Gorillaz (album)

	Chart positions ; Explanation of the data
	Albums
	Gorillaz
	Singles
	Clint Eastwood
	19/2000
	Rock the House
	Tomorrow Comes Today

chronology
Gorillaz
Studio album by Gorillaz
Publication ; (s)	March 26, 2001
Label (s)	Parlophone , Virgin
Genre (s)	Alternative rock , alternative hip-hop , electronica , trip-hop
Title (number)	16
occupation	Vocals, keyboards: 2D; Vocals, guitar: Noodle; Bass: Murdoc Niccals; Drums: Russell Hobbs;
production	Gorillaz, Tom Girling, Jason Cox, Dan the Automator

Gorillaz is the debut album by the band of the same name . It was released in March 2001 and contains the singles Clint Eastwood , 19-2000 , Rock the House and Tomorrow Comes Today .

The album was honored with platinum in the USA and over seven million records were sold worldwide. The Gorillaz were then entered in the Guinness Book of Records as the “most successful virtual band” .

publication

After the EP Tomorrow Comes Today from 2000 and the pre-released single Clint Eastwood on March 5, 2001 , the album is the third release of the Gorillaz . It hit stores on March 26, 2001, followed by singles 19-2000 in June 2001, Rock the House in October 2001, and Tomorrow Comes Today in February 2002.

The tracks Tomorrow Comes Today , Rock the House and Latin Simone are re-releases that were already included on the EP Tomorrow Comes Today .

Track list

Re-Hash ( feat.Miho Hatori ) - 3:38
5/4 - 2:39
Tomorrow Comes Today - 3:12 am
New Genious (Brother) - 3:57
Clint Eastwood (feat. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien ) - 5:39
Man Research (Clapper) - 4:32
Punk - 1:36
Sound Check (Gravity) - 4:40
Double bass - 4:44
Rock the House (feat. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien) - 4:08
19-2000 ( feat.Miho Hatori and Tina Weymouth ) - 3:27

Latin Simone (¿Qué Pasa Contigo?) ( Feat.Ibrahim Ferrer ) - 3:36

Starshine - 3:31

Slow Country - 3:35

M1 A1 - 4:02

Singles

Clint Eastwood
19-2000
Rock the House
Tomorrow Comes Today

Awards for music sales

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Belgium (BEA)	gold	(25,000)
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	(150,000)
Europe (IFPI)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
Finland (IFPI)	gold	(15,169)
France (SNEP)	platinum	(300,000)
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	gold	75,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	2 × platinum	30,000
Norway (IFPI)	gold	(20,000)
Austria (IFPI)	gold	(20,000)
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	(80,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	(40,000)
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × platinum	(900,000)
All in all	8 × gold 12 × platinum	3,240,000

Others

The sung tone sequence at the beginning of the track Clint Eastwood is based on the leitmotif of the title melody composed by Ennio Morricone for the Italowestern Two glorious scoundrels (1966).
In the film Wasabi - A Bull in Japan , the song Starshine can be heard in the scene where Fiorentinis is playing golf with Yakuza boss Takanawa, "the zebra" .
The repeated call "Hello, is anyone there?" At the beginning of M1 A1 comes from the film Zombie 2 by George A. Romero .

Individual evidence

↑ Gorillaz - Gorillaz. In: billboard.com. Billboard Magazine , accessed April 18, 2010 .

↑ Heather Phares: Gorillaz Biography. In: Allmusic website . Retrieved April 11, 2010 .
↑ James Cooper: Gorillaz: D-Sides. (No longer available online.) November 19, 2007, archived from the original on January 17, 2010 ; accessed on April 11, 2010 (English).
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↑ 50 years "Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo" , Ö1 Leporello , 23 December 2016

Web links

[1] Gorillaz - Gorillaz. In: billboard.com. Billboard Magazine , accessed April 18, 2010 .