Gorillaz
Studio album by Gorillaz
Released	March 26, 2001, (United Kingdom) April 24, 2001 and June 19, 2001 (United States)
Recorded	December 1, 1998 – 2000
Genre	Alternative rock Alternative hip hop Electronica Trip hop Britpop
Length	1:13:55
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 hit in the U.S., hitting #14 and selling over 6 million copies. Download high resolution version (945x945, 95 KB)Gorillaz first album (2001) This work is copyrighted. ... A studio album is a collection of studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... For the Gorillazs self-titled debut album, see Gorillaz (album). ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 114th day of the year (115th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 335th day of the year (336th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Alternative music redirects here. ... Alternative hip hop (also known as alternative rap) is a genre that is defined in greatly varying ways. ... Electronica refers to a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; but unlike electronic dance music, is not specifically focused on the dance floor. ... Trip hop (also known as the Bristol sound) is a term coined by United Kingdom dance magazine Mixmag, to describe a musical trend in the mid-1990s; trip hop is downtempo electronic music that grew out of Englands hip hop and house scenes. ... Britpop was a mid-1990s British alternative rock genre and movement. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Parlophone is a record label, founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company. ... Virgin Records was a British recording label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, and Nik Powell in 1972. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Dan the Automator Connell (born Daniel Connell in San Francisco, California in 1967) is an American hip-hop and rap producer most known for his work in the mid to late 1990s and early 2000s. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 4. ... musicOMH.com is a UK based webzine formed of music features, interviews and reviews of albums, singles, gigs, festivals, opera, theatre, music DVDs and films. ... Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork, is a United States-based daily Internet publication devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. ... Robert Christgau (born April 18, 1942), is an American essayist, music journalist, and the self-declared Dean of American Rock Critics.[1] In print, his name is sometimes abbreviated as Xgau. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article is about the magazine. ... For the Gorillazs self-titled debut album, see Gorillaz (album). ... Tomorrow Comes Today was the first release by the Gorillaz, issued as an EP in November 2000 (see 2000 in music). ... Alternate cover Cover with Noodle holding Bonsey G-Sides is a B-sides collection by Gorillaz, featuring the additional tracks from their first three singles and the Tomorrow Comes Today EP. Originally released only in Japan in late 2001, an official worldwide release came early the following year. ... An eponym is a person (real or fictitious) whose name has become identified with a particular object or activity. ... For the Gorillazs self-titled debut album, see Gorillaz (album). ... March 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December March 3 - A U.S. Air Force Materials Command C-23 Sherpa transport crashes during stormy weather in the U.S. state of Georgia, killing 21. ...

Album information

Throughout the album the band experiments with many combinations of genres, including hip-hop, rock, latin, punk and reggae. A genre is any of the traditional divisions of art forms from a single field of activity into various kinds according to criteria particular to that form. ... For other uses, see Hip hop (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Reggae is a music genre developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. ...

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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. Laika Come Home is a Gorillaz remix album released in July 2002 (see 2002 in music). ... A box set (sometimes referred to as a boxed set) is one or more musical recordings, films, television programs, or other collection of related things that are contained in a box. ... For other uses, see EMI (disambiguation). ...

The beginning of the song "M1A1" features a sound clip from the movie, Day of the Dead. Day of the Dead (also known as George A. Romeros Day of the Dead) is a horror film by director George A. Romero, and the third of five movies. ...

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The song "Clint Eastwood (Ed Case remix)" was used in a bump for PBS. Not to be confused with Public Broadcasting Services in Malta. ...

Reception

Professional reviews:

• Rolling Stone (6/21/01, p.78) - 3 stars out of 5 - "A playful piece of genre-squishing art pop. Inspired by the punky reggae parties of Sandinista!-era Clash....running with anything-goes avant-aesthetic."

• Spin (1/02, p.76) - Ranked #6 in Spin's "Albums of the Year 2001" - Spin (6/01, p.148) - 7 out of 10 -"A multiculti grasp of the sweetest kind....Easy on the ears because they know the difference between calling people up and casting them."

• Q (5/01, p.115) - 4 stars out of 5 - "With its creepily urban feel, and innocent, nursery-rhyme quality of the melodies, Gorillaz couldn't be further from a self-consciously arch 'art' supergroup."

• Alternative Press (2/02, p.65) - Ranked #15 in AP's "25 Best Albums of 2001" - Alternative Press (7/01, p.68) - 8 out of 10 -"Brilliant"

• Magnet (6-7/01, pp.89-90) - "Nothing short of sheer musical buggery."

• Muzik (5/01, p.66) - 5 out of 5 - "Genre-splicing, sample-collaging, spliffed-out hip hop...standing head and shoulders over anything Blur have ever achieved...and even overshadows much of Dan The Automator's recent output."

• Mojo (4/01, p.98) - "A funky...meld of dub, reggae, hip hop, world music, pop and thrash punk....Electric, upbeat, and actually very good."

• NME (12/29/01, p.59) - Ranked #48 in NME's 50 "Albums Of the Year 2001".

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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 (¿Qué Pasa Contigo?)" – 3:36
    • featuring Ibrahim Ferrer
13. "Starshine" – 3:31
14. "Slow Country" – 3:35
15. "M1 A1" – 3:55

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Bonus tracks

• "Clint Eastwood" (Ed Case remix, 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.

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Release

The album was released in various countries in 2001.