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* NoNameGiven: An unusual example with the group. In interviews, the band members said that "The Good, the Bad & the Queen" was the name of their first album and the band was nameless, with the credits given to the individual members. The name was kind of adopted later on by the time they started promoting ''Merrie Land'', feeling so they didn't need to start it from scratch.
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* SpiritualAntithesis: A few critics were quick to compare the self-titled debut to Albarn’s earlier project, Music/{{Blur}}'s ''Music/{{Parklife}}'', due to both albums being a reflection of living in "modern day" UsefulNotes/{{London}}. Whereas ''Parklife'' took a more sardonic approach, with lyrics portraying the common daily lives of the British middle class in TheNineties accompanied with brighter pop melodies that reflect the tone of that decade's popular music, ''The Good, the Bad & the Queen'' is more direct, with melancholic and dour songs with lyrics depicting the common British citizen trying to live amidst a social climate engulfed by fear and tension, a recurrent landscape felt during the TurnOfTheMillennium.
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* SpiritualAntithesis: A few critics were quick to compare the self-titled debut to Albarn’s earlier project, Music/{{Blur}}'s ''Music/{{Parklife}}'', due to both albums being a reflection of living in "modern day" UsefulNotes/{{London}}. Whereas ''Parklife'' took a more sardonic approach, with lyrics portraying the common daily lives of the British middle class in TheNineties accompanied with brighter pop melodies that reflect the tone of that decade's popular music, ''The Good, the Bad & the Queen'' is more direct, with melancholic and dour songs with lyrics depicting the common British citizen trying to live amidst a social climate engulfed by fear and tension, a recurrent landscape felt during by the TurnOfTheMillennium.
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* EtherealChoir: The end of "Lady Boston", courtesy of the Côr y Penrhyn Choir.
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** "Kingdom of Doom" references Creator/WilliamBlake's poem "London" through the line "'''''You'll be falling off the palace wall'''''".
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** "Kingdom of Doom" from the self-titled album references Creator/WilliamBlake's poem "London" through the line "'''''You'll be falling off the palace wall'''''".wall'''''". "The Poison Tree" from ''Merrie Land'' also references another William Blake poem, this time, by the title of the same name.
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** "The Truce of Twilight" namedrops the singer-songwriter Demis Roussos and his song "Forever".
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** "Drifters and "Trawlers" end with an excerpt from ''Floyd on Hangovers'', a book from British celebrity cook Keith Floyd.
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'''The Good, the Bad & the Queen'''[[note]]The band themselves don't have a name, with the project being credited to the individual members.[[/note]] were a British {{supergroup}} formed by Damon Albarn, from the Music/{{Blur}} and Music/{{Gorillaz}} fame. It was initially conceived as a solo project by Albarn, but the idea quickly evolved into turning the project into a full group effort, with Music/TheVerve's guitarist Simon Tong, Music/FelaKuti drummer Tony Allen on the drums and Music/TheClash's bassist Paul Simonon.
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'''The Good, the Bad & the Queen'''[[note]]The band themselves don't have a name, with the project being credited according to the individual members.[[/note]] were a British {{supergroup}} formed by Damon Albarn, from the Music/{{Blur}} and Music/{{Gorillaz}} fame. It was initially conceived as a solo project by Albarn, but the idea quickly evolved into turning the project into a full group effort, with Music/TheVerve's guitarist Simon Tong, Music/FelaKuti drummer Tony Allen on the drums and Music/TheClash's bassist Paul Simonon.
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'''The Good, the Bad & the Queen''' were a British {{supergroup}} formed by Damon Albarn, from the Music/{{Blur}} and Music/{{Gorillaz}} fame. It was initially conceived as a solo project by Albarn, but the idea quickly evolved into turning the project into a full group effort, with Music/TheVerve's guitarist Simon Tong, Music/FelaKuti drummer Tony Allen on the drums and Music/TheClash's bassist Paul Simonon.
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'''The Good, the Bad & the Queen''' Queen'''[[note]]The band themselves don't have a name, with the project being credited to the individual members.[[/note]] were a British {{supergroup}} formed by Damon Albarn, from the Music/{{Blur}} and Music/{{Gorillaz}} fame. It was initially conceived as a solo project by Albarn, but the idea quickly evolved into turning the project into a full group effort, with Music/TheVerve's guitarist Simon Tong, Music/FelaKuti drummer Tony Allen on the drums and Music/TheClash's bassist Paul Simonon.
