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The Good, the Bad and the Queen is the debut album by an unnamed band, released on January 22, 2007 in the UK and on January 23 in the United States. In its first week, the album charted at #2 in the UK Album Chart and was certified gold in the UK. Despite a small degree of media recognition and airplay.

The band behind the album consists of Damon Albarn, Clash bassist Paul Simonon, former Verve guitarist Simon Tong and Afrobeat pioneer and Africa 70 drummer Tony Allen. Although The Good, The Bad and the Queen was initially reported as a solo album by Albarn with Danger Mouse producing, NME revealed in late July 2006 that the solo project had been switched to a new group formed by Albarn.

The Good, the Bad and the Queen is in one sense a concept album, as its songs are all themed around modern life in London. It was described by Damon Albarn as 'a song cycle that's also a mystery play about London' in an interview with the magazine Mojo.