Gnarls Barkley Discography [new] Review

| Year | Category | Work | Result | |------|----------|------|--------| | 2007 | Best Urban/Alternative Performance | "Crazy" | Won | | 2007 | Best Alternative Music Album | St. Elsewhere | Won | | 2009 | Best Pop Performance by a Duo/Group | "Going On" | Nominated |

A haunting close-up of CeeLo and Danger Mouse dressed as patients in white hospital gowns, their faces painted in stark black-and-white checkerboard and tribal patterns. The title, a reference to the 1980s medical drama, hints at the album’s central theme: sanity as a fragile, performative state. gnarls barkley discography

| Title | Album Details | Peak Chart Positions (US, UK) | Certifications | |-------|---------------|-------------------------------|----------------| | | • Released: May 2, 2006 • Label: Downtown, Atlantic • Formats: CD, LP, digital | • US: #4 • UK: #1 | • US: Platinum • UK: 3× Platinum • Canada: Platinum | | The Odd Couple | • Released: March 18, 2008 • Label: Downtown, Atlantic • Formats: CD, LP, digital | • US: #2 • UK: #1 | • UK: Gold | | Year | Category | Work | Result

Together, these two albums constitute some of the most inventive pop music of the 2000s. They proved that soul music could be weird, that hip-hop production could embrace indie rock, and that a song about losing your mind could become the biggest hit on the planet. | Title | Album Details | Peak Chart

A frenetic cover of the Violent Femmes classic, appearing on their debut album.

For their sophomore effort, the duo leaned further into the "weird." The Odd Couple was digitally released ahead of schedule due to an internet leak, a move that reflected the shifting digital landscape of the time.

In the summer of 2006, a song containing a harpsichord riff, a stomping beat, and a vocal performance of unhinged soulfulness became inescapable. That song, of course, was “Crazy.” But to reduce the legacy of Gnarls Barkley to that single, historic track is to miss the point of one of the most inventive, darkly humorous, and genre-defying collaborations of the 21st century.



| Year | Category | Work | Result | |------|----------|------|--------| | 2007 | Best Urban/Alternative Performance | "Crazy" | Won | | 2007 | Best Alternative Music Album | St. Elsewhere | Won | | 2009 | Best Pop Performance by a Duo/Group | "Going On" | Nominated |

A haunting close-up of CeeLo and Danger Mouse dressed as patients in white hospital gowns, their faces painted in stark black-and-white checkerboard and tribal patterns. The title, a reference to the 1980s medical drama, hints at the album’s central theme: sanity as a fragile, performative state.

| Title | Album Details | Peak Chart Positions (US, UK) | Certifications | |-------|---------------|-------------------------------|----------------| | | • Released: May 2, 2006 • Label: Downtown, Atlantic • Formats: CD, LP, digital | • US: #4 • UK: #1 | • US: Platinum • UK: 3× Platinum • Canada: Platinum | | The Odd Couple | • Released: March 18, 2008 • Label: Downtown, Atlantic • Formats: CD, LP, digital | • US: #2 • UK: #1 | • UK: Gold |

Together, these two albums constitute some of the most inventive pop music of the 2000s. They proved that soul music could be weird, that hip-hop production could embrace indie rock, and that a song about losing your mind could become the biggest hit on the planet.

A frenetic cover of the Violent Femmes classic, appearing on their debut album.

For their sophomore effort, the duo leaned further into the "weird." The Odd Couple was digitally released ahead of schedule due to an internet leak, a move that reflected the shifting digital landscape of the time.

In the summer of 2006, a song containing a harpsichord riff, a stomping beat, and a vocal performance of unhinged soulfulness became inescapable. That song, of course, was “Crazy.” But to reduce the legacy of Gnarls Barkley to that single, historic track is to miss the point of one of the most inventive, darkly humorous, and genre-defying collaborations of the 21st century.