![]() ![]() Gorillaz released the first single " Cracker Island" (featuring bassist Thundercat) on 22 June 2022. Six singles were released from the album. The song " Baby Queen" was inspired by a 1997 meeting that Albarn had with Princess Siribha Chudabhorn at a Blur concert in Bangkok. ![]() American record producer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Greg Kurstin served as the main producer for the record, alongside British music producer Remi Kabaka Jr. According to Damon Albarn, permanent collaborator for Gorillaz, the new album was already completed in May 2022. It was originally intended to be the lead single for the second season of the web series Song Machine, before the project was shelved in favour of a traditional studio album (as was " New Gold", which would become the album's second single). "Tormenta", a song made in collaboration with Bad Bunny, was the first completed. The majority of the work on the album began in 2021. Overall, the album reached the top 10 in 19 countries. A deluxe edition was released on 27 February with five additional tracks featuring the artists De La Soul, MC Bin Laden, Del the Funky Homosapien and Dawn Penn.Ĭracker Island received mostly positive reviews, with the album debuting at number one on the UK Album Charts and number three on the US Billboard 200, making it the first Gorillaz album to reach number one in the UK since Demon Days (2005). It features collaborations with Stevie Nicks, Adeleye Omotayo, Thundercat, Tame Impala, Bad Bunny, Bootie Brown and Beck. ![]() It was released on 24 February 2023 via Parlophone and Warner Records. Cracker Island is the eighth studio album by the British virtual band Gorillaz. ![]()
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