Empire Ants

Name	Plastic Beach
Type	studio
Artist	Gorillaz
Cover	Plasticbeach452.jpg
Alt	The cover of the third Gorillaz album "Plastic Beach". An artificial island rests on the ocean during a sunset. Apart from the base, it is mostly mushroom-shaped. It contains a few palm trees and small buildings. At the very top is a large white building with many windows. Other objects in and around the island include a ship, a buoy, a lighthouse and a crate. The view shows the opposite side of the island from the "Experience Edition" cover. In the lower left corner are the uppercase words "Gorillaz Plastic Beach" on separate rows. They are white and in a thick, wavy font.
Released
Recorded	June 2008 – November 2009, in New York City, Damascus and London
Genre	Alternative hip hop, alternative rock
Length	56:46
Label	Parlophone, Virgin
Producer	Gorillaz
Last album	Demon Days (2005)
This album	*Plastic Beach* (2010)
Next album	The Fall (2011)
Misc	}} *Plastic Beach* is the third studio album by English alternative hip hop group Gorillaz, released 3 March 2010 on Parlophone and Virgin Records. Conceived from an unfinished Gorillaz project called Carousel, the album was recorded during June 2008 to November 2009 and produced primarily by group co-creator Damon Albarn. It features guest appearances by several artists, including Snoop Dogg, Gruff Rhys, Bobby Womack, Mos Def, Lou Reed, Mick Jones, Mark E. Smith, Paul Simonon, Kano, Little Dragon and the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble. The album debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart, selling 74,000 copies in its first week. In the United States, it debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 112,000 copies, and it also charted within the top-ten in several other countries. Upon its release, Plastic Beach received generally positive reviews from most music critics. Background Carousel Creators of Gorillaz, musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett, began working on a new Gorillaz project in November 2007 called Carousel, In the November 2007 issue of Q, when asked what his top priority for 2008 was, Damon Albarn replied "Well, I'm doing the next Gorillaz thing, but it won't be called Gorillaz." In the February 2008 Gorillaz-Unofficial interview, Jamie Hewlett elaborated on this, saying "I think the idea behind it is that it's like how The Who presented their movies – Tommy and Quadrophenia and so on. Those were presented as by 'The Who' even though none of the members of the band were in the movies. I don't think anyone from The Who was in Quadrophenia. But it's the same people working on it, that's the principle." In a July 2008 interview with The Observer he also said, "Gorillaz now to us is not like four animated characters any more — it's more like an organisation of people doing new projects. [...] That's my ideal model — Gorillaz is a group of people who gave you this, and now want to give you new stuff." In the Observer interview, Hewlett said that there is "a new project which Damon and I are working on now, called Carousel, which is even bigger and more difficult than , and it isn't going to fit anywhere and no one's going to like it, ha ha ha! We've started work — I've done a lot of visuals and Damon's done a lot of music but we haven't figured out how they're going to fit together. I can't say much about it yet but it's sort of like a film, but not with one narrative story. There's many stories, told around a bigger story, set to music, and done in live action, animation, all different styles, well... originally it was a film but now we think it's a film and it's a stage thing as well and... look, it's basically us doing what the fuck we want without worrying about whether it's for a record company or a film company or whatever. So I'm not sure how it'll pan out, or even if it will happen. But Damon's written around 70 songs for it, and I've got great plans for the visuals, but right now, at this moment, it's still just a really good idea." Hewlett said that from their work on Monkey, "we just learned more about what we do, musically and artistically. That's a great place to come at when we come to another Gorillaz album. It doesn't have to be animation and music". Hewlett also expressed annoyance at having to draw the band members again: "I'm so fucking bored of drawing those characters. But then we had a moment where we had a new angle on it... I'm gonna adapt them". Albarn said in September 2008 that he wanted "to work with an incredibly eclectic, surprising cast of people". As with previous Gorillaz albums, Plastic Beach features a number of collaborations with other musicians and music groups. The album features Snoop Dogg, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Kano, Bashy, Bobby Womack, Mos Def, Gruff Rhys, De La Soul, Little Dragon, Mark E. Smith, Lou Reed, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Yukimi Nagano, sinfonia ViVA and The Syrian National Orchestra for Oriental Arabic Music. Recording Albarn began recording material for a new Gorillaz album around June 2008. He travelled to Beirut in March 2009 to record with the National Orchestra for Oriental Arabic Music. The following month, he recorded with Derby-based orchestra sinfonia ViVa. Womack was told to sing whatever was on his mind during the recording of "Stylo". "I was in there for an hour going crazy about love and politics, getting it off my chest", said Womack. was done in one take. They recorded a track with Albarn, but no songs with the band appear on the final album. