Demon Days
Released: 23 May 2005
Highest UK Chart Position: 1
Record labels:
US: Virgin Records
US "Vinyl Me, Please" Edition: Warner Bros. Records / Warner Music
Japan: Toshiba / EMI Records Japan
Japan reissue: Warner Music Japan
Asia: unknown
Taiwan: EMI Records Taiwan
Thailand: unknown
Malaysia: unknown
China: unknown
Europe reissue: Warner Bros. Records / Warner Music
Ltd Double Vinyl Picture Discs: Parlophone / Warner Records
Tracklist:
01. Intro
02. Last Living Souls
03. Kids With Guns
04. O Green World
05. Dirty Harry
06. Feel Good Inc
07. El Mañana
08. Every Planet We Reach Is Dead
09. November Has Come
10. All Alone
11. White Light
12. DARE
13. Fire Coming Out Of The Monkey's Head
14. Don't Get Lost In Heaven
15. Demon Days
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Extra track in the Japanese version: "68 State" (Japanese 2nd edition: "People").
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"Premium Edition" features "Hong Kong (Live at Manchester Opera House)" as a bonus track. Also includes a sticker sheet.
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Asian VCD includes videos for "Feel Good Inc" and "DARE".
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Double CD "2CD Originals - Limited Edition" contains Gorillaz album.
Liner notes:
Tracks 1-15 produced by Danger Mouse / Gorillaz / Cox / Dring.
Engineered by Jason Cox. Programming by James Dring. Recorded at Kong Studios & 13.Tracks 14 & 15: Choir recorded at St Stephen's Church Canonbury.
Mixed by Cox / Gorillaz / Danger Mouse at Pierce Rooms London.
Mastered by Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk NY.
Recording assisted Will Street.
Mixing assisted by Steve Sedgwick.
"The Swagga" on Bonus DVD produced by Gorillaz / Cox / Dring. Engineered by Jason Cox. Programming by James Dring. Recorded at Kong Studios. Mixed by Gorillaz at 13. Mastered by Geoff Pesche at Townhouse Studios London.
All artwork & design by J.C. Hewlett & Zombie Flesh Eaters.
Trivia:
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Demon Days was premiered at a special listening party at the SXSW festival on 17th March 2005. At the festival, Damon Albarn told MTV News that the album "kind of tells a story of the night and staying up during the night - but it's also a bit of an allegory for the world, in a state of night." Danger Mouse continued: "It wasn't a very conscious thing, it's just when you get to the end of the record you saw the concept there. It wasn't something that was planned."
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The third single "Dirty Harry" was originally planned to be the lead-off single from the album, but apparently the record company had other ideas...
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Compared to the debut album, there are many guest appearances on Demon Days, but interestingly, none of the debut album's collaborators are present.
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The album scored 82/100 at Metacritic, making it critically better than the debut album (71), Plastic Beach (77), The Fall (67), Humanz (77) and The Now Now (73).
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The album's front cover design reminds of The Beatles' Let It Be.
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Total running time (UK ver.): 50:51