"Boston’, it begins to wear thin quicker than a seagull nosediving to your soggy paper of chips"". Sample credits Merrie Land Merrie Land is the second album by English alternative rock supergroup The Good, the Bad & the Queen (Damon Albarn, Paul Simonon, Simon Tong and Tony Allen). The album was produced by Tony Visconti and released on 16 November 2018. The band announced the album with the single ""Merrie Land"" and news that they would embark on a five-date tour of the UK in early December 2018. In an interview for ""The Scotsman"", Albarn commented that the album is"
"of the band by UK chart compilers, and almost universally by record stores, music downloading services, concert promoters, fan sites and other media. Simon Tong and Paul Simonon both made appearances on Damon Albarn's next project, the third Gorillaz album ""Plastic Beach"" and Tony Allen collaborated with Albarn and Flea of Red Hot Chilli Peppers on the album, ""Rocket Juice & the Moon"" in 2012. In November 2011, the band played a show at London's Coronet Theatre marking the 40th anniversary of Greenpeace – the first time the band had played together in almost three years. Both Allen and Tong"
"was recorded at Damon Albarn's studio 13 and was produced by Simon Tong. The album garnered much critical acclaim with ""The Times"" calling it ""joyous"" and giving it 4 out of 5 stars (6 April 2007). ""NME"" said ""They mix traditional Brit folk with early rock and then add a twist of bluegrass"" (17 February 2007, whilst ""Uncut"" called it ""A curious clash of cultures that doubtless attracted the attention of Damon Albarn. They're much more than just another Americana outfit"" (4/5 Stars - March 2007). ""Mojo"" said that ""A feeling for melody and harmony pulls the band beyond their"
"and that he would play songs from all of his other bands, including Blur and Gorillaz. Albarn collaboated with producers Dan the Automator, XL Recordings, Richard Russell & Rodaidh McDonald, Jneiro Jarel, DJ Darren Cunningham aka Actress, Marc Antoine, Alwest, Remi Kabaka Jr., Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs and Kwes, Albarn went to Kinshasa for one week to record an album, ""Kinshasa One Two"", released in 2011. All proceeds benefit Oxfam's work in the DRC. ""Maison Des Jeunes"", an album for Albarn's project Africa Express, was released in 2013. In 2014, Albarn appeared in the song ""Go Back"" in Tony Allen's"
"their debut album. Albarn composed the score with collaboration by Michael Nyman for the 1999 movie ""Ravenous"", and was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Music for his work. In their first major work together since Gorillaz, Albarn and Hewlett, along with acclaimed Chinese theatre and opera director Chen Shi-zheng, adapted for stage the Chinese story ""Journey to the West"" as """", which received its world premiere as the opening show of the 2007 Manchester International Festival, on 28 June 2007 at the Palace Theatre, Manchester. In collaboration with theatre director Rufus Norris, Albarn has created an opera for"
"with a compilation entitled ""What the Folk"". In 2012 Simon contributed to the recording of the Dr Dee soundtrack, written by Damon Albarn, which was released on 7 May 2012. He is a member of the band Transmission with Youth, Paul Ferguson (of Killing Joke) and Tim Bran (of Dreadzone) which has released a single called ""Noctolucent"" and an album ""Beyond Light"" in 2006. He has also played guitar on several tracks on the 2007 Client album ""Heartland"". He is also recording and performing as a member of heavy-weight folk rock band Erland and the Carnival. Simon Tong Simon Tong"
"Good, The Bad & The Queen was simply the name of the album. Upon release, the single charted at #20, the only one of the band's three singles to reach the Top 20. The artwork for the red vinyl 7"" format of the single was created by the band's bassist Paul Simonon, making reference to the building in which the group recorded the video. Kingdom of Doom ""Kingdom of Doom"" is a song by the supposedly unnamed British alternative rock supergroup made up of Damon Albarn, Paul Simonon, Simon Tong and Tony Allen and is the fourth track on their"
"reviews, and was named one of the year's best albums by several critics. The album debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart, selling approximately 74,432 copies in its first week. It debuted at number two on the US ""Billboard"" 200 with 112,000 copies sold in its first week; it also reached number one in several other countries. Creators of Gorillaz, musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett, began working on a new Gorillaz project in November 2007 called ""Carousel"", which evolved into ""Plastic Beach"", the group's third studio album. In the November 2007 issue of ""Q"", when asked"
"available for download in the new DRM-free, high quality MP3 format (256 kbit/s). The Good, The Bad and the Queen was voted the Best Album of 2007 by the Observer Music Magazine. Paul Simonon told the magazine how the record came about: ""It's not a commercial record, so OMM's award shows that you can make music that moves people without going down the obvious route. I hadn't been in a band for 17 or 18 years, and then Damon asked me to listen to some tracks he'd recorded in Nigeria. I'd met him once before, at Joe Strummer's wedding reception."