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Posdnuos of De La Soul said that the group had provided vocals on two songs for the album, "Electric Shock" and "Sloped Tropics". De La Soul only features on one song on the album, titled "Superfast Jellyfish". Gruff Rhys recorded two songs — "Superfast Jellyfish" and "Leviathan". The latter, described by Rhys as "more of a night-time song, a three o'clock in the morning, speeding down the autobahn evading West German police-type track", does not feature on the album. "Stylo" went to be heavily edited in its final version, while "Broken" remained mostly unchanged. "Electric Shock" did not make the album, though samples of the song were used in "Rhinestone Eyes", as well as the intro orchestral separated into bonus track "Three Hearts, Seven Seas, Twelve Moons". On 20 January 2010, the official Gorillaz website was heavily revamped to fit the Plastic Beach theme. Over a period of time, a numerous amount of short clips were posted on the site, mainly showing various shots of a large Plastic Beach model backed by segments of new Gorillaz music. Out of the 13 short clips, only 2 of the clips had audio that would eventually end up on the album. The tracks were "White Flag" and "Pirate's Progress" (an extended version of the Orchestral Intro found on the album). Also on the website was a countdown timer, which on 23 February 2010 counted down to zero. After a significant delay, a new full Kong studios-esque interactive Plastic Beach "Beachsite" was uploaded onto the website, opening certain sections of Plastic Beach to be visited by guests. On 21 January 2010, Gorillaz member Murdoc "took over" NME Radio and Yahoo! Radio. He played a 45 minute set of songs while providing exposition on the story of Gorillaz. A total of four broadcasts were uploaded online, leading to the release of the album. All four are now available on the official Gorillaz website. Short animated "idents" have been released for fictional band members Murdoc, 2D, Russel, and the Noodle cyborg. The first depicts Murdoc fleeing from an unknown, rifle-wielding assailant (featuring a clip of "Three Hearts, Seven Seas, Twelve Moons" in the background), and the second depicts 2D's abduction and transportation to Plastic Beach by a masked figure featuring (with a snippet of the instrumental version of "Rhinestone Eyes"). The track can be found as a bonus track along with "Pirate's Progress" on the iTunes Deluxe edition. Russel's ident has him stomping off of the edge of a pier and diving into the ocean, presumably headed to Plastic Beach for reasons unknown. The fourth feature a zoom in on the cyborg, its face plate open. A fifth ident has been released, showing a luxury cruise sail being bombarded by torpedoes coming from planes flying above it. A crew member rushes over to cabin 13 to warn a passenger, who is revealed to be Noodle (wearing the Oni Mask), that the cruise is under attack by pirates and he was told to escort her to the lifeboats. Noodle then grabs her briefcase and opens it, revealing a gun, and passes the crew member while heading out, presumably to face the pirates. Noodle's ident acts as a trailer to the "On Melancholy Hill" music video, which was released on 15 June. On 26 February 2010, a "minimix" of the album was made available on the official website to download for free. The minimix is an eight-minute composition of songs from the album, a number of which had not been previously released. "Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach", "Rhinestone Eyes" and "White Flag" were premiered on the Australian radio station Triple J on 28 February 2010, in respective order, at one hour intervals. On 1 March 2010, NPR debuted the entire album via streaming. Later on in the day, the album also become available for streaming at Guardian.co.uk. Singles The album has produced four singles . * "Stylo" Peak #24 in Billboard Alternative Charts. "Superfast Jellyfish" Peak #28 in UK Dance Charts. "On Melancholy Hill" Peak #78 in UK Singles Chart. "Rhinestone Eyes" Peak #34 in Billboard Alternative Charts. Reception Commercial performance Plastic Beach debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart with first week sales of 74,000 copies. The album also debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, having sold 112,000 copies in its first week, of which 62,000 were digital copies. As of 25 March 2010, Plastic Beach sold 8,136 copies in Japan and debuted at seventeenth place on the Oricon albums chart. Selling 13,822 copies in France, Plastic