This album is a treasure-trove of soundscapes. Each member is at their best on this album. It truly is one of their best.

I had only heard her main hit and not a full album before. It’s not to say that I didn’t listen to the full album because the single wasn’t good, rather that I wasn’t pulled in by the single enough to listen to more. As this album doesn’t even contain that partial gem, there is even less reason to delve in. But having now done so, nothing ever rises above standard mellow pop fare. Nothing memorable. Nothing sonically enveloping. It’s an album I could have happily never listened to. There’s nothing bad about it, per se, only it sticks a mediocre landing as simple and uninteresting in favor of basic beats and forgetful lyrics.

There is an eerie darkness that pervades the entirety of the album full of nearly unskippable offerings. With this initial album, the Gorillaz were still characters that can easily be heard throughout the album as if they were real. Del the Funky Homosapien offers all of the rap on the album, as supposed to the following albums which utilize many guests. Here everything sits as a single offering album, one that after all these years hasn’t really aged and has remained relevant and cool.