"album was released on 26 March 2012. In 1998, Albarn and Michael Nyman recorded the song ""London Pride"" for the tribute album, """", a patriotic song Noël Coward had written in the spring of 1941 during the Blitz. In 2003, Albarn worked with the garage rock band The Strokes on their album ""Room on Fire"". Producer, Gordon Rapheal claims that Damon was experimenting with backing vocals on the record. In the end Albarn's contributions did not make the record. “Well I guess the songs are just perfect the way they are”. And so no backing vocals were used.” said Damon"
"and ""The Great Escape"" (1995). All three albums received critical acclaim while Blur gained mass popularity in the UK, aided by a Britpop rivalry with Oasis. Subsequent albums such as ""Blur"" (1997), ""13"" (1999), and ""Think Tank"" (2003) incorporated influences from lo-fi, electronic and hip hop music. Albarn formed the virtual band Gorillaz in 1998 with comic book artist Jamie Hewlett. Drawing influences from alternative rock, trip hop, hip hop, electronica, dub, reggae and pop, Gorillaz released their self-titled debut album in 2001 to worldwide success, spawning successful follow-ups ""Demon Days"" (2005), ""Plastic Beach"", ""The Fall"" (both released in 2010),"
"La Soul, Danny Brown, Kelela, Mavis Staples, Pusha T, and Benjamin Clementine. ""Humanz"" debuted at number two on the US ""Billboard"" 200 with 140,000 album-equivalent units, of which 115,000 were pure album sales. ""Humanz"" debuted at number 2 in the UK and number 1 on the US top rock albums chart. ""Humanz"" also debuted at number 1 on the Austrian, Belgian, Scottish and Swiss album charts. After the release of their 2010 album, ""The Fall"", rumours began to circulate on the internet that Gorillaz creators Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett had fallen out, and that this had led to the"
"expand. In 2004, Lex managed ""The Grey Album"" campaign, co-ordinating the promo on what would become the music story of the year and propel Danger Mouse into the spotlight of mainstream media, establishing him as a critically successful artist. Tom Brown got a copy of ""The Grey Album"" to Damon Albarn. Damon's enthusiasm for ""The Grey Album"" led directly to Danger Mouse being brought on board to produce Gorillaz's second album ""Demon Days"". ""Demon Days"" was released in May 2005 and went on to sell millions of copies worldwide and established Danger Mouse as a commercially successful producer by the"
"the services of Victor Van Vugt (Beth Orton, Nick Cave and PJ Harvey) to produce the album, with fellow Melburnian, Matt Lovell (Silverchair, Eskimo Joe) as sound engineer. The album's lead single, ""Generation Y"", was released in July 2007, which peaked at No. 51 on the ARIA Singles Chart, No. 29 on the Top 100 Physical Singles Chart and No. 1 on the Hitseekers Singles Chart. Foster noticed that ""The world Legge presents – partly with an eye on hitting the zeitgeist with song titles like ‘Generation Y' – is jaded, partied out and numb, with refuge found in dreams"
"album since 1997, ""Cosmic Universal Fashion"". He put the Waboritas on leave; he keeps his band paid year round. Sammy then started his next project - a self-titled album with the supergroup Chickenfoot featuring Michael Anthony of Van Halen, Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani who has previously played with Mick Jagger, Steve Vai and Deep Purple. 12 of Hagar's albums have achieved Gold or Platinum status in the United States, with a total of 25 Platinum certifications and four Gold certifications representing a total of 27 million shipments. Total US shipments are"
"""""Beautiful Life"""" album and sang co-lead vocals on the radio hit ballad ""Wonderful"". March 2006 saw his first solo album, ""Days of Hunger"". Its acoustic country-flavored harmonies along with his distinct vocals and guitar made him a notable artist in Tel Aviv's folk indie scene. Alon's Second solo release in 2007 ""The Wall of Sound"" included a cover version of David Bowie's ""Modern Love"", which became a major radio hit and enjoyed numerous placements as a cable television commercials soundtrack as well as broke through the charts on the major Israeli music radio station, Galgalatz. ""Get Closer"", Released in November"
"various bands: Nouvelle Vague, Alela Diane, Teitur, Stephen Fretwell, Little Dragon, Victoria Williams and Shugo Tokumaru. In 2008 she played at the festivals Greenman and WOMAD in the UK. White was a part of Damon Albarn's critically acclaimed ""Honest Jons Revue"" which toured in July 2008 to the Barbican Center in London, Les Nuits de Fourvière festival in Lyon, and the Lincoln Center Festival in New York City. The Honest Jons Revue included the artists Tony Allen, The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Damon Albarn, Kokanko Sata Doumbia, Lobi Traore, Afel Bocoum, Candi Staton, Simone White and Victoria Williams. On 12 June"
