Demon Days

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Demon Days is the second studio album by Gorillaz. andnbsp;The album features the hit singles "Feel Good Inc.", "DARE", "Kids With Guns", and "El Maandntilde;ana", with contributions from De La Soul, Neneh Cherry, Martina TopleyBird, Roots Manuva, MF DOOM, Ike Turner, Bootie Brown of the Pharcyde, Shaun Ryder, Dennis Hopper, the London Community Gospel Choir, and the Children's Choir of San Fernandez. Amazingly, only a couple of times does the broadness of what is going on get in the way or misfire... and at album's end, you can look back in wonder at how in the hell a barrel of cartoon monkeys managed to pull it off again. [#15, p.93] -- Filter Darker and colder than its predecessor but, surprisingly, more fun. [Jun 2005, p.109] -- Blender Funky, playful but sinister like the best children's stories. [Jun 2005, p.98] -- MOJO Like the Gorillaz's self-titled debut, Demon Days goes the way of most auteur projects, its oversize idea load making for a trip equal parts peak and valley. But also like the debut, Demon Days is better than it has any right to be, featuring singles stronger than anything released under the Blur banner since, you know, that "Woo-hoo" song. -- Pitchfork The sound is more psychedeli-danceable than ever. -- Paste