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1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/demon_days_4535.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:''Love forever, love is free...'']]
3
4	->''"In these demon days, we're so cold inside\
5	it's so hard for a good soul to survive.\
6	You can't even trust the air you breathe\
7	'cause Mother Earth want us all to leave.\
8	When lies become reality\
9	you numb yourself with drugs and TV.\
10	Pick yourself up, it's a brand new day\
11	so turn yourself 'round\
12	don't burn yourself, turn yourself,\
13	turn yourself around to the sun..."''
14	-->-- [[TitleTrack "Demon Days"]]
15
16	''Demon Days'' is the second studio album by virtual rock band Music/{{Gorillaz}}, released in 23 May 2005 through Creator/ParlophoneRecords (in conjunction with Creator/VirginRecords in the US).
17
18	It was a considerable NewSoundAlbum with more emphasis on pop music, which resulted in more hits than their previous album. The art style and packaging were also upgraded, with Noodle being re-modeled as an older teenager with a less stereotypically Asian caricatured face.
19
20	"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.
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22	The album peaked at #1 in the UK (where it went sextuple platinum) and #6 in the US (where it went double platinum); it made several lists of the best albums of the year, and went on to make more lists for the best albums of the entire decade.
23
24	Preceded by ''[[Music/GorillazAlbum Gorillaz]]''. Followed by ''Music/PlasticBeach''.
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26
27	!!Tracklist:
28
29	# "Intro" (1:03)
30	# "Last Living Souls" (3:10)
31	# "Kids with Guns" (3:47)
32	# "O Green World" (4:32)
33	# "Dirty Harry" (3:43)
34	# "Feel Good Inc." (3:41)
35	# "El Mañana" (3:50)
36	# "Every Planet We Reach is Dead" (4:53)
37	# "November Has Come" (2:41)
38	# "All Alone" (3:30)
39	# "White Light" (2:08)
40	# "DARE" (4:04)
41	# "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head" (3:16)
42	# "Don't Get Lost in Heaven" (2:00)
43	# "Demon Days" (4:28)
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45
46	!!Tropes Coming Out of the Monkey's Head:
47
48	* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Used in "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head."
49	-->''Now everybody's dancing the dance of the dead, the dance of the dead.''
50	* AfterTheEnd: Again, "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head."
51	-->''And then came a sound. Distant at first, it grew into castrophany so immense it could be heard far away in space. There were no screams. There was no time. The mountain called Monkey had spoken. There was only fire. And then... nothing.''
52	* AlbumIntroTrack: The first track, fittingly titled "Intro," sets up the general tone for the rest of the album.
53	* AlbumTitleDrop: "Demon Days."
54	-->''In demon days, it's cold inside...''
55	* AllJustADream: The music video of "DARE" turns out to be a nightmare Shaun Ryder was having… that Murdoc was actually experiencing.
56	* AlliterativeTitle: "'''D'''emon '''D'''ays".
57	* AllPartOfTheShow: Nobody noticed that the helicopters in "El Mañana" [[spoiler:were genuinely trying to kill Noodle]] until after the filming was finished.
58	* AmbiguouslyHuman: It's unclear if the Happy and Strange Folk featured in "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head" are intended to be humans or not.
59	* BrainInAJar: Shaun Ryder's head in the music video of "Dare."
60	* CallBack:
61	** "El Mañana" features a distinct synth sound that is first implemented in the album's intro.
62	** "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head" gets name-dropped in the next track, "Don't Get Lost in Heaven".
63	--->''There was crack on the corner and someone dead,\
64	and fire coming out of the monkey's head.''
65	** A seven-note melody that was heard in "Don't Get Lost in Heaven" was also implemented in the final song "Demon Days".
66	* CallToAgriculture: "O Green World" has an environmental message.
67	* CelebrityIsOverrated: "Feel Good Inc.", where the band's success has taken a toll on them.
68	* ChekhovsVolcano: In "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head," the mountain called Monkey [[spoiler:turns out to be this.]]
69	* ContinuityNod: A school choir sings the refrain of "Dirty Harry": ''I need a gun / to keep myself among.'', which is similar to "Kids with Guns"' theme.
70	* CreepyChild: "Kids with Guns" about gun violence among children and teenagers.
71	* CrossingTheDesert: The music video of "Dirty Harry" is set in the desert where 2D and some children sing a song while a rescue mission is on the way to come and get them out of there.
72	* DancingIsSeriousBusiness:
73	** "Dirty Harry":
74	--->''All I wanna do is dance!''
75	** Despite Noodle's eccentric way of dancing during the music video of "DARE," she is still a marvel to look at.
76	** "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head":
77	--->''Now everybody's dancing the dance of the dead, the dance of the dead.''
78	* DarkerAndEdgier: This album is bleaker than the band's self-titled debut, with lyrics about death, despair and gun violence among children. Even the album cover illustrates this.
79	* ADayInTheLimelight: The videos for "DARE" and "El Mañana" focus on Noodle. The other three made cameos in "DARE"; Murdoc is the only one with lines and speaks only a sentence. Noodle says in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnBEZ2QvMwY an interview]] that the reason 2D and Russel were [=WTFing=] during the video is because she didn't warn any of them that she was going to record the clip.
