Plastic Beach (studio album) by Gorillaz

Plastic Beach by Gorillaz
Year: 2010
Release date: 2010-03-09
Overall rank: 249th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 1,214 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 2010 (6th)
Award Top 50 albums of the 2010s (30th)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (249th)
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Gorillaz bestography

Plastic Beach is ranked 2nd best out of 12 albums by Gorillaz on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Gorillaz is Demon Days which is ranked number 132 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 11,440.

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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 1,214 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.3/100, a mean average of 78.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.

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Rating:  
80/100
From 02/09/2024 14:42
Great record!
Groovey, plural and beautifully crafted.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 01/17/2023 10:33
An album that showed what was going to be popular throughout the 2010s. A mix of hip hop/electronica and melodic indie with fantastic features all carefully wrapped together within a narrative both poignant and worthy of exploration.
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From 10/31/2022 21:24
TBC…

Album Rating:

1.Orchestral Intro (Feat. Sinfonia Viva). 76
2.Welcome To The World Of The Plastic Beach (Feat. Snoop Dogg & Hypnotic Brass Ensemble). 81
3.White Flag (Feat. Kano, Bashy & The National Orchestra For Arabic Music). 73
4.Rhinestone Eyes. 78
5.Stylo (Feat. Bobby Womack & Mos Def)
6.Superfast Jellyfish (Feat. Gruff Rhys & De La Soul). 71
7.Empire Ants (Feat. Little Dragon). 87
8.Glitter Freeze (Feat. Mark E. Smith). 76
9.Some Kind Of Nature (Feat. Lou Reed). 85
10.On Melancholy Hill
11.Broken
12.Sweepstakes (Feat. Mos Def & Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)
13.Plastic Beach (Feat. Mick Jones & Paul Simonon)
14.To Binge (Feat. Little Dragon)
15.Cloud Of Unknowing (Feat. Bobby Womack & Sinfonia Viva)
16.Pirate Jet
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Rating:  
80/100
From 10/13/2022 22:59
Delícia de álbum, realmente uma pegada praiana e tecnológica.
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Rating:  
55/100
From 01/23/2022 11:10
Stylo, On Melancholy Hill and Empire Ants are my favourites. There's a lot more filler on this album than Demon Days, which is why I rate it lower. For example, weak tracks are Glitter Freeze, Cloud of Unknowing, Pirate Jet. But still a great album.
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Rating:  
75/100
From 08/31/2021 18:46
I feel like this album has a perpetual identity crisis. Sometimes it wants to be synthpop, sometimes alternative hip-hop. It does each of these relatively well, but the flip flopping can get a bit annoying.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 08/15/2021 18:45
What a fantastic album to listen to, it is so unique as well which makes it such a pleasure to explore. Every track fits in to the album well and creates a fantastic atmosphere throughout. Even the weaker tracks are decent and don't feel like filler content as they have redeeming qualities. The best songs for me are On Melancholy Hill and, my favourite track, Some Kind Of Nature. Lou Reeds vocal on this is amazing and I love the lyrics as well as the music backing it. That brings me to another strength which is the quality of feature performances all of which sound necessary and like they belong on this record. In addition, you can literally hear the amazing experimentation that is going on and you feel apart of something new and exciting when you listen to this record. This is maintained the whole way through and by the end of it you just sit back in awe at how consistently amazing this album is. Overall, it is fresh and very enjoyable to listen to and the music is of the highest quality.
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Rating:  
95/100
From 02/02/2021 09:06
An album so truly great that I can't even put it into words. The nautical themes are consistent without overwhelming the music, and make for an incredibly cohesive album. Despite the occasional inconsistency in quality, there isn't a bad song here. Even the "weakest" tracks, Glitter Freeze and Sweepstakes, have many redeeming qualities, be it the formers incredible synth work or the latters horn section that bursts in midway through the song, transforming the groove.

Best tracks: Rhinestone Eyes, Empire Ants, On Melancholy Hill, Some Kind of Nature.
Worst tracks: None really.

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75/100
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85/100
From 06/17/2020 06:17
One of the most charismatic albums ever.
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