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Jan 12, 2012Their synthbeat-meets-comix concept got over as pop because it found a mildly playful and pleasurable way to enact well-meaning self-effacement.
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Under The RadarJan 19, 2012Not one of them [the 15 singles on this album] sounds dated. [#39, p. 72]
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Q MagazineDec 22, 2011This collections reveals that you can make music as clever or as conceptual as you like, but back it up with magnificent songs, and the people will flock. [Jan 2012, p.132]
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UncutDec 12, 2011If the Plastic Beach-era material gets a bit bogged down in the concept, it's not without its moments. [Jan 2012, p.86]
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Nov 28, 2011Admire the riches this national treasure has bestowed upon us.
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Nov 28, 2011It's a fine introduction to the multifaceted pleasures of Gorillaz.
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Nov 29, 2011Taking the greatest-hits route through Gorillaz's career, it's impressive how few of the tracks sound dated.
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Nov 28, 2011Albarn's work here with visual director Jamie Hewlett and a rotating cast of collaborators--Dan the Automator, Danger Mouse, Lou Reed, Snoop, etc.--is as remarkable as their 2001 debut selling six million records.
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Jan 3, 2012Gorillaz helped re-unite both indie and pop with that most Paul Morley's jowl-wobbling of things: the abstract.
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Nov 29, 2011Is Damon Albarn's "virtual band" the greatest British hip-hop act ever? This best-of makes a pretty strong argument for it -- not that the competition is all that stiff.
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Nov 28, 2011Consistently surprising, fanciful and varied, each genre flip, from pop, dub and hip-hop to rap is traversed with ease.
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Nov 30, 2011The Singles Collection 2001-2011 proves that at times Albarn touched on a warped pop genius, and to his credit comes out of the project with his reputation as creative wanderer intact, but from the off the constructed barrier meant that there was always little to really love, songs hidden too much behind their glitteringly presented shells.
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Nov 29, 2011An album like this should exist, a complete picture of the Gorillaz' story so far. This isn't it.
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