80	* TheDeadCanDance: The line "now everybody's dancing the dance of the dead" from "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head."
81	* DeathMountain: The mountain Monkey in "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head."
82	* DespairEventHorizon:
83	** "Kids with Guns" is sang in a monotone voice, but when it gets to the chorus emotion and hopelessness start to get in the voice.
84	** "Feel Good Inc.," in which everyone is locked up and 2D appears desperate to get out in the music video.
85	** "Every Planet We Reach is Dead."
86	* DownerEnding: "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head" ends with [[spoiler:the Strangefolk's reckless gem mining triggering a volcanic eruption, causing the Happyfolk to face TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.]] Creator/DennisHopper's narration makes it extra chilling.
87	* DreamWithinADream: "DARE"'s music video shows that the entire thing was a dream of the head in a jar, who is sleeping safely next to Murdoc. Then Murdoc wakes up frightened.
88	* DugTooDeep: The Strangefolk in "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head."
89	* ElectronicSpeechImpediment: "All Alone" makes use of this during the refrain.
90	* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: The last spoken verse of "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head."
91	* EvilLaugh and LaughingMad: The laughter heard during "Feel Good Inc."
92	* EyesNeverLie: The Happyfolk and Strangefolk in "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head."
93	* FaceOnTheCover: The band in profile shots.
94	* FadingIntoTheNextSong: "Dirty Harry" and "Feel Good Inc." run together with some [[EvilLaugh seriously creepy laughter.]]
95	** See SiameseTwinSongs below.
96	* FluffyTheTerrible: A mountain called "Monkey" sounds cute, right? Not when you listen to "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head."
97	* GratuitousSpanish: The title of "El Mañana." Averted in the actual song.
98	* GenreRoulette: Many songs fall into different genres, often mixing them together as they please.
99	** Piano-pop ("Last Living Souls")
100	** Dream pop ("Kids With Guns")
101	** Trip-hop ("O Green World," "El Mañana")
102	** Choir-rap ("Dirty Harry")
103	** Alternative rock/hip-hop ("Feel Good Inc.")
104	** Psychedelic rock ("Every Planet We Reach Is Dead," "White Light," "Fire Coming Out of a Monkey's Head")
105	** Hip-hop/rap ("November Has Come")
106	** D&B-rap ("All Alone")
107	** Disco-pop ("DARE")
108	** Gospel ("Don't Get Lost in Heaven," "Demon Days")
109	* GriefSong: "El Mañana" is probably the saddest song they've written. The song's music video encapsulates its sorrow with [[spoiler:Noodle's floating island being destroyed and [[KillTheCutie Noodle presumably being killed.]]]]
110	-->''I saw that day,\
111	lost my mind.''
112	* HopeSpringsEternal: The ultimate message of the album and of the titular track, despite the DarkerAndEdgier leaning. As described by Russel in ''Rise of the Ogre'':
113	-->''"The track's a positive reassurance. Today's a new day. We still have everything to gain, and a universe to fight for."''
114	* KickTheDog: Murdoc slaps one of the children in the music video of "Dirty Harry".
115	* KidsRock: A school choir sings the refrain of "Dirty Harry": "''I need a gun / to keep myself from harm.''" The kids seen in the "Dirty Harry" video are apparently based on the children from that choir.
116	* 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, and WordOfGod is that she escaped by parachuting out at the last second.
117	* LastNoteNightmare: "El Mañana" ends with the blaring of emergency sirens.
118	* LimitedLyricsSong: The lyrics to "White Light" consist entirely of {{Title Drop}}s, interspersed with "Alcohol, alcohol, alcohol." Fortunately, it's only two minutes long, with an instrumental break in the middle.
119	* LockedInTheDungeon: The people in "Feel Good Inc." are all locked up in a large room where helicopters prevent them from being able to escape.
120	* LyricalDissonance: 2D doesn't look or sound particularly happy while singing "Feel Good Inc." in the music video.
121	* MoodWhiplash: When 2D starts singing in "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head", it transitions from a nice fairy tale to a song where people are dying due to greed, though said message ultimately parallels what happens in the fairy tale.
122	* MusicalSquares: The famous cover, as homage to Music/TheBeatles' ''Music/LetItBe''.
123	* NewSoundAlbum: Darker and more theatrical than their debut.
124	* NightmareFace:
125	** Murdoc'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.
126	** Russel's creepy look at the camera while driving the car in the music video of "Dirty Harry."
127	** The colossal face without a body in the music video of "DARE."
128	** The illustration to "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head" in the album booklet.
129	* NonAppearingTitle: "Every Planet We Reach is Dead," "Dirty Harry" and "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head."
130	* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: The ending to the "El Mañana" video.
131	* OminousMultipleScreens: Seen in the music video of "Feel Good Inc."
132	* OneManSong: "Dirty Harry."
133	* OnlySaneMan: {{Invoked\|Trope}} 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. The song itself deals with the idea of being the only compassionate beings left in an increasingly cynical world.
