Gorillaz S/T Album Review
WARNING: This article contains explicit language
Hi! I’m Shoe, and today I’m gonna review an album that is so close and dear to my heart: Gorillaz. Released in march of 2001, self-titled was the studio debut of the project. I love this album. Also, I may seem like I’m not focusing on lyrics, well that’s because I’m not most of the time. This is by the same person who made “There’s No Other Way”, “Parklife”, “Bank Holiday”, and other great songs: So you know this album is a mother-fucking feast, and that’s what it is, a feast. Let’s begin with “Re-Hash”.
Re-Hash: This is one of the best songs on this album; the noises, everything on this is so good, the instrumental is the best on this track thanks to that sick acoustic guitar, an amazing opener.
5/4: The song about suicide and horny dads, this song is great, the guitar are actually in 5/4 time so that’s better, the synths make me nut, so yeah.
Tomorrow Comes Today: The drums are some of the best drums I’ve ever heard in a song and how complex it is makes it better, and the bass leaks are an amazing detail, the melodica adds to how amazing the song is.
New Genius: It’s pretty good. Repetitive, but besides that fact it’s a really great song, and the scratching by Kid Koala is extremely amazing.
Clint Eastwood: Clint Eastwood huh, what can I say about this… It’s a song, but that was a true fact, anyway this is great, actually no, AMAZING, Del’s lines are so fucking good, like it’s amazing. Also, the outro goes on for long, but Kid Koala’s Scratching makes up for it. Also, listen to Deltron 3030 and see how amazing Del is at rapping.
Man Research (Clapper): This track is really good, like amazing. I know I’ve been dick-sucking this album throughout all of this review, but this album really deserves the title of “Best Gorillaz Album Of All Time”. Anyway, the vocals by Damon are sick, and the scratching, drums, Guitar, synths go well in this track.
PUNK: This track is fucking perfect. The drums, Guitar, 2D, the synths, perfect. I fucking love everything about this track: 2D’s grunts, the 3 claps per line, the synth noises, everything about this song is fucking amazing. I’ll go as far to say it’s the best Gorillaz song, because you know what, it is. This Track Is Perfect. 11/10, fuck maybe a 12/10. Damon, I know that 1 Hour Punk mentioned in Rise Of The Ogre is real, so you better release it. Anyway, this song is perfect and I will love it for the rest of my days. Also, fuck you, this needs to be three Minutes, not one.
Sound Check (Gravity): This is an extremely great song, up there with Punk and Double Bass. Scratching is perfect, I hear the sample as “I Don’t Know Graph Is Waiting” but that’s just my young brain. The bass is sick, the visual? One of the best in phase one. The acoustic guitar is great. The drums are also sick (I’m a sucker for drums if you couldn’t tell).
DOUBLE BASS: THIS SONG IS UP THERE WITH PUNK, look I don’t care what you think, it’s amazing. This song gives off a brownish color and I love it for that. The stupid synth noises makes the track great and the two bass lines that make up the song is amazing. The guitar that’s in there every once in a while is also amazing. Damon’s spoken word in the middle of the track is great, 11/10. One of the best in their discography.
Rock The House: It’s pretty good as a Gorillaz track, great as a 3030 track. Nothing really to say about this one, I love the hook, and the verses. Latin Simone (English) should’ve replaced the Rock The House Radio Edit on G-Sides UK/Japan Edition. Yeah, that’s about it.
19-2000: This song is a banger, you heard this live? Well, if not, do it now. Noodle’s lines are great, anyway the drums are fucking sick. The keyboards on this are really good. Um, yeah this track is good, the stems go well together, and let’s not forget that this is the only audio of Damon doing 2D’s voice, and by God it’s amazing, yeah that’s about it. “Okay, bring it down here, We gonna break out”
Latin Simone: I love it, Ibrahim is beautiful on this, love the horns, the beat is great, 2D’s backing vocals are a great touch.
Starshine: I originally thought this was my least favorite S/T track, well boy I was wrong, after a few relistens I have to say, this is one of the best tracks on S/T, the bass, the drums, the synths, everything about the track is great, I love 2D on this track as I usually do on S/T, I love every aspect of this song and I think it’s up there with Punk and Double Bass.
Slow Country: Piano, drums, wind, bass, a blue twink, some dope ass synths, lyrics about real life, and loneliness is the key to make an amazing track, and it looks here it worked for Gorillaz, what can I say about this track, I fuckin’ love it to death, that’s all I can say about this track, well yeah, let’s move on to the closer to this shit.
M1A1: GORILLAZ SAY WANT SOME, yeah this track’s intro is long but perfect, it really gets the vibe going for the song, anyway after the opener, the song starts, it’s, it’s, it’s great, outside of the lyrics (and I don’t really mind them at all) this is a banger. The guitar loop is fucking beautiful and the drums are radical (I’m not sorry), the bass is sick, nothing else really, it’s okay as a closer.
[BONUS] Clint Eastwood (Ed Case Refix): I actually can’t describe this, it’s something of a track, some parts are bad and some are good, so I’m gonna call this a decent.
That was my review of this album, what are my thoughts? 10/10. This album is perfect in any way way shape or form. For fuck’s sake you can legitimately give me a 8 kbps rip of this album and I’d still jam the fuck out to it. That’s how much I love this album. This is the best Gorillaz album, fuck, possibly the best album of all time, but that’s just my opinion.
In the end, Gorillaz’s cock is so fucking huge it can possibly kill you. This is your time with Shoe and that was my review of this album, I hope you liked my shitty opinions.