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Upon its release, Plastic Beach was met with mostly positive reviews and was later named one of the decade's best albums by several critics. The album debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart, selling approximately 74,432 copies in its first week. Musically, it’s a sprawling concept album exploring themes of environmentalism, consumerism, and civilization’s decline, featuring a stunning array of guest artists including Snoop Dogg, Mos Def, Bobby Womack, Lou Reed, Mick Jones, and Paul Simonon.

In 2018, Apple officially stopped accepting new iTunes LP submissions and quietly phased out support across its software updates.

You can find it in the Internet Archive's collection at the following URL:

The underlying code of the iTunes LP platform is the primary reason it stopped working. Apple designed the format using standard web infrastructure from 2009: .

When the format was active, the file contained a sub-environment known as the "Experience Edition," which included:

Within this page, you will see the file listed. Click on it to download the ZIP archive.

| No. | Title | Notes | |-----|-------|-------| | 17 | Pirate's Progress | An orchestral piece featuring the Sinfonia ViVA | | 18 | Three Hearts, Seven Seas, Twelve Moons | Also orchestral, featuring the Sinfonia ViVA |

If troubleshooting code sounds like too much heavy lifting, internet archivists have done the work for you. Dozens of fans have recorded full, high-definition playthroughs of the Plastic Beach iTunes LP and uploaded them to YouTube. Searching for "Gorillaz Plastic Beach iTunes LP playthrough" will let you experience the visual aesthetic perfectly without needing to run broken legacy software on your computer. A Word on Digital Safety

: Users could navigate a digital representation of the "Plastic Beach" island, accessing secret rooms and interactive artwork.

When you find a version of this archive today, it usually boasts several crucial modifications:

Released on March 3, 2010, Plastic Beach is the ambitious third studio album from the virtual British band Gorillaz, the brainchild of musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett. Conceived from an unfinished project titled "Carousel," the album was recorded between June 2008 and November 2009, with Albarn handling most of the production.

: A clickable, fully animated 3D rendering of the Plastic Beach island fortress.

Phase 3 ( Plastic Beach ) was Gorillaz's most ambitious narrative era. The band was running out of operational funding by the end of the tour, which famously led to the cancellation of a proper sequel album ( Plastic Beach 2 ). Instead, Damon Albarn recorded The Fall on an iPad to fulfill remaining contracts.