Plastic Beach

by Gorillaz

Plastic Beach cover art

Damon Albarn's virtual band takes to the ocean for this environmental concept album. 'Plastic Beach' features an eclectic guest list including Lou Reed, Snoop Dogg, and Bobby Womack. It blends synthpop, hip-hop, and orchestral music into a colorful, melancholy meditation on pollution and consumerism.

Genres

  • Electropop
  • Art Pop
  • Indietronica

Tracklist

  1. Orchestral Intro (feat. Sinfonia ViVA)
  2. Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach (feat. Snoop Dogg and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)
  3. White Flag (feat. Bashy, Kano and the National Orchestra for Arabic Music)
  4. Rhinestone Eyes
  5. Stylo (feat. Mos Def and Bobby Womack)
  6. Superfast Jellyfish (feat. Gruff Rhys and De La Soul)
  7. Empire Ants (feat. Little Dragon)
  8. Glitter Freeze (feat. Mark E Smith)
  9. Some Kind of Nature (feat. Lou Reed)
  10. On Melancholy Hill
  11. Broken
  12. Sweepstakes (feat. Mos Def and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)
  13. Plastic Beach
  14. To Binge (feat. Little Dragon)
  15. Cloud of Unknowing (feat. Bobby Womack and Sinfonia ViVA)
  16. Pirate Jet