Gorillaz (album)
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| Studio album by Gorillaz | |||||
| Released | March 26, 2001 (UK) June 19, 2001 (US) | ||||
| Recorded | December 1, 1998 – 2000 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock, alternative hip-hop, electronica, trip-hop | ||||
| Length | 57:00 | ||||
| Label | Parlophone, Virgin | ||||
| Producer | Tom Girling, Jason Cox, Dan the Automator, Gorillaz | ||||
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Gorillaz is the eponymous debut album by Gorillaz, released in March 2001. It includes the singles "Clint Eastwood", "19-2000", "Rock the House" and "Tomorrow Comes Today". The album reached #3 in the UK, and was an unexpected massive hit in the U.S., hitting #14 and selling over 6 million copies.
Throughout the album the band experiments with many combinations of genres, including hip-hop, rock, latin, punk and reggae. Their next effort, Demon Days would be a more unified project.
Gorillaz was released as an Enhanced CD that includes a short movie and access to Murdoc's Winnebago via a download at murdocswinnebago.com, which is now accessible by simply going on the Kong Studios online tour.
In 2004, the album was packaged with 2002's Laika Come Home in a limited edition box set as part of EMI's "2CD Originals" collection.
Contents |
- "Re-Hash" – 3:38
- "5/4" – 2:41
- "Tomorrow Comes Today" – 3:13
- "New Genious (Brother)" – 3:57
- "Clint Eastwood" – 5:41
- featuring Del tha Funkee Homosapien
- "Man Research (Clapper)" – 4:29
- "Punk" – 1:36
- "Sound Check (Gravity)" – 4:40
- "Double Bass" – 4:44
- "Rock the House" – 4:09
- featuring Del tha Funkee Homosapien
- "19-2000" – 3:27
- "Latin Simone (Que Pasa Contigo)" – 3:36
- featuring Ibrahim Ferrer
- "Starshine" – 3:31
- "Slow Country" – 3:35
- "M1 A1" – 3:55
- "Clint Eastwood" (Ed Case refix, unindexed bonus track on nearly all releases) – 4:29
- "Dracula" (bonus track on U.S. release) – 3:42
- "Left Hand Suzuki Method" (bonus track on U.S. release) – 3:09
- "19-2000" (Soulchild remix, bonus track on European release and re-release) – 3:30
- "Tomorrow Comes Today" (EP) released before the album was released, a promo video was also released.
- "Clint Eastwood" was the first single from the album. It was released on March 4, 2001, just a few weeks before the album and peaked at #3 in the UK and #57 in the United States.
- "19-2000" was the second single, released in June 2001. Peaked at #6 in the UK charts.
- "Rock the House" was the third single, released in October 2001. Peaked at #18 in the UK charts.
- "Tomorrow Comes Today" was the fourth and final single from the album, released almost a year after the album, in February 2002. It peaked at #33 in the UK charts. A DVD, a white-label and a CD-single were released. Prior to the release of Gorillaz, "Tomorrow Comes Today" had been released as an EP on November 27, 2000.
The album was released in various countries in 2001.
| Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United Kingdom | March 26. 2001 | Parlophone | CD | 5311380 |
| LP | 5311381 | |||
| Japan | April 11, 2001 | Toshiba-EMI | CD | TOCP 65676 |
| United States | June 19, 2001 | Virgin Records America | CD | 7243 5 33748 0 8 |
- The beginning of the song "M1A1" features a sound clip from the movie, Day of the Dead.
- The song "Slow Country" features a sample from The Specials' 1981 single Ghost Town.
- The song "Man Research (Clapper)" features a sample from "In the Hall of the Mountain Queen" by Raymond Scott.
- The song "Clint Eastwood (Ed Case remix)" was used in a bump for PBS.
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| Band Members | 2D · Murdoc Niccals · Noodle · Russel Hobbs |
| Studio albums and EPs | Tomorrow Comes Today EP · Gorillaz · Demon Days |
| Remix and compliation albums | G-Sides · Laika Come Home · D-Sides |
| DVDs | Phase One: Celebrity Take Down · Demon Days Live · Phase Two: Slowboat to Hades |
| Singles | "Clint Eastwood" · "19-2000" · "Rock the House" · "911" · "Tomorrow Comes Today" · "Lil' Dub Chefin'" · "Feel Good Inc." · "Dare" · "Dirty Harry" · "Kids with Guns" / "El Mañana" · |
| Collaborators | Damon Albarn · Jamie Hewlett · Dan the Automator · Danger Mouse · Del tha Funkee Homosapien · Nelson De Freitas · Phil Cornwell · Haruka Kuroda · Remi Kabaka · Shaun Ryder · MF DOOM · Roots Manuva · Spacemonkeyz |
| Related articles | Discography · Blur · The Good, the Bad and the Queen · Monkey: Journey to the West · Passion Pictures · Untitled Gorillaz project (movie) · Gorilla Bitez · Rise of the Ogre · Bananaz · Kong Studios |