Gorillaz have released The Mountain, their star-studded Cracker Island follow-up. Largely recorded on Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s travels of India—with a cast of the country’s musicians—the album unites the voices of the living and dead, with posthumous recordings from the Gorillaz archive of some of their late collaborators. Among them are Dennis Hopper, D12’s Proof, Tony Allen, Bobby Womack, and the Fall’s Mark E. Smith, while new features from the land of the living come courtesy of Sparks, Black Thought, Bizarrap, Idles, Yasiin Bey, Omar Souleyman, Gruff Rhys, Anoushka Shankar, Trueno, and Johnny Marr. Below, listen to the album and check out the full, gargantuan credits.
01 The Mountain [ft. Dennis Hopper, Amaan and Ayaan Ali Bangash]
Written by: Damon Albarn, Ajay Prasanna, Anoushka Shankar
Produced by: Gorillaz, James Ford, Samuel Egglenton, Remi Kabaka Jr
Sarod: Amaan Ali Bangash, Ayaan Ali Bangash
Assistant Engineering by: Adhithya Sivakumar, Abhishek Sekhri, Shaurya Sarin, Jaspreet Singh, Giacomo Vianello, Ishaan Nimkar, Federica Cottone
Recorded at: Studio 13 London; Studio 13 Devon; Kintsugi Studio Delhi; Island City Studios Mumbai; Amber Fort Rajasthan
Mixed by: Marta Salogni at Studio Zona
02 The Moon Cave [ft. Asha Puthli, Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur, Jalen Ngonda, Black Thought]
Written by: Damon Albarn, Dave Jolicoeur, Tariq L. Trotter, James Ford
Produced by: Gorillaz, James Ford, Samuel Egglenton, Remi Kabaka Jr
Vocals: Gorillaz, Asha Puthli, Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur, Jalen Ngonda, Black Thought
Demon Strings: Izzi Dunn (Cello), Kotono Sato (1st Violin), Sarah Tuke (2nd Violin), Ciara Ismail (Viola)
Assistant Engineering by: Adhithya Sivakumar, Trinity Wolfherd, Giacomo Vianello, Ishaan Nimkar, Isaac Allen, Federica Cottone
Recorded at: Studio 13 London; Studio 13 Devon; Island City Studios Mumbai; Studio 5020 Miami; Criteria Miami; The Ghats, Varanasi
Mixed by: Marta Salogni at Studio Zona
03 The Happy Dictator [ft. Sparks]
Written by: Damon Albarn, Russell Mael, Ronald Mael
Produced by: Gorillaz, James Ford, Samuel Egglenton, Remi Kabaka Jr
The Mountain Choir: Vijayaa Shanker, Raja Lakshmi Sanjay, Ritika Sahni, Pari Thakur, Rahul Pandey, Sanskar Vaidya, Vamsee Kotaru, Pulkit Rajvanshi, Vaishnavi Shanker
Assistant Engineering by: Adhithya Sivakumar, Giacomo Vianello
Recorded at: Studio 13 London; Studio 13 Devon; Island City Studios Mumbai; Jaipur; Amritsar; Ashgabat Turkmenistan; Sparks Studio Los Angeles
Mixed by: Marta Salogni at Studio Zona
04 The Hardest Thing [ft. Tony Allen]
Produced by: Gorillaz, James Ford, Samuel Egglenton, Remi Kabaka Jr
Demon Strings: Izzi Dunn (Cello), Kotono Sato (1st Violin), Sarah Tuke (2nd Violin), Ciara Ismail (Viola)
Assistant Engineering by: Giacomo Vianello, Ishaan Nimkar, Federica Cottone
Recorded at: Studio 13 London; Studio 13 Devon
Mixed by: Marta Salogni at Studio Zona
05 Orange County [ft. Bizarrap, Kara Jackson and Anoushka Shankar]
Written by: Damon Albarn, Gonzalo Conde, Kara Jackson, Santiago Alvarado
Additional Production: Samuel Egglenton, Remi Kabaka Jr
Assistant Engineering by: Trinity Wolfherd, Giacomo Vianello, Fabian Perez
Recorded at: Studio 13 London; Studio 13 Devon; Studio 5020 Miami; Criteria Miami
Mixed by: Marta Salogni at Studio Zona
06 The God of Lying [ft. IDLES]
Written by: Damon Albarn, Joseph Talbot
Produced by: Gorillaz, James Ford, Samuel Egglenton, Remi Kabaka Jr
Assistant Engineering by: Adhithya Sivakumar, Giacomo Vianello
Recorded at: Studio 13 London; Studio 13 Devon; Island City Studios Mumbai
