Gorillaz Albums Ranked

Gorillaz is a British virtual band created in 1998 by musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett. The band primarily consists of four animated members: Stuart “2-D” Pot, Murdoc Niccals, Noodle, and Russel Hobbs. Their fictional universe is presented in music videos, interviews, and short cartoons. In reality, Albarn is the only permanent musical contributor, and he often collaborates with other musicians. Remi Kabaka Jr. became a producer for the band in 2016 after several years providing the voice of Russel Hobbs and was listed as an official member alongside Albarn and Hewlett in the 2019 Gorillaz documentary Gorillaz: Reject False Icons.
With Gorillaz, Albarn departed from the distinct Britpop of his band Blur through hip hop, electronic music, and world music through an “eccentrically postmodern” approach. The band’s 2001 debut album Gorillaz went triple platinum in the UK and double platinum in Europe and earned the group an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records as the Most Successful Virtual Band. It was nominated for the Mercury Prize, but the nomination was withdrawn at the band’s request. Their second studio album, Demon Days (2005), went 6 times platinum in the UK and double platinum in the US.
The third album, Plastic Beach, was released on March 3, 2010. Their fourth, The Fall, was released on April 18, 2011. The fifth, Humanz, was released after a 6-year hiatus on April 28, 2017. Their sixth, The Now Now, was released on June 29, 2018. Gorillaz is currently working on a project named Song Machine which releases new songs every month.
Gorillaz has won a Grammy Award, two MTV Video Music Awards, an NME Award, and three MTV Europe Music Awards. They have also been nominated for 10 Brit Awards and won Best British Group at the 2018 Brit Awards. By 2010, Gorillaz had sold over 20 million records worldwide. Here are all of Gorillaz’s albums ranked.

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9. G-Sides (2001)

“In terms of a b-sides record, the cutting room floor tracks from the self-titled Gorillaz recordings are actually quite nice.  There’s a good amount of original material that fans of the phase 1 days will love.  However, the remixes on this thing blow, and some of these tracks appear on the album itself (And more if you have the bonus edition).  I like this collection of tracks, but this is for Gorillaz fans that are looking for more of the phase 1 trip-hop sound.  Recommended for Gorillaz (self-titled) album fans.”

8. The Singles Collection: 2001-2011 (2011)

“An unbelievably good compilation. Everything you loved from the albums minus all the stuff you didn’t. Minor nitpick: had they dropped the Ed Case & Sweetie Irie Refix and swapped in “Rhinestone Eyes” (a single from last year, not to mention a killer track, which makes its omission kinda puzzling), this’d be perfect. As is, it’s still probably the best collection by any major artist from the last decade. It astounds me how much I still enjoy these songs.”

7. D-Sides (2007)

“Maybe the best thing Gorrilaz have released. from the great demon dayz b-sides to the amazing remixes of everyone from LCD Soundystem aka James Murphy (ok DFA) to Hot Chip! it really is the perfect remix. you hear that oh so familiar bubble electric sound yet it really isn’t until about six minutes in that the DFA sound really takes over. and then it just pumps and pumps and pumps…”

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6. The Fall (2011)

“It takes a while to get into, since it’s not nearly as accessible as the other Gorillaz records are. but when you’re willing to spend a bit of time on it, it really opens up. A very few fillers here (The Speak it Mountains and California and the Slipping of the Sun) and the album suffers somewhat from it’s track list (3 highlights right of the bat, a few tough nut that take long to get into and loads of hit at the end again, but that’s easily made up for with the great songs that it has, and the over all uniqueness of some of the songs. (see above/below) And i mean it when i say that Bobby in Phoenix is most likely the best Gorillaz song ever recorded. Even if you dislike the record on the first listen, at least give this gem a few more shots, its worth it.

5. The Now Now (2018)

“Overall I can tell Damon had fun with this one, and I had just as much fun listening to it. 41 minutes of easy listening psych music – to me you can never truly go wrong with that! It didn’t live up to expectations, but luckily for me I didn’t hold any in the first place when this released so I got to listen to it unbiased. And you know what? Its good. I like it; and if you don’t like it that’s okay. I’ll still be sitting back and enjoying what most others refuse to hear because their past history with this band.”

4. Humanz (2017)

“An alternative hip hop album that really sounds nothing like previous Gorillaz albums. Its an album with so many guest performers that it sounds more like a various artists compilations than a proper album. The album jumps a lot over the place stylistically, even within the same song. The track list is big due to the inclusion of a lot of interlude tracks, that I see no purpose for. Most songs have some addictive pop hooks, and the rapping is solid for the most part, even if I would like more of it. Damon Albarns part in this feels really small, i miss his lazy laid back singing. The songs in which he takes the center stage end up being the worst moments in here, like “andromeda” that goes on and on and does nothing.”

3. Gorillaz (2001)

“An excellent mix of different genres: pop, alternative rock, hip-hop, punk, Latin, dub, electronic and acid jazz. That makes Gorillaz so special, where most bands follow one genre Gorillaz make many trips with several guest appearances (for example on this album: Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Ibrahim Ferrer). The funny thing is that Gorillaz, for some reason, can get away with strange things, in fact they are part of their sound. For example: in the majority of the songs the lyrics of 2D are unintelligible and actually seem to make no sense at all. Also they dare to mix different genres together: pop songs with hip hop beats but without rap and vice versa.”

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2. Plastic Beach (2010)

“When I first listened to this album I honestly, besides a few tracks, didn’t really enjoy it at all.  But upon going back to a few times I believe I began to “get” what Damon Albarn and crew were going for on this outing that was 5 years in the making.  As I’ve heard another fellow say before this album’s concept is based on making the perfect “Plastic” album. By that I mean the concept of this album being an embrace of the electronic and moving away natural sound of music.  Definitely a very moody somewhat less accessible album that there two previous albums.”

1. Demon Days (2005)

“Demon Days is the second studio album by British virtual band Gorillaz, released in May 2005. The album features contributions from De La Soul, Neneh Cherry, Martina Topley-Bird, Roots Manuva, MF DOOM, Ike Turner, Bootie Brown, Shaun Ryder, Dennis Hopper, the London Community Gospel Choir and the Children’s Choir of San Fernandez. For me this is the most important album of my life because this was the 1st album I bought, the introduction to the music I like now (before this I only listened to hardcore and hardstyle, which I now dislike) so this album really was a turning point in my life. On top of that it’s also a really good album. It’s varied, it’s original it has meaning and it’s all top quality. This is an album of which I really like all the songs on it, with no exception.”