The entire album was recorded on group co-founder Damon Albarn's iPad during the American leg of the Escape to Plastic Beach World Tour in October 2010 and mixed in England by Stephen Sedgwick.
Albarn said of the recording: "I literally made it on the road. I didn't write it before, I didn't prepare it. I just did it day by day as a kind of diary of my experience in America. If I left it until the New Year to release it then the cynics out there would say, 'Oh well, it's been tampered with', but if I put it out now they'd know that I haven't done anything because I've been on tour ever since."
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The Fall is the fourth studio album from British virtual band Gorillaz. The album was officially announced on 20 December 2010 and soon after released on 25 December 2010 as a "free" download on the Gorillaz website, exclusively to fans in the band's Sub-Division fan club.
The album features fewer guest artists than previous Gorillaz albums; collaborators include Mick Jones and Paul Simonon of The Clash and Bobby Womack. The album was physically released on 18 April 2011.
http://thefall.gorillaz.com/
PHONER TO ARIZONA
Recorded in Montreal on 3rd October
REVOLVING DOORS
Recorded in Boston on 5th October
HILLBILLY MAN
Recorded in New Jersey and Virginia on 10th and 11th October
Additional Guitar: Mick Jones
DETROIT
Recorded in Detroit on 13th October
SHY-TOWN
Recorded in Chicago on 15th October
LITTLE PINK PLASTIC BAGS
Recorded in Chicago on 16th October
Additional Keyboards: Jesse Hackett
THE JOPLIN SPIDER
Recorded in Joplin on 18th October
Additional conversations with: Darren ‘Smoggy’ Evans
THE PARISH OF SPACE DUST
Recorded in Houston on 19th October
THE SNAKE IN DALLAS
Recorded in Dallas on 20th October
AMARILLO
Recorded in Amarillo on 23rd October
THE SPEAK IT MOUNTAINS
Recorded in Denver on 24th October
Stream and forest recorded in Santa Fe on 25th October by Mike Smith
ASPEN FOREST
Recorded in Santa Fe on 25th October and in Vancouver on 3rd November
Additional Bass: Paul Simonon
Additional Qanun: James R Grippo
BOBBY IN PHOENIX
Recorded in Phoenix on 26th October
Vocals and Guitar: Bobby Womack
CALIFORNIA AND THE SLIPPING OF THE SUN
Recorded in Oakland on 30th October
Train station announcement recorded at LA Train Station. Additional conversation with: Darren ‘Smoggy’ Evans, Mick Jones, Jamie Hewlett and Tanyel Vahdettin.
SEATTLE YODEL
Recorded in Seattle on 2nd November
iPad Applications Used: Speak It! Text to Speech / SoundyThingie / Mugician / Sylo Synthesiser, Sylo Synthesiser Pro / Synth / FunkBox Drum Machine / gliss / AmpliTube for iPad / XENON Groove Synthesizer / KORG iELECTRIBE / bs-16i / Mellotronics M3000 for iPad / Cleartune – Chromatic Tuner / iORGEL HD / olsynth / StudioMini XL Recording Studio / Bassline / Harmonizer / Dub Siren Pro / Moog Filtatron
(0:00) 1. Phoner to Arizona
(4:15) 2. Revolving Doors
(7:41) 3. Hillbilly Man
(11:31) 4. Detroit
(13:34) 5. Shy-Town
(16:30) 6. Little Pink Plastic Bags
(19:39) 7. The Joplin Spider
(23:01) 8. The Parish of Space Dust
(25:26) 9. The Snake in Dallas
(27:37) 10. Amarillo
(31:02) 11. The Speak It Mountains
(33:18) 12. Aspen Forest
(36:07) 13. Bobby in Phoenix
(39:23) 14. California and the Slipping of the Sun
(42:48) 15. Seattle Yodel
