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Plastic Beach (CD/DVD) |  | Artist: Gorillaz
Label: Virgin Records
Category: Music
List Price: $24.98
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Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 8551
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5099962754828
ASIN: B0035G9ABG
Release Date: March 9, 2010
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Orchestral Intro (featuring Sinfonia ViVA) | | • | Welcome To The World Of The Plastic Beach (feat. Snoop Dogg & Hypnotic Brass Ensemble) | | • | White Flag (feat. Kano, Bashy & The National Orchestra For Arabic Music) | | • | Rhinestone Eyes | | • | Stylo (feat. Bobby Womack & Mos Def) | | • | Superfast Jellyfish (feat. Gruff Rhys & De La Soul) | | • | Empire Ants (feat. Little Dragon) | | • | Glitter Freeze (feat. Mark E Smith) | | • | Some Kind Of Nature (feat. Lou Reed) | | • | On Melancholy Hill | | • | Broken | | • | Sweepstakes (feat. Mos Def & Hypnotic Brass Ensemble) | | • | Plastic Beach (feat. Mick Jones & Paul Simonon) | | • | To Binge (feat. Little Dragon) | | • | Cloud Of Unknowing (feat. Bobby Womack and Sinfonia ViVA) | | • | Pirate Jet |
Disc 2
| • | 45-minute "making of" documentary (DVD) |
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Album Description
Deluxe version of Plastic Beach includes the standard 16-track CD as well as a 45-minute "making of" documentary DVD that provides online access to extra music, games and video.
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 A perfect buy August 25, 2010
Rachel
Plastic Beach may be my favorite Gorillaz album yet! It's unique blend of styles and moods are fantastic! The fact that this is also a very thoughtful album should not go unnoticed. The making of Plastic Beach DVD and the additional concept art this "experience edition" features was more than worth the extra money! A must have for any Gorillaz fan!
 Something different everytime August 3, 2010
H.B.
You can never accuse the Gorillaz camp of giving you the same thing over and over. Whether you like the music or not, this group always does a good job of keping you interested through various types of media and articles. In "Gorillaz UK" the group took a stand against the predictable, boring, garbage being pumped out by the music industry. They wanted to present something brand new and so it started that the world became addicted to music and videos that were not only dispalayed in an animated setting, but by an animated band. After that, "Demon Days" took aim at the violence and war that was being pushed on civillians who had nothing to do with the extremists, politicians, or oil companies that were causing destruction worldwide.
In "Plastic Beach" the Gorillaz put the spotlight on the earth's plague of polloution, and flips it by announcing the group has a new home on a private island which is completely comprised of litter. Tracks like "Some kind of Nature" and "Pirate Jet" highlight the rubbish. I'll focus on the music for this review as there is just too much publicity, videos, artwork, and sub-stories related to the release of "Plastic Beach" to comment on.
The album can described in a word as whimsical. The music is different from the last album just as the last album was different from it's prior version. The Brits have described this album as being more "pop" inspired than previous releases, but brit pop is a genre hard to define especially by other cultures. With tracks like "Glitter Freeze" paying homage to the Glitter Beat (A beat coined and named after the "Glitter Band") the listener will have to dig a little deeper to understand and apprecite the album, thereby forcing the fan to research and relate the music to the world of Gorillaz (Mission accomplished).
The Band's usual vocalist (2D, Albarn) takes a backseat ride on this album as 12 of the 16 tracks feture guest artists most of whom take the lead on the songs. This trend started on "Demon Days" but is more apparent on "Plastic Beach".
If you are not true Gorillaz fan and have no desire to waste time on the extensive plots and schemes of the Gorillaz, then you will probably hate this album. Die hard fans seem to love it. As a fan and a music enthusiast, The album seems to do to me what it does to most people who own it...grows on me. The more I listen to it, the more I appreciate it and find myself randomly humming, or singing under my voice, snippets from tracks that make no sense to the average person passing by (ie: "Super Fast Jellyfish"). Steal this album from your older brother and give it a listen over a few times before deciding on your own copy.
The Gorillaz (Damon Albarn and all his friends) still got it! July 27, 2010
S. Nnodim Jr.
After months of listening to the singles from the album on Youtube, I am proud to say that I've finally purchased the Plastic Beach album! As one of the best alternative acts of the last decade, The Gorillaz have been the consistently manufacturing classic tracks that I can repeat over and over and over. The Plastic Beach album is full of repeaters: Stylo, Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach, Rhinestone Eyes, Empire Ants, Broken, Melancholy Hill....basically the whole album. I am glad that I've finally purchased a piece of work from the Gorillaz and Amazon.com was a wonderful way in which to do so. A very happy customer I am.
Awesome album April 15, 2010
D. Lourd
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Hands down best Gorillaz album to date. I have to say I was very impressed. It's really a love/hate thing I think. You have to be a Gorillaz fan to enjoy it.
