Ginger Spice
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Post by Ginger Spice on Nov 30, 2013 1:09:34 GMT -5
This is my favorite No Doubt album. There are a lot of gems on it. I especially love the singles. Making Out, Don't Let Me Down, In My Head, Waiting Room, and the title track are also standouts. |
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Au$tin
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Post by Au$tin on Nov 30, 2013 2:58:14 GMT -5
Flawless album. Every track is wonderful. I especially enjoy how it still sounds so unique and fresh today.
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jen
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Post by jen on Dec 4, 2013 21:44:07 GMT -5
Don't Let Me Down is my favorite ND track, ever. Gwen's voice is so silky and lush on it
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Gold Soundz
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Post by Gold Soundz on Dec 4, 2013 22:01:03 GMT -5
Solid album.
My top 5:
1. Don't Let Me Down
2. Underneath It All
3. Making Out
4. Platinum Blonde Life
5. Hella Good
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Agent Yoncé
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Post by Agent Yoncé on Jan 3, 2014 13:44:26 GMT -5
I didn't like this body of work from them. This was too commercial & they drifted away from the Ska-Pop sound they mastered that I truly enjoyed from them. 'Hey Baby' was cute, 'Hella Good' & 'Waiting Room' were my faves from here.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2014 13:45:47 GMT -5
I hated this album at the time ("Hey Baby" was one of the most annoying hits of 2001), but I've grown to like a few of the tracks. "Hella Good" is my favorite.
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bat1990
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Post by bat1990 on Sept 23, 2014 15:07:45 GMT -5
"Waiting Room" is everything
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Post by when the pawn... on Sept 23, 2014 17:30:56 GMT -5
I like it but far less than Tragic Kingdom and Return of Saturn.
1 Don't Let Me Down
2 Hella Good
3 Rock Steady
4 Detective
5 Underneath It All
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Ling-Ling
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Post by Ling-Ling on Oct 18, 2014 13:44:48 GMT -5
Easily their best album. This is the music they needed to be making. Although TK and ROS had some amazing highlights, they were bogged down by their attempts to be taken seriously. They just don't have the skill or gravitas to pull that off over an entire album and the ska sound was not going to fly over multiple albums.
They're very much a pop band (similar to Maroon 5 to me) and this is the album where they embraced that fully. It was fun, catchy and definitely in their lane. "Hey Baby" has always been on the verge of being bad to me, but if I'm in the right mood, I love it. All the other album tracks are ACE. Why the hell was "Making Out" never a single? Ugh.
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Post by cause_for_celebration on Oct 18, 2014 22:04:33 GMT -5
Never heard any of this album other than the singles but "Hella Good" and "Running" are amazing.
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halo19
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Post by halo19 on Oct 20, 2014 1:39:40 GMT -5
I wasn't a fan at the time but now I don't dislike the "pop" stuff and feel that I was being narrow minded back then.
I don't think it's perfect, though.
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someguy
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Post by someguy on Nov 9, 2014 2:21:24 GMT -5
I think this is my favourite album of theirs. I agree that it's not perfect, but it is fun and catchy and doesn't take itself too seriously. "Underneath It All" remains my favourite track on the album, but there are a lot of good songs on there, notably "Making Out", "Detective" and "Hella Good".
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