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Track Listings
| 1. Orchestral Intro (Feat. sinfonia ViVA) |
| 2. Welcome To The World of The Plastic Beach (Feat. Snoop Dogg and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble) |
| 3. White Flag (Feat. Bashy, Kano and The National Orchestra For Arabic Music) |
| 4. Rhinestone Eyes |
| 5. Stylo (Album Version) (Feat. Mos Def and Bobby Womack) |
| 6. Superfast Jellyfish (Feat. Gruff Rhys and De La Soul) |
| 7. Empire Ants (Feat. Little Dragon) |
| 8. Glitter Freeze (Feat. Mark E Smith) |
| 9. Some Kind of Nature (Feat. Lou Reed) |
| 10. On Melancholy Hill |
| 11. Broken |
| 12. Sweepstakes (Feat. Mos Def and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble) |
| 13. Plastic Beach (Feat. Mick Jones and Paul Simonon) |
| 14. To Binge (Feat. Little Dragon) |
| 15. Cloud of Unknowing (Feat. Bobby Womack and sinfonia ViVA) |
| 16. Pirate Jet |
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Third studio album by the English virtual band. Produced primarily by the group's co-creator Damon Albarn, the album combines several musical genres, including pop, trip hop, electropop, alternative rock and hip hop, and features collaborations with such diverse artists as Mos Def, Snoop Dogg, Bobby Womack, Gruff Rhys, Mark E. Smith, Lou Reed, Little Dragon, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, The Lebanese National Orchestra for Oriental Arabic Music and more. The album includes the singles 'Stylo (Feat. Bobby Womack and Mos Def)', 'Superfast Jellyfish (Feat. Gruff Rhys and De La Soul)' and 'On Melancholy Hill'.
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78 of 80 people found the following review helpful
By Suzabella
Format:Audio CD
This album fits together more elegantly than the previous Gorillaz albums. It plays like the smooth, laid-back soundtrack to a long lie in the sun (perhaps in the garden, or, if you have one to hand, on a beach). The slightly soporific/hypnotic spell is broken by the chaotic party music of Sweepstakes - but that track is a fun, intense ride.
Expect a slightly slower pace than Demon Days, and, instead of the latter album's mood of "help - the apocolypse is coming", a feel of "okay, here we are in a post-apocolyptic world, let's make the best of it". How you react to that message is up to you.
What's amazing about this music is that, even though it fits together so beautifully, there are so many different elements - western and arabic orchestral music, several flavours of rap (laid back, cheap & cheeky, intense & high), loose semi-improvised brass, dub, alternative rock, 70s and 80s electronica, comedy jingles, crooning, vocal harmonies, snippets that reminded me of Brian Eno, Jean Michel Jarre, David Bowie, Tangerine Dream, and many, many others, and that's before you even get to the various guest stars (Lou Reed, Mark E Smith, De La Soul, Little Dragon, Bobby Womack, Mos Def, Gruff Rhys, etc.) who each bring their own highly personal styles. The guests are fully integrated and feel completely authentic parts of the sound. There are moments that are sleepy, racy, romantic, funny, camp, cool, trippy, danceable, ghostly, nostalgic, futuristic.
This album has a chilled-out feel yet is packed with so much variety and so many overlapping layers of rhythm, sounds, intriguing words, and sweet counterpoint melodies that it will be very hard to get bored no matter how many times you listen.
Expect a slightly slower pace than Demon Days, and, instead of the latter album's mood of "help - the apocolypse is coming", a feel of "okay, here we are in a post-apocolyptic world, let's make the best of it". How you react to that message is up to you.
What's amazing about this music is that, even though it fits together so beautifully, there are so many different elements - western and arabic orchestral music, several flavours of rap (laid back, cheap & cheeky, intense & high), loose semi-improvised brass, dub, alternative rock, 70s and 80s electronica, comedy jingles, crooning, vocal harmonies, snippets that reminded me of Brian Eno, Jean Michel Jarre, David Bowie, Tangerine Dream, and many, many others, and that's before you even get to the various guest stars (Lou Reed, Mark E Smith, De La Soul, Little Dragon, Bobby Womack, Mos Def, Gruff Rhys, etc.) who each bring their own highly personal styles. The guests are fully integrated and feel completely authentic parts of the sound. There are moments that are sleepy, racy, romantic, funny, camp, cool, trippy, danceable, ghostly, nostalgic, futuristic.
