Gorillaz (album)

Gorillaz
Studio album by Gorillaz
Released	March 26, 2001 (UK) June 19, 2001 (US)
Recorded	December 1, 1998 – 2000
Genre	Alternative rock Alternative hip hop Electronica Trip hop Britpop
Length	57:00
Label	Parlophone, Virgin
Producer	Tom Girling, Jason Cox, Dan the Automator, Gorillaz
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link musicOMH.com (favorable) link Pitchfork Media (7.0/10) 2001 Robert Christgau link Rolling Stone (favourable) 2001
Gorillaz chronology
Tomorrow Comes Today (2000) Gorillaz (2001) G-Sides (2002)

Gorillaz is the eponymous debut album by Gorillaz, released in March 2001. It includes the singles "Clint Eastwood", "19-2000", "Rock the House" and "Tomorrow Comes Today". The album reached #3 in the UK, and was an unexpected massive hit in the U.S., hitting #14 and selling over 6 million copies. Throughout the album the band experiments with many combinations of genres, including hip-hop, rock, latin, punk and reggae. Their next effort, Demon Days would be a more unified project. Gorillaz was released as an Enhanced CD that includes a short movie and access to Murdoc's Winnebago via a download at murdocswinnebago.com, which is now accessible by simply going on the Kong Studios online tour. In 2004, the album was packaged with 2002's Laika Come Home in a limited edition box set as part of EMI's "2CD Originals" collection.

Track listing

1. "Re-Hash" – 3:38
2. "5/4" – 2:41
3. "Tomorrow Comes Today" – 3:13
4. "New Genious (Brother)" – 3:57
5. "Clint Eastwood" – 5:41
   • featuring Del tha Funkee Homosapien
6. "Man Research (Clapper)" – 4:29
7. "Punk" – 1:36
8. "Sound Check (Gravity)" – 4:40
9. "Double Bass" – 4:44
10. "Rock the House" – 4:09
    • featuring Del tha Funkee Homosapien
11. "19-2000" – 3:27
12. "Latin Simone (Que Pasa Contigo)" – 3:36
    • featuring Ibrahim Ferrer
13. "Starshine" – 3:31
14. "Slow Country" – 3:35
15. "M1 A1" – 3:55

Bonus tracks

• "Clint Eastwood" (Ed Case refix, unindexed bonus track on nearly all releases) – 4:29
• "Dracula" (bonus track on U.S. release) – 3:42
• "Left Hand Suzuki Method" (bonus track on U.S. release) – 3:09
• "19-2000" (Soulchild remix, bonus track on European release and re-release) – 3:30

Singles and EPs

• "Tomorrow Comes Today" (EP) released before the album was released, a promo video was also released.
• "Clint Eastwood" was the first single from the album. It was released on March 4, 2001, just a few weeks before the album and peaked at #3 in the UK and #57 in the United States.
• "19-2000" was the second single, released in June 2001. Peaked at #6 in the UK charts.
• "Rock the House" was the third single, released in October 2001. Peaked at #18 in the UK charts.
• "Tomorrow Comes Today" was the fourth and final single from the album, released almost a year after the album, in February 2002. It peaked at #33 in the UK charts. A DVD, a white-label and a CD-single were released. Prior to the release of Gorillaz, "Tomorrow Comes Today" had been released as an EP on November 27 2000.

Release

The album was released in various countries in 2001.

Trivia

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• The beginning of the song "M1A1" features a sound clip from the movie, Day of the Dead.
• The song "Slow Country" features a sample from The Specials' 1981 single Ghost Town.
• The song "Man Research (Clapper)" features a sample from "In the Hall of the Mountain Queen" by Raymond Scott.
• The song "Clint Eastwood (Ed Case remix)" was used in a bump for PBS.