Throughout his career, Albarn always was at his best when writing in character - to the extent that anytime he wrote confessionals in Blur, they sounded stagy - and Gorillaz not only gave him an ideal platform, it liberated him, giving him the opportunity to try things he couldn't within the increasingly dour confines of Blur. Hiding behind Hewlett's excellent cartoons gave Albarn the freedom to indulge himself, but it also gave him focus since it tied him to a specific concept. No, Gorillaz were always designed as a collective, featuring many contributors and producers, all shepherded by Albarn, the songwriter, mastermind, and ringleader. This isn't quite similar to Blur, a genuine band that faltered after Graham Coxon decided he had enough, leaving Damon behind to construct the muddled Think Tank largely on his own. Hewlett still provides new animation for Gorillaz - although the proposed feature-length film has long disappeared - but Dan the Automator is gone, leaving Albarn as the unquestioned leader of the group. Gorillaz performed Demon Days Live at a five night residency at the Manchester Opera House in November 2005.Damon Albarn went to great pains to explain that the first Gorillaz album was a collaboration between him, cartoonist Jamie Hewlett, and producer Dan the Automator, but any sort of pretense to having the virtual pop group seem like a genuine collaborative band was thrown out the window for the group's long-awaited 2005 sequel, Demon Days. It peaked at number one on the British OCC and 6th on the Billboard 200 in America. The album was critically acclaimed and has sold more than 8 million copies. The album featured artists such as Shaun Ryder, Roots Manuva, Ike Turner, De La Soul and MF Doom amongst others. Production was by Gorillaz, Danger Mouse, James Dring and Jason Cox.
If you do it again, it’s no longer a gimmick, and if it works then we’ve proved a point. Because everyone thought it was a gimmick. Let’s repeat the same process, but do it better. It is a loose concept album revolving around the theme of personal demons and demons facing human society, specifically related to humanity’s innate capability to destroy itself and its environment.įollowing the breakout success of their debut album, Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett were excited at the prospect of a more cohesive follow-up. Demon Days is the second formal studio album (excluding G-Sides and Laika Come Home) released by Gorillaz.
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