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Two years after they returned to the scene with The Now Now, an album without any featuring artists, Gorillaz are going back to what they love doing best: collaborations. The singles were released sporadically throughout 2020 with a high-flying lineup. Damon Albarn released one song per month, with the whole thing making up Season 1 of Song Machine. The album opens with the brilliant and highly relevant track Strange Times featuring Robert Smith. Damon says that he worked with the singer from The Cure entirely over email. “What I gave Robert was something very vague. He completely and utterly made it what it is” he said. It’s a masterpiece that’s perfectly fitting for the pandemic. In the long guestlist we find Beck on The Valleys of the Pagans, Leee John on the soulful The Lost Chord and the sweet high notes of Imagination, Peter Hook and the young singer Georgia on the post-punk song Aries, Fatoumata Diawara on the hypnotic Désolée (where Albarn even sings in French) and the raunchy punk rap of Momentary Bliss with slowthaï. The more you listen to it the more you can appreciate its richness. That’s what makes the album so good: it brings together incongruent artists who take the songs in a whole range of different directions. You never knowing where you’re going next. The Gorillaz lead you through a whole array of styles, adding a common varnish to each layer. The Deluxe edition includes six new tracks including MLS with JPEGMafia and the excellent Opium by the Southern duo EarthGang who are signed to J Cole’s label Dreamville. This is an eclectic, profound and very large scale project that’s stamped with Albarn’s impeccable production. And we’ve even got Season 2 and a Netflix documentary to look forward to! © Charlotte Saintoin/Qobuz
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D. Albarn, Composer - John Davis, Masterer - Gorillaz, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Stephen Sedgwick, Mixer, Engineer - Robert Smith, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, FeaturedArtist - R Smith, Composer - Samuel Egglenton, Engineer - Remi Kabaka Jr., Producer, Percussion, Drum Programmer - R. Kabaka Jr, Composer - Etta Albarn Teulon, Trumpet
Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., © 2020 Gorillaz Partnership ℗ 2020 Gorillaz Partnership under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited.
D. Albarn, Writer - John Davis, Masterer - Gorillaz, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Drum Programmer, Bass, MainArtist - Beck, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Stephen Sedgwick, Mixer, Engineer - B. Hansen, Writer - David Greenbaum, Engineer - Samuel Egglenton, Engineer - Dylan Herman, Engineer - Rudy Albarn, Drums - Remi kabaka Jr, Producer, Drum Programmer - R. Kabaka Jr, Writer
Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., © 2020 Gorillaz Partnership ℗ 2020 Gorillaz Partnership under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited.
D. Albarn, Writer - J. Ford, Writer - John Davis, Masterer - Gorillaz, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Bass, MainArtist - Stephen Sedgwick, Mixer, Engineer - James Ford, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion - L John, Writer - Leee John, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Samuel Egglenton, Engineer - Remi kabaka Jr, Producer, Drums, Percussion - R. Kabaka Jr, Writer
Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., © 2020 Gorillaz Partnership ℗ 2020 Gorillaz Partnership under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited.
D. Albarn, Writer - Prince Paul, Producer, Backing Vocals - John Davis, Masterer - Gorillaz, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Bass, Synthesizer, MainArtist - Stephen Sedgwick, Mixer, Engineer - P. HUSTON, Writer - Schoolboy Q, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Q. Hanley, Writer - John McNeill, Writer - Samuel Egglenton, Engineer - Joel McNeill, Writer - John Smythe, Guitar - Weathrman, Keyboards, Bass, Synthesizer - Remi Kabaka Jr., Producer, Drums, Percussion - R. Kabaka Jr, Writer - Elvin “Wit” Shahbazian, Engineer - E. Shahbazian, Writer - J. Smythe, Writer
Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., © 2020 Gorillaz Partnership Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., ℗ 2020 Gorillaz Partnership
D. Albarn, Writer - A. Clark, Writer - Gorillaz, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Bass, MainArtist - Stephen Sedgwick, Mixer - Annie Clark, Engineer - St Vincent, Keyboards, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Samuel Egglenton, Engineer - Remi kabaka Jr, Producer, Percussion, Drum Programmer - R. Kabaka Jr, Writer
Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., © 2020 Gorillaz Partnership ℗ 2020 Gorillaz Partnership under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited.
D. Albarn, Writer - Elton John, Piano, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Davis, Masterer - Gorillaz, Producer, Keyboards, Piano, Vocals, Bass, MainArtist - Stephen Sedgwick, Mixer, Engineer - Matt Doughty, Engineer - 6LACK, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Samuel Egglenton, Engineer - Ricardo Valdez Valentine, Jr., Engineer - Remi kabaka Jr, Producer, Drum Programmer - R. Kabaka Jr, Writer - R. Valentine Jr, Writer
Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., © 2020 Gorillaz Partnership ℗ 2020 Gorillaz Partnership under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited.
