Laika Come Home
Laika Come Home | ||||
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Remix album by Spacemonkeyz and Gorillaz | ||||
Released | 1 July 2002 | |||
Recorded | 2000–2002 | |||
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Length | 75:44 | |||
Label | Parlophone/EMI (UK) Astralwerks/Caroline/Virgin/EMI Records (US) | |||
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Singles from Laika Come Home | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
NME | 7/10[3] |
Laika Come Home is a remix album by British virtual band Gorillaz, released in July 2002. Unlike a typical remix album, it is done by just one group, Spacemonkeyz. It contains most of the songs from Gorillaz' first album, Gorillaz, but remixed in dub and reggae style. The album features Terry Hall, U Brown, Earl Sixteen and 2-D. One single, "Lil' Dub Chefin'", was released from the album on 22 July 2002, with moderate success. The limited edition was packed in digipak, featuring two hidden tracks. In 2004, the album was packaged with 2001's Gorillaz in a box set as part of EMI's "2CD Originals" collection. The album's title is a reference to Laika, the Soviet space dog, and the film Lassie Come Home. The album contains mixes of every song on the original album except "Double Bass", "Latin Simone (¿Que Pasa Contigo?)", and "Rock the House".
Background
The Spacemonkeyz appear to be first referenced before the album in the "Tomorrow Comes Today" video. During the video, in the background, a poster can be seen with three pictures of monkeys with spacesuits and the caption "Laugh now but one day we'll be in charge". The artwork is a famous piece of artwork by Banksy,[4] the visual artist who worked with Damon Albarn for Think Tank's artwork[5] and Demon Days producer Danger Mouse in an attack against Paris Hilton.[6] Before the release of the album, the remix of "Tomorrow Comes Today" ("Bañana Baby") was released on the "Tomorrow Comes Today" single in February 2002.
Track listing
– Standard editionNo. | Title | Gorillaz original | Length |
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12. | "Lil' Dub Chefin'" (with interlude) | "M1 A1" | 5:43 |
13. | "Strictly Rubbadub" ("More Rubbadub" Version) | "Slow Country" | 5:14 |
14. | "A Fistful of Peanuts" ("More Peanuts" Version) | "Clint Eastwood" | 6:39 |
Total length: | 75:44 |
Personnel
Musicians
- Damon Albarn – vocals (all tracks), piano (tracks 2–3), stylophone (track 2), melodica (tracks 3–4, 11), guitar (tracks 7–8, 10)
- Spacemonkeyz – instrumentation, programming, guitar, bass, drum programming
- Miho Hatori – additional vocals (tracks 1, 10)
- Tina Weymouth – additional vocals (track 1)
- Michael Smith – horn, horn arrangements (tracks 1–3, 5–6, 10–12), flute (track 11)
- Martin Shaw – horn (track 1)
- Dan Left Hand – bass (track 1)
- Jeff Scantlebury – percussion (tracks 1–3, 5–8, 10–12)
- Jaques Shythé – castanets (track 1)
- U Brown – vocals (tracks 2, 11)
- Dennis Rollins – horn (tracks 2–3, 5–6, 10–12)
- Dominic Glover – horn (tracks 2–3, 5–6, 10–12)
- Phil Soul – bass (tracks 2–4, 8, 10, 12)
- Earl Sixteen – vocals (tracks 3, 11)
- Stuart Zender – bass (tracks 3–4), clavinet (track 4)
- Pete Collins – incendiary device (track 5)
- Simon Katz – guitar (track 6), organ (track 12)
- Brian Pisce – strings (track 8)
- Terry Hall – vocals (track 12)
Technical
- Gorillaz – production
- Tom Girling – co-production, engineering, Pro Tools
- Jason Cox – co-production, engineering
- Dan Nakamura – production (tracks 1–6, 8–12)
- Spacemonkeyz – additional production, re-mixing
- Pete Collins – assistance
Artwork
- J.C. Hewlett – illustration
- Mat Wakeham – art direction
- Kate McLauchlan – design
- Roland Hamilton – monkey photos
Charts
Chart (2002) | Peak position |
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French Albums (SNEP)[7] | 118 |
UK Albums (OCC)[8] | 108 |
US Billboard 200[9] | 156 |
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[10] | 6 |
Release details
The album was released in various countries in July 2002.
Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue |
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United Kingdom | 1 July 2002 | Parlophone | CD | 540 3622 |
2×LP | 539 9821 | |||
Japan | 3 July 2002 | Toshiba-EMI | CD | TOCP-66045 |
United States | 16 July 2002 | Astralwerks | CD | ASW 40362 |
CD digipak | ASW 40522 |
References
- ^ Laika Come Home at AllMusic
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
- ^ "NME Album Reviews - Space Monkeys vs. Gorillaz: Laika Come Home". NME. 12 September 2005. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ "Laugh Now". Hexagon Gallery. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Banksy artwork sets new benchmark". 26 October 2006. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Banksy's spoofing of Paris Hilton's debut album to go up for auction". Consequence. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – Gorillaz – Laika Come Home". Hung Medien.
- ^ Zywietz, Tobias. "Chart Log UK: DJ S – The System of Life". zobbel.de. Tobias Zywietz.
- ^ "Gorillaz Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
- ^ "Gorillaz Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard.
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