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Love. Angel. Music. Baby. is het solo debuutalbum van de Amerikaanse pop en rockzangeres Gwen Stefani. Het is uitgebracht door Interscope Records op 23 november 2004 . Het haalde de eerste plaats in de Australische hitlijst en haalde de top 5 in Canada, Mexico, het Verenigd Koninkrijk en de Verenigde Staten. Het album kreeg 2 nominaties voor de Grammy Awards.
Het album, dat 86 weken in de Billboard 200 lijst stond van albums in de Verenigde Staten, verkocht daar 3,7 miljoen keer en werd drie keer platina. In Canada werden een half miljoen exemplaren verkocht en werd daar 4 keer platina.
In Nederland haalde het de 14e plek in de Album Top 100 en bleef 30 weken in de desbetreffende hitlijst.
Eind 2006 werd bekend dat "Love. Angel. Music. Baby." ongeveer 7 miljoen keer wereldwijd werd verkocht.
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Love, Angel, Music, Baby is Gwen Stefani's first solo album and a glittering salute to her passions for fashion and 80s synth. A side project from Gwen's other role as the Blondie-esque singer in No Doubt, this greatalbum reinforces her international-pop-star status and coincides with an imminent silver screen debut as Jean Harlow in Martin Scorsese's Howard Hughes' biopic The Aviator.
OutKast's Andre 3000, Dr Dre, the Neptunes, and No Doubt band mate Tony Kanal number among the talented catalogue of collaborators who have helped Gwen realize this vision of Tokyo-tastic electro pop.
Explosive opener "What You Waiting For?" is a magnificent slab of electro funk with a kick ass attitude reminiscent of Goldfrapp's "Strict Machine". Produced by Nellee Hooper, it stands out as the best track on the album for the way it pits storming beats against enthusiastic lyrics like, 'Take a chance you stupid ho' and 'I can't wait to go back and do Japan!'
"Rich Girl", produced by the ubiquitous Dr Dre, is just as infectious and teams Gwen's vocals with groovy raps from gal pal Eve. The resulting tune is disco gold, impossibly girly and very easy to dance to. Gwen and Eve sing about the joys of shopping and Gwen dreams of one day acquiring a troupe of harajuku girls ("Love, Angel, Music and Baby") to help inspire and dress her. "Bubble Pop Electric", recorded with Johnny Vulture (Andre 3000's rock 'n' roll alter ego), uses skipping scatter gun beats as an imposing backdrop to Gwen's sugar-sweet vocals. It's an effective approach later repeated on "Long Way To Go", a soulful duet from Andre and Gwen about love and boundaries.
Love, Angel, Music, Baby marks Gwen's debut as a rival to the likes of Madonna and Kelis, and their influence is apparent. The cheeky upstart charm Madonna sported in the 80s is embraced to shrewd effect on "Serious",whilst "Rich Girl" is a bouncy foil to Kelis' "Milkshake". In all, this is a stunning and stylish effort that showcases Gwen's credentials as a bonafide pop goddess.
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