Beach debuted at second place on the SNEP albums chart. As of November 2010, Plastic Beach has sold just over 1,200,000 copies worldwide. Critical response Personnel Gorillaz 2D – lead vocals, keyboards, synthesisers, additional guitars backing vocals Murdoc Niccals – bass guitars, synth bass, drum machine Cyborg Noodle – guitars, synth guitars, additional keys and synths Musicians Bashy – vocals on track 3 David Coulter – additional Jews harp Jason Cox – engineer De La Soul – vocals on track 6 Mos Def – vocals on tracks 5 and 12 Gorillaz – producer Jamie Hewlett – artwork Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – additional brass on tracks 2 and 12, track 11 (live) Mick Jones – additional guitar on track 13 The Lebanese National Orchestra for Oriental Arabic Music – orchestra on track 3 Kano – vocals on track 3 Yukimi Nagano – vocals on tracks 7 and 14 The Purple, The People, The Plastic Eating People – choir Essam Rafea – conductor Lou Reed – vocals on track 9 Gruff Rhys – vocals on track 6 Andre de Ridder – conductor Paul Simonon – additional bass on track 13 sinfonia ViVA – orchestra on tracks 1, 15, 17 and 18 Mark E. Smith – vocals on track 8 Snoop Dogg – vocals on track 2 Stephen Sedgwick – programming Simon Tong – additional guitars Gabriel Manuals Wallace – additional drums Fredrik Wallin – additional keyboards on tracks 7 and 14 Howie Weinberg – mastering Hakan Wirenstrand – additional keyboards on tracks 7 and 14 Bobby Womack – vocals on tracks 5 and 15 Zombie Flesh Eaters – design Charts Chart positions {\|class="wikitable sortable" \|- !Chart (2010) !Peak position \|- \|Australian Albums Chart \| style="text-align:center;"\|1 \|- \|Austrian Albums Chart \| style="text-align:center;"\|3 \|- \|Czech Republic Albums Chart \| style="text-align:center;"\|4 \|- \|Irish Albums Chart \| style="text-align:center;"\|10 \|- \|Dutch Albums Chart \| style="text-align:center;"\|2 \|- \|Brazilian Albums Chart \| 30 \|- \|US Billboard 200 \|align="center"\|89 \|} Chart precession and succession Release history {\| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="float:right; width:25%;" \|- ! colspan=2\|Release dates \|- ! Date ! Country \|- !3 March 2010 \|Japan \|- ! rowspan="3" \| 5 March 2010 \|Australia \|- \|Germany \|- \|Ireland \|- ! rowspan="6" \| 8 March 2010 \|New Zealand \|- \|Norway \|- \|Sweden \|- \|Denmark \|- \|France \|- \|United Kingdom \|- ! rowspan="3" \| 9 March 2010 \|South Africa \|- \|Canada \|- \|United States \|- ! 12 March 2010 \|Brazil \|} "Plastic Beach" was released in a total of five editions, many of which contain a multitude of exclusive features. These are shown below: {\| class="wikitable" \|- ! !! Standard Edition !! "Experience Edition" !! Japanese Standard Edition !! Japanese "Experience Edition" !! iTunes Deluxe Version \|- ! Standard 16 tracks \| \| \| \| \| \|- ! Bonus track: Pirate's Progress \| \| \| \| \| \|- ! Bonus track: Three Hearts, Seven Seas, Twelve Moons \| \| \| \| \| \|- ! Stickers & Poster \| \| \| \| \| \|- ! "Making of Plastic Beach" DVD \| \| \| \| \| \|- ! Access to exclusive online content \| \| \| \| \| \|- ! Lyrics \| \| \| \| \| \|- ! Notebook \| \| \| \| \| \|- ! Stylo music video \| \| \| \| \| \|- ! Access to iTunes LP Features \| \| \| \| \| \|- ! T-shirt \| \| \| \| \| \|} References External links Category:2010 albums Category:Albums produced by Damon Albarn Category:Concept albums Category:English-language albums Category:Gorillaz albums Category:Parlophone albums Category:Virgin Records albums This text is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA License. This text was originally published on Wikipedia and was developed by the Wikipedia community. Email this Page Gorillaz-Empire Ants (Featuring. Little Dragon)(Lyrics) Order: Reorder Duration: 4:00 Published: 2010-03-03 Uploaded: 2011-02-03 Author: DrTechnolust http://wn.com/Gorillaz-Empire_Ants_Featuring_Little_DragonLyrics Email this video Sms this video Plastic Beach is the third studio album by the virtual band Gorillaz, ALBUM IS OUT NOW go pick it up! The album features guest performances by Snoop Dogg, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Kano, Bashy, Bobby Womack, Mos Def, Gruff Rhys, De La Soul, Little Dragon, Mark E. Smith, Lou Reed, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, sinfonia ViVA and The Lebanese National Orchestra for Oriental Arabic Music. gorillaz.com Download Song @ iTunes itunes.apple.com The album features the single "Stylo". en.wikipedia.org Lyrics: Oh joy's arise The sun has come again too hold you Sailing out the doordrums of the The polyphonic prairies here, it's all around you It's all around you, out here And if the whole world is crashing down Fall through space out of mind again Where the emptiness we leave behind on warm air rising Lose all the shadows far away The falling alcohol empire, is here to hold you Ruling out and haunted till it sinks Little memories, marching on Your little feet, working the machine Will it spin, will it sore My little dream, working the machine Little