Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

[debaserr]

Originally Posted by nylonsmile

I'm a pretty loyal fan, but honestly I feel disappointed. I rushed to listen to the album when it was first release, and after my first listen I was shocked that I could barely remember any standout songs, or really.....anything I wanted to listen to again, at all. After several other listens the result was the same. I've had the album in my music folder for well over a month now and have not touched it since. I hope they'll redeem themselves whenever they come out with their next.

i gave it a few shots when i got it too. havent listened to for about a month. even the song I thought I liked(superfast jellyfish) i don't enjoy anymore. i think maybe I was convincing myself to like it.

[pourmeanother]

Originally Posted by Piss Me Off

It's very much a grower. Barely anything in the way of catchy pop singles but it's experimental edge still makes it interesting for me, that and its a music hall of fame in itself. It must be said it isn't a patch on the other albums though

Just listened to it for the first time in a month and a half, and grower is a good way to describe it. I'd even up my vote to "Very Good" now instead of "Average". I mean, it's still not brilliant, but it's kicked up a few pegs in my book. More than half the songs are definitely listenable, and only a few real duds in my opinion.

[Dmizz]

I really enjoy this album took a few listens though

[Exeggcute :3]

Yes, this album is definitely a grower. Now that I've had the time to listen to it a lot you realise that there are a lot of great songs on here. Rhinestone Eyes, Superfast Jellyfish, Empire Ants, Glitter Freeze, Some Kind Of Nature, On Melancholy Hill, Plastic Beach are all fantastic songs. There are still songs that I do find disappointing, white flag for example, but in general, I think it's great

[Unrelenting]

You can tell on Demon Days that he was going in this direction

[Roland]

Damon Albarn is an absolute god!

[Gavin B.]

I finally got around to downloading Plastic Beach when Amazon had the album download version on sale at $5 yesterday. Purchasing this album wasn't a big priority for me but I knew I'd probably buy it eventually because of the deluge of media attention it's received.

The two songs featuring Little Dragon clicked immediately with me because their my favorite electronica band aside from the Knife and it's offshoot "sister" band Fever Ray.

As I listened to the rest of the songs I found a lot to like about it. In fact I like Plastic Beach better than all three the Gorillaz releases because it a more musically diverse effort. I really liked the way they blended the Bollywood musical modality with hip hop on White Flag.. Rhinstone Eyes has that same relaxed downtempo, hynotic groove feel that made Clint Eastwood so appealing. The title song, Plastic Beach, is a worthy reteaming of Clash bandmates Mick Jones and Paul Simonon. Both Jones and Simonon have fallen under the radar over the past decade and it would be nice see them do more outings to the studio, with or without each other.

That being said, Gorilliaz's earlier albums wore thin after a dozen or so spins & I'm usually wary of albums that seduce me so easily as this one has. Those things about Plastic Beach that charm me in July, may well be the things that annoy me about Plastic Beach by September.

Gorillaz does deserve recognition for maintaining a left-of-center musical approach and building a much larger audience for more exotic forms of electronica and hip hop. Featuring Little Dragon an esoteric Swedish acid jazz/lounge/trip hop band that is pretty much unknown outside of the Europop music scene, is a magnanimous gesture coming from a first tier internationally popular band like Gorillaz.

[Braxise]

Listened to it once thought it was a cool album. Threw it on late at night seem to fit the eerie insomniac vibe In fact it kind of reminded me of pink floyd in that sense. while there were no songs that you can really pick out and say were great i thought it made excellent "background music"

[Connair]

At first i was somewhat shocked. I didn't really listen to if for a while but a couple days i slapped it in and it's really grown on me i have to say. It definately doesn't have the same feel as demon days but man its a gem in itself.

[scottsy]

I really oughta listen to it... if anyone has a copy of it they can upload... i absolutely love Blur, but for some reason for me, the Gorillaz stuff never really stuck in my mind, and i don't really know why... I presume I didn't give it the same level of listener effort, to be honest.