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The band was sporadically active throughout the years, and has released two albums ''The Good, the Bad & the Queen'' in 2007 and ''Merrie Land'' in 2018, before disbanding in 2019, with Allen passing away in 2020 ruling out a possibility of a third album.
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The band was sporadically active throughout the years, and has released two albums ''The Good, the Bad & the Queen'' in 2007 and ''Merrie Land'' in 2018, before disbanding in 2019, with Allen passing away in 2020 ruling out a the possibility of a third album.
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[[caption-width-right:500:L-R: [[Music/TheClash Paul Simonon]], [[Music/{{Blur}} Damon]] [[Music/{{Gorillaz}} Albarn]], Tony Allen and [[Music/TheVerve Simon Tong]] ]]
'''The Good, the Bad & the Queen''' were a British {{supergroup}} formed by Damon Albarn, from the Music/{{Blur}} and Music/{{Gorillaz}} fame. It was initially conceived as a solo project by Albarn, but the idea quickly evolved into turning the project into a full group effort, with Music/TheVerve's guitarist Simon Tong, Music/FelaKuti drummer Tony Allen on the drums and Music/TheClash's bassist Paul Simonon.
The band was sporadically active throughout the years, and has released two albums ''The Good, the Bad & the Queen'' in 2007 and ''Merrie Land'' in 2018, before disbanding in 2019, with Allen passing away in 2020 ruling out a possibility of a third album.
!!Discography
* ''The Good, the Bad & the Queen'' (2007)
* ''Merrie Land'' (2018)
!!The Good, the Bad & the Queen provide examples of:
* ConceptAlbum: The self-titled album tackles the lives of the population of UsefulNotes/{{London}} in the present day, and ''Merrie Land'' revolves around Britain's reflection and uncertainty after Brexit.
* EpicRocking / LongestSongGoesLast: The TitleTrack for ''The Good, the Bad & the Queen'', clocking in at seven minutes.
* GenreMashup: Their sound combines elements of {{rock}}, {{folk|Music}}, {{Afrobeat}}, {{reggae}}, psychedelia, and {{world music}}.
* InsistentTerminology: Albarn stated in multiple interviews that the "The Good, the Bad & the Queen" name was only the title of the first album and that the band themselves were nameless.
* MinisculeRocking: The 13-second introduction track from ''Merrie Land'', titled...well, "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Introduction]]".
* RecordProducer: Music/DangerMouse for their self-titled and Tony Visconti for ''Merrie Land''.
* ShoutOut: Firstly, we can cross out the fact that the band name is a nod to the 1966 Western ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''.
** "Kingdom of Doom" references Creator/WilliamBlake's poem "London" through the line "'''''You'll be falling off the palace wall'''''".
** "Herculean"'s opening lines references Music/ThePogues' "Dirty Old Town".
** "The Bunting Song" gives a small nod to ''Literature/WhereTheWildThingsAre''.
** ''Merrie Land''[='=]s cover art is a photo of Creator/MichaelRedgrave's character from the "The Ventriloquist's Dummy" segment in 1945's AnthologyFilm ''Film/DeadOfNight''.
** ''Merrie Land''[='=]s introduction track contains a dialogue sample from the 1944 film ''Film/ACanterburyTale''.
* TheSomethingSong: "History Song" and "The Bunting Song".
%% * SpiritualAntithesis: A few critics were quick to compare the self-titled debut to Albarn’s earlier project, Music/{{Blur}}'s ''Music/{{Parklife}}'', due to both albums being a reflection of living in "modern day" UsefulNotes/{{London}}. Whereas ''Parklife'' took a more sardonic approach, with lyrics portraying the common daily lives of the British middle class in TheNineties accompanied with brighter pop melodies that reflect the tone of that decade's popular music, ''The Good, the Bad & the Queen'' is more direct, with melancholic and dour songs with lyrics depicting the common British citizen trying to live amidst a social climate engulfed by fear and tension, a recurrent landscape felt during the TurnOfTheMillennium.
* StudioChatter: On the last forty seconds of "The Good, the Bad & the Queen"’s title track, a snippet outtake of its recording plays after the song has properly ended.
