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Personnel: Gwen Stefani (vocals); André 3000 (vocals, keyboards); Eve (rap vocals); Linda Perry, Johnny Vulture (guitar, keyboards, programming); Bobby Ross Avila (guitar, key...Read more
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This CD isn't too shabby
by:zitoismyidol
Stefani breaks from No Doubt with her debut "Love.Angel.Music.Baby." (LAMB) Anyone who is Stefani's age, or anyone like myself who has lived through the 1980's, know...Read more
Too hectic. Too eclectic. Gwen Stefani Strikes out
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Hard to describe and hard to classify. And in my opinion, its hard to take seriously and hard enjoy more than once or twice. On "Love, Angel, Music, Baby", Gwen Stef...Read more
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| Album Features | |
| UPC: | 602498638507 |
| Artist: | Gwen Stefani |
| Format: | CD |
| Release Year: | 2004 |
| Record Label: | Interscope (USA) |
| Genre: | Alternative, Rock & Pop |
Track Listing
1. What You Waiting For?
2. Rich Girl
3. Hollaback Girl
4. Cool
5. Bubble Pop Electric
6. Luxurious
7. Harajuku Girls
8. Crash
9. Real Thing, The
10. Serious
11. Danger Zone
12. Long Way to Go
| Details | |
| Contributing Artists: | Andre 3000, Eve |
| Producer: | Andre 3000, Terry Lewis, Dr. Dre, Dallas Austin, Jimmy Jam, Nellee Hooper, Tony Kanal, Johnny Vulture |
| Distributor: | Universal Distribution |
| Recording Type: | Studio |
| Recording Mode: | Stereo |
| SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: Gwen Stefani (vocals); André 3000 (vocals, keyboards); Eve (rap vocals); Linda Perry, Johnny Vulture (guitar, keyboards, programming); Bobby Ross Avila (guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Wendy Melvoin (guitar); Kevin Kendricks (piano, keyboards); Sheldon Conrich, Lisa Coleman (keyboards); Rick Sheppard (midi); Jimmy Jam (bass guitar); Iz (drums, percussion); Sam Littlemore, Ewan Pearson, Aidan Love, Simon Gogerly (programming); Zoey Martin, MiMi "Audio" Parker, Mimi Parker, Naomi Martin, Seven, Bernard Sumner (background vocals); Mike Elizondo (guitar, keyboards); Tony Reyes (guitar, bass guitar); Rusty Anderson (guitar); Tony Kanal (keyboards, synthesizer, programming); Mark Batson (keyboards, keyboard bass); Dallas Austin (keyboards, drums); James "Big Jim" Wright (keyboards); Jason Lader (programming).Audio Mixers: André 3000; Glenn Pittman; Mark "Spike" Stent; Phil Tan; Johnny Vulture.Recording information: Darp Studios, Atlanta, GA; Encore Studios, Burback California; Flyte Tyme West; Hensen Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA; Home recordings London, Englad; Home Recordings, London, England; Karrabee Sound Studio East, Los Angeles, CA; Kingsbury Studios, Los Feliz, CA; Larrabee Sound Studio East, Los Angeles, CA; Ocean Way Record One, Sherman Oaks, CA; O'Henry Sound Studios, Burback, CA; Right Track Recording, New York, NY; Sound Castle Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA; The Village recorder, West Los Angeles, CA.Photographer: Nick Knight.Historically, it's a tricky endeavor for the singer from an enormously successful band to embark on a solo career. Gwen Stefani, the glamorous vocalist for No Doubt, sidesteps the issue on her first solo album, LOVE, ANGEL, MUSIC, BABY, by largely eschewing the No Doubt sound. In its place, there's a strong emphasis on the R&B and hip-hop flavors that were hinted at in preceding No Doubt records. Towards that end, Stefani gamely enlists the assistance of Dr. Dre, the Neptunes, Andre 3000 of Outkast, and others, on an album that references everything from Japanese pop culture ("Harajuku Girls") to FIDDLER ON THE ROOF ("Rich Girl," featuring rapper Eve). Sensual R&B rhythms, frenetic hip-hop beats, and yes, the occasional pop/rock echo of No Doubt, all share space on LOVE, ANGEL, MUSIC, BABY, filtered through a fun-loving, party-starting sensibility.
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This CD isn't too shabby
Created: 26/11/05
) 
Stefani breaks from No Doubt with her debut "Love.Angel.Music.Baby." (LAMB) Anyone who is Stefani's age, or anyone like myself who has lived through the 1980's, knows that No Doubt probably pioneered the return of the 80's new wave/punk scene that is now in full swing. That, and No Doubt's last album being highly retro, it comes as no surprise that Stefani's solo album is steeped in 80's retroactivity. He first single, "What You Waiting For?" is pure Cyndi Lauper circa "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" (1983).