"in their list of ""The 300 Best Albums of 1985–2014"". While Jamie Hewlett was working with his team on a script for a possible Gorillaz movie, Damon Albarn was still recording ""Think Tank"" with Blur. By the time Albarn was ready to start writing and recording material for the Gorillaz movie, the whole idea had already been scrapped, although ideas from the movie's script were still used, including the themes of being driven by ego and the world being trapped in an endless night. Despite this, the album's main source of inspiration actually came about as a result of Albarn's"
"the city's youth to end gun violence in Chicago with an all-star cast featuring Common, King Louie, G Herbo, Katie Got Bandz, Saba, Tree, No Name Gypsy, Mic Terror, and Nick Jr. of Treated Crew. In 2016, Tone was selected from a handful of names to produce the upcoming Gorillaz project. From a Skype chat with band members Damon Albarn and Remi Kabaka, and a two-week session in London, the chemistry between Tone and the band was inevitable. Tone is the producer along with Damon Albarn, of the 2017 Gorillaz LP, which features the first track "" Hallelujah Money"", that"
"an abandoned track initially for the Gorillaz album ""Plastic Beach"". Albarn's live band is called The Heavy Seas, and features guitarist Seye, drummer Pauli the PSM, guitarist Jeff Wootton and Mike Smith on keyboards. Both Smith and Wootton had previously been a part of Gorillaz' ""Escape to Plastic Beach World Tour"". With the exception of drummer Pauli, all members have played live with Gorillaz. Albarn starred in Antonia Bird's 1997 film ""Face"" alongside Ray Winstone and Robert Carlyle. Albarn was also featured in Gunar Karlsson's 2007 film, ""Anna and the Moods"", along with Terry Jones and Björk. Albarn played ""Bull"""
"I Care"" (2003), both were also certified platinum while ""Tough All Over"" (2005) and ""Greatest Hits"" (2007) and ""Living Hard"" (2007) were all certified gold. His next two albums ""Get Off on the Pain"" (2010) and ""Set You Free"" (2013) both reached the Top 10 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Top Country Albums charts, at numbers 2 and 1 respectively. Overall, Allan's nine studio and greatest hits albums have produced 26 singles on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts, including the number one hits ""Man to Man"", ""Tough Little Boys"" (both 2003), ""Nothing On but the Radio"""
"five weeks later, reached number one on the ARIA Album Chart; it remained in the top 50 for 56 weeks. It peaked at No. 2 in New Zealand – their highest charting album outside Australia. It received 6× Platinum certification in 2007 from ARIA for shipment of over 420,000 units. In 2006 they performed across Australia on their Motown Show Tour with special guest, Doug Parkinson. Allen and Burton have each appeared in reality TV shows: Allen in the fourth season of Channel 7's ""Dancing with the Stars"" (May 2006) – finishing third – Burton in the second season of"
"his world tour promoting his ""Version"" album, headlining many festivals including Glastonbury, Big Day Out (Australia) and Coachella (US). In 2014, The Demon Strings, were given an official credit for strings on Albarn's debut solo studio album ""Everyday Robots"" and have featured in several live performances from Albarn promoting the album, including ""The One Show"". As of the release of Damon Albarn's Everyday Robots, the group has consisted of Stella Page, Isabelle Dunn, Ollie ""Oli"" Langford, Alice Pratley, Kotono Sato and Antonia Pagulatos. Isabelle, Stella and Antonia all featured on the Demon Days album by Gorillaz prior to the formation"
"magazine's review of the album, Gareth James wrote: ""What ""Everyday Robots"" is, however, is a subtle, textured patchwork covering Damon Albarn's 45 years to date, with lyrics capturing snapshots of his childhood in Leytonstone through to a song he made up for a baby elephant he met in Tanzania. Albarn opted to put himself in the solo spotlight and leave his friend (Richard Russell) behind the desk. Russell's signature stripped-back sound is all over ""Everyday Robots"", but it serves the songs well. Little touches like the piano motif from the title track reappearing at the end of album-closing Brian Eno"
"fuller sound."" The new album avoided the ""devil-may-care brashness"" of the first two, instead presenting a tone balanced between youthful optimism and ""the knowledge that some of life's experiences exact a high toll."" ""Smoke Rings in the Dark"" was certified platinum, and it included two successful singles, including its title track. The singer's fourth studio album ""Alright Guy"" was released in 2001. It contained the singles ""The One,"" ""Man of Me,"" and ""Man to Man,"" the latter of which became his first number one hit on the U.S. ""Billboard"" country charts. That same year, Allan married for the third time,"
