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[Kowalski]

New album is streaming here:

http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=124114812&m=124115224

No shortage of interesting guests on the album:

   1. Orchestral Intro
   2. Welcome To The World Of The Plastic Beach (feat. Snoop Dogg)
   3. White Flag (feat. Kano & Bashy)
   4. Rhinestone Eyes
   5. Stylo (feat. Bobby Womack and Mos Def)
   6. Superfast Jellyfish' (feat. Gruff Rhys and De La Soul)
   7. Empire Ants (feat. Little Dragon)
   8. Glitter Freeze (feat. Mark E Smith)
   9. Some Kind Of Nature(feat. Lou Reed)
  10. On Melancholy Hill
  11. Broken
  12. Sweepstakes (feat. Mos Def & Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)
  13. Plastic Beach (feat. Mick Jones & Paul Simonon)
  14. To Binge (feat. Little Dragon)
  15. Cloud Of Unknowing (feat. Bobby Womack)
  16. Pirate Jet

[manc_don]

Nice one Kow!

[Sharpie]

Unsure. Too many star guests, nothing startling music wise. An album too far perhaps.

[scotfree]

Unsure. Too many star guests, nothing startling music wise. An album too far perhaps.

+1

[Ptayles]

I think its quite a shit album. No way in hell should they have made another one after the last 2

[bilbobaggins]

This probably isn't that helpful but IMO they shouldn't have bothered making one album let alone three.

[glasgowdon]

This probably isn't that helpful but IMO they shouldn't have bothered making one album let alone three.

Easily his worst project.

[dave_min]

This probably isn't that helpful but IMO they shouldn't have bothered making one album let alone three.

Agreed.

If he goes back to any of his projects, i'd like him to go back to The Good, The Bad & The Queen, and even then, it's prob best that they left it on a high.

[Kowalski]

The album's a grower for me.
"Superfast Jellyfish" with Gruff Rhys (could have come straight off the Neon Neon album) and the Lou Reed one "Some Kind of Nature" are excellent.  On Melancholy Hill probably best on album.

"White Flag" is terrible.

[stubo72]

Listened to the album on myspace.

A couple of good tracks and a whole lot of generic 'brit-hop' filler.

So, much the same as every other Gorillaz album.

Not sure why some folk in the meedja have been giving this one rave reviews - is the rest of modern music really that shit at the moment? Or is it the fact that it has some classical guff at the beginning and a few properly stellar guests...?

5/10 IMO

[Cowie]

Meh. That's all I'm saying...

Thought Stylo sounded ok in the gym - which prompted a listen to the whole album - its not bad, but its not that good either.

[scotfree]

I'm starting to get in to it now.
Still some shite on it though.
I like Broken,Empire Ants and On Melancholy Hill.

[Kowalski]

I'm starting to get in to it now.
Still some shite on it though.
I like Broken,Empire Ants and On Melancholy Hill.

I think it's a brilliant album, so diverse and eclectic.  Amazing to think somebody 20 years into his career can produce his finest record outside of Blur.