Stefani also blends 90's sensibilities such as the dull "Luxurious" hip-hop-crap that it is. She even endeavors to go for Broadway by taking "Fiddler On The Roof's" "If I Were A Rich Man" and morphing it into "If I Were A Rich Girl" on "Rich Girl"--which also has a short horn re-make of Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust" as a five second riff in the middle of the song. Sounding quite like Toni Basil on "Hollaback Girl", Stefani manages to make another cheerleading, pom-pom extravaganza replete with hood lyrics "This My Sh-t" for all those inner city mamas. She even works with 80's new wave icons New Order on the excellend "The Real Thing" and also seems in fine form on "Crash" and "Serious". She can be downright irritating on "Bubble Pop Electric" and "Harjuku Girls". Working with Andre 3000 from Outkast actually works on "Long Way To Go" more than "Bubble Pop Electric". Oddly, for a woman in her 30's, Gwen seems to pander to teens--just look at the lyrics for "Bubble Pop Electric", "Rich Girl" and "Hollaback Girl".
It seems as if Stefani, who if I remember correctly is married to Bush's Gavin Rossdale (also in his 30's), has skipped adulthood and on her own is only able to conjure up forgettable adolescent hoopla. I'm sure her teen fans are not up to speed on what Harajuku is, unless of course they watch "America's Next Top Model", but it's funny that Gwen panders to the Japanese crowd as old as she is. One might gather that all Ms. Stefani cares about, looking over the themes of these songs, is Sex.Fashion.Money.Cheerleading.
So, LAMB can be described as mindless fodder that's extremely catchy and well-produced (look at all the handy production teams she has on each song). To me, the best song on the disc is "What You Waiting For?" This song captures every good quality Stefani possesses--attitude, insecurity and an ability to write a classic song. If you're looking for an 80's fix, you can look no further than this ebullient slice from that era.
Stefani also blends 90's sensibilities such as the dull "Luxurious" hip-hop-crap that it is. She even endeavors to go for Broadway by taking "Fiddler On The Roof's" "If I Were A Rich Man" and morphing it into "If I Were A Rich Girl" on "Rich Girl"--which also has a short horn re-make of Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust" as a five second riff in the middle of the song. Sounding quite like Toni Basil on "Hollaback Girl", Stefani manages to make another cheerleading, pom-pom extravaganza replete with hood lyrics "This My Sh-t" for all those inner city mamas. She even works with 80's new wave icons New Order on the excellend "The Real Thing" and also seems in fine form on "Crash" and "Serious". She can be downright irritating on "Bubble Pop Electric" and "Harjuku Girls". Working with Andre 3000 from Outkast actually works on "Long Way To Go" more than "Bubble Pop Electric". Oddly, for a woman in her 30's, Gwen seems to pander to teens--just look at the lyrics for "Bubble Pop Electric", "Rich Girl" and "Hollaback Girl".
It seems as if Stefani, who if I remember correctly is married to Bush's Gavin Rossdale (also in his 30's), has skipped adulthood and on her own is only able to conjure up forgettable adolescent hoopla. I'm sure her teen fans are not up to speed on what Harajuku is, unless of course they watch "America's Next Top Model", but it's funny that Gwen panders to the Japanese crowd as old as she is. One might gather that all Ms. Stefani cares about, looking over the themes of these songs, is Sex.Fashion.Money.Cheerleading.
So, LAMB can be described as mindless fodder that's extremely catchy and well-produced (look at all the handy production teams she has on each song). To me, the best song on the disc is "What You Waiting For?" This song captures every good quality Stefani possesses--attitude, insecurity and an ability to write a classic song. If you're looking for an 80's fix, you can look no further than this ebullient slice from that era.
5 of 6 people found this review helpful.
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Created: 22/09/05
Hard to describe and hard to classify. And in my opinion, its hard to take seriously and hard enjoy more than once or twice. On "Love, Angel, Music, Baby", Gwen Stefani ditches her band No Doubt to create an album as fragmented as the title. Really the album a staccato collection of music rooted in the 70s, 80s, 90s, and 00s - as well as funk, punk, rap, etc. I'm not sure what Gwen is trying to achieve - but I'll take a guess: musical freedom. Perhaps Gwen used this album as an opportunity to lay tracks and make different, truly pop music without taking it or herself too seriously.
The songs are funky and some are catchy - but, for me, the songs are also short-lived. Gwen and No Doubt made music that still holds its own years later - I doubt tracks like Rich Girl or Hollaback Girl will be remembered in so much as a year. I will assume Gwen enjoyed creating this album because the creativity is obvious - but truthfully, I expected more.
1. What You Waiting For?
2. Rich Girl - Eve
3. Hollaback Girl
4. Cool
5. Bubble Pop Electric
6. Luxurious
7. Harajuku Girls
8. Crash
9. Real Thing
10. Serious
11. Danger Zone
12. Long Way to Go - Andre 3000
The songs are funky and some are catchy - but, for me, the songs are also short-lived. Gwen and No Doubt made music that still holds its own years later - I doubt tracks like Rich Girl or Hollaback Girl will be remembered in so much as a year. I will assume Gwen enjoyed creating this album because the creativity is obvious - but truthfully, I expected more.
