Gorillaz - G-Sides
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Free Music Notes for G-Sides
Free Music Review: A remix that's surprisingly better than the original?
Hit: 4 Stars
It can happen...
In the case of 19/2000 (soulchild mix), I actually like it better than the original. Miho's vocals are... just... "More" in general. And you can never get too much Miho.
The rest of the cd is good chill-out music, including some of gorillaz' better, yet unappreciated, songs.
Overall: 4 stars.
Because of the short running time :/
Free Music Review: G-Sides
Hit: 4 Stars
Awesome album, worth buying if only for the hypnotic English version of Latin Simone. The Wise Guys House of Wisdom Remix of 19-2000 was abit disappointing, but the rest of the album is pure gold in my opinion, especially Ghost Train and 12D3, to name a few. Do yourself a favor and pick up this album along with the Gorillaz' self-titled album as well; you'll be glad you did.Free Music Review: hey this ain't too bad
Hit: 4 Stars
hey fan of the gorillaz this album ain't to bad a little pricy but find used if you have credit card for here or at a recorde store the tracks on this album is good especially ghost train, faust, and hip albatross has a good sound and isn't that bad though really should add more to the album but at least their coming out with a new album at last "demon days"Free Music Review: Not as Good as Demon Days.
Hit: 4 Stars
If you want a CD go with the first Gorillaz CD, or Demon Days.
Not this, this gets old fast.
Free Music Review: Some great tracks, some stinkers
Hit: 3 Stars
A track by track breakdown. Not in exact order, because I can't remember the order.19-2000 soul child remix - bouncy ... techno. ok for a listen, but i really don't like it. it's in that icebreakers commercial with that stupid high pitched whistle.
19-2000 wiseguys remix - awful boring talentless techno. just terrible.
latin simone remix - not really a remix, but a different version. this is the latin simone song from the original cd - exact same music - however the vocals are in english and sung by damon albarn (2-d). his voice doesn't fit the music as well as the original guy, and he doesn't raise his voice well at some points either (QUE PASA CONTIGO!?!?!), but it's still a great track.
The Sounder - A random rap song by a random rapper. Not a bad song, and the rapper is skilled, but I don't like his voice too much. Decent song if you're into rap.
Clint Eastwood remix - Clint Eastwood, but with the Del tha funkee Homosapien's (Russell) rap portion sung by the rapper who does The Sounder. The beats are changed slightly to accomodate this guy, and it's not that bad either. Decent for certain.
Faust - Decent listen, with some japanese lyrics, but not too special. Cool though.
Ghost Train - Great track - initially. I've gotten tired of it recently. But it's still decent.
12D3 - Awesome song. Simple guitars, wonderful vocals by damon albarn, comprehensible yet nonsensical lyrics...all the things that make the gorillaz great.
Hip Albatross - My favorite song on the cd. Simple rhythm and low key vocals, very sample heavy. At almost all points during the song are samples from Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead being played, often just zombies groan. Really great song, just laid back low key great music. I love the opening - helicopter blades whirling, the sample from Dawn of the Dead of that guy saying, "Every body that is not exterminated becomes one of them. It gets up and kills. The people it kills get up and kill." And then the quirky guitar notes first come up...ooh, it's awesome.
So, it's an average cd with its ups and downs. If you're a bigtime gorillaz fan like me, grab it for certain; otherwise you may just want to get the hot tracks in mp3 form.
The two very appealing parts about I haven't mentioned are very cool art, both on the case and in the inside booklet, and also the price is nice - only ten bucks. Radiohead's I might Be Wrong live recordings cd with like 8 or 9 tracks was set at full album price, which stresses the wallet of any music fan.
But one last point - this is only my opinion. Because of the wide ranging types of music here, it'll appeal to anyone. There are two techno songs, two rap songs, one almost acoustic rock song, three miscellaneous. It's certain you'll find something here you'll like.