memories Your little feet, working the machine Will it spin, will it sore My little dream, working the machine Gorillaz - Empire Ants (Live on Letterman) ft. Little Dragon Order: Reorder Duration: 6:17 Published: 2010-10-13 Uploaded: 2011-02-02 Author: GorillazVEVO http://wn.com/Gorillaz__Empire_Ants_Live_on_Letterman_ft_Little_Dragon Email this video Sms this video Music video by Gorillaz performing Empire Ants (Live on Letterman). © CBS Interactive Music Group, a division of CBS Radio, Inc. Gorillaz - Empire Ants (track 7 from the album Plastic Beach) Order: Reorder Duration: 4:42 Published: 2010-03-01 Uploaded: 2011-02-02 Author: musicthief66 http://wn.com/Gorillaz__Empire_Ants_track_7_from_the_album_Plastic_Beach Email this video Sms this video Track 7 from the new Gorillaz album. Gorillaz-Empire Ants With Lyrics Order: Reorder Duration: 4:39 Published: 2010-03-07 Uploaded: 2011-02-01 Author: Gorillaz2DRockz http://wn.com/Gorillaz-Empire_Ants_With_Lyrics Email this video Sms this video Oh, joys arise, the sun has come again to hold you Sailing out the doldrums of the morning The polyphonic prayer here, it's all around you It's all around you out here And if the whole world is crashing down on you Fall through space, out of mind completely Where the emptiness we leave behind on warm air rising Those are the shadows far away The falling of the whole empire, it's here to hold you Rolling out and haunted till it sinks Little memories, marching on Your little feet working the machine Will it spin? Will it soar? My little dream working the machine Soothe like a wave It passes far Closing in on the moon From where we are Little memories Your little feet working the machine Will it spin? Will it soar? My little dream working the machine Soothe like a wave It passes far Closing in on the moon From where we are #7 Empire Ants - Gorillaz - Plastic Beach Order: Reorder Duration: 4:41 Published: 2010-03-01 Uploaded: 2011-02-02 Author: GiRegStudios http://wn.com/#7_Empire_Ants__Gorillaz__Plastic_Beach Email this video Sms this video #7 Empire Ants - Gorillaz - Plastic Beach I DO NOT OWN COPYRIGHTS TO THIS VIDEO. ALL THE COPYRIGHTS BELONG TO HIS RIGHT OWNER. Gorillaz - Empire Ants Order: Reorder Duration: 5:03 Published: 2010-03-01 Uploaded: 2011-02-02 Author: Mercurialize http://wn.com/Gorillaz__Empire_Ants Email this video Sms this video The 7th song from Gorillaz latest album " Plastic Beach " . I do not claim any rights to this song. Download Song Here www.mediafire.com Gorillaz - Coachella 2010 - Empire Ants Order: Reorder Duration: 4:57 Published: 2010-04-20 Uploaded: 2011-01-14 Author: nixxy89 http://wn.com/Gorillaz__Coachella_2010__Empire_Ants Email this video Sms this video Gorillaz performing 'Empire Ants' at Coachella 2010. Graham Coxon of Blur on violin? Lol. Empire of the Ants (1977) trailer Order: Reorder Duration: 2:18 Published: 2008-03-09 Uploaded: 2011-01-30 Author: sideshowcarny http://wn.com/Empire_of_the_Ants_1977_trailer Email this video Sms this video Trailer for the film "Empire of the Ants" (1977) with Joan Collins. Gorillaz- Empire Ants ( Feat. Little Dragon)- Plastic Beach Order: Reorder Duration: 6:58 Published: 2010-03-05 Uploaded: 2011-02-02 Author: BostonCeltics147 http://wn.com/Gorillaz_Empire_Ants__Feat_Little_Dragon_Plastic_Beach Email this video Sms this video Brand new song from plastic beach album. ----DisClaimer---- Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. geeone_T10.avi Order: Reorder Duration: 5:52 Published: 2010-06-26 Uploaded: 2011-01-22 Author: pixdadablu http://wn.com/geeone_T10avi Email this video Sms this video Gorillaz - Empire Ants ( fan edit ) Order: Reorder Duration: 3:08 Published: 2010-03-13 Uploaded: 2011-02-01 Author: f5greeface http://wn.com/Gorillaz__Empire_Ants__fan_edit_ Email this video Sms this video A simple edit I did to "Empire Ants", I pretty much cut out most of the first half of the song. Don't get me wrong with this, I really like Damon Albarn, but every time I hear this song I can't wait for the second half. I sort of synced it up to the "El Manana" video as an afterthought, I just preferred not to use a still image or some slide show. 320 kbps mp3: www.mediafire.com Gorillaz Feat. Little Dragon - Empire Ants Order: Reorder Duration: 4:44 Published: 2010-03-11 Uploaded: 2011-02-01 Author: sonicycrashfan http://wn.com/Gorillaz_Feat_Little_Dragon__Empire_Ants Email this video Sms this video All Rights Reservde by Gorillaz Artist: Gorillaz Feat. Little Dragon Song: Empire Ants Album: Plastic Beach Gorillaz Empire Ants feat Little Dragon Order: Reorder Duration: 4:39 Published: 2010-03-02 Uploaded: 2011-01-23 Author: DeserteDWinD2 http://wn.com/Gorillaz_Empire_Ants_feat_Little_Dragon Email this video Sms this video Gorillaz Gorillaz Gorillaz Gorillaz 2010 Plastic Beach New Album All Album Have Upload Play List Gorillaz Empire Ants feat Little Dragon Gorillaz Gorillaz Gorillaz Gorillaz 2010 Plastic Beach New Album All Album Have Upload Play List Gorillaz Empire Ants feat Little Dragon Gorillaz Gorillaz... Empire of the Ants (1977) Trailer Order: Reorder Duration: 2:35 Published: 2009-07-02 Uploaded: 2010-12-27 Author: retrotube http://wn.com/Empire_of_the_Ants_1977_Trailer Email this video Sms this video For b-movie reviews check out www.dchighway.com Gorillaz - Empire Ants (Live) Order: Reorder Duration: 6:04 Published: 2010-07-12 Uploaded: 2011-02-02 Author: bbyrckstr http://wn.com/Gorillaz__Empire_Ants_Live Email this video Sms this video Gorillaz with Yukimi Nagano performing "Empire Ants" live gorillaz - empire ants (mushroom8837navercom visual vertion) Order: Reorder Duration: 4:44 Published: 2010-05-27 Uploaded: 2011-01-22 Author: faxiogadeigo http://wn.com/gorillaz__empire_ants_mushroom8837navercom_visual_vertion Email this video Sms this video este video no es mio sino que me agrada mucho la creacion de este usuario!! GU: te aviso este video no es mio este video es de mushroom8837navercom Gorillaz - Empire Ants Order: Reorder Duration: 6:59 Published: 2010-03-07 Uploaded: 2011-02-02 Author: FlorenceisaMachine http://wn.com/Gorillaz__Empire_Ants Email this video Sms this video Title explains all. Off their new album Pastic Beach Empire Ants [A Gorillaz Cover] Order: Reorder Duration: 4:41 Published: 2010-08-02 Uploaded: 2011-01-29 Author: jansberg360 http://wn.com/Empire_Ants_[A_Gorillaz_Cover] Email this video Sms this video [July 2010] Our cover version of Gorillaz's "Empire Ants" off of their latest album, Plastic Beach. This is footage of our recording session, so what you're seeing is what you're actually hearing. Check out more of Megan's vocal talent on her channel: www.youtube.com Credits: Filmed by Janssen Solberg, Jeff Valluzzi & Reed Trachy Directed & Edited by Janssen Solberg Mixed by Reed Trachy & Janssen Solberg Band: Reed Trachy - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Organ & Synth Megan Moreau - Lead & Backup Vocals Jeff Valluzzi - Piano, Lead Synth, Programming & Backup Vocals Luke Swenson - Drums Janssen Solberg - Lead Guitar, Bass, Synth & Backup Vocals Equipment: Sony HDR-FX1 Tools: Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 Adobe After Effects CS4 Music: "Empire Ants" - Gorillaz (Aluminum Monster Cover) Gorillaz - Empire Ants (Faktor-X Remix) Order: Reorder Duration: 6:11 Published: 2010-08-24 Uploaded: 2011-01-28 Author: deak303 http://wn.com/Gorillaz__Empire_Ants_Faktor-X_Remix Email this video Sms this video i always liked the original, and couldnt find any remix to play out that has intro, middle, outro, so i decided to make one myself....now i added some kicks, hihats, rearranged some loops, filtering, etc.... so i can play it out on parties. video is not mine, just found it somewhere, dont know who did it sorry. here is the link to the full mp3: rapidshare.com Gorillaz - Empire Ants Live Zenith de Paris 22/11/2010 Order: Reorder Duration: 4:52 Published: 2010-11-23 Uploaded: 2010-12-23 Author: Kofiers http://wn.com/Gorillaz__Empire_Ants_Live_Zenith_de_Paris_22/11/2010 Email this video Sms this video Gorillaz - Empire Ants live at the Zenith de Paris on November 22nd 2010. The show was sold out. And the concert was just amazing. Empire Ants (Miami Horror Remix) Order: Reorder Duration: 7:20 Published: 2011-01-14 Uploaded: 2011-02-02 Author: TheseAreVlogsByJames http://wn.com/Empire_Ants_Miami_Horror_Remix Email this video Sms this video New Empire Ants remix by Miami Horror Gorillaz - Empire Ants (Club Clique Dancefloor Edit) Order: Reorder Duration: 5:05 Published: 2010-06-24 Uploaded: 2011-01-12 Author: clubclique http://wn.com/Gorillaz__Empire_Ants_Club_Clique_Dancefloor_Edit Email this video Sms this video Club Clique's favourite Gorillaz moment, with it's hair ruffled and aimed at the dancefloor! Hear a better quality version plus other Clique remixes, re-edits and mixtapes here: soundcloud.com And for more information about Club Clique - including booking the Clique DJs, plus photos and press about the night - go here: clubclique.co.uk xx Gorillaz-Empire Ants (Miami Horror remix) Order: Reorder Duration: 7:15 Published: 2011-01-15 Uploaded: 2011-02-02 Author: whatsnextgorillaz http://wn.com/Gorillaz-Empire_Ants_Miami_Horror_remix Email this video Sms this video remix of empire ants by Miami Horror. if you like my videos,follow me here twitter.com whatsnextgorillaz.tumblr.com www.facebook.com Gorillaz - Empire Ants (f/t Little Dragon) [FANMADE!] Order: Reorder Duration: 4:43 Published: 2010-10-18 Uploaded: 2011-02-02 Author: silverlugia1998 http://wn.com/Gorillaz__Empire_Ants_f/t_Little_Dragon_[FANMADE!] Email this video Sms this video I DO NOT OWN THE SONG/VIDEOS! ALL RIGHTS AND CREDITS GO TO PARLOPHONE, VIRGIN, AND GORILLAZ!!! 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The album debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart, selling 74,000 copies in its first week. In the United States, it debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 112,000 copies, and it also charted within the top-ten in several other countries. Upon its release, Plastic Beach received generally positive reviews from most music critics.

