A very interesting album. At least 1 track from each part didn't really hit for me (Creepin', My Friend, and Taken, FWIW), but what does hit is really effective at its intended expression. A solid project overall, but may be less enjoyable for those that aren't into the synthpop-y style it takes.

My personal favorite Gorillaz album; takes everything that made Demon Days great and makes it far more eclectic, collaborative, and ambitious. Even songs that I wasn't too keen on my first listen like Sweepstakes I eventually grew to love.

A step up over the debut in so many ways, Demon Days is generally seen as Gorillaz's magnum opus. Outside of White Light, every single track of this album is great.

I don't get it.

I want to like this album, but the outright corny production and nausatingly-repeated motif of "we're all gonna die waaaaa" whilst offering no solutions or actionable ideas makes it *really* hard to like. The Marionettes two-part set is the only really redeemable portion of this album.

You know that thing I said about E being one of the best albums from DG? Multiply that praise by about 10 and you have my thoughts on PXE. It is remarkable how beautiful this EP is, and it strikes close to home being an agender person myself.

I'm a little biased because I'm an active follower of DG generally, but E is one of the best projects from the group. Ethereal and entrancing.

Eclectic and strange, but also poignant and rich with messaging about racism and mental health. Not every experiment Genesis Owusu attempts in this album goes well in my view (Don't Need You, A Song About Fishing), but things that I thought were wild inclusions on first listen really grew on me as well (Drown, Black Dogs!)! A really good listen, and I'm interested to see where Genesis takes his ideas on further albums!

Daniel Caesar does what he does best on Freudian. Unfortunately, even his best gets bogged down by lazy attempts at album-level cohesion.

Ambitious as hell and delivers in every facet of that ambition. Quite possibly my favorite concept album of all time.

Derivative but solid. Fly As Me and Smokin Out The Window are great.

Heartfelt to the point of approaching sentimental, LP3 is a beautiful collection of ruminations on becoming older. It's such a shame that it gets overshadowed by their much more popular debut, because this album is genuinely deserves a lot more praise.

The lyricism is really unlike anything I've listened to before in terms of depth of meaning and storytelling, but it's dampened by passable but uninteresting production for most of the run-time. I find myself coming back to this album occasionally, though!

Amazing sequencing, forward-thinking production, and unparalleled consistency make Melt My Eyez one of the best listens of the year. Outside of an unfortunate couple of tracks at the beginning with Worst Comes To Worst and The Last as lower points, it picks back up with standout tracks like Mental, Troubles, Ain't No Way, X-Wing, Sanjuro, and Zatoichi.

Rides the uncanny valley like a professional surfer while packing an emotional punch, deconstructing and reconstructing pop songs into some of the most textured and progressive atmospheres I've heard yet.

Extremely intense and chaotic, a few times to its detriment. A great listen nonetheless.

Beautiful, yet tragic; triumphant, yet melancholic; abstract at times, yet painfully real in impact. It's unfortunate to see Isaac leave the band this early in, but Jesus Christ this album is good.

What this album passes in originality it makes up for in sheer consistency and platinum-standard songwriting, a wonderful experience no doubt.

Throwing every idea at a wall to see what works, the album. There are hits, there are misses, and there are some big head-scratchers throughout this track list (pink panties, range brothers, south africa), resulting in a very inconsistent listening experience.

I'm usually into Deconstructed Club-adjacent works, but unfortunately this doesn't seem to be doing much for me. The introduction is impeccable with how it sets up the album, but following it is just... generally boring tracks with maybe a small idea or two keeping it afloat.