The Good, the Bad and the Queen is the debut album by an unnamed alternative rock band released in January 2007.^[1][2] The album debuted at #2 in the UK Albums Chart and was certified gold in the United Kingdom within days of its release despite a small degree of media recognition and airplay (see 2007 in British music).^[3] In the United States, the album entered the Billboard 200 at #49. Image File history File links TheGoodtheBadandtheQueen. ... A studio album is a collection of previously unreleased, studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... Damon Albarn, (born March 23, 1968 in Leytonstone, London), is an English singer-songwriter who gained fame as the lead singer of rock band Blur. ... Tony Oladipo Allen (born August 12, 1940 in Lagos, Nigeria. ... Paul Simonon (born December 15, 1955 in Brixton, London, England) is best known as the bass guitar player for punk rock band The Clash. ... 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The project is a collaboration between Damon Albarn (Blur and Gorillaz), Paul Simonon (The Clash), Simon Tong (The Verve) and Tony Allen (Fela Kuti), qualifying the yet unnamed band as a supergroup under the current definition. Damon Albarn, (born March 23, 1968 in Leytonstone, London), is an English singer-songwriter who gained fame as the lead singer of rock band Blur. ... Blur are an English rock band formed in Colchester in 1989. ... Gorillaz is a virtual band created in 1999 by Damon Albarn of Britpop band Blur, and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl. ... Paul Simonon (born December 15, 1955 in Brixton, London, England) is best known as the bass guitar player for punk rock band The Clash. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Simon Tong a British a musican, a school friend of Richard Ashcroft, Simon Jones and Peter Salisbury played with the The Verve on Urban Hymns and replaced Nick McCabe. ... Not to be confused with The Verve Pipe. ... Tony Oladipo Allen (born August 12, 1940 in Lagos, Nigeria. ... Fela Anikulapo Kuti (born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti, October 15, 1938 - August 2, 1997), or simply Fela, was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, pioneer of Afrobeat music, human rights activist, and political maverick. ...

Although The Good, The Bad and the Queen was initially reported as a solo album by Albarn with Danger Mouse producing, NME revealed in late July 2006 that the solo project had been switched to a new group formed by Albarn.^[4] Brian Joseph Burton, better known by his stage name Danger Mouse, is an American artist and producer. ... Not to be confused with the Canadian music magazine Music Express The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a populist music magazine in the United Kingdom which has been published weekly since March 1952. ... Early elections in November are announced in the Netherlands. ...

The Good, the Bad and the Queen is in one sense a concept album, as its songs are all themed around modern life in London.^[5] It was described by Damon Albarn as "a song cycle that's also a mystery play about London" in an interview with the magazine Mojo. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Damon Albarn, (born March 23, 1968 in Leytonstone, London), is an English singer-songwriter who gained fame as the lead singer of rock band Blur. ... A song cycle is a group of songs designed to be performed in sequence as a single entity. ... Mystery plays are among the earliest formally developed plays in medieval Europe. ... Mojo is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. ...

Album history

The band, which formed in 2006, released their first single, "Herculean" on October 30, 2006. The single followed the band's appearance at the BBC's Electric Proms season at the redeveloped Roundhouse in Camden on October 26, in which they performed the entirety of the album.^[4] Three warm-up gigs in East Prawle at the Pig's Nose Inn,^[6] Ilfracombes Marlboro Club and The Exeter Cavern Club preceded their gig on the BBC's Electric Proms, where the album was performed in order with two other songs inserted, "Intermission Jam" and "Mr. Whippy"; the latter was a B-side for "Herculean". For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Herculean is the forthcoming debut single by Damon Albarns new group The Good, the Bad and the Queen. ... October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 62 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... The British Broadcasting Corporation,which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... Electric Proms logo Electric Proms is a music festival held for the first time in London during October and November 2006. ... The Roundhouse was built in 1847 as a turntable engine shed for the London and Birmingham Railway at Chalk Farm (near Camden Town), in London, England. ... Camden Town is an area of North London, England, in the London Borough of Camden. ... October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation,which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... Electric Proms logo Electric Proms is a music festival held for the first time in London during October and November 2006. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

The track listing was originally unveiled and commented upon by Damon Albarn and Paul Simonon in an interview in the November 2006 issue of UNCUT.^[7]. The second major gig of the band's career took place on 12th December 2006, at Wilton's Music Hall in East London. It was witnessed by 300 specially selected fans, as the launch gig of MySpace's The List. The band released their first Top 20 single, "Kingdom of Doom", a week prior to the release of the album.^[8] In April, "Green Fields" was released as the third single from the album and debuted at #51 in its first week.^[9] UNCUT Special Issue on Queen. ... The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ... Kingdom of Doom is a song by Damon Albarns alternative rock band The Good, the Bad and the Queen. ... blah ...