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In the Observer interview, Hewlett said that there is "a new project which Damon and I are working on now, called Carousel, which is even bigger and more difficult than , and it isn't going to fit anywhere and no one's going to like it, ha ha ha! We've started work — I've done a lot of visuals and Damon's done a lot of music but we haven't figured out how they're going to fit together. I can't say much about it yet but it's sort of like a film, but not with one narrative story. There's many stories, told around a bigger story, set to music, and done in live action, animation, all different styles, well... originally it was a film but now we think it's a film and it's a stage thing as well and... look, it's basically us doing what the fuck we want without worrying about whether it's for a record company or a film company or whatever. So I'm not sure how it'll pan out, or even if it will happen. But Damon's written around 70 songs for it, and I've got great plans for the visuals, but right now, at this moment, it's still just a really good idea." Hewlett said that from their work on Monkey, "we just learned more about what we do, musically and artistically. That's a great place to come at when we come to another Gorillaz album. It doesn't have to be animation and music". Hewlett also expressed annoyance at having to draw the band members again: "I'm so fucking bored of drawing those characters. But then we had a moment where we had a new angle on it... I'm gonna adapt them".

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On 20 January 2010, the official Gorillaz website was heavily revamped to fit the Plastic Beach theme. Over a period of time, a numerous amount of short clips were posted on the site, mainly showing various shots of a large Plastic Beach model backed by segments of new Gorillaz music. Out of the 13 short clips, only 2 of the clips had audio that would eventually end up on the album. The tracks were "White Flag" and "Pirate's Progress" (an extended version of the Orchestral Intro found on the album). Also on the website was a countdown timer, which on 23 February 2010 counted down to zero. After a significant delay, a new full Kong studios-esque interactive Plastic Beach "Beachsite" was uploaded onto the website, opening certain sections of Plastic Beach to be visited by guests.

