Customer Reviews
Reggae reggae sauce - By: Tim, 13 Sep 2007 
Man, this is a bad album. Unless you like reggae or ska of course,in which case it's fine. But if you're looking to buy this as a back catalogue of Gwen Stefani, then please don't, it really isn't very listenable.
Just amazing! - By: , 05 Nov 2005 
There is not a single song on this album that I don't like, sure, I like some more than others, but they're all great!
Of course the singles - Just a Girl, Don't Speak, Spiderwebs, Sunday Morning & Excuse Me Mr are brilliant, my personal favourite of these being Spiderwebs, but the others are just as good.
Happy Now is my absolute favourite song ever, Different people is really fun, happy & singable, Hey You is great, Sixteen is slightly more 'rock-ish', but really good, You can Do it, World Go Roubd, End it on this & Tragic Kingdom are also great...All I can say is buy it - now!
head-bangily, toe-tappingly, hand-clappingly good! - By: A. Yates, 11 Jan 2004 well what can I say, this album is certainly catchy. At first when I got the album I never listened to it properly & just skipped from one track to the next, as you usually do when you get a new album... eager to hear a bit of each tracks, or to get to the most popular, as with this album it was "Don't Speak" ... which I don't think is the best, but its certainly fantastic! Gwen's voice is just splendid, she can really sing! She really shows thisin songs such as "Don't Speak", "Different People", "Just a Girl" & "Tragic Kingdom"... My favourite being "Different People"... mainly because it has such a fabulous rhythem, as do all the songs on this album. The instrumental workin this album is certainly all talent, because they use the instruments so beautifully, the wide variety of instruments used just give the music a totally different, refreshing, catchy sound, which I think makes the band what they are.
Other songs to take note of are "Just a girl", which was another popular song of this album, I would call it exceptional. They have managed to use alernative rockin a way that doesn't sound annoying or irratating. The Chorus is very catchy & the use of electronic keyboardin this album is very smart!
"Sunday Morning" is also a very catchy song, isn't it ironic how the catchy songs are always the most popular? hehe, well this has a very smooth rhythem, the chorus is very catchy with Gwen certainly expelling & expressing her voicein a fantastic way!
"Don't speak" seems like it shouldn't be on this album, because its quite different from the rest of the songs on this album... its got a slower beat, but the lyrics are beautiful & Gwens voice is just gorgiousin this song, so silky & soft.
"Tragic Kingdom" is an unusual song; starts off like the voice which comes through the speakers on fair ground rides "Please don't stand up, the ride is about to begin"... & the song starts... a very wonky song, with a dramatic, suprised beat.
To sum up the whole album, its absolutely fantastic, some songs are far better than others, but what else can I say, not many bands can achieve every song to be absolutely perfect... A definate for any No Doubt fans, this album is a sign post of this bands uprisal into fame, some great classics!
Bizarre - By: , 30 Dec 2003 
I bougt this album essentially because I loved the anthem 'don't speak', without realising that this song doesn't represent this band, or this album, at all! No Doubt seem to have a bit of an identity crisis, undecided whether to be soft-rockers, pop tartlets or ska monsters. Gwen Stefani's sickly singing voice can hold your attention, although without it many of the songs on this album would be trash rather than dull. This album was not for me.
Garden of Eden - By: Mr. Niall Ferguson, 28 Nov 2003 You may not be aware of this but No dought were once upon a time actually quite good & a very repectiable pop band. This is prehaps the best pop album releasedin the late-1990's. Its pop ska bass & drums work perfectly with the sexy, naughty good girl voice of Gwen. This is a perfect album for the girls but a guy can still listen to it & still hold some creedability with their mates. A very good pop album
