All Alone

It seems Gorillaz just couldn’t find out what to make of this jawn(see ‘November Has Come‘). The whole song can be divided into three parts: 1. A fascinating beeping concert by Atari’s army. Gorillaz were just ment to make music inspirated by 1980’s video games; 2. Roots Manuva’s rap. One of the artists that Gorillaz have had always wanted to work with. Senseless rap with a humorous centre; 3. Martina Topley-Birds vocals. Beautiful vocal contribution by Topley-Bird. Seems to deserve its own song. So, this song is just a very well put-together mix of three completely different parts? Basically, it is. Gorillaz should’ve combined part number 1 and 2, OR number 1 with number 3, not number 1,2 and 3. But overall it isn’t that bad, it’s just a hard track to listen to.

Official song credits

Written by Gorillaz, Roots Manuva and Simon Tong
Performed by Gorillaz, rap by Roots Manuva, additional vocals by Martina Topley-Bird
Produced by Gorillaz, Dangermouse, Jason Cox and James Dring
Co-produced by Jason Cox
Engineered by Jason Cox
Assistant engineer: Toby Whelan
Additional guitar: Simon Tong
Violins: Sally Jackson and Probjote Osahn
Violas: Amanda Drummond and Stella Page

Versions & availibility

‘All Alone’ [3:30] – available on all versions of Demon Days
‘All Alone’ (Instrumental) [3:37] – available on an instrumental version of the album Demon Days
‘All Alone (Live At The Manchester Opera House)’ [3:50] – available on the DVD Demon Days Live At The Manchester Opera House

Live

Probably going to be performed live at the upcoming gigs.