History Music / GorillazAlbum

** "Rock the House" contains a sample of "Modesty Blaise" by John Dankworth, from the soundtrack of ''Film/ModestyBlaise'', as well as a bootleg vinyl of a live performance by Music/BizMarkie and MC Shan.

* "Sound Check (Gravity)" contains a sample of a live performance by the Force MD's from the same bootleg vinyl as the above-mentioned Biz Markie & MC Shan sample.

** "Rock the House" contains a sample of "Modesty Blaise" by John Dankworth, from the soundtrack of ''Film/ModestyBlaise'', as well as "How Many People (Ready to Rock the House?)" by John Forté.

Followed by ''Music/DemonDays''.

''Gorillaz'' is the [[SelfTitledAlbum self-titled]] debut studio album by virtual rock band Music/{{Gorillaz}}, released in 26 March 2001. It's best remembered for the hits "Clint Eastwood," "19-2000," "Rock the House" and "Tomorrow Comes Today."

!! Tracklist:

!! ''I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad, I got tropes in a bag:''

-->''I'm useless, but not for long''
-->''The future is coming on''

** "[=M1 A1=]" contains a sample of [[Film/DayOfTheDead1985 "The Dead Suite"]] by John Harrison.

-->''I am a vampire!''
-->''(...) Rest is good for the blood''

** "[=M1 A1=]" features a sound clip from ''Film/DayOfTheDead1985''.

-->''Every dead body that is not exterminated, gets up and kills. The people it kills, get up and kill.''

* TimeMarchesOn: At the time, the fact that the album's original CD version gave you access to exclusive content on the band's interactive site was revolutionary. Now, if you play that movie that pops up when you put the disc into your computer all the way through, your browser opens up... to an error message.

* TimeMarchesOn: At the time, the fact that the first Gorillaz CD gave you access to exclusive content on the band's interactive site was revolutionary. Now, if you play that movie that pops up when you put the disc into your computer all the way through, your browser opens up... to an error message.

''Gorillaz'' is the [[SelfTitledAlbum self-titled]] debut studio album of virtual alternative rock band Music/{{Gorillaz}}, released in 26 March 2001. It's best remembered for the hits "Clint Eastwood," "19-2000," "Rock the House" and "Tomorrow Comes Today."

''Gorillaz'' is the [[SelfTitledAlbum self-titled]] debut of virtual alternative rock band Music/{{Gorillaz}}, released in 2001. It's best remembered for the hits "Clint Eastwood," "19-2000," "Rock the House" and "Tomorrow Comes Today."

''Gorillaz'' is the [[SelfTitledAlbum self-titled]] debut of virtual alternative rock band Music/{{Gorillaz}}, released in 2001. It’s best remembered for the hits “Clint Eastwood,” “19-2000,” “Rock the House,” and “Tomorrow Comes Today.”

# “Re-Hash” (3:37)
# “5/4” (2:39)
# “Tomorrow Comes Today” (3:12)
# “New Genius (Brother)” (3:57)
# “Clint Eastwood” (5:39)
# “Man Research (Clapper)” (4:32)
# “Punk” (1:36)
# “Sound Check (Gravity)” (4:40)
# “Double Bass” (4:44)
# “Rock the House” (4:08)
# “19-2000” (3:27)
# “Latin Simone (¿Qué Pasa Contigo?)” (3:36)
# “Starshine” (3:31)
# “Slow Country” (3:35)
# “M1 A1” (3:54)

!! ''I ain’t happy, I’m feeling glad, I got tropes in a bag:''

* TheFutureWillBeBetter: "Clint Eastwood:"

** In the "Clint Eastwood" video, a zombie ape reaches up from the ground, grabs Murdoc's crotch, and yanks him down. According to him in ''Rise of the Ogre'', it hurts rather a lot.

* NonAppearingTitle: "5/4", "Clint Eastwood" (its name is derived from a recurring sample from the theme of ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''), "19-2000," and "Slow Country."

** "Clint Eastwood" references Creator/ClintEastwood in the title and the yelling at the start is a shout-out to ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''. In the music video 2D's T-shirt says [[Franchise/ResidentEvil T Virus]] and the zombies dancing is very reminiscent of Music/MichaelJackson's "Music/{{Thriller}}." Murdoch being grabbed by the crotch by a zombie references to ''Film/{{Braindead}}''. And the opening quote at the start of the video is from ''Film/DawnOfTheDead1978'':

** "Clint Eastwood:" Features a ghost friend of the drummer rise from the dead and making zombie gorillas do the same.
** "19-2000:" The band drives a jeep, making amazing loops with it until they encounter a giant moose, which they try to destroy with rockets. The animal breezes and blows the rockets back, causing the car to explode.

* TitleByNumber: "19-2000" and "5/4".

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Nothing sounds quite like them; a good approximation of their sound is "alternative hip-hop electronica." There's also a bit of GenreRoulette from song to song.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: "Sound Check" and "Punk" are all very different from the sort of music that Gorillaz usually make (though even their more "normal" songs have a good degree of GenreRoulette and experimentation, so it's not that jarring).

* BilingualBonus: Lastly, "Latin Simone" has Spanish lyrics, provided by ''Music/BuenaVistaSocialClub'' alumni Ibrahim Ferrer.

* IndecipherableLyrics: Ten years on and ''still'' no one can figure out just what 2D is singing in "Punk."