My toxic trait is that I think this album's better than Madvillainy. I think the more cartoon supervillain aesthetic works with DOOM's persona better than the more morose production from Madlib on Madvillainy. It's also an example of DOOM being funny as fuck and knowing it, one of the things that sets him apart from other rappers that otherwise would be on his level. Not many artists can put 5 minutes of skits in the middle of their album and have you go "haha classic ... read more
I liked this era of Daft Punk where it felt like they had some level of resentment for the listener but not that much. You will get your loud and harsh noises (but not like the genre of harsh noise) and you'll like it, but it's okay because you get good songs too. They also liked making their songs long as hell too.
Favorite tracks: Revolution 909 (I like the way it sounds :) ), Alive (I also like the way it sounds :O ), Around the World (I also like the way it sounds and ... read more
I think if you act like an insufferable music dork about this album and go "erm... overrated!" you should have all music taken away from you and be forced to subsist on listening to flowing water.
Favorite tracks: All
Least favorite tracks: N/A
I guess it's good? It's not bad, but I'd struggle to call it "good" outright. It DOES have some good songs on it, but not much about it makes me feel strong. I think this is going to hold up much worse on a relisten given how kind of dull it feels and how bad the lyrics might end up being overall. It's definitely carried by production already.
Favorite tracks: The Message,
Least favorite tracks: IDK? If this album stirred me more maybe I'd feel more stro- ... read more
Another solid addition to a good album, though with a higher mean cohesion than G-sides. There's a few tracks off this album that I legitimately forget aren't on Demon Days proper, given how good they are and how well they fit the broader Gorillaz mythos during this era. The general lack of features is interesting compared to prior albums, though I would have loved to seen a guest vocalist on one or two of these songs. I don't really factor remixes into my opinion of an overall ... read more
SHOCKING: One of the most prominent alt-pop albums of the 2000s is good. Who would have guessed? It's not my favorite of the "classic" Gorillaz, but it's still frankly up there as one of the most interesting albums of the decade, if not all time. While not necessarily a concept album, the pervading themes of anti-war sentiment and existential frustration with the casual inhumanity we exhibit towards each other help tie this album together as a much neater package than their ... read more
The Gorillaz fling a bunch of shit at the wall (wrong primate) and see what sticks, and a surprising amount does. I'd normally leave remixes out of the scoring for albums like these, but honestly these remixes are actually quite good, with the only "stinker" being the house remix of 19-2000 because it does that thing house songs do where they take a 3 minute long song and make it 7 minutes long for people who go outside and not geeks who listen to music by themselves like me. ... read more
Starting off my reviews with the album that properly got me into music. As much as it has a nostalgic place in my heart, this album is too messy for me to rank it up with the other two "classic" Gorillaz albums. With that being said, it's still a damn good album and a really solid start to a very eccentric band that has (for the most part) kept themselves from being boxed in by a single sound. There's a grittiness in this album that gets washed out in future albums and ... read more
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