Plastic Beach

Gorillaz is one of those bands you can`t look for a next album from. They`re not yet an alternative group of any genre-just alternative because they make on any case of medicine and do it well. I was beyond happy when I launch out they were coming out with another album and like Demon Days, I was queer what the title stood for. Gorillaz does a phenomenal job at storytelling and it`s amazing how they change from another genre to the future without ruining the concept.

The album starts off with a soft orchestral intro. This is the real claim of the inaugural course of the album but it`s really a preview of the iTunes and Japanese bonus track "Pirate`s Progress". I`ve listened to it and it`s definitely the most stood-out track of the album if you admit it. A lot of listeners won`t be surprised by these tracks of orchestra but the band can do it and did.

Now what I think is the honest intro is "Welcome to the Existence of the Plastic Beach" featuring more surprising than "Orchestral Intro", Snoop Dogg! It`s good to say he`s one of the most known musicians ever to be on a Gorillaz album. I personally aren`t much of a fan of Snoop`s latest work than his `90s work like Doggystyle and early 2000s material but he had it down pat on this track. I`ve never heard him flow this smooth like this-some may mean he would ruin anything that had to do with Gorillaz but set to eat your words. I know the westside styled synthesizers included and this call is unquestionably one of the highlights of Plastic Beach.

Next is "White Flag" featuring British rappers, Bashy and Kano. But the what steals the call is the Arabic intro and background-if Music of Lebanon wasn`t involved, this would a mediocre track. I make no idea who this rappers are but I think it`s good to say it`s a pity we don`t here hip-hop like this much.

"Rhinestone Eyes" is lead with 2D singing alone. It`s form of heavy to excuse this song except theirs nothing bad to say about it. It`s in no way a filler on the album and a "rhinestone" (no pun intended) of the album.

Plastic Beach`s 1st single, "Stylo" featuring Mos Def and Bobby Womack comes along. It`s one of those tracks like Demon Days where you make to mind to a few times to enjoy it. It`s not a song for the clubs but it`s also not one to be on Billboard`s Hot 100. With that said, once you see the music video, you`ll love this 5x more than before but all of Gorillaz videos would win you over anyway.

The album`s 2nd single is "Superfast Jellyfish" featuring featuring De La Soul and Gruff Rhys. This strain is as humorous as to think rappers would talk some things like this. This track is pretty much about crappy food with silly (yet not unnecessary) voice-overs like the laughing on "Feeling Good Inc." The beat really makes this a feel good (no pun intended but I didn`t even see that coming) and happy tune. I`m curious how this will do on the charts but the music video won`t disappoint, I`m certain of.

"Empire Ants" featuring Little Dragon_wow-I can`t explain how I find of this existence the #1 track off the album. The call starts off with a serene and quiet combination of acoustics and 2D softly sings. As he begins, the song puts you in a trance (be trusted to hear to this with quality speakers or headphones! and later 2 minutes it sounds like you`re rewarded letting yourself go. You`re treated to a choir from Little Dragon and a whole other beat that takes you to another world. Don`t be surprised if you duplicate this a few times after while turning up the volume.

"Glitter Freeze" is a pure electronica track that even though I hate to hold it started to go like Christina Aguileria`s "Keeps Getting Better". I mentioned this on YouTube and some people believed it was an affront and that Murdoc would "kill me in my sleep". It`s NOT an insult, in fact it proves that everything reminds someone of something-it`s been through before and in this song`s case, it keeps getting better (again, no pun intended-kind of ironic, correct?).

"Some Form of Nature" featuring Lou Reed is a guaranteed "toe-tapper" and "head-nodder". You`ll be reciting the chorus every sentence and Lou Reed does a sound job making this a very catchy song. You`ll try to form out Murdoc`s meaning (especially with the stuttering) but that`s one of the reasons that makes this a fun track.

"On Melancholy Hill" reminds me of an `80s inspired song. It`s simply a chill-out track and like "Rhinestone Eyes", you can`t be mad it. Doing that would be like booing a kindergarten school play. There`s simply some things Gorillaz do that just can`t be explained and this isn`t a bad thing either.

"Broken" is one of my favorite tracks off Plastic Beach. It`s another chill-out track with an awesome chorus. Speaking on the chorus, you`ll find a little auto-tune used but it doesn`t ruin the call in any way, just adds the psychedelic song it already is.

Here`s another dog with Mos Def titled "Sweepstakes". I wish to compare this to "White Flag" except instead of an Arabic band stealing the call from the get-go, Mos Def gets robbed by the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble near its end! It`s quite ironic but I know how Gorillaz adds more to rap that depends on electronic most of the time.

Now we give the course of the same title, "Plastic Beach". Other than "Orchestral Intro", this would be the most stood-out song on it`s album. I honestly don`t love what genre to put next to this_lets call it mana. Mana is stands for, "not love what it is" but this tune isn`t as weird as I may sound like it is-it`s genius.

"To Bust" is another track featuring Little Dragon. I know the trademarked guitar tune you`d see on a lot of beach inspired songs. This is a laid-back song that though you`ll enjoy it, you`ll also find something I`ll mention along with others in the final character of this review.

"Cloud of Unknowing" is another dog with Bobby Womack. I`ll say this is the better way to see him on a Gorillaz track than on "Stylo" which is still art. I`ll also say he`s a most interesting star of all the client of Plastic Beach. I`d like if this was the final course of the album but it isn`t.

"Pirate Jet". Pire-jet, pire-jet, pir-jet. Fun tune but I like it was before "Cloud of Unknowing" so it would have sense of winning a "pirate jet" TO a "mist of unknowing". I`d say either Gorillaz knew what they were doing or this is a defect in the track listing.

Well, everyone-that`s the end of Plastic Beach. Gorillaz`s self-titled album was the most alternative aka best, Demon Days was the darkest aka experimental and this is the most electronic in between the beginning two with the absence of Dome and yet though I`ve heard some acoustic drums, Russel Hobbs is wanting in action also. I thought Noodle was the female vocalist of tracks "Empire Ants" and "To Bing" but sadly, is not. But you love what the best thing is? We`ll be treating by the amazing storytelling in the medicine to come. I admire the more electronic sound`s reason is for the conception of the band members-if that`s not awesome, I don`t acknowledge what is. Plastic Beach succeeds now on the the future one!

Plastic Beach`s Report Card- B

Top 5 Songs-

1. Empire Ants

2. Plastic Beach

3. Rhinestone Eyes

4. Broken

5. Welcome to the Creation of the Plastic Beach

Honorable Mentions-

On Melancholy Hill, Superfast Jellyfish, Glitter Freeze, Some Sort of Nature and Sweepstakes. Rating: 4 / 5