Gorillaz
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CRITIC REVIEWS
100
The cartoon “band” themselves and the presentation suggest it is a novelty record. What has been produced, however, is a record of serious music.
90
Musically ... Gorillaz is a cutely caricatured blend of Albarn's eclectic Brit-pop and Nakamura's equally wide-ranging hip-hop, and it sounds almost as good as the band looks.
12y
80
He has sassy pop presence that has been subdued on the past couple of Blur records. Damon makes a strong return on this album. He hasn’t sounded this alive since Parklife in 1994.
80
Not bad for a band that doesn’t even exist.
80
I guess if you whirled the idiosyncrasies of: the blur back-catalogue with some old skool hip-hop á la Grandmaster flash and some avant-garde breakbeat electronica ... the storm in an industrial strength coffee cup, would probably resemble something like this self-titled Gorillaz record.
80
Like any good cartoon, Gorillaz are difficult to love deeply, but impossible not to like.
80
Whereas the Beckster tends to wriggle cheekily along to his funk, and Badly Drawn Boy does his own thing in spite of it, Gorillaz don't give a rat's ass about acting funky; they just are.
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9mo
70
Gorillaz is the definitive side-project: Even at its best, it's never more than a divergent one-off stint.
70
What could have been hipster reach is multiculti grasp of the sweetest kind.
60
Gorillaz is kind of a soundtrack CD to the jaw-dropping animation Web site gorillaz.com, but it stands alone as a playful piece of genre-squishing art pop.
60
The perfect west London group: a multi-cultural funky figment of white, indie, suburbanite imagination – an interactive cartoon band who use dub and hip-hop techniques to create sickly-sweet bubblegum pop.
60
Other than the cartoon gimmick, what sets The Gorillaz apart from the rest of the hip-hop groups is the fact that they combine the rock sensibilities in a band like Blur with the rap quirkiness of a group like Handsome Boy Modeling School. The result: extremely catchy music that will make you shake your booty til' the break of dawn.
10mo
Gorillaz was one of the first bands I was truly infatuated with, in fact there is video footage of 5 or 6 year old me dancing to “Clint Eastwood” music video on MTV. At that point, I didn’t understand the lyrics or the meaning or anything, just the cool animation/ artwork that are also reminiscent of my Cartoon Network days watching Samurai Jack, Johnny Bravo etc... was appealing. But there is also this undeniable groove, this atmosphere to their sound, that a kid like me was ... read more
GORILLAZ DISCOGRAPHY DEEP DIVE #1
So, Gorillaz's self-titled is great, albeit a little bit messy (as most debut albums are). I love the combination of hip hop, rock and electronic elements, the atmosphere it creates is unlike anything you can find anywhere in music. It's super fun, it's groovy as hell and it has some of the best hit songs of the 2000's. Now, there are some downsides to this project. It's pretty unfocused, there's little to no cohesion between the tracks, it feels more like a ... read more
Decided to revisit Gorillaz album cause of the new one coming soon and also I haven't heard their music pretty much since "Song Machine" came out. So, I'm just very quickly going into these albums just to refresh my memory.
The debut is an album that really shows potential straight out of the gate. There are so many damn highlights on here, with some super slapper singles like "Clint Eastwood" and "19-2000" and some damn great deep cuts weaved in the album here ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Re-Hash 3:40 | 83 |
| 2 | 5/4 2:42 | 85 |
| 3 | Tomorrow Comes Today 3:13 | 91 |
| 4 | New Genius (Brother) 3:59 | 80 |
| 5 | Clint Eastwood 5:42 | 95 |
| 6 | Man Research (Clapper) 4:32 | 72 |
| 7 | Punk 1:38 | 72 |
| 8 | Sound Check (Gravity) 4:42 | 83 |
| 9 | Double Bass 4:46 | 79 |
| 10 | Rock the House 4:09 | 84 |
| 11 | 19-2000 3:27 | 91 |
| 12 | Latin Simone (Que Pasa Contigo) 3:38 feat. Ibrahim Ferrer | 75 |
| 13 | Starshine 3:33 | 67 |
| 14 | Slow Country 3:37 | 79 |
| 15 | M1 A1 4:01 | 82 |
Total Length: 57 minutes
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1w
Does "New Genius (Brother)" remind anyone else of Nas' "Memory Lane (Sittin' in da Park)"?
2w
Back when I first heard this record, my tiny little 12 year old brain almost collapsed. Loved it from day 1 of hearing it.
2mo
the bonus tracks are so good, dracula 19-2000 soulchild remix and the clint eastwood ed case refix