"Phoner to Arizona" is the opening track from Gorillaz's fourth studio album The Fall.[2] The song is mostly an instrumental with distorted vocals and was recorded entirely on Gorillaz co-founder Damon Albarn's iPad during the American leg of the Escape to Plastic Beach World Tour in October 2010.[3][4] The video—a compilation of footage and images taken from the tour and the phase—was posted on YouTube on 22 December as a way to promote the album.[5]
| "Phoner to Arizona" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Gorillaz | |
| from the album The Fall | |
| Released | 24 December 2010 |
| Recorded | 3 October 2010 in Montreal[1] |
| Genre | Techno |
| Length | 4:14 |
| Label | Parlophone |
| Songwriter(s) | Damon Albarn |
| Producer(s) |
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| Music video | |
| "Phoner to Arizona" on YouTube | |
Personnel
edit- Damon Albarn – vocals
- Stephen Sedgwick – mixing, recording
- Geoff Pesche – mastering
References
edit- ^ "The Fall – Gorillaz". thefall.gorillaz.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ^ ALEX YOUNG (19 December 2010). "Sample 18 seconds of Gorillaz's free iPad album, The Fall". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
- ^ Sean Michaels (10 December 2010). "Gorillaz to release new album free on Christmas Day". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
- ^ Amos Barshad (24 December 2010). "The New Gorillaz Single Doesn't Necessarily Not Sound Like Something Damon Albarn Made on His iPad While on Tour". Vulture. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
- ^ "Gorillaz – Phoner To Arizona". 22 December 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2010 – via YouTube.
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