134	* PeaceAndLoveIncorporated: "Feel Good Inc." The NightmareFuel-filled video depicts the male band members apparently trapped in one of these. It's not clear what Feel Good Inc. actually does, if anything, but the building is a tall tower set in a [[CrapsackWorld dystopian wasteland]], with creepy red lighting in the tower and TV screens showing film of people laughing insanely.
135	** The atmosphere inside, with most of the guests lying around in stupor, implies a brothel, nightclub or drug den, perhaps all at once.
136	** 2D kind of brings up that Gorillaz are the ones who made the tower in the first place, so it's like they were wallowing in their success until it, for lack of a better word, fermented.
137	--->'''2D:''' The palace we built has become a prison... That's what the song's about.\
138	'''Murdoc:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Looks like a good party to me.]]
139	* 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."
140	* PsychoStrings: "O Green World" has them.
141	* PunBasedTitle: "DARE" has the opening line: "It's DARE!" which sounds like "It's there!"
142	* RecursiveReality: Though it's not explained further, "DARE" has the entirety of the video taking place in Shawn Ryder's nightmares... inside Murdoc's nightmares.
143	* [[Administrivia/AboutRhetoricalQuestions Rhetorical Question]]: "Are We The Last Living Souls?"
144	* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The Happy Folk from "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head" resemble tiny purple humanoids with oversized heads and eyes, making them look quite cute.
145	* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: "Feel Good Inc." criticizes the hedonistic lifestyle of the rich and famous.
146	* ShaggyDogStory: The music video for "Dirty Harry" has 2D and a group of children marooned in the desert, and 2D performing the song to keep them occupied while Russel, Noodle, and Murdoc drive to the rescue in an APC. The video ends with the APC picking up 2D and the kids, driving off into the dunes... and breaking down after about 100 yards, leaving them stranded again.
147	* ShakingTheRump: Noodle does this in the music video of "DARE."
148	* SheIsAllGrownUp: Noodle went from an AmbiguousGender-ed kid to a very obviously female young adult.
149	* ShoutOut:
150	** The album cover is a homage to the one on Music/TheBeatles' ''Music/LetItBe''. Inside the album's booklet, the pages for "Every Planet We Reach is Dead" has another shout-out in which the band members strike poses that mimic the album cover of ''Music/{{Help}}''.
151	** "Kids with Guns" quotes from "Push It" by Music/SaltNPepa.
152	** "Dirty Harry" is a titular reference to ''Film/DirtyHarry'', continuing the Creator/ClintEastwood imagery that started with the song "Clint Eastwood" on their first album "Gorillaz." The image on the musical single is a helmet, referencing the poster of ''Film/FullMetalJacket''.
153	** The music video of "DARE" shows the statue of Pazuzu, a reference to ''Film/TheExorcist''. Ryder's head being kept alive is a shout-out to ''Film/TheBrainThatWouldntDie'' and Russel's newspaper has the line "Cannibal Massakren," the Danish title of ''Film/CannibalHolocaust''. The zoom on Noodle's eye is a reference to ''Literature/{{TheRing}}''.
154	* ShirtlessScene: 2D in the "Dirty Harry" video. Murdoc is seen without a shirt more often than with one.
155	* SiameseTwinSongs: "Don't Get Lost in Heaven" and "Demon Days," strung together by a gospel choir.
156	* SingleStanzaSong:
157	** "Dirty Harry," with the exception of Bootie Brown's rap at the end.
158	** "White Light" is a straighter example, overlapping with LimitedLyricsSong, as the stanza itself is composed of the same three words repeated several times.
159	* SpecialGuest:
160	** Creator/DennisHopper reads the story during "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head."
161	** Shaun Ryder from Music/HappyMondays sings "DARE" and appears as the head in the music video.
162	** Bootie Brown from Music/ThePharcyde has a cameo during "Dirty Harry."
163	** Music/NenehCherry has guest vocals during "Kids with Guns."
164	** Music/DeLaSoul performs the rap (and the laughter) in "Feel Good Inc."
165	** "November Has Come" features the late Music/MFDoom.
166	** "Every Planet We Reach Is Dead" features a piano solo from Ike Turner, the late husband of Music/TinaTurner.
167	* SpokenWordInMusic:
168	** The introduction welcomes the listener. In a very creepy voice.
169	** "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head" is read by Creator/DennisHopper.
170	* StandardHollywoodStrafingProcedure: The helicopters trying to kill Noodle in "El Mañana" use this tactic in their opening attack volley.
171	* TitleTrack: The final track.
172	* WarIsHell: "Dirty Harry" is set in a desert with Bootie Brown appearing dressed as a soldier. At the time the war in Iraq was a hot topic and it's difficult not to interpret the song being about this, especially seeing the band previously criticized UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush's invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. A direct reference to Bush's televised speech in 2003 in a flight suit after Iraq had been conquered and UsefulNotes/SaddamHussein driven away, when the president declared his ''mission accomplished''.
173	-->''The war is over / so said the speaker / with the flight suit on''
174	* AWildRapperAppears: During "Dirty Harry" and "Feel Good Inc."
175	* YoungGun: "Kids with Guns" about the danger of young people walking around with guns.

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