Part two of our look at the meteoric rise of Danger Mouse focuses on 2006 and 2007, busy years for the man from White Plains, highlighted by the first Gnarls Barkley release “St. Elsewhere.” That is only one of 6 albums he released over this two year span however, and of course we have them all for you below…

2006

Dangerdoom- Occult Hymns

Occult Hymn is the follow up to the Mouse and the Mask. This 7 track EP was released as a free download on Adult Swim’s website.

Listen To: Sofa King (remix)

The Rapture- Pieces of the People we Love

Dangermouse actually only produced a couple of songs off the New York disco-punk band’s third album, including the title track and third single “Pieces of the People We Love.”

Listen To: Pieces of the People We Love

Gnarls Barkley- St. Elsewhere

Arguably Dangermouse’s most recognizable effort to date, St. Elsewhere was the first of two Gnarls Barkley albums. The first single, “Crazy” was the first single in history to become #1 on the UK singles chart based on downloads alone, and went on to be the best selling single of 2006. The album went on to go platinum, and earned the pair a Grammy for Best Alternative Album, as well as nominations for Album of the Year and Record of the Year (for Crazy). No subsequent singles reached the same height as “Crazy,” however “Smiley Faces,” the second single is also a jam.

Listen To: Crazy, Smiley Faces

Sparklehorse- Dreamt For Lightyears in the Belly of a Mountain

In another collaboration initially inspired by the Grey Album, Mark Linkous, leader of Sparklehorse tapped Dangermouse to help complete their fourth album.

Listen To: Don’t Take My Sunshine Away

Danger Mouse- From Man to Mouse

From Man to Mouse is a mixtape that brought Danger Mouse back to his hip-hop roots. It consists solely of songs Danger Mouse either produced or remixed. It was released solely as a limited-press vinyl. This one’s not available on grooveshark, so here’s a little present for making it this far.

Banksy Vs. Paris Hilton

In September of 2006 British guerrilla artist Banksy replaced 500 copies of Paris Hilton’s critically acclaimed masterwork “Paris” with his own version, complete with custom liner notes and a soundtrack provided by none other than Danger Mouse himself. The Banksy version of the album featured track names such as “Why am I Famous?” and “What Have I Done?” (valid questions we think). Danger Mouse’s contribution to the elaborate stunt was in truth relatively trivial, a 55 minute rework featuring many of Paris’ finer moments over a single, looping beat. You can download it here, however if you want the bumper sticker version I recommend just watching this youtube video that has the DM soundtrack as well as takes a quick look at how Banksy pulled it off.

The two, who apparently met in London while shopping for disguises, released only one statement about the project “It’s hard to improve on perfection, but we had to try.” Job well done, lads.

2007

The Good, The Bad and The Queen

Part 3 of the Danger Mouse story looks at 2008.

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