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"Space Monkeys versus Gorillaz: Laika Come Home" is the third
spin-off album from the uniquely successful animated group
Gorillaz. This new album is a re-working of their debut album, and
it’s a collaboration with the Spacemonkeyz. It sends you down a
spine-tingling ride of deep and dark reggae tunes, as well as
upbeat reggae dance songs. It punches you with powerful beats and
sends you slight hints of the unique Gorillaz sound (as well as
the unique humor of the Gorillaz, as we see in the track names).
It leaves you a bit unfulfilled, but it’s certainly a great
experience listening to it.
Right off the back we begin with Jungle Fresh (19/2000), with the
oh-so-familiar tune we’ve grown to love a million times over,
except this time it has an overbearing reggae vibe to it (as does
the whole album). It adds light to the original song, maybe too
much, but it’s a nice way to reintroduce you to the Gorillaz realm
since you last heard them in their last release. This is followed
by the Strictly Rubbadub (Slow Country), a very nice dub that
vastly improves the sound of the original Slow Country (which was
a bit weak on making your body move to the beat). This song has an
empowering reggae feel to it, and let’s you know the sound of the
album right away.
Banana Baby (Tomorrow Comes Today) is the first really great song
of the album. Right from the start you get this creepy
introduction into a great creepy beat. This is reggae as the
Gorillaz meant it to be. The song continues with great positioning
of the vocals and a change of beat that’ll make you want to just
start waving your arms in the air. Monkey Racked (Man Research) is
a vast improvement of the original song. It’s a much darker track,
and sounds great all the way. It has great use of drum beats and
vocals. The first four tracks trap you into listening to the whole
album.
The next two songs take you into slow moving nostalgic reggae, to
a hip hop interlude, to an upbeat and happy reggae tune. Very
little said in these tracks, and they’re not the strongest of the
album but they’re still ok.
You then are sucked back into the dark and creepy vibe of the
album, with Dub T’9 (Starshine). It is a great track, and stays
true to the original song. It continues with Crooked Dub (Sound
Check). A great song on the original album is made just as great
on this one. There’s great texture in the music heard in these
songs. Mutant Genius (New Genius) comes next with a slight
improvement (or change) from an already great song. There’s a
slight techno vibe with vocals and beat, but it’s very light and
stays true to the original. So far, with the exception of some
weaker tracks, the album will have you sucked in for an incredibly
dark ride.
You then are taken into a lighter track, Come Again (Re-Hash),
which is weak on textured sounds and takes away from the great
flow of the original. The hip hop sequence continues again for a
quick moment, and it only makes you ask why they put these little
sequences in. The usually stick them in between weaker tracks to
keep you listening. A Fistful of Peanuts (Clint Eastwood) is a
really great re-working of the classic original, and really makes
you see a totally different flow that you never knew that song
had. Great reggae sounds in this one. The album then concludes
with the upbeat Lil’ Dub Chefin’ (M1A1), which is a change from
the hard rock original. It makes you wanna get up and scream
“LALALALALALALALALA HAY!” but you wont. It’s not the best track
but it adds to the goodness.
Overall, this album can be seen as a success, in the sense that
Spacemonkeyz were able to expand on one aspect of the Gorillaz and
make it sound good. Seeing as its just one aspect of Gorillaz
music, it leaves you asking for more. The album is a fragment of
the greatness that Gorillaz are capable of making, so you’re left
with emptiness after listening to it. You just wish they would be
making brand new songs instead of reinventing ones we already know
and love. But it’s not at all a bad album. For the most part, it’s
original and creative, and true Gorillaz fans will love it.
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