Over 32 days on their 2010 North American Tour to support their latest album Plastic Beach, the Gorillaz recorded a musical diary titled The Fall which was made available to their fanclub as a Christmas gift. The 15-track sonic journal is the perfect companion piece to the original Plastic Beach album, which made numerous ‘Best of 2010’ lists and spawned a sellout stadium tour which blew audiences and critics away.

The band’s fourth album, The Fall, was released on December 25, 2010 as a surprise gift for paying fan club members, then on April 18, 2011 as an official release. This is the first time the album has been released on vinyl in North America.

The studio album was recorded during the North American leg of the Escape to Plastic Beach World Tour. The album features collaborators Bobby Womack and Paul Simonon of The Clash.