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It is no great surprise that a group designed as a concept would eventually specialize in concept albums, so when Gorillaz abandoned the giddiness that fueled their 2001 debut in favor of dense dystopian dance-rock operas, it seemed logical and the transition was eased by Albarn’s cunning knack for sharp crossover singles. Released in 2011, The Singles Collection 2001-2011 rounds up 15 of those singles -- including remixes of early hits “Clint Eastwood” and “19/2000” and “Doncamatic,” which was added to later pressings of 2010’s Plastic Beach, but nothing from their iPad-recorded 2010 detour The Fall -- and they make for an impressively consistent body of work, with Gorillaz finding many variations within their blend of Brit-pop, hip-hop, dance, and rock. In this context, it is clear that the three singles pulled from Plastic Beach -- “Stylo,” “Superfast Jellyfish,” “On Melancholy Hill” -- didn’t reach the same heights as those from Gorillaz and Demon Days because they were cobbled by a certain dourness -- a quality lacking from the singles from the similarly pessimistic Demon Days and from “Doncamatic” -- yet they don’t offer a sour coda on this Singles Collection; instead, they indicate the complexity of this cartoon pop group, which means this compilation isn’t merely a good collection of hits, it’s a fine introduction to the multifaceted pleasures of Gorillaz. [The Deluxe Edition contains a bonus DVD with the group’s videos (essential to the understanding of the group), a documentary called Charts of Darkness, two BRIT Award performances, and three trailers.]
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Gorillaz, Producer, MainArtist - Damon Albarn, Vocals, Writer, All Instruments, Performance - Jason Cox, Producer, Engineer - Jamie Hewlett, Writer, Performance - DAN THE AUTOMATOR, Producer - Tim Burrell, Engineer - Tom Girling, Producer, Engineer, Pro Tools - Toby Whelan, Engineer
© 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company. ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company.
Del Tha Funky Homosapien, Rapper Vocals - Gorillaz, MainArtist - Damon Albarn, Vocals, Writer, All Instruments - Jason Cox, Engineer, CoProducer - DAN THE AUTOMATOR, Producer - Teren Jones, Writer - Tim Burrell, MasteringEngineer - Tom Girling, Pro-Tools Engineer, CoProducer - Toby Whelan, AssistantEngineer
© 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company. ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company.
Gorillaz, Producer, MainArtist - Tina Weymouth, Vocals - Damon Albarn, Vocals, Writer, All Instruments, Performance - Jason Cox, Producer, Engineer - Jamie Hewlett, Performance - DAN THE AUTOMATOR, Producer - Miho Hatori, Vocals - Tim Burrell, Engineer - Tom Girling, Producer, Engineer, Pro Tools - Toby Whelan, Engineer
© 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company. ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company.
Gorillaz, Producer, MainArtist - Damon Albarn, Vocals, Writer, All Instruments, Performance - Jason Cox, Producer, Engineer - Jamie Hewlett, Performance - DAN THE AUTOMATOR, Producer - Dan Nakamura, Writer - Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, Rap - Teren Jones, Writer - John Dankworth, Writer - Tim Burrell, Engineer - Tom Girling, Producer, Engineer, Pro Tools - Toby Whelan, Engineer
© 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company. ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company.
David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, FeaturedArtist - Brian Burton, Writer - James Dring, Producer, Programmer - Howie Weinberg, MasteringEngineer - Danger Mouse , Producer, MixingEngineer - Gorillaz, MainArtist - Damon Albarn, Vocals, Writer - Jason Cox, Producer, MixingEngineer - Jamie Hewlett, Writer - Simon Tong, Additional Guitar - Steve Sedgwick, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Vincent Mason, FeaturedArtist - Dave Jolicoeur, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company. ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company.
Shaun Ryder, Vocals - Brian Burton, Writer - James Dring, Producer, Programmer - Howie Weinberg, MasteringEngineer - Danger Mouse , Producer, MixingEngineer - Gorillaz, MainArtist - Damon Albarn, Composer, Vocals - Jason Cox, Producer, MixingEngineer - Jamie Hewlett, Composer - Steve Sedgwick, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Rosie Wilson, Backing Vocals
© 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company. ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company.
Brian Burton, Writer - James Dring, Producer, Programmer - Romye Robinson, Writer - Howie Weinberg, MasteringEngineer - Danger Mouse , Producer, MixingEngineer - Gorillaz, MainArtist - Emma Smith, Double Bass - Stella Page, Viola - Prabjote Osahn, Violin - Amanda Drummond, Viola - Damon Albarn, Vocals, Writer - Jason Cox, Producer, MixingEngineer - Sally Jackson, Violin - Steve Sedgwick, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Al Mobbs, Double Bass - San Fernandez Youth Chorus, Choir - Isabelle Dunn, Cello - Bootie Brown, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company. ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company.
