Gorillaz Unveil 'Plastic Beach' Artwork and Track-Listing

Gorillaz have unveiled the full track-listing, artwork and release date of their eagerly-anticipated third album 'Plastic Beach'.

Released on March 8th via Parlophone Records, the 16-track album features an array of special guests including Lou Reed, Snoop Dogg, Mos Def, Mark E Smith, Kano, Gruff Rhys, De La Soul, Bobby Womack and many more.

The band recorded the album on a secret floating island deep in the South Pacific, a Plastic Beach HQ, made up of the detritus, debris and washed up remnants of humanity.

You can see the modern-day Tracy Island on the album cover below.

'Plastic Beach' is preceded by the single 'Stylo', which was leaked on blogs yesterday, is available to download on January 26th.

After the leak yesterday, Murdoc from the cartoon collective tweeted:“A leak! A leak! Plastic Beach has sprung a leak! One of those Russian pirates has put a bullet hole in my island! My single's leaked! STYLO!”

The full track-listing is as follows:

1. Orchestral Intro (featuring Sinfonia ViVA)
2. Welcome To The World Of The Plastic Beach (feat. Snoop Dogg and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)
3. White Flag (feat. Kano, Bashy and The National Orchestra For Arabic Music)
4. Rhinestone Eyes
5. Stylo (feat. Bobby Womack and Mos Def)
6. Superfast Jellyfish (feat. Gruff Rhys and De La Soul)
7. Empire Ants (feat. Little Dragon)
8. Glitter Freeze (feat. Mark E Smith)
9. Some Kind Of Nature (feat. Lou Reed)
10. On Melancholy Hill
11. Broken
12. Sweepstakes (feat. Mos Def & Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)
13. Plastic Beach (feat. Mick Jones & Paul Simonon)
14. To Binge (feat. Little Dragon)
15. Cloud Of Unknowing (feat. Bobby Womack and Sinfonia ViVA)
16. Pirate Jet

(by Scott Colothan)

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