters (2D, Murdoc Niccals, Noodle and ██
Russel), which serve as the visual element in Gorillaz’s ██
stylishly animated music videos. ██
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Plastic Beach unites Albarn and Hewlett with a huge list of ██
guests, creating yet another well-crafted and dance-friendly ██
set of songs. Here, Albarn and company’s songs demonstrate a ██
genre-bending collection of glitchy club beats and hip-hop ██
grooves, augmented by brass, glitzy synthesizers and Asian- ██
and Arabic-tinged orchestral harmonies. ██
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Much of the diversity in sound can be attributed to ██
Gorillaz’s constantly expanding group of collaborators. The ██
original musical lineup ù as heard on 2001’s Gorillaz ù ██
blended the talents of Albarn and Dan “The Automator” ██
Nakamura, as well as Kid Koala, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, ██
Cibo Matto’s Miho Hatori and Tom Tom Club’s Tina Weymouth ██
and Chris Frantz. Soon, with the follow-up Demon Days, ██
Gorillaz’s ever-rotating cast expanded to include Danger ██
Mouse, Blondie’s Debbie Harry, De La Soul and singer Martina ██
Topley-Bird. ██
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Plastic Beach continues this trend, with Albarn bringing in ██
an impressive roster of musical contributors: Snoop Dogg, ██
Bobby Womack, Lou Reed, Mos Def, Super Furry Animals’ Gruff ██
Rhys, Little Dragon, The Lebanese National Orchestra for ██
Oriental Arabic Music, and many more. ██
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Still, Albarn’s musical touch and wit are felt throughout. ██
From the Thriller-infused electro-funk of “Stylo” to the ██
bubbly grooves of “Superfast Jellyfish” and “Some Kind of ██
Nature,” there’s something for everyone, and often in the ██
same song. Even three albums into what might have initially ██
seemed to be a one-off art project, Gorillaz’s Plastic Beach ██
exudes fun. ██
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