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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.Read full review
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.Read full review
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.Read full review
It's always a little scary when an artist steps out of the genre that they are knwn for. In this CD Gwen Stefansi shows that she is up for the task. With catchy tunes and beats produced by some of todays BIG HITTERS, she has a CD thats full of sound and rythm taking you from one song to the next. Each song has its own special something giving Gwen the outlet to showcase her talents. If you appreciates music you will appreciate the songs for what they are...From one girl to another....Rock on Gwen!!!!
What Are You Waiting For is the song everyone buys this album for. It's a great tune, but by itself it isn't enough to carry this album. Gwen Steffanie's early work as No Doubt was a bit more well balanced, with most albums having more than one song that was sensational. The CD is cheap enough in the used market that 4 stars still applies. Had I paid $20 for it when it first came out, would likely have gone only 3 stars.
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