Amarillo (Gorillaz song)

"Amarillo"
Single by Gorillaz
from the album The Fall
A-side	"Revolving Doors"
Released	14 March 2011
Recorded	23 October 2010 in Amarillo[1]
Genre	Trip hop electronica
Length	3:24
Label	Parlophone
Songwriter(s)	Damon Albarn
Producer(s)	Gorillaz Stephen Sedgwick
Gorillaz singles chronology
"Doncamatic" (2010) "Revolving Doors" / "Amarillo" (2011) "DoYaThing" (2012)
Audio
"Amarillo" on YouTube

"Amarillo" is a double A-side single with "Revolving Doors" released by British alternative band Gorillaz from their iPad recorded album, The Fall. The word "amarillo" comes from Spanish and it translates to "yellow".

Background

"Amarillo" was recorded in Amarillo, Texas on 23 October 2010. The song features instrumentals from The Clash band member Mick Jones.

Personnel

• Damon Albarn – vocals, synthesizer, vocoder, recording engineer
• Mick Jones – guitar
• Stephen Sedgwick – mixing engineer, recording engineer
• Geoff Pesche – mastering engineer

Critical reception

NME gave the single a positive review saying "Amarillo is a slow, yet euphoric song that finds Damon's reverb-laden voice evocatively recalling America's vast great interior. One of the more fully formed songs on the album, you get a vivid portrait of a songwriter from the British Isles getting his mind around one of the world's largest open spaces."^[2]

References

1. "The Fall - Gorillaz". Archived from the original on 2 January 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
2. Bartleet, Larry (15 August 2017). "Game of Thrones: How the Seven are going to protect the suicide squad". NME. Retrieved 19 November 2019.