Laika Come Home

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Laika Come Home is a remix album by British virtual band Gorillaz, released in July 2002. Unlike a typical remix album, it is done by just one group, Spacemonkeyz. It contains most of the songs from Gorillaz' first album, Gorillaz, but remixed in dub and reggae style. The album features Terry Hall, U Brown, Earl Sixteen and 2-D. One single, "Lil' Dub Chefin'", was released from the album on 22 July 2002, with moderate success. The limited edition was packed in digipak, featuring two hidden tracks. In 2004, the album was packaged with 2001's Gorillaz in a box set as part of EMI's "2CD Originals" collection. The album's title is a reference to Laika, the Soviet space dog, and the film Lassie Come Home. The album contains mixes of every song on the original album except "Double Bass", "Latin Simone (¿Que Pasa Contigo?)", and "Rock the House".

Background

The Spacemonkeyz appear to be first referenced before the album in the "Tomorrow Comes Today" video. During the video, in the background, a poster can be seen with three pictures of monkeys with spacesuits and the caption "Laugh now but one day we'll be in charge". The artwork is a famous piece of artwork by Banksy,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the visual artist who worked with Damon Albarn for Think Tank's artwork<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Demon Days producer Danger Mouse in an attack against Paris Hilton.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Before the release of the album, the remix of "Tomorrow Comes Today" ("Bañana Baby") was released on the "Tomorrow Comes Today" single in February 2002.

Personnel

Musicians

• Damon Albarn – vocals Template:Small, piano Template:Small, stylophone Template:Small, melodica Template:Small, guitar Template:Small
• Spacemonkeyz – instrumentation, programming, guitar, bass, drum programming
• Miho Hatori – additional vocals Template:Small
• Tina Weymouth – additional vocals Template:Small
• Michael Smith – horn, horn arrangements Template:Small, flute Template:Small
• Martin Shaw – horn Template:Small
• Dan Left Hand – bass Template:Small
• Jeff Scantlebury – percussion Template:Small
• Jaques Shythé – castanets Template:Small
• U Brown – vocals Template:Small
• Dennis Rollins – horn Template:Small
• Dominic Glover – horn Template:Small
• Phil Soul – bass Template:Small
• Earl Sixteen – vocals Template:Small
• Stuart Zender – bass Template:Small, clavinet Template:Small
• Pete Collins – incendiary device Template:Small
• Simon Katz – guitar Template:Small, organ Template:Small
• Brian Pisce – strings Template:Small
• Terry Hall – vocals Template:Small

Technical

• Gorillaz – production
• Tom Girling – co-production, engineering, Pro Tools
• Jason Cox – co-production, engineering
• Dan Nakamura – production Template:Small
• 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

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Chart (2002)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	108

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

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