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Tracklist (CD)
| 1 | | Intro | | 1:03 | | 2 | | Last Living Souls | | 3:10 | | 3 | | Kids With Guns | | 3:45 | | 4 | | O Green World | | 4:31 | | 5 | | Dirty Harry | | 3:43 | | 6 | | Feel Good Inc. | | 3:41 | | 7 | | El Mañana | | 3:50 |
See more tracks| 8 | | Every Planet We Reach Is Dead | | 4:53 | | 9 | | November Has Come | | 2:41 | | 10 | | All Alone | | 3:30 | | 11 | | White Light | | 2:08 | | 12 | | Dare | | 4:04 | | 13 | | Fire Coming Out Of The Monkey's Head | | 3:16 | | 14 | | Don't Get Lost In Heaven | | 2:00 | | 15 | | Demon Days | | 4:28 |
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Review
Four years after Gorillaz' 2001 debut, is Damon Albarn's cartoon side project still worth the shtick? The answer is a qualified yes. Gorillaz' second studio album, Demon Days, is a hit-or-miss pastiche of art pop, hip-hop, dub and dance. Producer Dan "The Automator" Nakamura has been replaced by Jay-Z/Beatles remixer Danger Mouse, and he's taken the group into subtler, more layered territory, embracing piano, strings, choir music and Atari-style electronic blips. Demon Days doesn't really get going until the fifth track, "Dirty… Read More Harry," which pairs the Pharcyde's Booty Brown with electro-boogie beats and an angelic children's chorus. The single "Feel Good Inc." features De La Soul, a hot beat and a jaw-dropping video. The album's weirdest, artiest moment is "Fire Coming Out of a Monkey's Head," a deeply spooky spoken-word bit by Dennis Hopper. But, surprisingly, Albarn's vocals, phoned-in and incredibly flat, weigh the record down. Without the lush melodies that always balanced Blur's smartass cynicism with emotion, his voice becomes a downer. Once a brilliant way to free Albarn up, Gorillaz has become an all-too-cool facade for him to hide behind.
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