1. What You Waiting For?
2. Rich Girl - Eve
3. Hollaback Girl
4. Cool
5. Bubble Pop Electric
6. Luxurious
7. Harajuku Girls
8. Crash
9. Real Thing
10. Serious
11. Danger Zone
12. Long Way to Go - Andre 3000
17 of 25 people found this review helpful.
Gwen Scores a Tour De Force!
Created: 28/03/06
Those of you complaining about this album simply don't know of what you speak or don't like pop rock/r and bWhen a person enjoys the "b"-tracks of album just as much as they enjoy the top ten singles hits, then you know it's a good album! Judging from the tracks that have already cracked the top 40 charts and beyond, this piece of work is a force to be reckoned with.
Those of you complaining about this album simply don't know of what you speak or don't like pop rock/r and b. Of course she's not performing the harder rock type of music on this album as she has in past with her colleagues of over ten years, (rock band, NO DOUBT) How trite that would be. This album was a chance to get away from that and broaden her repertoire
Gwen has always had a versatile vocal style that mixes old and new, nostalgic and fast forward, which is one of the reasons she's such a big success. Her music doesn't just cover one generation, like rap does. It a mix (as with most good pop music) of all that stuff- old and new.
In this album we get treated to the talent of a variety of different top notch producers, which fit Gwen like a glove, considering her versatility. I even hear some 80's band Missing Person's influence on one of the tracks and many of the tracks sound like they could have been released in the 1980's. Even so, the music on this album is timeless top notch pop/rock and rhythm and blues music. The kind that will last. Gwen's definitely where she deserves to be after almost 20 years of hard work : SMACK DAB ON TOP!
Infectious rhythms, on the mark mezzo-soprano vocals, clever cascading vocal arrangements and harmony tracks....It's a great album. Phooey on those of you who don't like it, cause like I said before, you don't know of what you speak.
Those of you complaining about this album simply don't know of what you speak or don't like pop rock/r and b. Of course she's not performing the harder rock type of music on this album as she has in past with her colleagues of over ten years, (rock band, NO DOUBT) How trite that would be. This album was a chance to get away from that and broaden her repertoire
Gwen has always had a versatile vocal style that mixes old and new, nostalgic and fast forward, which is one of the reasons she's such a big success. Her music doesn't just cover one generation, like rap does. It a mix (as with most good pop music) of all that stuff- old and new.
In this album we get treated to the talent of a variety of different top notch producers, which fit Gwen like a glove, considering her versatility. I even hear some 80's band Missing Person's influence on one of the tracks and many of the tracks sound like they could have been released in the 1980's. Even so, the music on this album is timeless top notch pop/rock and rhythm and blues music. The kind that will last. Gwen's definitely where she deserves to be after almost 20 years of hard work : SMACK DAB ON TOP!
Infectious rhythms, on the mark mezzo-soprano vocals, clever cascading vocal arrangements and harmony tracks....It's a great album. Phooey on those of you who don't like it, cause like I said before, you don't know of what you speak.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
A Real Mix...
Created: 15/11/05
) This album has a real mix of styles. from the fantastic electro dance track "What you waiting for?" to the totally different sound of the 80's tinged "Cool". If you loved Gwen Stefani before this, you will love her even more after hearing her album. She put alot of effort into this production, although she never intended to sing one serious song on the album. as she wanted everyone that listened to "Get up and Dance to it"!. My personal favourites are "Serious" which has extremely fun lyrics about how she is coming down with something and needs to see a doctor, Basically a fun upbeat song about falling inlove, which has strong remences to "Fever" by Kylie which is also about catching the Love bug! (obviously its infectious). I also love "Harajuku Girls" an excellent song devotted to her alteregos the Harajuku Girls.. Its very girly, very oriental. and the lyrics are alot of fun!
Anyway this cd is great. Some tracks are just Ok. but most of them make up for it by being extremely upbeat and alot of fun and catchy.
Anyway this cd is great. Some tracks are just Ok. but most of them make up for it by being extremely upbeat and alot of fun and catchy.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.
Not so bad, Great for a fan
Created: 20/11/05
When i first bought this cd i wasnt too impressed but it does grow on you the more you listen to the better it seems to get and some songs will stick with you thru-out the day
best on the cd are
What are you waiting for?
Rich girl
Hollaback Girl
Cool
Bubble pop electric (very addicting song!)
Luxurious
thats six out of 12 on the cd that are highly contagious and you will be humming all day.
if you can get the limited edition with the LAMB cd holder she put out then the cd case is much more elaberate it opens like a book and has pages, very well done.
If your expecting the NO DOUBT type feel you wont find it here but if your a fan you will like it.
best on the cd are
What are you waiting for?
Rich girl
Hollaback Girl
Cool
Bubble pop electric (very addicting song!)
Luxurious
thats six out of 12 on the cd that are highly contagious and you will be humming all day.
if you can get the limited edition with the LAMB cd holder she put out then the cd case is much more elaberate it opens like a book and has pages, very well done.
If your expecting the NO DOUBT type feel you wont find it here but if your a fan you will like it.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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