The Good, the Bad & the Queen, Damon Albarn | GROUP DYNAMICS Gorillaz' Albarn teams up with ex-Clash bassist Simonon for the surprisingly downbeat debut of their new band The Good, the Bad & the…
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GROUP DYNAMICS Gorillaz' Albarn teams up with ex-Clash bassist Simonon for the surprisingly downbeat debut of their new band The Good, the Bad & the Queen
EW's GRADE
B+

Details Release Date: Jan 23, 2007; Lead Performance: The Good, the Bad & the Queen; Genre: Rock

Having scored with animated supergroup Gorillaz, Damon Albarn continues his capricious career with another unclassifiable collective. The Good, the Bad & the Queen teams the former Blur frontman with ex-Clash bassist Paul Simonon, ex-Verve guitarist Simon Tong, and Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen (Danger Mouse produces). The mood is more melancholy than the lineup would suggest — much of the album sounds like ''Waterloo Sunset''-era Kinks set to languid dub grooves.

Originally posted Jan 19, 2007 Published in issue #917 Jan 26, 2007 Order article reprints

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