"Plastic Beach" is the third studio album by English virtual band Gorillaz. recently released on March 3, 2010. The album has produced three singles, “Stylo” “Superfast Jellyfish”, and “On Melancholy Hill”.
Primarily a pop album, "Plastic Beach" contains lyrics concerning consumerism and ecology-related themes.
Creators of Gorillaz, musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett, originally began working on a new Gorillaz project in November 2007 called "Carousel", which then eventually evolved into "Plastic Beach", the group's third studio album.
Gorrilaz is known largely for it’s animated band members; but now "Plastic Beach" is different.
In a July 2008 interview with The Observer Albarn said, "Gorillaz now to us is not like four animated characters any more — it's more like an organisation of people doing new projects. That's my ideal model — Gorillaz is a group of people who gave you this, and now want to give you new stuff."
Hewlett also expressed annoyance at having to draw the band members again: "I'm so fucking bored of drawing those characters. But then we had a moment where we had a new angle on it... I'm gonna adapt them. They'll be the same characters, but a little bit older and told in a different way".
Albarn said in September 2008 that he wanted "to work with an incredibly eclectic, surprising cast of people". As with previous Gorillaz albums, "Plastic Beach" features a number of collaborations with other musicians and music groups. The album features Snoop Dogg, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Lou Reed, The Lebanese National Orchestra for Oriental Arabic Music, and more.
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