Plastic Beach is the third studio album by British virtual band Gorillaz.
 It was released on 3 March 2010 by 
Parlophone internationally and
by 
Virgin Records in the United States. Conceived from an unfinished
project called Carousel, the album was recorded from June 2008
to November 2009, and was produced primarily by group co-creator

Damon Albarn
. It features guest appearances by such artists
as 
Snoop DoggGruff RhysDe La SoulBobby Womack,
Mos DefLou ReedMark E. SmithBashyKano and Little Dragon.