FINALLY!!! "PLASTIC BEACH" GORILLAZ-Album Reaction/Review

Finally, a couple of months since I checked out my first Gorillaz's project "Demon Days" I have decided to check out their follow ups project "Plastic Beach" I truly had no idea what to expect when I first checked out the band and was pleasantly surprised with the electronic sound they provided. This album extends that sound and features a cast of features.
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0:00 Intro
1:03 Orchestral Intro (Feat. sinfonia ViVA)
1:57 Welcome To the World of the Plastic Beach (Feat. Snoop Dogg & Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)
4:01 White Flag (Feat. Bashy, Kano and the National Orchestra for Arabic Music)
6:43 Rhinestone Eyes
8:22 Stylo (Feat. Mos Def and Bobby Womack)
10:11 Superfast Jellyfish (Gruff Rhys and De la Soul)
12:41 Empire Ants (Feat. Little Dragon)
15:20 Glitter Freeze (Feat. Mark E Smith)
17:09 Some Kind of Nature (Feat. Lou Reed)
19:03 On Melancholy Hill
21:20 Broken
22:43 Sweepstakes (Feat. Mos Def and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)
24:41 Plastic Beach (Feat. Mick Jones and Paul Simonom)
26:45 To Binge (Feat. Little Dragon)
28:14 Cloud of Unknowing (Feat. Bobby Womack and Sinfonia ViVA)
29:24 Pirate Jet
30:39 Final Thoughts

[@kay_nanika]

Empire Ants is an all time great song omg perfectionnn

[@cavemanjack]

So beautiful

[@LFCliid]

@@cavemanjack little dragon are well worth checking out if you enjoyed this song. Machine Dreams album is brilliant.

[@violentbadger9317]

I think To Binge is a bit better imo

[@Cc20119]

Try hearing super fast jellyfish before empire ants

[@dedykurniyanto6349]

I bet , who hear this song first will boring until they hear the ladys singing

[@jerrunholt5571]

On melancholy hill is easily one of my all time favorites. It’s such a beautiful song

[@cavemanjack]

Soooooo gooood

[@garanhollow4493]

I would say Empire Ants is How to Disappear Completely, while On Melancholy Hill is the No Surprises of Plastic Beach

[@tomboston4947]

Cloud of unknowing is motion picture soundtrack

[@sergio_7459]

melancholy hill and no surprises comparison is surprisingly accurate. empire ants is prolly the paranoid android

[@MatterShim]

Sweepstakes is one you'll randomly let play through later on and suddenly you get it. It just clicks.

[@cavemanjack]

Ill trust you on that and keep giving it a go !

[@wall-edrums7917]

I recommend watching the live version of Sweepstakes, i think it was the best performance i have seen.

[@tylerbubby7121]

Hard disagree. Yucky

[@ReverendGreenArt]

By far my favorite Gorillaz album. 21 years of following this band closely and Plastic Beach is still the one that I can put on any day and just have a blast listening to front to back.

[@skyleruballe2265]

Sweepstakes became one of my favorite songs over time. I hope you can come to like it 😁

[@cheerio4000]

same!

[@patjackson8649]

The cinematic quality on Cloud of Unknowing - Damon loves Morricone, even wrote a Blur song called that. Takes a lot of inspiration from his soundtracks. The theme of the album is environmental. Damon noticed how much literal plastic was washing up on the local beach in Devon. Gotta share a couple concert anecdotes 😄: Brooklyn 2018, my daughter started weeping during On Melancholy Hill and Damon came over to hold her hand during the next song (El Manana). Montréal 2022: Damon and the band sound checked Some Kind of Nature, ran through it a couple times - it didn’t make the show but Glitter Freeze did, which was ample compensation 💓 Seems that you’ve become a true fan and I hope you can see them live at some point

[@cavemanjack]

Thank you for sharing those incredible stories Pat, love hearing about concert experiences I really hope one day I can seem them too

[@jaaqob2]

On Melancholy Hill is probably my favorite Gorillaz song

[@cavemanjack]

Such an amazing song I’m so glad I finally found it

[@itzsyfan]

Aye let's goooo! Empire Ants is one of my favorite songs from Albarn, up there with my favorites from Blur. Classic album!

[@cavemanjack]

Such a awesome project

[@jonathandufern7421]

They are so great in their flow. They grasp Trip Hop so great like Massive Attack or Morcheeba etc.

[@Gautier_Cpt]

Great reaction Jack! Would love to see you dive into more of The Avalanches. Their evolution is crazy good!

[@cavemanjack]

For sure! Super keen for their sophomore project !!! Thank you for checking out the video

[@xDiversityy]

This is an album which I was never a massive fan of but it's grown to be one of my all time favourites, glad you checked it out! :)

[@aisatakeuchi952]

YAAAAY FINALLYYYYYYY🥳🥳🥳 thank you so much for this reaction 💗✨

[@cavemanjack]

Woooo, glad you enjoyed the vid!

[@po5283]

Gorillaz man, such a great musical concept, executed so well! Though have to say due to the unique creative founding collaboration, you're missing out if you don't watch the music videos as well. Also, not to be a broken record but crossing my fingers we get you reacting to trip hop royalty, Portishead's, debut album, Dummy, one of the all-time greatest debut records of all time.

[@cavemanjack]

Such a fun project, portishead are for sure on the list, hoping to get to them soon! appreciate you checking out another one of my vids!

