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- Posted: 07/18/2014 20:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#1332): Gorillaz by Gorillaz
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Today's album of the day
Gorillaz by Gorillaz (View album | Buy this album)
Year: 2001.
Country: 
Overall rank: 545
Average rating: 76/100 (from 254 votes).
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Tracks:
1. Re-Hash
2. 5/4
3. Tomorrow Comes Today
4. New Genious (Brother)
5. Clint Eastwood
6. Man Research (Clapper)
7. Punk
8. Sound Check (Gravity)
9. Double Bass
10. Rock The House
11. 19-2000
12. Latin Simone (¿Que Pasa Contigo?)
13. Starshine
14. Slow Country
15. M1 A1
About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.
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WindowAbove
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- #2
- Posted: 07/18/2014 20:02
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This album is pretty average to me. I much prefer their next two albums. "Clint Eastwood" is great of course, though.
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HazeyTwilight
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- #3
- Posted: 07/18/2014 21:19
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I am whole-heartedly convinced that Damon Albarn can do no wrong in his career at this point. This album has a lot more experimentation than Demon Days or Plastic Beach, but it just shows ambitious Gorillaz wanted to be when they first hit the scene. While the two aforementioned records are more focused on what sounds they wanted to bring, the s/t tries a bunch of different stuff. It's a trial and error process, for sure, but it has Damon's seal of approval, and that's a really good thing.
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Precedent
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- Posted: 07/18/2014 21:47
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| WindowAbove wrote: | | This album is pretty average to me. I much prefer their next two albums. "Clint Eastwood" is great of course, though. |
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| HazeyTwilight wrote: | | This album has a lot more experimentation than Demon Days or Plastic Beach, but it just shows ambitious Gorillaz wanted to be when they first hit the scene. |
Really? I can see Demon Days, but Plastic Beach?
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HoldenM
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- Posted: 07/18/2014 21:48
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This and Demon Days were two of the most important albums I ever had, in terms of cultivating my musical taste. I got them both when I was eleven. At the time, I didn't really appreciate s/t's experimentation, even though I liked the album well enough. As I've developed my tastes, and listened to more music, I don't think I've heard anything else quite like this. Sometimes, it doesn't stick the landing, but on the whole, this is an amazing piece of work.
Track picks
3. Tomorrow Comes Today
4. New Genious (Brother)
5. Clint Eastwood
8. Sound Check (Gravity)
11. 19-2000
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HazeyTwilight
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- #6
- Posted: 07/18/2014 22:22
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| Precedent wrote: | | Really? I can see Demon Days, but Plastic Beach? |
Plastic Beach isn't your average pop album. Yes, it is the most accessible out of their discography, it has a polished feel to it and has abstract and original collaborations (but even that's a vital and unique characteristic to this album), but what sets it apart is its structure. The songs have a quirky feel to them while also having their moments of grandeur and sometimes being smooth as fuck. It makes its concept much more significant when you have a vast array of sounds coming at you at once. It's like your pop music at a more primitive and transcendental stage.
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- Posted: 07/19/2014 01:25
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Demon Days was the only one of theirs that I could actually make it through, and even it wasn't too impressive.
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junodog4
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- #8
- Posted: 07/19/2014 02:01
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I like this more than Demon Days and Plastic Beach.
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AlexZangari
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- #9
- Posted: 07/19/2014 02:20
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I like this one better than Plastic Beach, actually. Very front-heavy though. Last track is killer though. I was always confused as to how "Rock the House" was chosen for a single when it's easily one of the worst tracks on the album.
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drakonium
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- #10
- Posted: 07/19/2014 06:59
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Bleh. Clint Eastwood is a banger though.
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