Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez

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Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez
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Standard edition artwork. Deluxe edition features a pink background and a blue keyboard.
Studio album by
Released23 October 2020
RecordedOctober 2019 – May 2020 [1]
Studio
Genre
Length42:55
Label
Producer
Gorillaz chronology
The Now Now
(2018)
Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez
(2020)
Meanwhile EP
(2021)
Damon Albarn chronology
Egoli
(2019)
Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez
(2020)
Meanwhile EP
(2021)
Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez– Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Strange Timez" (featuring Robert Smith) 
  • Gorillaz
  • Smith
  • Remi Kabaka Jr.
3:47
2."The Valley of the Pagans" (featuring Beck)  3:01
3."The Lost Chord" (featuring Leee John)
  • Gorillaz
  • Ford
  • Kabaka
4:03
4."Pac-Man" (featuring Schoolboy Q)
3:12
5."Chalk Tablet Towers" (featuring St. Vincent)  3:02
6."The Pink Phantom" (featuring Elton John and 6lack)
 4:13
7."Aries" (featuring Peter Hook and Georgia)
4:13
8."Friday 13th" (featuring Octavian)  3:37
9."Dead Butterflies" (featuring Kano and Roxani Arias)
4:33
10."Désolé" (Extended version) (featuring Fatoumata Diawara)
  • Albarn
  • Kabaka
  • Ford
  • Diawara
  • Gorillaz
  • Ford
  • Kabaka
5:33
11."Momentary Bliss" (featuring Slowthai and Slaves)
  • Gorillaz
  • Kabaka
  • Dean [b]
3:41
Total length:42:55
Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez– Deluxe edition – Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Opium" (featuring EarthGang)
  • Gorillaz
  • P2J
  • Kabaka
6:50
2."Simplicity" (featuring Joan As Police Woman) 
2:44
3."Severed Head" (featuring GoldLink and Unknown Mortal Orchestra)  3:34
4."With Love to an Ex" (featuring Moonchild Sanelly)  3:01
5."MLS" (featuring JPEGMafia and Chai)  3:13
6."How Far?" (featuring Tony Allen and Skepta)  2:46
Total length:22:08
Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez– Japanese deluxe edition – Disc two bonus track [44]
No.TitleLength
7."Taxi Back to 80s Reykjavik"2:42
Total length:24:50

Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes and Tidal. [45]

Gorillaz

Additional musicians

Additional technical

Additional artwork

Notes

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [73] Silver60,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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