Laika Come Home

Laika Come Home is a Gorillaz remix album 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".

Laika Come Home
Remix album by
Spacemonkeyz vs Gorillaz
Released1 July 2002
Recorded2000–2002
Genre
Length1:16:09
LabelParlophone/EMI (UK)
Astralwerks/Caroline/Virgin/EMI Records (US)
Producer
Gorillaz album chronology
G Sides
(2001)		 Laika Come Home
(2002)		 Demon Days
(2005)
Damon Albarn chronology
Mali Music
(2002)		 Laika Come Home
(2002)		 Democrazy
(2003)
Singles from Laika Come Home
  1. "Lil' Dub Chefin'"
    Released: 22 July 2002
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
NME7/10[3]

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, the visual artist who worked with Damon Albarn for Think Tank's artwork and Demon Days producer Danger Mouse in an attack against Paris Hilton. Before the release of the album, the mix of Tomorrow Comes Today (Bañana Baby) was released in the single of Tomorrow Comes Today in February 2002.

Track listing
Laika Come Home – Standard edition
No.TitleGorillaz originalLength
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 Ø 9""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"4:41
Total length:1:02:49
Laika Come Home – Standard edition hidden tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Lil' Dub Chefin'" (with interlude)6:07
13."Strictly Rubbadub" ("More Rubbadub" version)5:15
14."A Fistful of Peanuts" ("More Peanuts" version)6:39
Total length:1:16:09

Personnel

Musicians

Technical
  • Gorillaz – production
  • Tom Girling – production, engineering, Pro Tools
  • Jason Cox – production, engineering
  • Dan Nakamura – production (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
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