Brian Burton, Writer - James Dring, Producer, Programmer - Howie Weinberg, MasteringEngineer - Danger Mouse , Producer, MixingEngineer - Gorillaz, MainArtist - Neneh Cherry, Additional Vocals - Damon Albarn, Vocals, Writer - Jason Cox, Producer, MixingEngineer - Jamie Hewlett, Writer - Steve Sedgwick, Assistant Mixing Engineer
© 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company. ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company.
Brian Burton, Writer - James Dring, Producer, Programmer - Howie Weinberg, MasteringEngineer - Danger Mouse , Producer, MixingEngineer - Gorillaz, MainArtist - Emma Smith, Double Bass - Stella Page, Viola - Amanda Drummond, Viola - Damon Albarn, Vocals, Writer - Jason Cox, Producer, MixingEngineer - Jamie Hewlett, Writer - Sally Jackson, Violin - Steve Sedgwick, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Al Mobbs, Double Bass - Isabelle Dunn, Cello - Antonia Pagulatos, Violin
© 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company. ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company.
Mos Def, Vocals, Writer, FeaturedArtist - Howie Weinberg, MasteringEngineer - BOBBY WOMACK, FeaturedArtist - Gorillaz, MainArtist - Damon Albarn, Producer, Vocals, Writer - Stephen Sedgwick, Programmer, RecordingEngineer - Jason Cox, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer
© 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company. ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company.
David Jolicoeur, Writer - Kelvin Mercer, Writer - Gruff Rhys, Guitar, Writer, FeaturedArtist - Howie Weinberg, MasteringEngineer - Gorillaz, Producer, MainArtist - Damon Albarn, Vocals, Writer - Stephen Sedgwick, Programmer, RecordingEngineer - Jason Cox, Bass Guitar, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Jamie Hewlett, Writer - De La Soul, FeaturedArtist - Gabriel Manuals Wallace, Drums - David Attenborough, Samples
© 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company. ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company.
Howie Weinberg, MasteringEngineer - Gorillaz, Producer, MainArtist - Damon Albarn, Vocals, Writer - Stephen Sedgwick, Percussion, Programmer, RecordingEngineer - Jason Cox, Percussion, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer
© 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company. ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company.
Daley, Writer, FeaturedArtist - Geoff Pesche, MasteringEngineer - Gorillaz, MainArtist - Damon Albarn, Producer, Vocals, Writer - Stephen Sedgwick, Engineer, Programmer - Jason Cox, MixingEngineer - Suzi Winstanley, Producer - Nelson De Freitas, Producer
© 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company. ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company.
Gorillaz, MainArtist - Damon Albarn, Vocals, Writer - Jason Cox, Producer, Engineer - Jamie Hewlett, Performance - DAN THE AUTOMATOR, Producer - Teren Jones, Writer - Sweetie Irie, Vocals - Tom Girling, Producer, Engineer, Pro Tools - Ed Case, Engineer
© 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company. ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company.
Gorillaz, Producer, MainArtist - Tina Weymouth, Vocals - Damon Albarn, Writer, Performance - Jason Cox, Producer, Engineer - Jamie Hewlett, Performance - DAN THE AUTOMATOR, Producer - Miho Hatori, Vocals - Damien Mendis, Producer, Engineer - Stuart Bradbury, Producer, Engineer - Tom Girling, Producer, Engineer, Pro Tools
© 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company. ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company.
Album review
It is no great surprise that a group designed as a concept would eventually specialize in concept albums, so when Gorillaz abandoned the giddiness that fueled their 2001 debut in favor of dense dystopian dance-rock operas, it seemed logical and the transition was eased by Albarn’s cunning knack for sharp crossover singles. Released in 2011, The Singles Collection 2001-2011 rounds up 15 of those singles -- including remixes of early hits “Clint Eastwood” and “19/2000” and “Doncamatic,” which was added to later pressings of 2010’s Plastic Beach, but nothing from their iPad-recorded 2010 detour The Fall -- and they make for an impressively consistent body of work, with Gorillaz finding many variations within their blend of Brit-pop, hip-hop, dance, and rock. In this context, it is clear that the three singles pulled from Plastic Beach -- “Stylo,” “Superfast Jellyfish,” “On Melancholy Hill” -- didn’t reach the same heights as those from Gorillaz and Demon Days because they were cobbled by a certain dourness -- a quality lacking from the singles from the similarly pessimistic Demon Days and from “Doncamatic” -- yet they don’t offer a sour coda on this Singles Collection; instead, they indicate the complexity of this cartoon pop group, which means this compilation isn’t merely a good collection of hits, it’s a fine introduction to the multifaceted pleasures of Gorillaz. [The Deluxe Edition contains a bonus DVD with the group’s videos (essential to the understanding of the group), a documentary called Charts of Darkness, two BRIT Award performances, and three trailers.]
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:56:02
- Main artists: Gorillaz
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company. ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group company.
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