Gorillaz / Gorillaz (2LP)

Gorillaz is the greatest cartoon band that ever actually existed, and their debut is still the wildest, most joyful middle finger ever flipped at the music industry. Damon Albarn, bored of being a Britpop poster boy, teamed up with comic artist Jamie Hewlett and West Coast hip-hop producer Dan the Automator in a freezing London studio in 1999. The result is a 15-track fever dream where Blur meets Deltron 3030 meets Buena Vista Social Club meets a haunted Game Boy. Every song sounds like it was recorded in a different dimension and then beamed straight into your headphones.