G-Sides

G-Sides is a compilation album composed of B-side tracks that previously appeared on the first four Gorillaz UK single and extended play releases (the "Tomorrow Comes Today" EP, "Clint Eastwood", "19-2000" and "Rock the House"). As the "Tomorrow Comes Today" and "Lil' Dub Chefin'" singles were released after G-Sides was, and it received no re-release with extra tracks, unlike the debut album Gorillaz, the two B-side tracks from each of those singles, both released in 2002, were never included on it.

The album was originally scheduled only for the Japanese market. In Japan short commercially released singles of 3-4 tracks are not as popular as they are in the UK / Australia, and bands frequently released what are in effect extended EPs of tracks collected from several releases.

In Europe, the Japanese track listing was retained (to save on production costs - despite the fact that the debut had been reissued to include the Soulchild remix, making the compilation potentially even worse value for European buyers). However to retain this track listing for the US would have been an insult too far ("Left Hand Suzuki Method" and "Dracula" having been included on the standard US release of the debut album), and so the 'other two' available B-sides were drafted in, with the radio edit of "Rock The House" being dropped too, this latter alteration being more puzzling. This left the US version down to just nine tracks, and with it being the only version not to feature the videos to "Rock The House" and "Clint Eastwood", US fans could justifiably feel a little cheated. Eventually a 'dream release' of G-Sides, containing a super-set of the tracks on the US and European / Japanese editions was released in Brazil, instantly becoming a desirable collector's item.

G-Sides remains a flawed release and a dedicated fan will want to seek out the individual UK singles. However for thousands of other fans it provided a cheap and easy way of getting hold of many Gorillaz B-Sides. The quality, track-for-track, does not approach that of the debut, and with so many remixes it does not sit easy together as an album. That said, most of the B-Sides are pretty good and so a fan of 'Gorillaz' would be well advised to seek it out.

Release dates and chart positions

 * JAPAN: 12/12/01 – highest chart position: did not chart
 * US: 26/02/02 – highest chart position: 84
 * UK: 11/03/02 – highest chart position: 65
 * FRANCE: 12/03/02 – highest chart position: did not chart
 * GERMANY: 02/04/02 – highest chart position: did not chart
 * AUSTRALIA: 22/04/02 – highest chart position: did not chart

Track Listings
Japan, UK, Australia, Germany, China, France, South America (except for Brazil), and US Digital Release (Only On Apple Music)


 * 1) "19-2000 (Soulchild Remix)" - [3:27]
 * 2) "Dracula" - [4:43]
 * 3) "Rock the House (Radio Edit)" - [3:03]
 * 4) "The Sounder (Edit)" - [4:29]
 * 5) "Faust" - [3:51]
 * 6) "Clint Eastwood (Phi Life Cypher Version)" - [4:52]
 * 7) "Ghost Train" - [3:54]
 * 8) "Hip Albatross" - [2:43]
 * 9) "Left Hand Suzuki Method" - [3:10]
 * 10) "12D3" - [3:25]

Enhanced Section: Clint Eastwood (Video), Rock The House (Video)

US, and US Digital Release (Spotify, YouTube Music, Pandora, IHeart, and Deezer Only)


 * 1) "19-2000 (Soulchild Remix)" - [3:27]
 * 2) "Latin Simone (Original Version)" - [3:37]
 * 3) "19-2000 (The Wiseguys House of Wisdom Remix)" - [7:15]
 * 4) "The Sounder (Edit)" - [4:29]
 * 5) "Faust" - [3:51]
 * 6) "Clint Eastwood (Phi Life Cypher Version)" - [4:52]
 * 7) "Ghost Train" - [3:54)
 * 8) "Hip Albatross" - [2:43]
 * 9) "12D3" - [3:35]

Brazil


 * 1) "19-2000 (Soulchild Remix)" - [3:27]
 * 2) "Latin Simone (Original Version)" - [3:37]
 * 3) "19-2000 (The Wiseguys House of Wisdom Remix)" - [7:15]
 * 4) "The Sounder (Edit)" - [4:29]
 * 5) "Faust" - [3:51]
 * 6) "Clint Eastwood (Phi Life Cypher Version)" - [4:52]
 * 7) "Ghost Train" - [3:54]
 * 8) "Hip Albatross" - [2:43]
 * 9) "12D3" - [3:25]
 * 10) "Dracula" - [4:43]
 * 11) "Rock The House (Radio Edit)" - [3:03]
 * 12) "Left Hand Suzuki Method" - [3:10]

Enhanced Section: Clint Eastwood (Video), Rock The House (Video), 19-2000 (Video), Noodle Fight (Game)

Trivia

 * The interactive CD section of the releases of the Brazilian and international releases was enhanced by Glasseye, who also produced the interactive sections of various singles, such as "Tomorrow Comes Today" and "Rock the House".
 * Only the edited version of the song "The Sounder" was included on the compilation, which resulted on the full version only being released on the French Limited Edition of the debut album and on promo releases of the "Rock the House" single.
 * A rare bundle comprised G-Sides in a shrink wrapped copy with the debut album for the Colombian market. Oddly, G-Sides is the lead release. A sticker advertises the set as the 'pair of the year'.
 * At the time, in Colombia and Venezuela, people thought G-Sides was a new studio album, so it was promoted that way.
 * Certain releases in the USA and Japan feature Noodle holding a Godzilla action figure on the cover, whereas most releases feature Noodle holding a figure of Bonesy, the recurrent Gorillaz mascot, instead.
 * Despite the Brazilian version claiming to include the Soulchild Remix version of the 19-2000 Music Video, it actually has the regular one instead.
 * Various official Gorillaz tracks that had already been released at the time G-Sides was were not featured on the compilation. These were the songs "Dub Dumb", the full version of "The Sounder" and the single "911" (which was released only 5 days before the compilation album debuted in Japan), alongside the remixes "Slow Country (Curtis Lynch Jr. Remix)", "Tomorrow Comes Today (Carl H. Remix)", Gorillaz' remix of the Redman single "Let's Get Dirty (I Can't Get In Da Club)". Other Gorillaz songs were released between the Japanese and international releases of the album, but those were not added to its tracklist.
 * Despite the radio edit of "Rock the House" and the short version of "The Sounder" being included on the album, the short version of "Clint Eastwood", named "Clint Eastwood (Edit)", was not, and remained exclusive to the single release of the song.