MoeFOH's Album of the Week... Week #42

[MoeFOH]

MoeFOH's Album of the Week 🎶

Same as the movie thread, each week we're going to spotlight an album... be it a classic, new release, hidden gem, or outright turd... and open it for discussion: i.e. post up your favourite tracks, clips, lyrics, experiences if you saw live, etc... or dive deeper and give us a critique on why you think it's great, overrated, or a complete train wreck... And finally score it for us...  

All contributors go into a monthly prize draw for a 3-cigar sampler! 

PM me with suggestions if there's an album you want to nominate for next week's discussion. 

 

Week #42: Demon Days

Wiki says:

Demon Days is the second studio album by British virtual band Gorillaz. It was first released on 11 May 2005 in Japan and on 23 May 2005 in the United Kingdom by Parlophone and in the United States by Virgin Records. Produced by the band, Danger Mouse, Jason Cox, and James Dring, the album features contributions from De La Soul, Neneh Cherry, Martina Topley-Bird, Roots Manuva, MF Doom, Ike Turner, Bootie Brown of the Pharcyde, Shaun Ryder, and Dennis Hopper. As with the band's eponymous 2001 debut, the release of Demon Days and its respective live performances were both accompanied by various multimedia, including interactive features on the Gorillaz website, a total of four animated music videos, and animatics for select videos. Almost all visuals associated with the album were designed by Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett, under his design company Zombie Flesh Eaters.

Upon its release, Demon Days was a chart success reaching the top 10 in 22 countries. The album reached number one on the UK Albums Chart and number 6 on the US Billboard 200, and was later certified six times platinum in the UK and double platinum in the US. Outperforming their debut, the album has sold eight million copies worldwide. The album spawned the singles "Feel Good Inc.", "Dare", "Dirty Harry", "Kids with Guns", and "El Mañana". Spin ranked Demon Days as the fourth-best album of 2005, while Mojo ranked it at number eighteen on their year-end list and hailed the album as a "genre-busting, contemporary pop milestone". The NME placed the album at number 98 on their list of 100 greatest albums of the decade, and Uncut placed it at number 75 on their list of top 150 albums of the decade. Complex included it on their list of 100 Best Albums of the Complex Decade, placing it at number 43, and Spin later included it in their list of "The 300 Best Albums of 1985–2014". In 2020, the album was included at the 100 Best Albums of the 21st Century list of Stacker, being ranked at 27.

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How do you rate it? 🤔

Thoughts, experiences, memories... post em' up! 

Score it out of 10!  

[MoeFOH]

 

[Low]

While not my favorite album of thiers, Demon Days is probably my most played.

Damon Albarn decided to take even more influence from UK pop, garage, and electronic, along with blending ideas from east coast boom bap rap, psychedelic funk, and even pure atmospheric sounds. I think it is very apparent that this album set the tone for what would become popular in the coming decade around the indie scene. Seeing artists like Mac DeMarco, Tame Impala, and Unknown Mortal Orchestra explode in popularity, can all be traced back to what Gorillaz were experimenting with way back in 2005 

[Ken Gargett]

never heard of it. or them. till now. 

[Chucko8]

7 hours ago, Low said:

While not my favorite album of thiers, Demon Days is probably my most played.

Damon Albarn decided to take even more influence from UK pop, garage, and electronic, along with blending ideas from east coast boom bap rap, psychedelic funk, and even pure atmospheric sounds. I think it is very apparent that this album set the tone for what would become popular in the coming decade around the indie scene. Seeing artists like Mac DeMarco, Tame Impala, and Unknown Mortal Orchestra explode in popularity, can all be traced back to what Gorillaz were experimenting with way back in 2005 

Agreed with the influence they have had on the mentioned artists/bands. The team up by Gorilliza with Tame Impala on the track New Gold demonstrates the meld.

When ipod was using the Feel Good Inc song for their advertising it seemed we couldn't get away from it.

[Chibearsv]

Apparently it's a hugely popular album that I've never heard of.  After listening to a few songs I can say it's not for this boomer.

[Ford2112]

That one song with the bass was cool. I know Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads were involved to a degree at one point. Other than that I never paid much attention to it.

 

 

[Doctorossi]

I know of the "band", but haven't heard this album.