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- Summary: The eighth full-length release for animated supergroup Gorillaz features guest appearances from Bad Bunny, Beck, Pharcyde's Bootie Brown, Stevie Nicks, Adeleye Omotayo, Tame Impala, and Thundercat.
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- Record Label: Parlophone
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 23
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Mixed: 4 out of 23
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Negative: 0 out of 23
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Feb 7, 2023Eight albums in, Gorillaz are still capable of producing a fresh, rich album that spans genres and moods, with so many different textures and sonic fabrics that they have cultivated a musical universe of their own.
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MojoFeb 7, 2023The likes of Beck and Stevie Nicks play supportive rather than starring roles, and the sonic flavours here recall the noir clubby pop of Humanz (2017). The woofer-pumping reggaeton of Tormenta however sees Albarn step aside to let Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny shine. [Mar 2023, p.85]
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Feb 21, 2023It’s the easiest-going and most purely pleasurable Gorillaz album since their opening one-two punch, 20-some years ago. Guests feel purposeful, filtered into the indie-funk melange with ease.
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Feb 24, 2023Thirty years on, Albarn sounds just as dissatisfied with the state of the modern world, yet he still appears to have at least a cartoon finger on its pulse.
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Feb 27, 2023Balancing bright, colorful electro-pop with a slight air of melancholy is hardly a new trick for Albarn yet there's a clean, efficient energy propelling Cracker Island that gives the album a fresh pulse.
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Feb 24, 2023Cracker Island is the most focused and least eclectic instalment in the band's discography — and for that reason, it absolutely breezes by.
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Mar 2, 2023Cracker Island’s forgettable, milquetoast assembly line of tracks – though crisply and professionally engineered – proves that having it all shouldn’t always mean using it all.
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Positive: 31 out of 37
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Mixed: 3 out of 37
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Negative: 3 out of 37
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Feb 24, 2023Very solid and enjoyable album. Silent Running is one of the best Gorillaz songs until now. Another fantastic job from Damon Albarn.
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Mar 6, 2023
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Mar 1, 2023
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Feb 28, 2023
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Feb 28, 2023
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Feb 24, 2023Funny that all the magic and trips climax mostly in the singles, and the others are just fillers that fade away quicker than smokes.
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Feb 24, 2023
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