i rated it 'very good'. i've been a huge fan of damon albarn's since the blur days and i loved 'the good, the bad and the queen' and the soundtrack to 'ravenous' but i was kind of meh on gorillaz until this album. it's the first one i've actually bothered to buy and really got into and the first one where the whole cartoon gimmick didn't overshadow the actual music. it doesn't live up to what i consider his best work (namely 'parklife', 'think tank', 'the good, the bad and the queen' and 'ravenous') but it's up there.
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