Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

Stone Birds · 04-06-2010, 05:01 PM

is it me or is "To Binge" simply just an alternate to "Dare"?
it's not bad i'm just confused i think Damon Albarn lost a lot of his creativity when it came to this album not just this song, but pretty much the entire album even the couple songs i liked don't have that much creativity from damon

GuitarBizarre · 04-07-2010, 06:18 PM

Poor album. Sounds like albarn wrote half the music just to get something down, then decided he couldn't be bothered to sort the wheat from the chaff. Its little more than a weak collection of collaborators, very little uniqueness in here.

slimfire · 04-15-2010, 12:07 PM

eh, doesn't really do it for me.

Landon · 04-15-2010, 02:21 PM

Quite surprised at the reaction here, I think it is excellent, but I wasn't a fan of the Gorillaz before this album, so that might have something to do with it. There is a unnecessarily amount of other artists on this album though, but thats the only fault I have with it.

Highwayman · 04-15-2010, 05:18 PM

I said average. I feel like this one's a bit more experimental than the last two. But as far as the tunes themselves are concerned, they're a bit ehhh. Not bad. Not great. But average.
I'm gonna have to give it another listen, I think. I really like their first album and the second was pretty alright too.

duga · 04-15-2010, 05:31 PM

The album as a whole is definitely not as consistent as the other 2, but I like it just for Empire Ant. That songs gives me chills.

Alo · 04-15-2010, 06:13 PM

Only listened to it once now, but my mind just kept wandering. There's a little too much rap for my taste, and it seemed to lack originality, and it just didn't flow as nicely as the other albums, where did the funk go? Where did the bass go?

I'll try for a bit more, reading the posts in this thread, it tends to grow on people, so lets see what happens.

Stone Birds · 04-15-2010, 06:54 PM

i think we can officially call this album a fail

duga · 04-15-2010, 07:02 PM

Not really...I've seen quite a range of responses. No one has said it is the best thing ever, but not everyone has said its totally horrid, either.

Phantom Limb · 04-17-2010, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Highwayman

I really like their first album and the second was pretty alright too.

Yeah, I have very fond memories of their first album, and I also think that their second album was sorta mediocre. I really haven't decided whether or not to download Plastic Beach or not, but judging by everyone else's opinion I might forego it.

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04-06-2010, 05:01 PM	#31 (permalink)
Stone Birds myspace.com/stonebirdies Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Conor Oberst Was/is Here Posts: 1,401	is it me or is "To Binge" simply just an alternate to "Dare"? it's not bad i'm just confused i think Damon Albarn lost a lot of his creativity when it came to this album not just this song, but pretty much the entire album even the couple songs i liked don't have that much creativity from damon __________________ Silk & Tree Records //\\//\\/\\/\/\/\\\\\\\\///\/\/\/\/\\////\/\\\\\///\V //\\//\\/\\/\/\/\\\\\\\\///\/\/\/\/\\////\/\\\\\///\V soundcloud.com/stonebirds [Link removed by mod, no advertising] ... Damn those mods are always gettin ya :) Last edited by Stone Birds; 04-06-2010 at 05:07 PM.

04-15-2010, 05:18 PM	#35 (permalink)
Highwayman Thinkforyourself. Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: USA Posts: 114	I said average. I feel like this one's a bit more experimental than the last two. But as far as the tunes themselves are concerned, they're a bit ehhh. Not bad. Not great. But average. I'm gonna have to give it another listen, I think. I really like their first album and the second was pretty alright too. __________________ Soft silly music is meaningful, magical. - NMH

04-15-2010, 05:31 PM	#36 (permalink)
duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	The album as a whole is definitely not as consistent as the other 2, but I like it just for Empire Ant. That songs gives me chills. __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...

04-15-2010, 06:13 PM	#37 (permalink)
Alo Scarf Join Date: May 2006 Location: Brighton, UK Posts: 715	Only listened to it once now, but my mind just kept wandering. There's a little too much rap for my taste, and it seemed to lack originality, and it just didn't flow as nicely as the other albums, where did the funk go? Where did the bass go? I'll try for a bit more, reading the posts in this thread, it tends to grow on people, so lets see what happens. __________________ I rocked my shoelaces untied

04-15-2010, 12:07 PM	#33 (permalink)
slimfire Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Washington Posts: 52	eh, doesn't really do it for me.

04-15-2010, 02:21 PM	#34 (permalink)
Landon Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: The Emerald Isle Posts: 145	Quite surprised at the reaction here, I think it is excellent, but I wasn't a fan of the Gorillaz before this album, so that might have something to do with it. There is a unnecessarily amount of other artists on this album though, but thats the only fault I have with it.

04-15-2010, 06:54 PM	#38 (permalink)
Stone Birds myspace.com/stonebirdies Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Conor Oberst Was/is Here Posts: 1,401	i think we can officially call this album a fail __________________ Silk & Tree Records //\\//\\/\\/\/\/\\\\\\\\///\/\/\/\/\\////\/\\\\\///\V //\\//\\/\\/\/\/\\\\\\\\///\/\/\/\/\\////\/\\\\\///\V soundcloud.com/stonebirds [Link removed by mod, no advertising] ... Damn those mods are always gettin ya :)

04-15-2010, 07:02 PM	#39 (permalink)
duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	Not really...I've seen quite a range of responses. No one has said it is the best thing ever, but not everyone has said its totally horrid, either. __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...