Plastic Beach Song Credits

This Plastic Beach Song Credit list is devoted to the real life members who played on Plastic Beach, also known as personnel. The people who played on the album are known as the Plastic Beach Band.

Damon Albarn
Damon Albarn is the co-creator of Gorillaz along with Jamie Hewlett, he is on every Gorillaz album. On Plastic Beach Damon takes the role of Singer, Guitarist, Keyboardist and Producer in place of 2-D and Cyborg Noodle. Plastic Beach was the first album he produced by himself unlike on Gorillaz Debut and Demon Days, where the albums were produced by Dan the Automator and Danger Mouse.

Paul Simonon
Paul Simonon took the role of bass player on Plastic Beach, in place of Murdoc. He got involved with Gorillaz after having joined Damon Albarn's other band The Good, The Bad And The Queen. He was well known for being the bass player of The Clash.

Mick Jones
Mick Jones took the role of guitarist on Plastic Beach, in place of Cyborg Noodle. He got involved with Gorillaz after reuniting with former bandmate from The Clash, Paul Simonon.

Simon Tong
Simon Tong took the role of Guitarist on Plastic Beach. He got involved with Gorillaz after talking the place of Blur guitarist Graham Coxon when he left in 2003. He later contributed to Gorillaz second album Demon Days.

Gabriel Wallace
Gabriel Wallace took the role of Drummer on Plastic Beach, he played live with Gorillaz from 2010-2018. On Plastic Beach he can be heard on a few tracks.

Orchestral Intro
Orchestral Intro is the first song of Plastic Beach and the song continues from Demon Days, the song which ended with the title track. Orchestral Intro features the Sinfonia ViVA.

Sinfonia ViVA - Orchestra

Welcome To The World Of The Plastic Beach
Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach is the second song of Plastic Beach and features Snoop Dogg, taking the lead of the song. Damon can be heard saying stuff like "Just like that".

Damon Albarn - Vocals and Drum Machine

Snoop Dogg - Vocals

Paul Simonon - Bass

White Flag
White Flag is the third song of Plastic Beach and features Bashy and Kano supplying vocals. It also features the National Orchestra For Arabic Music.

Damon Albarn - Synths and Drum Machine

Bashy - Vocals

Kano - Vocals

National Orchestra For Arabic Music - Orchestra

Paul Simonon - Bass

Rhinestone Eyes
Rhinestone Eyes is the fourth song of Plastic Beach and was supposed to be the fourth (or fifth) single off the album, the only thing we got for Rhinestone eyes was the Storyboard. Rhinestone Eyes also incorporates the lyrics "Thats electric" from the unreleased track Electric Shock.

Damon Albarn - Vocals

Jason Cox - Bass Guitar

Gabriel Wallace - Drums

Stylo
Stylo is the fifth song of Plastic Beach and was the albums first single. The song features vocals from Mos Def and Bobby Womack.

Damon Albarn - Vocals and Synths

Mos Def - Vocals

Bobby Womack - Vocals

Superfast Jellyfish
Superfast Jellyfish is the sixth song of Plastic Beach and was also the second single off the album. The song under performed, as a second single, not reaching the UK Singles Chart like on previous albums. The song featured De La Soul and Gruff Rhys.

Damon Albarn - Keyboards

De La Soul - Vocals

Gruff Rhys - Vocals

Paul Simonon - Bass Guitar

Gabriel Wallace - Drums

Empire Ants
Empire Ants is the seventh song of Plastic Beach and ties in straight after Superfast Jellyfish. The song features Little Dragon.

Damon Albarn - Vocals, Synths and Drum Machine

Little Dragon - Vocals and Synths

Simon Tong - Guitar

Glitter Freeze
Glitter Freeze is the eighth track of Plastic Beach and features Mark E. Smith.

Damon Albarn - Synth and Drum Machine

Mark E. Smith - Vocals

Simon Tong - Guitar

Some Kind Of Nature
Some Kind of Nature is the ninth track of Plastic Beach and the song features guitar and vocals from Lou Reed.

Damon Albarn - Vocals, Piano ands synths

Lou Reed - Vocals and Guitar

On Melancholy Hill
On Melancholy Hill is the tenth track of Plastic Beach and is probably the albums most known track, although it was the was last single, it still charted where Stylo and Superfast Jellyfish didn't. On Melancholy Hill origins actually go back to a song Damon made for The Good, The Bad, And The Queen, with Paul Simonon and Simon Tong, who both contributed to Plastic Beach, and Tony Allen as drummer.

Damon Albarn - Vocals, Synths and Drum Machine

Paul Simonon - Bass

Broken
Broken is the eleventh track of Plastic Beach and is noted as one of the saddest songs on the album. Broken is one of the only songs where Damon sings by himself.

Damon Albarn - Vocals, Keyboards and Drum Machine

Paul Simonon - Bass Guitar

Sweepstakes
Sweepstakes is the twelfth track on Plastic Beach and brings back Mos Def one last time for lead vocals. The track also feature the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble.

Damon Albarn - Synths

Mos Def - Vocals

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - Brass

Paul Simonon - Bass Guitar

Gabriel Wallace - Drums

Plastic Beach
Plastic Beach is the thirteenth track of Plastic Beach and is the only track to actually credit Paul Simonon and Mick Jones. The song once again brings back Damon as lead vocalist.

Damon Albarn - Vocals, Keyboards and Drum Machine

Paul Simonon - Bass Guitar

Mick Jones - Guitar

To Binge
To Binge is the fourteenth song of Plastic Beach and once again features Little Dragon. The song was also supposed to be the fourth (or fifth) single of the album along with Rhinestone Eyes.

Damon Albarn - Vocals, Synths and Drum Machine

Little Dragon - Vocals and Synths

Cloud Of Unknowing
Cloud of Unknowing is the fifteenth of Plastic Beach. The fifteenth track of a Gorillaz album is normally the end, in tradition of Gorillaz Debut and Demon Days. The song once again brings back Bobby Womack taking over lead vocals.

Bobby Womack - Vocals

Damon Albarn - Synths

Simon Tong - Guitar

Pirate Jet
Pirate Jet is the sixteenth and last song on Plastic Beach. Like previously mentioned the fifteenth track on Gorillaz albums normally symbolises the end yet instead Cloud Of Unknowing ending the album Pirate Jet does instead.

Damon Albarn - Vocals, Keyboards and Drum Machine

Paul Simonon - Bass Guitar