Gorillaz - Plastic Beach REDUX REVIEW

Plastic Beach's music and concept have aged scarily well over the years.

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FAV TRACKS: ORCHESTRAL INTRO, WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF THE PLASTIC BEACH, WHITE FLAG, RHINESTONE EYES, STYLO, EMPIRE ANTS, SOME KIND OF NATURE, ON MELANCHOLY HILL, BROKEN, SWEEPSTAKES, PLASTIC BEACH, TO BINGE, CLOUD OF UNKNOWING, PIRATE JET

LEAST FAV TRACK: GLITTER FREEZE

GORILLAZ - PLASTIC BEACH / 2010 / PARLOPHONE / ELECTROPOP, ALTERNATIVE HIP HOP

9/10

Y'all know this is just my opinion, right?

[morganmcgregor]

He did it. He actually did it. Maybe I will forgive you for killing my wife

[bhumbukket]

You give Plastic Beach a 7/10 but Plastic Beach a 9/10?

[glummy]

The real reason Damon Albarn agreed to have that interview

[cbrad_edits]

This is the only time ever where Fantano’s newest review on his channel will be the same album as the oldest review on the channel.

[alexmartins]

The year is 2030. Anthony is living on a literal plastic beach as rising sea levels have forced us to make artificial living spaces. "man this album really just gets more relevant as time passes, 10/10"

[pulkitjain]

It's crazy how much Gorillaz grows on you

[fapuloes]

I love absolutely everything about this album. It's my all time favorite. A decent 3/10

[delmerwilson]

This review means a lot to me, when I was in high school I loved gorillaz, but I didn't know how I felt about this album when it came out. it was just so different than anything that I would have listened to back then. I wanted to hear someone's opinion on the album and that's how I found TheNeedleDrop. It's crazy that that was a decade ago. Thanks for all the hard work Anthony.

[brokengirrafe]

The Plastic Beach era is peak Gorillaz imo. This album is a masterpiece, and the track they later did with James Murphy and Andre 3000 is one my favourite songs of all time.

[Kylirr]

"On Empire Ants, in just under five minutes, Gorillaz create an immersive symphony. The first movement is one of ice; of ghostly keyboards that brush feather light atop a glistening, tonal space of bright ambience. "The polyphonic prairies here, it's all around you, " sings Albarn, his voice floating high above the flawless sheen of glass-like stillness. Suddenly, a shift, a second movement appears far in the distance, a descending line of pointed synth begins to emerge, flying closer as each second passes. The stillness subsides and it becomes our sole point of focus, becoming more earnest with each refrain. Like a wave, the beat crashes overall, bathing the world in warm, dulcet energy, all while Little Dragon soothe the change in pace with words not meant to be fully understood. In short, this is electro as high art."

Read this in a Gorillaz ranking article and thought it was worth sharing.

[AmazingJustin]

Empire Ants is one of my favorite songs ever

[thegibblypuff]

Empire Ants has the greatest transition of all time, change my mind

[mazin]

LETS ARGUE: You didn’t give it a 10 because you didn’t want to

[greenman]

As soon as Anthony said "I need to do this album some JUSTICE" a police siren started wailing a few blocks away from my house. I wish I had that kind of comedic timing.

[colosalblack]

you calling a 10 year old album a classic makes me feel really old. I was almost 18 when this came out

[BudBonkerson]

I’ll never forget hearing Empire Ants for the first time. What a stunning, transcendental experience created by the bloke who did the ‘woo hoo’ song

[toma]

Plastic Beach is one of the greatest concept records of the last decade and was far ahead of it's time. Incredible record

[gulermo]

Empire Ants is my favorite song ever made by Albarn, that transition gives me goosebumps to this day

[smcphee]

Broken is the most underrated song on the album.

[lacrooksxx]

THIS MAN IS FINALLY GIVING THIS ALBUM JUSTICE