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Wanna Buy a Monkey? - Dan The Automator
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  • Summary: Producer Dan "The Automator" Nakamura, a founder and member of acts such as the Gorillaz, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Deltron 3030 and Lovage, here offers his first mix album. Many of the cuts are from his own remixes or productions, and come from bands ranging from Tortoise to the X-ecutioners.

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  1. Positive: 6 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 10
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  1. All Music Guide
    90
    Wanna Buy a Monkey? shows off Nakamura's ear for a great track as well as his deft turntablist skills.
  2. Mixer
    80
    A diverse, versatile selection of tracks. [Apr 2002, p.94]
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  3. Q Magazine
    60
    It's all good fun. [June 2002, p.126]
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  1. TurkRocks
    10
    Gorillaz never seem to fail to astound me. Beautiful! I have listened to alot of their albums Via Friends CD (because I am to broke to aford my own... and its been a while so they might want it back O_o I know...! I 'lost' them! XD) and every time I plug in the ear phones, it comes out as brilliant as before! Gorillaz - Original, beautiful, wonderful.… Expand
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