Hi, I'm Michael or Mike as I seem to getting called by everyone in work at home and in college! I lo...
Hi, I'm Michael or Mike as I seem to getting called by everyone in work at home and in college! I love reading your opinions and also the comments you leave me
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I only found out that No Doubt had other albums before Tragic Kingdom when browsing on Amazon.co.uk! I found out that there were two previous albums they being; No Doubt and The Beacon Street Collection! of what my review is about.
I was reluctant at first to purchase this album as it doesn’t have many tracks- only 10! but I went for it and ordered it on Amazon.
I was very excited to get it as I am a big fan of their latest album. I bought a re-issue of their independent release which was from 1995 The title is named so because it is a collection of their recordings which span 2 years! Some of the tracks were recorded in the south bay and the rest was recorded in a Garage on Beacon Street!
This album similar to the latest albums, have rock in it but in my view deals more with Ska influences and although sounding a bit rougher on the edges on some tracks, the album is amazing!
If you had the Don't Speak single, you'll notice one track on there called Greener Pastures which was a great track and this is the album where it came from. With Gwen Stefani on lead vocals, No Doubt can do no wrong as her voice is so distinctive and great. Another great track is the opener to the album Open The Gate. There is a song called Total Hate 95, which is a bit strange and seems a lot rocky great band though.
It is hard to pick out good songs as the album is 100% great I also really like Squeal and Snakes.
All I can say is if you like No Doubt's music, this album will not look out of place in your collection; this CD is just fantastic and was worth buying.
(If you're thinking of buying this album, I'd recommend you look on Amazon.co.uk as its there for a bargain price of £7.99 which comes to a total of £9.99 inc. p&p! You can get this album in HMV but it costed £15.99 when I last saw it!)
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