On 21 January 2010, Gorillaz member Murdoc "took over" NME Radio and Yahoo! Radio. He played a 45 minute set of songs while providing exposition on the story of Gorillaz. A total of four broadcasts were uploaded online, leading to the release of the album. All four are now available on the official Gorillaz website.

Short animated "idents" have been released for fictional band members Murdoc, 2D, Russel, and the Noodle cyborg. The first depicts Murdoc fleeing from an unknown, rifle-wielding assailant (featuring a clip of "Three Hearts, Seven Seas, Twelve Moons" in the background), and the second depicts 2D's abduction and transportation to Plastic Beach by a masked figure featuring (with a snippet of the instrumental version of "Rhinestone Eyes"). The track can be found as a bonus track along with "Pirate's Progress" on the iTunes Deluxe edition. Russel's ident has him stomping off of the edge of a pier and diving into the ocean, presumably headed to Plastic Beach for reasons unknown. The fourth feature a zoom in on the cyborg, its face plate open. A fifth ident has been released, showing a luxury cruise sail being bombarded by torpedoes coming from planes flying above it. A crew member rushes over to cabin 13 to warn a passenger, who is revealed to be Noodle (wearing the Oni Mask), that the cruise is under attack by pirates and he was told to escort her to the lifeboats. Noodle then grabs her briefcase and opens it, revealing a gun, and passes the crew member while heading out, presumably to face the pirates. Noodle's ident acts as a trailer to the "On Melancholy Hill" music video, which was released on 15 June.

On 26 February 2010, a "minimix" of the album was made available on the official website to download for free. The minimix is an eight-minute composition of songs from the album, a number of which had not been previously released.

"Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach", "Rhinestone Eyes" and "White Flag" were premiered on the Australian radio station Triple J on 28 February 2010, in respective order, at one hour intervals. On 1 March 2010, NPR debuted the entire album via streaming. Later on in the day, the album also become available for streaming at Guardian.co.uk.

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"Plastic Beach" was released in a total of five editions, many of which contain a multitude of exclusive features. These are shown below:

{| class="wikitable" |- ! !! Standard Edition !! "Experience Edition" !! Japanese Standard Edition !! Japanese "Experience Edition" !! iTunes Deluxe Version |- ! Standard 16 tracks | | | | | |- ! Bonus track: Pirate's Progress | | | | | |- ! Bonus track: Three Hearts, Seven Seas, Twelve Moons | | | | | |- ! Stickers & Poster | | | | | |- ! "Making of Plastic Beach" DVD | | | | | |- ! Access to exclusive online content | | | | | |- ! Lyrics | | | | | |- ! Notebook | | | | | |- ! Stylo music video | | | | | |- ! Access to iTunes LP Features | | | | | |- ! T-shirt | | | | | |}

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Gorillaz-Empire Ants (Featuring. Little Dragon)(Lyrics)

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Plastic Beach is the third studio album by the virtual band Gorillaz, ALBUM IS OUT NOW go pick it up! The album features guest performances by Snoop Dogg, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Kano, Bashy, Bobby Womack, Mos Def, Gruff Rhys, De La Soul, Little Dragon, Mark E. Smith, Lou Reed, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, sinfonia ViVA and The Lebanese National Orchestra for Oriental Arabic Music. gorillaz.com Download Song @ iTunes itunes.apple.com The album features the single "Stylo". en.wikipedia.org Lyrics: Oh joy's arise The sun has come again too hold you Sailing out the doordrums of the The polyphonic prairies here, it's all around you It's all around you, out here And if the whole world is crashing down Fall through space out of mind again Where the emptiness we leave behind on warm air rising Lose all the shadows far away The falling alcohol empire, is here to hold you Ruling out and haunted till it sinks Little memories, marching on Your little feet, working the machine Will it spin, will it sore My little dream, working the machine Little memories Your little feet, working the machine Will it spin, will it sore My little dream, working the machine

Gorillaz - Empire Ants (Live on Letterman) ft. Little Dragon

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Music video by Gorillaz performing Empire Ants (Live on Letterman). © CBS Interactive Music Group, a division of CBS Radio, Inc.

Gorillaz - Empire Ants (track 7 from the album Plastic Beach)

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Track 7 from the new Gorillaz album.

Gorillaz-Empire Ants With Lyrics

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Oh, joys arise, the sun has come again to hold you Sailing out the doldrums of the morning The polyphonic prayer here, it's all around you It's all around you out here And if the whole world is crashing down on you Fall through space, out of mind completely Where the emptiness we leave behind on warm air rising Those are the shadows far away The falling of the whole empire, it's here to hold you Rolling out and haunted till it sinks Little memories, marching on Your little feet working the machine Will it spin? Will it soar? My little dream working the machine Soothe like a wave It passes far Closing in on the moon From where we are Little memories Your little feet working the machine Will it spin? Will it soar? My little dream working the machine Soothe like a wave It passes far Closing in on the moon From where we are

#7 Empire Ants - Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

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#7 Empire Ants - Gorillaz - Plastic Beach I DO NOT OWN COPYRIGHTS TO THIS VIDEO. ALL THE COPYRIGHTS BELONG TO HIS RIGHT OWNER.

