Released: 8 March 2010

Highest UK Chart Position: 2

Record labels:
 

UK: Parlophone / EMI Records
US: Virgin Records
Japan: EMI Music Japan
Japan reissue: Warner Music Japan
Korea: EMI Records Korea
Taiwan: Gold Typhoon
Ltd Double Vinyl Picture Discs: Parlophone / Warner Records

Liner notes:

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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.

Tracklist:

   01. Orchestral Intro
  02. Welcome To The World Of The Plastic Beach
  03. White Flag
  04. Rhinestone Eyes
  05. Stylo
  06. Superfast Jellyfish
  07. Empire Ants
  08. Glitter Freeze
  09. Some Kind Of Nature
  10. On Melancholy Hill
  11. Broken
  12. Sweepstakes
  13. Plastic Beach
  14. To Binge
  15. Cloud Of Unknowing
  16. Pirate Jet

• Extra track in the Japanese version: "Pirate's Progress". Also contains stickers and a poster.
   

• "Experience" edition contains access to the exclusive web content including wallpapers, screensavers, Escape To Plastic Beach game and live videos*
   

• iTunes LP "Deluxe" edition contains two extra tracks: "Pirate's Progress" and "Three Hearts, Seven Seas, Twelve Moons", plus storybook, videos, Fish Tank game and other extra stuff. Also contains access to wallpapers, screensavers and live videos*. The pre-orders included a free download of "Stylo".
   

• "Standard" edition comes with a web link to the digital album booklet and wallpapers.
   

• "Standard" and "Experience" editions were also sold with a T-shirt.
   

• Reissued download includes "Doncamatic" as a bonus track.
   

• Double CD "2CD Originals - Limited Edition" contains The Fall album.

Trivia:

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• The album started off in 2007 as Carousel which was a cancelled follow-up project to Monkey: Journey To The West. Damon Albarn wrote around 70 songs for the project.

• Fictionally, Plastic Beach is a floating South Pacific island consisting of debris of humanity. Damon got the idea of the concept by looking at the beach rubbish near his Devon home.

• Acts who contributed to the recording sessions, but didn't make it to the final album included The Horrors and Mz Streamz. Barry Gibb was also to appear on the record, but cancelled his studio session at the last minute.

• The first single "Stylo" was the 15th most-searched-for phrase on Google on the day of its leak (20 January 2010).

• Bruce Willis appears in the promo video for "Stylo". The video broke the record for a music video premiered on YouTube with 900,000 hits in the first 24 hours.

• Eddy Grant accused that "Stylo" is copied from his 1983 song "Time Warp".

• Although not credited, Paul Simonon is probably playing on some of the tracks. He's seen playing the bass on "White Flag" and "Sweepstakes" in The Making Of Plastic Beach documentary.

• Total running time (UK ver.): 56:55