* TitleTrack: Both ''The Good, the Bad & the Queen'' and ''Merrie Land'' have one.
* TokenMinority: Tony Allen.
* ViewersAreGeniuses: Albarn's lyrics in both albums contain a lot of historical and cultural references of the UsefulNotes/UnitedKingdom.
[[caption-width-right:500:L-R: [[Music/TheClash Paul Simonon]], [[Music/{{Blur}} Damon]] [[Music/{{Gorillaz}} Albarn]], Tony Allen and [[Music/TheVerve Simon Tong]] ]]
'''The Good, the Bad & the Queen''' were a British {{supergroup}} formed by Damon Albarn, from the Music/{{Blur}} and Music/{{Gorillaz}} fame. It was initially conceived as a solo project by Albarn, but the idea quickly evolved into turning the project into a full group effort, with Music/TheVerve's guitarist Simon Tong, Music/FelaKuti drummer Tony Allen on the drums and Music/TheClash's bassist Paul Simonon.
The band was sporadically active throughout the years, and has released two albums ''The Good, the Bad & the Queen'' in 2007 and ''Merrie Land'' in 2018, before disbanding in 2019, with Allen passing away in 2020 ruling out a possibility of a third album.
!!Discography
* ''The Good, the Bad & the Queen'' (2007)
* ''Merrie Land'' (2018)
!!The Good, the Bad & the Queen provide examples of:
* ConceptAlbum: The self-titled album tackles the lives of the population of UsefulNotes/{{London}} in the present day, and ''Merrie Land'' revolves around Britain's reflection and uncertainty after Brexit.
* EpicRocking / LongestSongGoesLast: The TitleTrack for ''The Good, the Bad & the Queen'', clocking in at seven minutes.
* GenreMashup: Their sound combines elements of {{rock}}, {{folk|Music}}, {{Afrobeat}}, {{reggae}}, psychedelia, and {{world music}}.
* InsistentTerminology: Albarn stated in multiple interviews that the "The Good, the Bad & the Queen" name was only the title of the first album and that the band themselves were nameless.
* MinisculeRocking: The 13-second introduction track from ''Merrie Land'', titled...well, "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Introduction]]".
* RecordProducer: Music/DangerMouse for their self-titled and Tony Visconti for ''Merrie Land''.
* ShoutOut: Firstly, we can cross out the fact that the band name is a nod to the 1966 Western ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''.
** "Kingdom of Doom" references Creator/WilliamBlake's poem "London" through the line "'''''You'll be falling off the palace wall'''''".
** "Herculean"'s opening lines references Music/ThePogues' "Dirty Old Town".
** "The Bunting Song" gives a small nod to ''Literature/WhereTheWildThingsAre''.
** ''Merrie Land''[='=]s cover art is a photo of Creator/MichaelRedgrave's character from the "The Ventriloquist's Dummy" segment in 1945's AnthologyFilm ''Film/DeadOfNight''.
** ''Merrie Land''[='=]s introduction track contains a dialogue sample from the 1944 film ''Film/ACanterburyTale''.
* TheSomethingSong: "History Song" and "The Bunting Song".
%% * SpiritualAntithesis: A few critics were quick to compare the self-titled debut to Albarn’s earlier project, Music/{{Blur}}'s ''Music/{{Parklife}}'', due to both albums being a reflection of living in "modern day" UsefulNotes/{{London}}. Whereas ''Parklife'' took a more sardonic approach, with lyrics portraying the common daily lives of the British middle class in TheNineties accompanied with brighter pop melodies that reflect the tone of that decade's popular music, ''The Good, the Bad & the Queen'' is more direct, with melancholic and dour songs with lyrics depicting the common British citizen trying to live amidst a social climate engulfed by fear and tension, a recurrent landscape felt during the TurnOfTheMillennium.
* StudioChatter: On the last forty seconds of "The Good, the Bad & the Queen"’s title track, a snippet outtake of its recording plays after the song has properly ended.
* TitleTrack: Both ''The Good, the Bad & the Queen'' and ''Merrie Land'' have one.
* TokenMinority: Tony Allen.
* ViewersAreGeniuses: Albarn's lyrics in both albums contain a lot of historical and cultural references of the UsefulNotes/UnitedKingdom.
