Gorillaz – Cracker Island

I bought it quite cheap on Ebay and I loved it. I've been a fan for quite some time but I hadn't had the time to listen to this album completely. It surprised me.

Got this recently ..Gonna give a few ultrasonic baths . Sounds good outta the shrink though. Got mine for 27.00 on Ebay.

Sounds great, no click or pops on both record. No issue with my copy.
I'm satisfied with it.

I dearly wish Jamie Hewlett would have a art style again and stop drawing the Gorillaz as weird cartoon heads slapped onto eerily realistically proportioned human bodies. Just once for old times sake ya know

My biggest complaint with this release is its packaging. Though this may have been a unique case and I was just unlucky, the shrink wrap packaging was very loose and completely ripped open just from me casually picking it up. I planned to keep my copy sealed for my collection, but the very fragile shrink wrap completely changed that. The alternate cover was a great choice for this release and looks lovely, and the pink color of the record is spot on. I think releasing the deluxe tracks for this album was a great choice for record store day. Besides the packaging, this release is super cool and worthwhile now that the prices seem lower online.

Only complaint with this release seems to be a common one, being that it's packaged in a PVC sleeve. Makes it harder to keep and display. While I've yet to open mine (I tend to not play serialized/numbered items, I get scared of damaging them!!) it seems that this release sounds consistently great as mentioned in multiple reviews here. The design is super fun and I'm always excited to see numbered Gorillaz releases, since there's only around 5 total to date. Purchased this off the store the day it dropped!! Would love to see a numbered Gorillaz release with a lower number as well. 8000 is quite a lot for a serialized release!

Box sets are my favorite Gorillaz releases, and once Cracker Island was announced my first thought went to what a box set for it would be like. The items included are standard for a box set, such as art prints and stickers, but that's not a negative thing! I really enjoy the 7" Cracker Island single that's etched on the back. The journal is a cool bonus and is really good quality, though I never plan to use it, as I like to keep all my Gorillaz items in their best condition. As always I enjoy when vinyl box sets include a CD as well. Solid release, has no real negatives to me, but no extreme highs either, very standard and satisfactory!

Okay, so I basically paid $60 for the piano version of Silent Running (which, yes, is one of my all-time fav Gorillaz tracks, but for me the other bonus tracks are just okay). Also, when did a 12"x12" insert become a "poster"?

Insanely overpriced. But I LOVE the D2 tracks and it is the entire reason I bought it. Sounds as good as https://www.discogs.com/release/26225243-Gorillaz-Cracker-Island ...which is a dead quiet, perfectly mastered to vinyl pressing on my system.

Definitely super well overpriced for what it is (as with another Australian commenter, stuck paying $110AUD </3) but besides the distortion on the last track of each side (seems to be a consistent thing across all pressings) really nice mix, really nice packaging as well. Very rarely shell out for these sorta releases so I imagine with my luck this will get a similar reissue at a much more reasonable price very soon haha