Gorillaz - Empire Ants

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The 7th song from Gorillaz latest album " Plastic Beach " . I do not claim any rights to this song. Download Song Here www.mediafire.com

Gorillaz - Coachella 2010 - Empire Ants

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Gorillaz performing 'Empire Ants' at Coachella 2010. Graham Coxon of Blur on violin? Lol.

Empire of the Ants (1977) trailer

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Trailer for the film "Empire of the Ants" (1977) with Joan Collins.

Gorillaz- Empire Ants ( Feat. Little Dragon)- Plastic Beach

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Brand new song from plastic beach album. ----DisClaimer---- Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

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Gorillaz - Empire Ants ( fan edit )

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A simple edit I did to "Empire Ants", I pretty much cut out most of the first half of the song. Don't get me wrong with this, I really like Damon Albarn, but every time I hear this song I can't wait for the second half. I sort of synced it up to the "El Manana" video as an afterthought, I just preferred not to use a still image or some slide show. 320 kbps mp3: www.mediafire.com

Gorillaz Feat. Little Dragon - Empire Ants

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All Rights Reservde by Gorillaz Artist: Gorillaz Feat. Little Dragon Song: Empire Ants Album: Plastic Beach

Gorillaz Empire Ants feat Little Dragon

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Empire of the Ants (1977) Trailer

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Gorillaz - Empire Ants (Live)

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Gorillaz with Yukimi Nagano performing "Empire Ants" live

gorillaz - empire ants (mushroom8837navercom visual vertion)

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Gorillaz - Empire Ants

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Title explains all. Off their new album Pastic Beach

Empire Ants [A Gorillaz Cover]

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[July 2010] Our cover version of Gorillaz's "Empire Ants" off of their latest album, Plastic Beach. This is footage of our recording session, so what you're seeing is what you're actually hearing. Check out more of Megan's vocal talent on her channel: www.youtube.com Credits: Filmed by Janssen Solberg, Jeff Valluzzi & Reed Trachy Directed & Edited by Janssen Solberg Mixed by Reed Trachy & Janssen Solberg Band: Reed Trachy - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Organ & Synth Megan Moreau - Lead & Backup Vocals Jeff Valluzzi - Piano, Lead Synth, Programming & Backup Vocals Luke Swenson - Drums Janssen Solberg - Lead Guitar, Bass, Synth & Backup Vocals Equipment: Sony HDR-FX1 Tools: Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 Adobe After Effects CS4 Music: "Empire Ants" - Gorillaz (Aluminum Monster Cover)

Gorillaz - Empire Ants (Faktor-X Remix)

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i always liked the original, and couldnt find any remix to play out that has intro, middle, outro, so i decided to make one myself....now i added some kicks, hihats, rearranged some loops, filtering, etc.... so i can play it out on parties. video is not mine, just found it somewhere, dont know who did it sorry. here is the link to the full mp3: rapidshare.com

Gorillaz - Empire Ants Live Zenith de Paris 22/11/2010

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Gorillaz - Empire Ants live at the Zenith de Paris on November 22nd 2010. The show was sold out. And the concert was just amazing.

Empire Ants (Miami Horror Remix)

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New Empire Ants remix by Miami Horror

Gorillaz - Empire Ants (Club Clique Dancefloor Edit)

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Club Clique's favourite Gorillaz moment, with it's hair ruffled and aimed at the dancefloor! Hear a better quality version plus other Clique remixes, re-edits and mixtapes here: soundcloud.com And for more information about Club Clique - including booking the Clique DJs, plus photos and press about the night - go here: clubclique.co.uk xx

Gorillaz-Empire Ants (Miami Horror remix)

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remix of empire ants by Miami Horror. if you like my videos,follow me here twitter.com whatsnextgorillaz.tumblr.com www.facebook.com

Gorillaz - Empire Ants (f/t Little Dragon) [FANMADE!]

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I DO NOT OWN THE SONG/VIDEOS! ALL RIGHTS AND CREDITS GO TO PARLOPHONE, VIRGIN, AND GORILLAZ!!! Videos used for this video: El Manana, Stylo and On Melancholy Hill