No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom

Artist:

No Doubt

UPC:

606949258023

Description:

No Doubt: Gwen Stefani (vocals); Tom Dumont (guitar); Eric Stefani (piano, keyboards); Tony Kanal (bass); Adrian Young (drums, percussion).
Additional personnel: Aloke DasGupta (sitar); Melissa Hasin (cello); Gerard Boisse, Bill Bergman (saxophone); Greg Smith (baritone saxophone); Phil Jordan, Les Lovitt (trumpet); Nick Lane (trombone); Gabe McNair (trombone, percussion); Matthew Wilder (keyboards); Stephen Perkins (steel drums).
Engineers include: Matt Hyde, Phil Kaffel, George Landress.
No Doubt was nominated for the 1997 Grammy Award for Best New Artist. TRAGIC KINGDOM was nominated for a 1997 Grammy for Best Rock Album. "Don`t Speak" was nominated for 1998 Grammys for Song Of The Year and Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal.
Personnel: Gwen Stefani (vocals); Tom Dumont (guitar); Aloke Dasgupta (sitar); Melissa "Missy" Hasin (cello); Bill Bergman (saxophone); Greg Smith (baritone saxophone); Les Lovitt (trumpet); Gabrial McNair (trombone, percussion); Nick Lane (trombone); Eric Stefani (piano, keyboards); Matthew Wilder (keyboards); Adrian Young (drums, percussion); Stephen Perkins (steel drum).
Audio Mixer: Paul Palmer.
Recording information: Nrg; Record Plant, Hollywood, CA; Santa Monica Sound, Santa Monica, CA; Total Access Studios, Redondo Beach, CA.
Director: Albhy Galuten.
Photographers: Dan Arsenault; Shelly Robertson.
Unknown Contributor Role: Stephen Perkins .
No Doubt`s members cite a strange variety of musical influences: Kiss, Prince and Madness, to name a few. And it`s easy to imagine that their hometown itself, Anaheim, California (home to Disneyland), may have played a part in forming the band`s schizophrenic, high-energy sound, which took TRAGIC KINGDOM, the band`s second album, on a slow, steady ride up the pop charts. It finally hit No. 1 in December 1996, 14 months after it was released.
This is ska-punk-new wave-dance music, with instrumentation ranging from hardcore guitar to mellow, reggae-style horns. Singer Gwen Stefani`s voice is by turns peppy, almost adolescent ("Spiderwebs") and emotionally wailing; she can sound a lot like Concrete Blonde`s Johnette Napolitano ("Just A Girl"). When Stefani sings, "I`m just a girl, little ol` me/Don`t let me out of your sight," she does so without a hint of girlishness; her voice is all attitude, with a warbling edge of melodrama. For the most part, these are happy songs, though No Doubt do get philosophical on "Different People": "Once in a while I sit back/And think about the planet/Most of the time I trip on it/To kick back and think of how massive it all is/And how many others are on it."

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Spiderwebs
2. Excuse Me Mr.
3. Just a Girl
4. Happy Now?
5. Different People
6. Hey You
7. Climb, The
8. Sixteen
9. Sunday Morning
10. Don`t Speak
11. You Can Do It
12. World Go `Round
13. End It on This
14. Tragic Kingdom

Album Information

Release Date:

10/10/1995

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Hardcore/Punk

Subgenre:

Ska

Label:

Interscope (USA)

Producer:

Matthew Wilder

Catalog Number:

92580

Original Release Year:

1995

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

59 : 24

Guest Artist:

Bill Bergman; Matthew Wilder; Stephen Perkins

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