This album has a chilled-out feel yet is packed with so much variety and so many overlapping layers of rhythm, sounds, intriguing words, and sweet counterpoint melodies that it will be very hard to get bored no matter how many times you listen.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
By Blue Dragon
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I pre-ordered this album after having a quick listen to the samples and liking them. I loved their previous album 'Demon Days', and so was really looking forward the long awaited next album from Gorillaz. And I have to say that I haven't been dissapointed. This album is more chilled out in a way, with a lot more orchestral tunes, almost hypnotic at times. But this does not make it any less of an achievment for them. Infact I really like it, it's different, but at the same time doesn't seem to vear away from the usual stuff we are all familliar with with the Gorillaz gang. I love this album, it's something different from them. I'm just glad it came so quick!
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By I Like Cheese
VINE™ VOICE
Format:Audio CD
Plastic Beach is the long-awaiting follow-up to the Gorillaz' 2005 album Demon Days and (for me, at least) is the first 'must buy' album of 2010 and is definitely going to be the soundtrack to my summer.
The tracks are a bit of a mixed bag, ranging from their usual indie/hip-hop crossover on tracks like "Sweepstakes" (with guest vocals from the awesome Mos Def) and "Superfast Jellyfish" (which is my favourite track from the whole album, making me realise how much I actually miss the light-hearted and upbeat raps from the timeless greats, De La Soul) to more darker, yet surprisingly mellow tunes such as "On Melancholy Hill" and "Glitter Freeze". The constant shift in styles is most welcome though as it offers a wide variety of concept sounds, some which are so abstract that they did actually take a few listens to before I actually even began to like them.
This is a great album, not one that I'd say will hit you with an instant favourite straight away but is most rewarding after a few listens. The sound is completely new from their previous albums but is excellent all the same. Highly recommended.
The tracks are a bit of a mixed bag, ranging from their usual indie/hip-hop crossover on tracks like "Sweepstakes" (with guest vocals from the awesome Mos Def) and "Superfast Jellyfish" (which is my favourite track from the whole album, making me realise how much I actually miss the light-hearted and upbeat raps from the timeless greats, De La Soul) to more darker, yet surprisingly mellow tunes such as "On Melancholy Hill" and "Glitter Freeze". The constant shift in styles is most welcome though as it offers a wide variety of concept sounds, some which are so abstract that they did actually take a few listens to before I actually even began to like them.
This is a great album, not one that I'd say will hit you with an instant favourite straight away but is most rewarding after a few listens. The sound is completely new from their previous albums but is excellent all the same. Highly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Just love it
How many years can you listen to this album claiming it your favourite ?
I do not think more recommendations needed.
It is just the best.
I do not think more recommendations needed.
It is just the best.
Published 3 days ago by A. Goralczyk
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love it
great album and the Amazon MP3 site makes it so easy to buy albums just need to come down in price as no packaging etc why still high prices?
Published 1 month ago by C. Keedle
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful album
another beautiful album by gorillaz, not much more can be said, beautiful music, clever lyrics and perfect to mellow to.
Published 1 month ago by Enz'
2.0 out of 5 stars
not a plastic CD case
very disappointed when the album turned out to be in a flimsy paper CD case rather than a plastic CD case
Published 3 months ago by TheConscientiousBuyer
5.0 out of 5 stars
Second listen - Dec 2012
Bought this when it first came out, listened to it and it didn't grab me. Listened again to it recently and fell in love with it. Such a good album. Will they ever top it?......
Published 3 months ago by Ania
5.0 out of 5 stars
Gorillaz forever
Shame they have parted company with each other because i simply love the fusion of rap with techno and other styles.... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Nala Scoorb
5.0 out of 5 stars
Quirky and Fun
Just love Gorillaz and this album didn't disappoint. Would def recommend to any fans out there and if you aren't, shame on you!
Published 4 months ago by Mrs F L Garbett
2.0 out of 5 stars
Really not my scene.
So after the mindbendingness that was Gorillaz and the decentness that was Demon Days we come to Plastic Beach.
Hmm... my initial reaction is just... what happened? Read more
Hmm... my initial reaction is just... what happened? Read more
Published 8 months ago by Edmund
4.0 out of 5 stars
im surprised
i hate rapping now. i got this album 50p offer library. its got it all. very different. good band gorillaz well done
Published 11 months ago by tango
5.0 out of 5 stars
Plastic Beach
very good, arrived on time, excellent pricing. I found the quality of the product to be of the best standard and I am very pleased with it.
Published 17 months ago by Megan
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