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So long, tatty Warped Tour T-shirt, goodbye day-glo pedal pushers: Love Angel Music Baby, the debut solo album from No Doubt’s Gwen Stefani, finds this former ska-punk tomboy embracing ‘80s electro-pop, digital R&B, and the glamorous lifestyle of the international jetsetter. Laden with special guests (Andre 3000, Dr Dre, New Order), name-dropping the likes of Vivienne Westwood and John Galliano, and packed with guilt-free references to conspicuous consumption, tracks like "Luxurious"--a cut of velvety G-Funk that sees Gwen cooing "Champagne kisses/ Hold me in your lap of luxury"--may well be an instant turn-off to fans more familiar with Gwen’s punk-rock roots. Luckily, there’s some fine pop crossover moments here that should pretty much appeal across the board: "Hollaback Girl" finds Gwen riding a Neptunes beat that’s as minimal as anything in their oeuvre, spare boom-crash percussion and wisps of acoustic guitar undercut by floor-shaking bass whoomp, while "Rich Girl" featuring Eve, repaying the favour for 2002’s "Let Me Blow Your Mind", raids Fiddler On The Roof and comes out with a great pop hook. As an album, it’s not totally devoid of filler, but Love Angel Music Baby will break Gwen to a whole new fanbase, and deservedly so.--Louis Pattison
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GWEN STEFANI Love Angel Music Baby (2004 UK edition 14-track CD album including the single What You Waiting For? and 2 bonus remixes plus collaborations with Dr Dre The Neptunes Andre 3000 Dallas Austin & New Order!)
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I never expected to like Gwen Stefani's music - i didn't like "What you waiting for", although the Alice in Wonderland video was inspired. And that is what the majority of this album is - inspired, by many factors. Stefani deals with style ("Harajuku girls"), race ("Long Way to Go"), love ("The Real Thing", "Cool"), stereotypes ("Hollaback Girl", "Bubble Pop Electric"), and the rnb breakowns are a sort of cooling down. To be honest, it really works well. The fact that she resembles Madonna in some songs (e.g. "Serious") is deja vu in a good sense, because it's about time we had a female blonde star who knew what she was singing about.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
You really do have to listen to this a couple of times before making a decision on Gwen's first solo release. There's a lot of versatility here, but most of the tracks have a very heavy '80s pop/Madonna feel to them. I can definitely hear 'Get into the Groove' and Cyndi Lauper's 'Time after Time' on a couple of the tracks. Stand out tracks have to be the brilliant 'What You Waiting For', 'The Real Thing', 'Cool' and 'Crash', 'Danger Zone', the latter two definitely have single potential. The heavy influence of the '80s stands out in all of the best tracks, I can pick out Depeche Mode keyboards and the truly unique New Order guitar sound on a few of the tracks (i.e. The Real Thing), but mostly it's early Madonna with an occasional Shirley Manson-esque sound.
There are a couple of really awful tracks on the LP, 'Hollaback' which is like some irritating cheerleader chant, and the dire collaboration with Andre 3000 'Long Way to Go', which had me reaching for the the skip button! Also there's 'Bubble Pop Electric' which is a borderline love or hate track, I am erring towards getting to like it, but could do without all the 'Grease' type talking at the beginning and end.
I have to say that I much prefer the majority of this stuff to the truly disappointing (for me) 'Tragic Kingdom' album, there are some excellent pop tunes here and the use of different producers and collaborators on most tracks certainly gives a diverse sound and feel to this album which shows both versatility and a desire not to be pigeon-holed. Cool stuff, even the title of the album is cool - very '80's pop chic.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album is really great, with no bad songs at all. The worst it gets is with 'A Long Way to Go', but when you get past the excruciatingly cliched first few lines, the song isn't actually too bad.
The best songs are 'What You Waiting For?', 'Hollaback Girl', 'Bubble Pop Electric', 'Crash' and 'Danger Zone', very closely followed by the likes of 'Rich Girl' and 'Serious'. The others are also very great.
This is definitely inspired by Madonna and other 80's pop, but being born during the 80's, I do not know who else specifically. However, this album is more like a greatest hits collection, and all songs have a different feel and style. An amazing album!
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What am I waiting for? I'm Waiting for a good song!
What a fantastic talent, what a waste of disk! Don't get me wrong there are one or two good tracks such as cool and serious but the rest are just "pants" not just "pants" they are... Read more
Published 27 days ago by No Doubt
No Distinct Direction
Gwen Stefani's Love Angel Music Baby probably sums the pop music scene down to a tea during the early 2000s: catchy, repetitive, and occasionally trying to put a personal stamp... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Andy Norton
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Very quick service and packaging very suitable and protective. Seller was very fast at posting the item as I had it within the week.
Published 7 months ago by Jordy P
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Very happy with purchase. Had one before but have lost it. Liked it so much wanted another one and was very happy when found this one at such a good price.
Published 7 months ago by Mrs. A. M. Gannon
Love Angel Music Baby - Gwen Stefani
I have wanted this CD for ages and never got around to getting it, A quick turn around to receive it and played straight away, Love it.
Published 17 months ago by Mrs Pacman
why did i wait soi long to buy this?!?
i first wanted this album when it came out in 2004 and i was still in high-school i just thought gwens style was great and i loved the music too but for some reason i never got... Read more
Published on 17 Nov 2009 by FUTURESTARdelux
singapore island now full, go to sea bed.
Despite Gwen's best effort this album sounds like a super tanker full of traumatized pigs being dragged over a black board.
Published on 7 Feb 2009 by R. Jennings
the definition of a blockbuster solo album! THE greatest recording of...
No Doubt have always remained in my heart and when gwen decided to go for a solo album i did have some doubts she would match the standard of her recordings with the phenomenal No... Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2009 by S. J. Pinder
More Original Than TSE
LAMB Is a perfect example of pure pop.
1. What You Waiting For. 10/10
2. Rich Girl. 10/10
3. Hollaback Girl. 10/10
4. Cool. 10/10
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1. What You Waiting For. 10/10
2. Rich Girl. 10/10
3. Hollaback Girl. 10/10
4. Cool. 10/10
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Published on 31 Dec 2007 by Ronnie
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i love the fist few songs, but it just does my head in after a while, its like she is trying to fill space in the album.
Published on 10 Nov 2007 by pinkfairyice
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