1.
ORCHESTRAL INTRO
Written by Gorillaz
Orchestra: Sinfonia ViVA
Conductor:
André de Ridder
Orchestral arrangements:
André de Ridder, James
Redwood
Seagulls recorded at
Veolia Environmental Services Pitsea Landfill Site & a
Beach in Devon
2. WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF THE PLASTIC BEACH
Written & Performed by Gorillaz
& Snoop Dogg
Additional Drums: Gabriel Manuals Wallace
Additional Brass:
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
3. WHITE FLAG
Written & Performed by Gorillaz, Bashy
& Kano
Orchestra:
National Orchestra for
Arabic Music
Conductor & Orchestral
Arrangement: Essam Rafea
Inspiration: Wissam
Khodur
4. RHINESTONE EYES
Written & Performed by Gorillaz
Additional Drums: Gabriel Manuals Wallace
Additional Vocals: Field recording at The
Shrine, Lagos, Nigeria (2008)
5. STYLO
Written & Performed by Gorillaz
& Mos Def
Featuring vocals by Bobby Womack
Additional words adapted from
Michael Horovitz's picture-poem 'A Postcard from
Ireland' in 'Wordsounds & Sightlines' (2001)
6. SUPERFAST JELLYFISH
Written & Performed by Gorillaz, De La Soul & Gruff
Rhys
Featuring De La Soul
Additional Guitar: Gruff Rhys
Additional Drums: Gabriel Manuals Wallace
Sample of Sir David Attenborough
from BBC Natural World series (1996). Sperm Whales:
Back from the Abyss. Contains a sample from the
Swanson advertisement for frozen breakfasts
sandwiches.
7. EMPIRE ANTS
Written & Performed by Gorillaz
& Yukimi Nagano (Little Dragon)
Additional Keyboards: Hĺkan Wirenstrand &
Fredrik Wallin (Little Dragon)
Additional Guitar: Simon Tong
8. GLITTER FREEZE
Written & Performed by Gorillaz
& Mark E. Smith
Additional Guitar: Simon Tong
9. SOME KIND OF NATURE
Written & Performed by Gorillaz
& Lou Reed
Additional Drums: Gabriel Manuals Wallace
Additional Guitar:
Lou Reed
Choir: The Purple, The People, The Plastic
Eating People: Wayne Hernandez / Janet Ramus / Wendi
Rose / John Gibbon / Ladonna Harley-Peters / Sharlene
Hector / Lucy Randell / Marion Powell / The Bullits /
Yvonne Stevens aka Taka Boom / Gruff Rhys
10. ON MELANCHOLY HILL
Written & Performed by Gorillaz
11. BROKEN
Written & Performed by Gorillaz
12. SWEEPTAKES
Written & Performed by Gorillaz
& Mos Def
Additional Brass:
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
Additional Drums: Gabriel Manuals Wallace
13. PLASTIC BEACH
Written & Performed by Gorillaz
Additional Guitar:
Mick Jones
Additional Bass: Paul Simonon
14. TO BINGE
Written & Performed by Gorillaz
& Yukimi Nagano (Little Dragon)
Additional Keyboards: Hĺkan Wirenstrand &
Fredrik Wallin (Little Dragon)
15. CLOUD OF UNKNOWING
Written & Performed by Gorillaz
Featuring vocals by Bobby Womack
Additional Guitar:
Simon Tong
Orchestra: Sinfonia ViVA
Conductor:
André de Ridder
Orchestral arrangements:
André de Ridder, James
Redwood
Seagulls recorded at
Veolia Environmental Services Pitsea Landfill Site & a
Beach in Devon
15. PIRATE JET
Written & Performed by Gorillaz
Additional Drums: Gabriel Manuals Wallace
Additional Jews Harp: David Coulter
Choir: The Purple, The People, The Plastic
Eating People: Wayne Hernandez / Janet Ramus / Wendi
Rose / John Gibbon / Ladonna Harley-Peters / Sharlene
Hector / Lucy Randell / Marion Powell / The Bullits /
Yvonne Stevens aka Taka Boom / Gruff Rhys
All tracks produced by Gorillaz.
All tracks
recorded by Jason Cox & Stephen Sedgwick. EXCEPT:
Track 2: Recorded by Jason Cox, Stephen Sedgwick,
Josh Shultz, Chris Jackson & Ted Chung.
Tracks 5, 9 & 12
recording assisted by Michael Makowski at Chung
King Studios.
Programmed by
Stephen Sedgwick at Studio 13.
Mixed by
Jason Cox
at Studio 13.
Mastered by
Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk NY.
All tracks
recorded at Studio 13. EXCEPT: Track 1: Recorded
at Rolls Royce Factory Derby UK & Studio 13.
Seagulls recorded at Veolia Environmental Services
Pitsea Landfill Site & a Beach in Devon. Track 2:
Recorded at Studio 13, Capitol Studios, Hollywood
CA & Chung King Studios New York. Track 3:
Recorded at Al Assad for Culture & Arts, Damascus,
Syria & Studio 13. Track 4: Recorded at Studio 13
& The Shrine, Lagos, Nigeria (2008). Tracks 5, 9 &
12: Recorded at Chung King Studios New York &
Studio 13. Track 13: Recorded at Rolls Royce
Factory Derby UK & Studio 13. Track 15: Recorded at
Chung King
Studios New York, Studio 13, Rolls Royce Factory
Derby UK, Veolia Environmental Services Pitsea
Landfill Site & a Beach in Devon.
Artwork & Design by J.C. Hewlett & Zombie
Flesh Eaters.
Bonus DVD
Credits:
Filmed at: Studio 13, Chung King Studios,
Rolls Royce Factory Derby UK, Asylum FX, Black
Island Studios, Al Assad for Culture & Arts,
Damascus, Syria. Filmed by: Seb Monk, James Coore
& Gorillaz. Edited by: Seb Monk. Produced by:
Zombie Flesh Eaters. |
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