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The creators of Gorillaz, musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett, began working on a new Gorillaz project in November 2007 called Carousel, [2] which evolved into Plastic Beach, the group's third studio album. [3] In the November 2007 issue of Q, when asked what his top priority for 2008 was, Damon Albarn replied "Well, I'm doing the next Gorillaz thing, but it won't be called Gorillaz." [2] In the February 2008 Gorillaz-Unofficial interview, Hewlett elaborated on this, saying "I think the idea behind it is that it's like how the Who presented their movies– Tommy and Quadrophenia and so on. Those were presented as by 'the Who' even though none of the members of the band were in the movies. I don't think anyone from the Who was in Quadrophenia. But it's the same people working on it, that's the principle." [4] In a July 2008 interview with The Observer he also said, "Gorillaz now to us is not like four animated characters any more– it's more like an organisation of people doing new projects ... That's my ideal model– Gorillaz is a group of people who gave you this, and now want to give you new stuff." [5] a b Petridis, Alexis (4 March 2010). "Gorillaz: Plastic Beach". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 10 March 2010. The records come in two full colour glossy printed inner sleeves, housed in a gatefold outer sleeve. Damon Albarn enlists The Horrors for new Gorillaz album". NME. UK. 1 September 2009. Archived from the original on 4 September 2009 . Retrieved 17 January 2010.

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gorillaz_news: Japanese Plastic Beach release details revealed". Gorillaz-news.livejournal.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2010 . Retrieved 28 February 2010. Damon Albarn got the idea for Plastic Beach while on a beach next to his house: "I was just looking for all the plastic within the sand", he said. [3] On 17 September 2008, Albarn and Jamie Hewlett announced that they would be doing another Gorillaz album in an interview with CBC News. [6] Hewlett said that from their work on Monkey, "we just learned more about what we do, musically and artistically. That's a great place to come at when we come to another Gorillaz album. It doesn't have to be animation and music". [7] Hewlett also expressed annoyance at having to draw the band members again: "I'm so f---ing[ sic] bored of drawing those characters. But then we had a moment where we had a new angle on it... I'm gonna adapt them". [6] In a later interview Hewlett said: "they'll be the same characters, but a little bit older and told in a different way". [8] Gorillaz's Plastic Beach CD – Buy Plastic Beach by Gorillaz at Mighty Ape". Mightyape.co.nz . Retrieved 1 March 2010. Kabran, Michael (7 March 2010). "Gorillaz: Plastic Beach". PopMatters . Retrieved 28 November 2017. Plastic Beach debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart, selling 74,432 copies in its first week. [58] The album also debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 112,000 copies, of which 62,000 were digital copies. [59] [60] As of 25 March 2010, Plastic Beach sold 8,136 copies in Japan and debuted at number 17 on the Oricon Albums Chart. Selling 13,822 copies in France, Plastic Beach debuted at number two on the SNEP albums chart. [61]Mar, Pete (interviewer); Furse, Tomethy (band member); Webb, Spider (band member) (14 June 2009). The Horrors Interview with B-Sides. B-Sides. Archived from the original (flv) on 12 August 2011 . Retrieved 14 June 2009. Plastic Beach was released in a total of six editions, many of which contain a multitude of exclusive features. These are shown below: Gorillaz Partnership under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. ℗2010 Parlophone Records Limited, under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. 5099962616614. Made in Argentina. Plastic Beach by Gorillaz". iTunes Store. United Kingdom. 3 March 2010. Archived from the original on 23 November 2010 . Retrieved 16 December 2010.