[@sebastianexisting]

This is definitely in my top 25 albums of all time. The perfect example of an album that utilizes features to the utmost. Eagerly waiting for "In Rainbows". My one true favourite album.

[@user-boobs]

I'm curious, what else would you say is in your top 25? or top 10 even, because In Rainbows is probably also my no. 1?

[@sebastianexisting]

@@user-boobs Nice! Well, some Beatles albums, few Pink Floyd albums, Depeche Mode, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Nas, Tame Impala, Nirvana, Alice In Chains, are some examples.

[@user-boobs]

@@sebastianexisting lmaoo my favourites are also probably anything from Radiohead and Nirvana, many Pink Floyd records, most things from the Beatles, Alice in Chains, some Soundgarden and Pearl Jam albums, Metallica, Daft Punk, Blur, Suede, the Prodigy, Kasabian … mainly rock but also things from other genres like rap and country, also love classical

[@sebastianexisting]

@@user-boobs I agree on everyone you named. Great taste, buddy! 🙏

[@OperationRollingThunder]

Yes I've been waiting for this thank you❤️❤️❤️❤️ Can you please do The Now Now next 🙏🏻 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@cavemanjack]

Of course!! Will let this one sit for a while then I will return to the world ! Thank you for checking out the video !

[@OperationRollingThunder]

@@cavemanjack alright yes ill be waiting love the vids❤️❤️❤️

[@ethandziuban6037]

Love your reaction to this!! Happy to have found this channel! Random, but would love to see you react to Ants From Up There!

[@cavemanjack]

Added! Glad you enjoyed the reaction !!!

[@hugobecookin]

your first reaction to melancholy hill was needed today 🥂

[@1deron1]

I started laughing when you got to Sweepstakes cause thats my exact thoughts on the song lol

[@alexfernandezvargas8044]

I didn't expect on melancholy hill being a happy song for you 😂. I guess it's all about how you relate tomessage, and the vibes you get, such an awesome song.

[@SwissSauce]

Great commentary man!

[@cavemanjack]

thank you!

[@misbehavetbtf]

to binge is so underrated i don’t know why ppl talk about this bop 🥰🥰

[@3axapTv]

I suggest you to react to "Computer World" by Kraftwerk (1981). It sounds so modern because modern music was inspired by this album. Big influence on hip-hop, techno and synth pop music.

[@sambbk7203]

Rhinestone Eyes and Some Kind of Nature are my favourites.

[@PatchesOnPaws]

Plastic Beach: **beautiful and amazing** The Plastic Beach lore: 💀

[@ylann2546]

I like how to binge is almost a "Hawaii like" song while it talks about how alcohol destroys couples. Going in depth from the surface

[@ju4nra939]

Coooooool♡

[@rioulethebeats9717]

I don't know if I'm too late or not but the whole reason why everything has 8 bit or Electro type beat is because the virtual band two of the members were just missing so the basis had to make a Beat by using computers.

[@cavemanjack]

That's actually so cool, makes a lotto sense now

[@PatchesOnPaws]

Humanz reaction next 👹

[@VidGamerLuke]

You should listen to their self-titled album, still pretty good even today.

[@cavemanjack]

I reckon one day I will for sure, the albums I have heard have made me really love their sounds and I just want to soak up as much of their discography as possible now lol

[@VidGamerLuke]

@@cavemanjack yeah, I just finished listening to all their stuff, actually really enjoyed humanz and the now now, song machine is pretty good, and I saw you did cracker island as well. The fall has some very unique sounds to it as well. Also, if you listen to humanz, make sure to include sleeping powder.

[@theimpossiblesomething6773]

I love this album so so much!! Such brilliant writing, instrumentation, lyrics, and the use of features were done so well. I love Damon Albarn, all of his bands, not just Gorillaz. I think you’ll really like their most recent album, Song Machine Season 1. It’s top three for me. But make sure you listen to the deluxe version because there are extra songs on there which you can’t miss out on. But also all of their albums are great and have a lot to offer, each with such a unique identity. I’d love for you to react to ALL of them 😍

[@3axapTv]

Sweepstakes is my favorite track on this album. But most reaction youtubers didn't like it and it's ok.

[@cavemanjack]

I reckon ill keep giving it a go! cause I have heard some people who love it

[@chimadang1573]

yo jack! any thoughts on listening to some Weezer on your channel? The Blue Album and Pinkerton are amazing classics!

[@cavemanjack]

Would be keen to check out weezer tbh!

[@chimadang1573]

@@cavemanjack Blue is their first release and Pinkerton is their second, there's a really cool evolution of sound between them so I'd recommend listening in that order

[@tomboston4947]

Do one of Pink Floyd's big albums

[@cavemanjack]

Coming this week Tom!

[@LINK__loz]

Refrencing Zelda while listening to Gorillaz. Easiest sub of my life 😂😂😂

[@Lilgucciflow]

rip bobby womack

[@diegoski345]

superjelly has the best drum most pocket engineriing shit i eer hear

[@vuzwp]

please react to the humanz album

[@Mordred_Ka]

I love Plastic Beach now reaction The Now Now pls 🙏

[@davidjeffery3532]

Empire ants is the best!

[@thjonez]

not mind blowing for you but for me all th way..

[@ASkyy166]

It needs to be listened to in a car! Not headphones

[@thjonez]

@ASkyy166 i already said im mind blown remind the channel creator to do it

[@themrfox1]

Hi Ren _ Ren Please