Sugar and spice, and all things nice. Add a lashing of anger with such trivialities, such as being a girl, or being sixteen, and you have No Doubt. In many ways this is a rather catchy album, with a lack of thought-provoking lyrics. In the same way, however, the Leaning Tower of Pisa is just a mistake. In this album No Doubt have managed to choke up fourteen songs with astounding originality. Perhaps most of the originality has sprung from the "Barbie of Ska". Her voice although perhaps no Alanis Morrisette, or Kate Bush is worth a large credit at least. Gwen Stefani has a wide range of vocals, and that same originality.
The tunes in this album are also worth a comment. As I mentioned before each tune is well-written and performed, and most of all original. "Spiderwebs" begins with an Hawaiian hint, quickly turning into a different beat with varying speeds. As catchy as a spider web to the fly itself, and as intellectual as the bands image. "Excuse Me Mr." is another classic, but if I were to comment on every classic, I would be going into a detailed description of each song on the album.
Now the next song is one of their more popular hits. And deservedly so... my favourite on the album. Beginning with a soft, pleaful tune, and soon blowing up into something more obviously angry. "Oh... I've has it up to here!" sings Gwen, before turning back into an angel child once more. The song continues in much the same pattern, resulting in a splendid track, which is fit to represent the quality of the whole album.
Other songs to buy this album for are "Happy Now?", "Don't Speak" (especially if you prefer the slower side of No Doubt), "Sunday Morning" and basically the rest of the songs on the album. An original band, who are one of the few, who can pull off the whole "pop-pain-rage" thing. The sleeve is quite interesting, telling the tale of "The Tragic Kingdom". All in all this album is worth having in your cd collection, and yet again I recommend it to you. Pop-punk at it's best, and a band that fit well with other bands in the Ska category, well living up to the standard of Madness. No Doubt indeed.
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