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| Released | 23 October 2020 | |||
| Recorded | October 2019 – May 2020[1] | |||
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| Length | 42:55 | |||
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Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez is the seventh studio album by British virtual band Gorillaz, released on 23 October 2020 via Parlophone and Warner Records. The album was released as the culmination of Gorillaz' Song Machine project, a web series consisting of a collection of singles and music videos, dubbed "episodes" each featuring different guest artists. The album marked the return of the character Murdoc Niccals in promotional material, after his absence from The Now Now in 2018. The record received positive reviews from music critics.[3][4] Slowthai, Slaves, Fatoumata Diawara, Peter Hook, Georgia, Octavian, ScHoolboy Q, Robert Smith, Elton John, 6lack, Beck, Leee John, St. Vincent, Kano, and Roxani Arias, among others, appears as the collaborators on the album.
- ^ Damon Albarn, Elton John (24 October 2020). Rocket Hour (Radio). Apple Music.
Well it started last October [...] Then it got to May last year, I mean May this year.
- ^ Condon, Dan; Shiel, Tim (27 October 2020). "Damon Albarn talks us through Gorillaz's star-studded Song Machine". Double J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
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