History Music / DemonDaysAlbum

* EverythingIsBetterWithMonkeys: Except when you call a mountain that way, like in "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head".

* OnlySaneMan: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in-universe - Noodle penned the song "Last Living Souls" out of the feelings of isolation she gained from hearing the dreadful state of pop culture at the time.

* OnlySaneMan: [[InvokedTrope Invoked}} in-universe - Noodle penned the song "Last Living Souls" out of the feelings of isolation she gained from hearing the dreadful state of pop culture at the time.

* OnlySaneMan: [[{{InvokedTrope}} Invoked}} in-universe - Noodle penned the song "Last Living Souls" out of the feelings of isolation she gained from hearing the dreadful state of pop culture at the time.

* ChekovsVolcano: In "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head", the mountain called Monkey [[spoiler:turns out to be this.]]

* DownerEnding: "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head" ends with [[spoiler:the Strangefolk having {{dug too deep}} into the mountain Monkey (mining for jewels) and causing the Happyfolk to face TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.]] Creator/DennisHopper's narration makes it extra chilling.

** Murdoch's close-ups in the music video of "Feel Good Inc." The way 2D turns around in "Feel Good Inc.", jerkily twisting his body around until his head is on completely backwards before he finally turns it too.

--> '''Murdoc''': ''[[CompletelyMissingThePoint Looks like a good party to me.]]''

** Shaun Ryder from The Happy Mondays sings "Dare" and appears as the head in the music video.

* RecursiveReality: Though it's not explained further, "DARE" has the entirety of the video taking place as a nightmare of Shaun Ryder in a nightmare of Murdoc.

* SmokingIsCool: The illustration for "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head" shows a monkey smoking a cigarette.

[[caption-width-right:350:''Love forever, love is free'']]

* BrainInAJar: Creator/ShaunRyder's head in the music video of "Dare".

* PerfectlyCromulentWord: In "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head", [[TheCameo Dennis Hopper]] describes the eruption of The Mountain Called Monkey as "a castrophany". Presumably, this is a {{portmanteau}} of "Cacophony" and "Catastrophe".

** The introduction welcomes the listener.

#"Intro" (1:03)
#"Last Living Souls" (3:10)
#"Kids with Guns" (3:47)
#"O Green World" (4:32)
#"Dirty Harry" (3:43)
#"Feel Good Inc." (3:41)
#"El Mañana" (3:50)
#"Every Planet We Reach is Dead" (4:53)
#"November Has Come" (2:41)
#"All Alone" (3:30)
#"White Light" (2:08)
#"Dare" (4:04)
#"Fire Coming Out of the Monkey’s Head" (3:16)
#"Don’t Get Lost in Heaven" (2:00)
#"Demon Days" (4:28)

* KillTheCutie: Almost happens with Noodle in the music video of "El Mañana" where she enjoys the tranquility of her floating island until [[spoiler:helicopters destroy it and her own fate remains unknown at the end. She later appears InUniverse alive]].

* PunBasedTitle: "Dare" has the opening line: "It's "Dare"!", which sounds like "It's there!". See Mondegreen above.

"Dare", "Feel Good Inc." and "Dirty Harry" were released as singles, each respectively reaching #1, #2, and #6 on the UK Singles charts, with "Feel Good Inc." going on to become not only one of the band's {{Signature Song}}s, but one of the most popular songs of the [=2000s=].

#"Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head" (3:16)
#"Don't Get Lost in Heaven" (2:00)

Preceded by ''[[Music/GorillazAlbum Gorilaz]]''. Followed by ''Music/PlasticBeach''.

Preceded by ''Music/GorillazAlbum''. Followed by ''Music/PlasticBeach''.

* GreenEyes: Noodle in the music video of "El Mañana".

It was a considerable NewSoundAlbum with more emphasis on pop music, which resulted in more hits than their previous album. "Dare", "Feel Good Inc." and "Dirty Harry" were released as singles, each reaching #1, #2, and #6 on the UK Singles charts, respectively. The art style and packaging were also upgraded, with Noodle being re-modeled as an older teenager with a less stereotypically Asian caricatured face.

It has been featured on several lists of the best albums of the 2000s. The cover has been frequently referenced on the internet.

--> ''Now everybody's dancing dance of the dead, the dance of the dead.''

It has been featured on several lists of the best albums of the 2000s. The cover has been frequently homage/parodied on the internet.

* GratuitousSpanish: "El Mañana".