On April 4, 2007, The Good, the Bad and the Queen became the first EMI album to be made available for download in the new DRM-free, high quality MP3 format (320 kbps).^[10] It was also the first EMI record to be released DRM-free on iTunes. Digital rights management (DRM) is an umbrella term referring to technologies used by publishers or copyright owners to control access to or usage of digital data or hardware, and to restrictions associated with a specific instance of a digital work or device. ... A kilobit per second (kbit/s or kbps or kBaud) is a unit of data transfer rate equal to 1,000 bits per second. ...

Future plans

Damon Albarn talked to NME in early March 2007 and discussed the band's future plans, which include a recording session in early September intended to produce a release not long after that: "We're going to do another whole recording session in early September. It will be totally different, more funky. We'll try to get it out in early autumn."^[11] Not to be confused with the Canadian music magazine Music Express The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a populist music magazine in the United Kingdom which has been published weekly since March 1952. ...

Track listing

All songs written by Damon Albarn. Damon Albarn, (born March 23, 1968 in Leytonstone, London), is an English singer-songwriter who gained fame as the lead singer of rock band Blur. ...

1. "History Song" - 3:05
2. "'80s Life" - 3:28
3. "Northern Whale" - 3:54
4. "Kingdom of Doom" - 2:42
5. "Herculean" - 3:59
6. "Behind the Sun" - 2:38
7. "The Bunting Song" - 3:47
8. "Nature Springs" - 3:10
9. "A Soldier's Tale" - 2:30
10. "Three Changes" - 4:15
11. "Green Fields" - 2:26
12. "The Good, the Bad and the Queen" - 7:00

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Bonus DVD

1. "Nature Springs" (live at the Tabernacle)^[12]
2. "The Bunting Song" (live at the Tabernacle)
3. "The Good, The Bad And The Queen" (live at the Tabernacle)
4. "A Soldier's Tale" (rehearsal footage)
5. "The Good, The Bad and The Queen" (interview)

Singles

"Herculean" 30 October 2006 UK #22

"Kingdom of Doom" 15 January 2007 UK #20

"Green Fields" 2 April 2007 UK #51

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Other releases

"Live from Soho" iTunes Exclusive EP April 3, 2007

"The Bunting Song (Acoustic Version)" "Warm and Scratchy" May 2007

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Musicians

• Damon Albarn - Lead Vocals & Keyboards
• Paul Simonon - Bass and Backing Vocals
• Simon Tong - Guitar
• Tony Allen - Drums
• Danger Mouse - Percussion (4), Synths (5,12)
• James Dring - Programming
• Choir (5) - Harry Christophers, Julia Doyle, Grace Davidson, Kirsty Hopkin, Charlotte Mobbs, Andrew Olleson, Ian Aitkenhead, David Clegg, Christopher Royall, Adrian Lowe, Ben Rayfield, Mark Dobell, Simon Berridge, James Holliday, Julian Empett, Sam Evans
• Violins - Antonia Pagulatos (5,6,8,9,10,12), Gillon Cameron (6,10), Sally Jackson (5,8,9,12), Alice Pratley (5,8,9,12)
• Violas - Emma Owens (6,10), Stella Page (5,6,8,9,10,12), Amanda Drummond (5,8,9,12)
• Cello - Izzi Dunn (5,6,8,9,10,12)
• Double Basses - Al Mobbs (5,6,8,9,10,12), Emma Smith (6,10)

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Release details

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References

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External links

• The Good, the Bad and the Queen - official website.
• thegoodthebadandthequeen.net
• The Good, the Bad and the Queen at MySpace.