This continual reinforcement of this characters is interesting as it forces viewers and listeners to invest into the idea that these characters are real, that they are the ones who created the album. The remaining members of the band are placed in the background in the shadows, this almost highlighting noodle as the creative influence for the album, that the spotlight is on her. This time, Japanese guitarist Noodle Sits in the foreground holding a guitar accompanied by the recurring character of 'The Monkey’. Opposite sits yet more artwork of the fictional band members. The back cover of the digipack is fairly tame with the track listing placement in top left hand corner in a standard black font against a pure white background. By Damon making the two albums similar, he could possibly attract Blur fans to listen to Demon Days. One reason he may have made the two similar is that people may recognise the similarity between the Blur album cover that was released 5 years before Demon Days. The source of the similarity could possibly be from Damon Albarn. The two album covers are very similar in the way that they use the same layout, of showing four animated pictures of four of the band members. To the right we can see the cover used on the front of “Blur: the best of”. The front cover shows the four animated character from a side view, split into four pictures with the artist name shown at the top, and the album name shown at the bottom.įront man, Damon Alabarn was previously in the band Blur before the Gorillaz formed. This may be because Japan love the animations created by the unique band. The four characters look of the Asian origin, which is ironic because the album was released 23 days earlier in Japan that in Britain. The 1st track of the album “intro” contains a sample from 'Dark Earth', from the soundtrack to the 1978 film ‘Dawn Of The Dead.’ This straight away shows the tone of the album and lets the listener know what they’re in for. The four characters are shown in a fictional animated world that we can see in the music videos such as the single Dirty Harry and Dare which features Sean Rider from The Happy Mondays. This was the 1st time the four animated fictional characters were shown to the world. This is the 2nd album from the Gorillaz, which was released in the UK on the 23 of May 2005.

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