D. Albarn, Writer - John Davis, Masterer - PETER HOOK, Bass, FeaturedArtist - Gorillaz, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer, MainArtist - Stephen Sedgwick, Mixer, Engineer - James Ford, Producer, Percussion, Drum Programmer, Synthesizer, Live Drums - Georgia, Drums, Percussion, FeaturedArtist - P.Hook, Writer - P2J, Additional Producer, Drum Programmer - Samuel Egglenton, Engineer - Remi Kabaka Jr., Producer, Percussion, Drum Programmer, Live Drums - R. Kabaka Jr., Writer - R. Isong, Writer
Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., © 2020 Gorillaz Partnership Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., ℗ 2020 Gorillaz Partnership
John Davis, Masterer - Gorillaz, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Bass, MainArtist - Stephen Sedgwick, Mixer, Engineer - Octavian, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - D.Albarn, Writer - Samuel Egglenton, Engineer - Remi Kabaka Jr., Producer, Drum Programmer - O. Godji, Writer - R. Kabaka Jr, Writer
Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., © 2020 Gorillaz Partnership Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., ℗ 2020 Gorillaz Partnership
D. Albarn, Writer - K. Robinson, Writer - M. WILLIAMS, Writer - John Davis, Masterer - Gorillaz, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, MainArtist - Kano, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Stephen Sedgwick, Mixer, Engineer - M. Middlebrooks, Writer - Mike Will Made-It, Drum Programmer - D. Gayle, Writer - Samuel Egglenton, Engineer - Remi kabaka Jr, Producer, Drum Programmer - R. Kabaka Jr, Writer - R. Arias, Writer - Roxani Arias, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Darryle “Rell” Gayle, Engineer - Mike WiLL Made-it for Eardrummers Entertainment LLC, and Marzeratti for Electric Village Entertainment, LLC, Producer
Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., © 2020 Gorillaz Partnership ℗ 2020 Gorillaz Partnership under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited.
D. Albarn, Composer - John Davis, Masterer - Gorillaz, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Drum Programmer, Bass, MainArtist - Davide Rossi, String Arranger, Strings - Stephen Sedgwick, Mixer, Engineer - James Ford, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Percussion, Balafon Percussion - Zither, Live Drums - Sylvain Mercier, Engineer - Davide Lasala, Engineer - Fatoumata Diawara, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Isabelle Dunn, Cello - Alice Pratley, Violin - Sebastien Blanchon, Horn - Andrea Fognini, Engineer - Ciara Ismail, Violin - Adrien Libmann, Engineer - Samuel Egglenton, Engineer - Augustin Ledieu, Backing Vocals - Vanina de Franco, Backing Vocals - Nicola Hicks, Viola - Neima Naouri, Backing Vocals - Remi Kabaka Jr., Composer, Producer, Percussion - Emmanuel Laniece, Backing Vocals - Nora Fedrigo, Electronics - Sylvain Bellegarde, Background Vocals
Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., © 2020 Gorillaz Partnership Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., ℗ 2020 Gorillaz Partnership
D. Albarn, Writer - M. Dean, Writer - John Davis, Masterer - Gorillaz, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Stephen Sedgwick, Mixer, Engineer - Slaves, Guitar, Vocals, Live Drums, FeaturedArtist - L. Vincent, Writer - T. Frampton, Writer - Samuel Egglenton, Engineer - slowthai, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - I. Holman, Writer - MIKE DEAN MWA, Drum Programming, CoProducer - Remi Kabaka Jr., Producer, Drum Programming - R. Kabaka Jr., Writer
Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., © 2020 Gorillaz Partnership ℗ 2020 Gorillaz Partnership under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited.
Album review
Two years after they returned to the scene with The Now Now, an album without any featuring artists, Gorillaz are going back to what they love doing best: collaborations. The singles were released sporadically throughout 2020 with a high-flying lineup. Damon Albarn released one song per month, with the whole thing making up Season 1 of Song Machine. The album opens with the brilliant and highly relevant track Strange Times featuring Robert Smith. Damon says that he worked with the singer from The Cure entirely over email. “What I gave Robert was something very vague. He completely and utterly made it what it is” he said. It’s a masterpiece that’s perfectly fitting for the pandemic. In the long guestlist we find Beck on The Valleys of the Pagans, Leee John on the soulful The Lost Chord and the sweet high notes of Imagination, Peter Hook and the young singer Georgia on the post-punk song Aries, Fatoumata Diawara on the hypnotic Désolée (where Albarn even sings in French) and the raunchy punk rap of Momentary Bliss with slowthaï. The more you listen to it the more you can appreciate its richness. That’s what makes the album so good: it brings together incongruent artists who take the songs in a whole range of different directions. You never knowing where you’re going next. The Gorillaz lead you through a whole array of styles, adding a common varnish to each layer. The Deluxe edition includes six new tracks including MLS with JPEGMafia and the excellent Opium by the Southern duo EarthGang who are signed to J Cole’s label Dreamville. This is an eclectic, profound and very large scale project that’s stamped with Albarn’s impeccable production. And we’ve even got Season 2 and a Netflix documentary to look forward to! © Charlotte Saintoin/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:52
- Main artists: Gorillaz
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., © 2020 Gorillaz Partnership Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., ℗ 2020 Gorillaz Partnership
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