"on 31 May 2018 and released on 29 June 2018. Albarn released ""Mali Music"" in 2002, recorded in Mali, during a trip he made to support Oxfam in 2000. He has visited Nigeria to record music with African drummer Tony Allen. In 2003, Albarn released an EP, ""Democrazy"", a compilation of demos he recorded in various hotel rooms during the United States portion of ""Think Tank""'s tour. In a 2013 interview with ""Rolling Stone"", Albarn announced that the solo record would be produced by Richard Russell of XL Recordings. He also said he would be taking his album on tour,"
"more successful than the album's lead single. ""Say It Again"", featuring Adam Levine, was released as the third and final single from the album on 8 October 2007. The single completely failed to chart. ""Love Like This"", featuring Sean Kingston, was released as the lead single from ""Pocketful of Sunshine"". It was released on 25 September 2007. It was released for online music stores on 2 October 2007. The single was a top twenty hit in the United States, reaching number eleven on ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and number ten on Pop 100. The single was released in the United Kingdom"
"The Shining from 2002 to 2003. Following Graham Coxon's departure from Blur in 2002, Tong was recruited as the guitarist for the band's live performances in support of the album ""Think Tank"" (2003). He continued the relationship formed with frontman Damon Albarn by contributing guitar to Gorillaz' 2005 album ""Demon Days"" and playing guitar in the Gorillaz live band for the Demon Days Live performances. Tong also contributed Guitar to Gorillaz' 2010 album ""Plastic Beach"" and substituted for lead guitarist Jeff Wooton on certain dates of the Escape to Plastic Beach Tour. In July 2006, it was reported that Tong"
"song ends with Damon Albarn repeating the phrase ""Tony Allen got me dancing."" He has collaborated with Albarn and Flea in a project called Rocket Juice and The Moon with an album released in 2012. Albarn collaborated with him again for the single ""Go Back"" in 2014, that is part of the album ""Film of Life"", released in October. He replaced Vladislav Delay as drummer for the Moritz Von Oswald Trio and appeared on their album ""Sounding Lines"". In 2017, Allen released ""A Tribute to Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers"", a four-song EP on Blue Note Records featuring a"
"departures of J.P. Bowersock and Catherine Popper, respectively. Following the album's release, producer James Candiloro would go on to join The Cardinals as the band's pianist and keyboard player. The album debuted at #7 on the ""Billboard"" 200 with Adams highest first-week sales (61,000) and has sold 217,000 copies in the U.S. and 500,000 worldwide. Furthermore, the album debuted in Canada, Estonia and Switzerland where Ryan Adams has never had an album chart before. ""Halloweenhead"" was #45 in ""Rolling Stone""s list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007. In 2010, Adams would go on to release two further studio albums"
"year. ""Treble"" ranked it the 3rd best album of 2007 and the 31st best of the decade. Q and ""Glide"" also ranked it the 66th and 28th best albums of the decade respectively. All songs produced by Britt Daniel, Jim Eno and Mike McCarthy, and engineered by Jim Eno and Mike McCarthy, except ""The Underdog"", produced by Jon Brion and Spoon, and engineered by Greg Koller. The first pressing of the ""Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga"" CD release included the bonus EP ""Get Nice!"", which contains alternative versions of ""I Summon You"" (from the previous album ""Gimme Fiction"") and ""You"
"in an abandoned school near Niafunke over the course of six days - the same session and location where the Ali Farka Touré's ""Niafunke"" was recorded. In fact, Ali Farka and Bocoum appeared on each other's albums. Bocoum and Ali Farka's record producer believed that transporting the group to a recording studio overseas would diminish the quality of the music. In 2002 Bocoum collaborated with the Blur singer Damon Albarn on the successful ""Mali Music"" album, and the two played together in concerts in London and Denmark. In 2006, Afel Bocoum and his band, Alkibar, released their second full-length album"
"Elizondo, which won four of the six New Zealand Music Awards it was nominated for and went Quadruple Platinum. Willie Nelson's 2007 album ""Songbird"" produced by Ryan Adams and released by Lost Highway Records. Adams, along with The Cardinals, performed on the album’s eleven tracks, featuring Casal on guitar and piano. ""Songbird"" peaked at #87 on the Billboard 200 on November 18, 2006. In 2004, Casal provided photos for Tift Merritt’s second record ""Tambourine"". In 2007, Casal shot the album cover photos for the Ryan Adams album ""Easy Tiger"" and the Ryan Adams and the Cardinals EP ""Follow the Lights""."