Laika Come Home

Laika Come Home
Remix album by Spacemonkeyz and Gorillaz
Released	1 July 2002
Recorded	2000–2002
Genre	Dub reggae
Length	75:44
Label	Parlophone/EMI (UK) Astralwerks/Caroline/Virgin/EMI Records (US)
Producer	Spacemonkeyz Gorillaz Dan the Automator
Gorillaz chronology
G-Sides (2001) Laika Come Home (2002) Demon Days (2005)
Damon Albarn chronology
Mali Music (2002) Laika Come Home (2002) Think Tank (2003)

Laika Come Home– Standard edition

No.	Title	Gorillaz original	Length
1.	"Jungle Fresh"	"19-2000"	5:28
2.	"Strictly Rubbadub"	"Slow Country"	3:41
3.	"Bañana Baby"	"Tomorrow Comes Today"	5:29
4.	"Monkey Racket"	"Man Research (Clapper)"	5:57
5.	"De-Punked"	"Punk"	5:20
6.	"P.45"	"5/4"	4:26
7.	"Dub Ø9"	"Starshine"	5:17
8.	"Crooked Dub"	"Sound Check (Gravity)"	5:31
9.	"Mutant Genius"	"New Genious (Brother)"	5:02
10.	"Come Again"	"Re-Hash"	6:04
11.	"A Fistful of Peanuts"	"Clint Eastwood"	5:53
12.	"Lil' Dub Chefin'"	"M1 A1"	4:28
Total length:			62:36

Laika Come Home– Hidden tracks

No.	Title	Gorillaz original	Length
12.	"Lil' Dub Chefin'" (with interlude)	"M1 A1"	5:43
13.	"Strictly Rubbadub" ("More Rubbadub" Version)	"Slow Country"	5:14
14.	"A Fistful of Peanuts" ("More Peanuts" Version)	"Clint Eastwood"	6:39
Total length:			75:44

Personnel

Musicians

• Damon Albarn – vocals (all tracks), piano (tracks 2–3), stylophone (track 2), melodica (tracks 3–4, 11), guitar (tracks 7–8, 10)
• Spacemonkeyz – instrumentation, programming, guitar, bass, drum programming
• Miho Hatori – additional vocals (tracks 1, 10)
• Tina Weymouth – additional vocals (track 1)
• Michael Smith – horn, horn arrangements (tracks 1–3, 5–6, 10–12), flute (track 11)
• Martin Shaw – horn (track 1)
• Dan Left Hand – bass (track 1)
• Jeff Scantlebury – percussion (tracks 1–3, 5–8, 10–12)
• Jaques Shythé – castanets (track 1)
• U Brown – vocals (tracks 2, 11)
• Dennis Rollins – horn (tracks 2–3, 5–6, 10–12)
• Dominic Glover – horn (tracks 2–3, 5–6, 10–12)
• Phil Soul – bass (tracks 2–4, 8, 10, 12)
• Earl Sixteen – vocals (tracks 3, 11)
• Stuart Zender – bass (tracks 3–4), clavinet (track 4)
• Pete Collins – incendiary device (track 5)
• Simon Katz – guitar (track 6), organ (track 12)
• Brian Pisce – strings (track 8)
• Terry Hall – vocals (track 12)

Technical

• Gorillaz – production
• Tom Girling – co-production, engineering, Pro Tools
• Jason Cox – co-production, engineering
• Dan Nakamura – production (tracks 1–6, 8–12)
• Spacemonkeyz – additional production, re-mixing
• Pete Collins – assistance

Artwork

• J.C. Hewlett – illustration
• Mat Wakeham – art direction
• Kate McLauchlan – design
• Roland Hamilton – monkey photos

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
French Albums (SNEP) [7]	118
UK Albums (OCC) [8]	108
US Billboard 200 [9]	156
US Top Dance Albums (Billboard) [10]	6

Release details

The album was released in various countries in July 2002.

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue
United Kingdom	1 July 2002	Parlophone	CD	540 3622
			2×LP	539 9821
Japan	3 July 2002	Toshiba-EMI	CD	TOCP-66045
United States	16 July 2002	Astralwerks	CD	ASW 40362
			CD digipak	ASW 40522

References

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