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Demon Days
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
Demon Days · This second album by the virtual band was made at Studio 13 in London, mainly under the direction of the producer Danger Mouse. A film plan for the band was scrapped, but themes from the script remained. The main inspiration came from a train journey from Beijing to Mongolia, in which Damon Albarn travelled through a deserted, withered region of China. He saw the album as a loose concept record about a world in a state of night, with apocalyptic and post-9/11 themes. It is darker than the debut.
The music mixes alternative rock, hip hop, pop, trip hop and art rock. Guests included De La Soul, Neneh Cherry, Martina Topley-Bird, MF Doom, Ike Turner and Dennis Hopper. Feel Good Inc. became the best-known single and won the band its only Grammy. The reviews were positive and showed that the project was more than a side step. Later the album grew into one of the most highly regarded records of the century.
Listening
Track list
- 1Intro1:03Apple Music ↗
- 2Last Living Souls3:10Apple Music ↗
- 3Kids with Guns3:46Apple Music ↗
- 4O Green World4:32Apple Music ↗
- 5Dirty Harry (feat. Bootie Brown)3:44Apple Music ↗
- 6Feel Good Inc. (feat. David Jolicoeur, Kelvin Mercer & Vincent Mason)3:41Apple Music ↗
- 7El Mañana3:50Apple Music ↗
- 8Every Planet We Reach Is Dead4:53Apple Music ↗
- 9November Has Come2:41Apple Music ↗
- 10All Alone (feat. Martina Topley-Bird & Roots Manuva)3:30Apple Music ↗
- 11White Light2:08Apple Music ↗
- 12DARE (feat. Shaun Ryder & Roses Gabor)4:04Apple Music ↗
- 13Fire Coming out of the Monkey's Head3:16Apple Music ↗
- 14Don't Get Lost in Heaven2:00Apple Music ↗
- 15Demon Days4:29Apple Music ↗
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