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Title: Demon Days
Condition: New
Format: CD
Artist: Gorillaz
No Of Discs: 1
EAN: 0094631168826
Description: PRODUKTBESCHREIBUNGEN
KURZBESCHREIBUNG
This European version features the CD & a bonus VCD. a side project doesn't usually hit gold, especially when said project is a quirky virtual collective fronted by cartoon characters. But the first, self-titled album by Gorillaz-the brainchild of illustrator Jamie Hewlett and Blur frontman Damon Albarn-actually hit platinum and turned into a surprise worldwide hit. Naturally expectations were a lot higher for Gorillaz's sophomore effort, but Demon Days actually is even better than it's predecessor. With producer Dan "the Automator" Nakamura gone, Albarn, a.k.a. 2D, has paired up with DJ Danger Mouse (responsible for the infamous Grey Album that illegally mixed the Beatles and Jay-Z) to steer the musical ship, while a whole new slew of guests enlivens the proceedings. Albarn has described Demon Days as being darker, but there's a real kooky dance-party vibe coursing through the CD. Despite it's somber tone, 'Kids with Guns' is lifted by a killer bass line, for instance, while the catchy first single, 'Feel Good Inc', is augmented by an appealing contribution from de la Soul. Other noteworthy guests include Roots Manuva and Tricky collaborator Martina Topley-Bird on the dubby 'All Alone' and Happy Mondays singer Shaun Ryder on the bouncy 'Dare'. And yet it's a 69-year-old actor who gets to deliver the most baffling contribution-just listen to Dennis Hopper's spoken-word narrative on 'Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head'. This edition features the original 15 tracks plus the bonus VCD that features the music videos for 'Feel Good Inc' & 'Dare'. EMI. 2005.

AMAZON
Auf zur zweiten Runde im Comic-Land der unangepassten Kinder. Blur-Sänger Damon Albarn macht mit seiner Snoopy-Simpsons-Truppe Gorillaz auf Demon Days haargenau dass, was er will. Immer gegen den Strich, immer gegen die Erwartung. Was vordergründig fröhlich klingt, ist dann doch bitterböse, wie etwa das scheinbar harmlose Kinderliedchen Kids With Guns oder Dirty Harry mit dem lieblichen Kinderchor zum Frühzeit-Hiphop, oder auch andersherum. Dare, von ihm selbst als Mischung aus Madonna und The Clash umrissen, entpuppt mit dem Manchester-Rave-Impresario Shaun Ryder unter der Dance-Oberfläche als ziemlich zynisch, die kitschig angelegte Ballade Every Planet We Reach Is Dead kippt dank Klirrfaktor und Human-League-Elektronik ins Absurde. Überraschend einfallsreich auch Dont Get Lost In Heaven, die ausgefeilte, fast zärtliche Hommage an Brian Wilson

Unter den vielen Gästen wie Ike Turner oder Neneh Cherry tun sich vor allem Schauspieler-Bösewicht Dennis Hopper als knorriger Erzähler des seltamen Sci-Fi-Märchens Fire Coming Out Of The Monkeys Head hervor, Trash-Voodoo vom feinsten. Und natürlich De La Soul auf der poppigen, funkigen Single Feel Good Inc., ein feiner Kontrast zu Albarns geschliffenem Gesang. Kein Fastfood, sondern Comic mit Köpfchen und Kanten. -- Ingeborg Schober
Country/Region of Manufacture: Deutschland
Record Label: Parlophone (EMI)

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