Laika Come Home

Laika Come Home
Remix album by
Released1 July 2002
Recorded2000–2002
Genre
Length75:44
LabelParlophone/EMI (UK)
Astralwerks/Caroline/Virgin/EMI Records (US)
Producer
Gorillaz chronology
G-Sides
(2001)
Laika Come Home
(2002)
Demon Days
(2005)
Damon Albarn chronology
Mali Music
(2000-2002)
Laika Come Home
(2000-2002)
Think Tank
(2003)
Singles from Laika Come Home
  1. "Lil' Dub Chefin'"
    Released: 22 July 2002
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
NME7/10[3]

Laika Come Home is a remix album by British virtual band Gorillaz, released in July 2002. Unlike a typical remix album, it is done by just one group, Spacemonkeyz. It contains most of the songs from Gorillaz' first album, Gorillaz, but remixed in dub and reggae style. The album features Terry Hall, U Brown, Earl Sixteen and 2-D. One single, "Lil' Dub Chefin'", was released from the album on 22 July 2002, with moderate success. The limited edition was packed in digipak, featuring two hidden tracks. In 2004, the album was packaged with 2001's Gorillaz in a box set as part of EMI's "2CD Originals" collection. The album's title is a reference to Laika, the Soviet space dog, and the film Lassie Come Home. The album contains mixes of every song on the original album except "Double Bass", "Latin Simone (¿Que Pasa Contigo?)", and "Rock the House".

  1. ^ Laika Come Home at AllMusic
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  3. ^ "NME Album Reviews - Space Monkeys vs. Gorillaz: Laika Come Home". NME. 12 September 2005. Retrieved 10 January 2012.