 It's Like a Tumor, It Grows on You (UPDATE: Buy the Cheaper Version) April 11, 2010
J. Pryzby
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
When I first got this CD and popped it into my computer to give it a listen, I wasn't impressed. The songs seemed forgettable, repetitive, and it just seemed like a just above mediocre CD. In a state of shock, I listened to it again on my iPod, and while it still wasn't my favorite CD, I found more little things I liked about it. I just kept listening to it to find more things that they put in there, and after a while, it became brilliant in my mind. Now, before I begin my analysis, I think you should know what the Gorillaz are. I'm not going to put a big description and waste space here, so just look them up on Wikipedia. Here we go!
1. Orchestral Intro: This is a nice little tune, I felt kind of like I was looking at a beach covered in syringes, plastic bags and other crap. Good show, Jamie/Damon.
2. Welcome to The World of The Plastic Beach: This is not a good way to start out the vocal songs. I guess the melody is fine, just really sleepy. And that seemed to have an effect on Snoop Doggy Dawg. I have a feeling he just crashed on the studio doorstep, and Damon Albarn just but him front of a mic with a lyric sheet, for him to speak at whatever point he wanted. Maybe I'm going a little harsh on him, but I'm just not fond of the track.
3. White Flag: I like this song. The rapping is really entertaining, and the flute(?) section sounds really cool. The backing beat, I could like more. It sounded like a drum looping machine. Still a very cool track, though.
4. Rhinestone Eyes: The first track with 2D/Damon's vocals. Finally! If you think he speak-sings in his other songs, you'll think he's just talking in this one. Frankly, I thought that it was a very good choice. A beautiful, calming song.
5. Stylo: There is some Controversy about this track. They have been accused of stealing the beginning of the song from Eddy Grant's 'Time Warp'. The tracks are similar for that part, although I'm not sure that 3 notes warrant a lawsuit. Regardless, I thought this was probably the best track all around, but the vocals were absolutely outstanding. Bobby Womack, Mos Def, and of course Damon were all really into the song. Also, the music video is quite nice. Shame it did not come with the 'Experience' edition.
6. Superfast Jellyfish: THis is the Weirdest track, and you can decide for yourself if that's good or not. I loved it, starting out like a breakfast commercial, and then getting deep-voiced rappers to sing about how much they love this treat for breakfast, and the little toys that come with it. Genius!
7. Empire Ants: This track starts out about as excited as a nerd having to sit through Batman and Robin. It starts off like another 'WTTWOTPB', but it gets better when Little Dragon joins in. Still a sleepy track, but ore interesting. At this point I realized the album had a recurring theme of a 'system', or 'machine'. Possibly representing an independent government being established? I don't know, all I know that this is just a fair track.
8. Glitter Freeze: This was my favorite track when I first heard the CD online (legally, mind you). But now it just sound like a lot of sirens. Bland.
9. Some Kind of Nature: People already seem to loving this one. And it's certainly a great song. It's another weird one like Jellyfish, but it fits in with the calm and worried feel of the other songs.
10. On Melancholy Hill: THis is another popular one, but I don't really understand what instruments they used for that warping sound that would be in teen pop songs back around 2000-2004. That doesn't make it a bad song, it just makes me think about listening to the radio back then.
11. Broken: This one sticks in my head sometimes, but there's nothing much to say. It's a good, but not great song.
12. Sweepstakes: I liked this song on my initial listening too, but I don't resent it as much as Glitter Freeze. It's pretty much just Mos Def chanting/rapping to a drum-machine, and unlike most Gorillaz songs it feels like you're not gaining anything from it. It just doesn't work.
13. Plastic Beach: Ah, the title song. The one that is expected to be a hit by piggybacking off of he CD's name, but really just ends up being a B-Side. THis is no exception to that. 'Casio on the Plastic Beach'? Really? That's the chorus?
14. To Binge: Sounds like we're getting back on track! How many songs are left? ...2? Whatever. I enjoy this track. While the 'drum machine' songs suffered from their simplicity, this one actually exceeds expectations from it. It's like a folk song, and Little Dragon is fantastic again. I'll have to see what they've released.
15. Cloud of Unknowing: Bobby Womack, you seem really talented. But I'm not sure that this is the best song for you. It's not that you're bad! It's just that this sounds kind of like an old man reminiscing about a song from his youth. You're still great.
16. Pirate Jet: This one sounds more like the Gorillaz from Demon Days. It's a nice way to end the CD, but I'm not sure how I would have felt if it was placed somewhere else.
So there you have it! A solid effort from Gorillaz, if not as good as Demon Days. Looking forward to the music videos!
EDIT: I've spent even more time with this, and I have to say, it's not worth the money to buy the "Experience" version. I expected to get exclusive streaming events, but all I got was a digital booklets, some desktops, and a cool screensaver. Album gets an 8.5, the DVD and experience drag it down to a 6.
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