Plastic Beach

[RentCavalier]

Anyone else gotten hold of the new Gorrilaz album? I've been bumping it for two days now and I'm loving the hell out of it. One of the freshest, funnest albums I've heard in years. That sums up my longer review here:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/ ... stic-Beach

Anyone else gotten it?

[Shellie]

NPR had it streaming for free and I checked it out then. Pretty good, different from other Gorrilaz stuff, but I wish it was more of them instead of other featured artists. Overall a good album though.

[bovine]

It's an alright album. I grabbed it and the broken bells at the same time and much prefer the broken bells.

[ManaMan]

I DLed it from iTunes (my wife is a huge Gorillaz fan) and I've enjoyed it so far. I really haven't listened to it enough to really absorb it yet though.

It's an alright album. I grabbed it and the broken bells at the same time and much prefer the broken bells.

What's this Broken Bells business?

[Flip]

I like The High Road by The Broken Bells, havent heard anything else. I've become such a non-album person with the advent of buying songs individually. Kinda sad, really.

[Mully]

♪♫When I feel heavy metal, and I'm pins and I needles.♪♫

[SineSwiper]

Just like to point out that this album is horrible. I was already fearful when I saw the track list. People only spend that much money on extra talent when they have a huge budget and don't feel like being creative enough to actually create something decent. It's like Damon Albarn couldn't be bothered to be vocalist on most of the album.

I mean, Snoop Dogg? Seriously? I only liked the songs near the middle of the album. Some of the artists added to the music (like they did on the other albums), but for the most part, the only good songs are the ones with without featured artists.

This whole thing reminds me of that Linkin Park / Jay-Z album.

[RentCavalier]

Just like to point out that this album is horrible. I was already fearful when I saw the track list. People only spend that much money on extra talent when they have a huge budget and don't feel like being creative enough to actually create something decent. It's like Damon Albarn couldn't be bothered to be vocalist on most of the album.

I mean, Snoop Dogg? Seriously? I only liked the songs near the middle of the album. Some of the artists added to the music (like they did on the other albums), but for the most part, the only good songs are the ones with without featured artists.

This whole thing reminds me of that Linkin Park / Jay-Z album.

Fuck you, Snoop Dogg's the shit. He's not even a sell-out, he's just a stoner who occassionally makes a record or three. Plus he has probably the best voice in hip-hop. It's like having liquified cool dripped into your ear.

And I refute your claims about the vocals. Gorrilaz has never been a vocally-driven band, outside of just the basic sound of Albarn's voice. The lyrics are usually pretty nonsensical and, I mean, look at their albums. Most of their songs are instrumental, or headed by another vocalist, usually a rapper. Gorrilaz has never been about lyrics or Albarn himself--it's a sound collection that produces the desired imagery without words to clutter the way, or with only a few words to guide the brain.

I mean, if you dislike the more hip-hop vibe of the album, that's alright. I really dig it, because the sounds are much crisper and the songs seem far better organized and constructed that any previous Gorrilaz effort. The generally lighter tone also serves as a nice counterpoint to the rather pessimistic Demon Days album.

And, honestly, it's like an evolution off D-Sides, rather then off Demon Days itself. D-Sides is even less lyrical/vocalist driven than Plastic Beach, and most certainly is composed of more experimental songs, likely ones they toyed with before figuring out what the album's tone was going to be. Plastic Beach is the way they might have taken, but decided not to. In fact, I'd argue that it even incorporates lessons learned from Demon Days and improves upon its faults (less repetetive songs, cleaner sound, more variety). I bet Plastic Beach's B-sides (P-sides? Lol) will be even better than D-sides.

[SineSwiper]

I'm sorry, but Snoop Dogg lost all street cred (or any respect at all) for creating this piece of shit.

[SineSwiper]

And this. Fucking sell out. He'll put his face on anything. I'm waiting for him to put his face on a box of cereal, or a orange juice commercial.

[Eric]

Snoop can do no wrong.