Gorillaz Discography -2000-2010- 6 Albums- 14 Singles- - 136 Songs Better

: A more experimental, electronic album recorded by Damon Albarn on an iPad during the Plastic Beach tour. The Key Singles

Recorded entirely on an iPad by Damon Albarn during the American leg of the Escape to Plastic Beach World Tour. It serves as a stark, minimalist, and deeply personal sonic diary of life on the road, contrasting sharply with the grand production of its predecessor. The 14 Essential Singles

Beyond the radio hits lay highly experimental compositions that challenged casual listeners. Tracks like "M1 A1" opened the debut album with punk-rock screeching and a frantic film sample from Day of the Dead . Meanwhile, pieces like "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head" featured a haunting spoken-word performance by legendary actor , framing a metaphorical fable about human greed and ecological collapse. Instrumental Travelogues and Ambient Sketches : A more experimental, electronic album recorded by

– A hard-hitting electro-funk track featuring Bobby Womack and Mos Def.

, several non-album digital-only tracks appeared between 2000-2010: The 14 Essential Singles Beyond the radio hits

Fame made them sick. 2-D’s eyes bled milk. Noodle started sleepwalking into traffic. Murdoc, paranoid, moved them to a haunted windmill in Essex. The second album took 18 months to bleed out. “Feel Good Inc.” (Single #5) was a helicopter rotor of paranoia, De La Soul’s verse a knife twisting in the dark. “DARE” (Single #6) featured a drunk Shaun Ryder shouting nonsense into a broken microphone—it became their only #1. “Kids with Guns” (Single #7) and “El Mañana” (Single #8: the ballad of a crashing airship) completed the set. The album’s 15 songs—including the apocalyptic lullaby “Fire Coming Out of the Monkey’s Head”—were less music than a fever dream written in sweat. Total songs: .

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That’s because the fans forgot the G-Sides (2002: 9 songs, mostly Japanese B-sides). And the Demon Days instrumentals (5 tracks leaked on a broken promo CD). And the 26 “Sea-Sides” — unfinished Plastic Beach outtakes (“Crashing Down,” “Apple Carts,” “Leviathan”) that circulated on a USB drive Murdoc dropped in a casino toilet in 2009.

But here’s the secret the fans found in the hard drives: between 2000 and 2010, Gorillaz recorded albums.

A bright, New Wave-inspired track featuring backing vocals from Miho Hatori, famous for its infectious "cool shoeshine" hook.

The framework they established during this decade—crossing genres fluidly, relying on heavy collaboration, and treating visuals as equal to the music—is now standard practice across the music industry. The 6 albums, 14 singles, and 136 songs produced in this golden era remain a monumental testament to what happens when pop music abandons its own rules.