No Doubt (No Doubt album)

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The album was released during a period of popularity for grunge music, an aggressive rock style which contrasted with No Doubt's upbeat sound. Despite strong audience reaction to the band's tours, album sales under-performed expectations and sold about 30,000 copies, and received mixed reviews. Interscope refused to fund the release of a single from the album, so No Doubt released the single "Trapped in a Box" independently.

The band independently released their second album The Beacon Street Collection in 1995, which had a better commercial performance, selling 100,000 copies. Interscope then financed and supported their third album Tragic Kingdom (1995).

Background

John Spence, Eric Stefani, and Eric's sister Gwen formed the band as Apple Core in 1986,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> having worked together at a local Dairy Queen.<ref name="ocw">Template:Cite news</ref> They played small gigs around the Orange County area, with Spence's on-stage antics carrying its performances. Tony Kanal went to one of these early shows and soon joined the band as its bassist. After initially rejecting her advances, he began dating Gwen, but they kept their relationship secret for a year, feeling that it was an unspoken rule that nobody date her.<ref name="btm">Template:Cite video</ref>

In December 1987, Spence died by suicide several days before the band was to play a gig at The Roxy Theatre for record industry employees.<ref name="btm"/> No Doubt disbanded but decided to regroup after several weeks<ref name="btm"/> with Alan Meade taking over vocals.<ref name="ocw"/> When Meade left the band, Gwen replaced him as lead singer,<ref name="ocw"/> while No Doubt continued to develop a live following in California.<ref name="btm"/> In early 1988, Tom Dumont left Rising, a heavy metal band of which he was a member with his sister,<ref name="timeline">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> stating that local metal bands "were into drinking, wearing Spandex" but that he wanted to focus on music.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He joined No Doubt and replaced Jerry McMahon as the band's guitarist, adding a metal influence to its sound. Adrian Young replaced Chris Webb as drummer the following year.<ref name="btm"/>

Impressed by the presence of stage diving at ska concerts and Gwen's on-stage presence, Tony Ferguson signed the band to a multi-album deal with the newly created Interscope Records in 1991.<ref name="btm"/>

Music

Production

In 1991, No Doubt were signed to Interscope Records, which was then a new label. The band had just finished recording an indie CD that they were going to release themselves. When they were signed by the record label, they decided to accept the offer to re-record the CD in a professional studio. However, they weren't receiving any support that they expected:

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The band spent less than $13,000 recording their debut album, featuring both songs written as long ago as 1987 and new songs written specifically for the disc. All of the band members continued going to school to finish their education while recording their debut album in a Los Angeles studio.<ref name="timeline"/>

To promote their album, in the summer of 1992 the band went on two two-week tours of the Western area of the United States. In the fall, they embarked on a two-and-a-half month national tour. Because the album underperformed commercially, Interscope refused to support the tour, leaving the band to finance it themselves.<ref name=interviewsecond>"Do you believe in tragic?"Template:Dead link Aidin Vaziri for Mean Street Magazine December 1995. Retrieved August 26, 2008.</ref> They played alongside bands such as Rage Against the Machine, Ugly Kid Joe, Sublime, Dance Hall Crashers, 311,<ref name=interviewfirst/> Public Enemy, Pato Banton and The Special Beat.<ref name="timeline"/>

Singles

After the disappointing sales of No Doubt, Interscope declined to finance the release of a single from the record. Thus, the band self-financed the shooting of a video for the song "Trapped in a Box", spending roughly $5,000 on it. The video got local airplay in Orange County but, despite the band's hopes, it was never aired on either MTV or VH1, although it was played on MuchMusic in Canada. It failed to achieve status on any chart. In 2003 the song was released on No Doubt's greatest hits compilation album The Singles 1992-2003 and the video was released on the companion DVD of music videos, The Videos 1992-2003.

Within the booklet from The Singles 1992–2003 is a blurb on each song. The short paragraph on "Trapped in a Box" states:

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The song is based on a poem that guitarist Tom Dumont wrote about addiction to television and how it can control one's mind.<ref name=notes>Template:Cite book</ref> 19.5degs described the song as "skiffling" and "the weakest track [on The Singles 1992–2003] in the way of singing, but [with] smart lyrics".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Music OMH, however, described the song as a "kooky, almost novelty single"<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and CD Universe described the song as a "rhythmic workout".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Rhapsody, in a positive review, described it as "one of the album's highlights"<ref name=rhapsody/> and AllMusic called it "as exciting" as two of No Doubt's more successful singles, "Hella Good" and "Just a Girl".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Reception

Significance

The group's ska sound contrasted greatly with the popular music genre in the USA at the time, grunge music.<ref name="allmusicalbum">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The album was a commercial failure, with only 30,000 copies sold.<ref name="ocw"/><ref name="timeline"/> In the words of the program director of KROQ, a Californian radio station on which it was one of the band's driving ambitions to be played: "It would take an act of God for this band to get on the radio."<ref name="timeline"/><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

The lack of record company support<ref name=interviewfirst>Template:Cite news From the band's official website.</ref><ref name=allmusicbio>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> frustrated the band and led the band to self-produce their next album, The Beacon Street Collection, in a home-made studio, causing them to abandon the slick pop sound desired by Interscope for a more punk style.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Their independence shocked their record company representative Tony Ferguson<ref name=wad>Without A DoubtTemplate:Dead link by Robert Kinsler for the Orange County Register on December 15, 1995. Retrieved August 31, 2008.</ref> and the album sold over 100,000 copies<ref name="timeline"/> in 1995, the year of its release, over three times as many as No Doubt sold. To capitalize on this success, Interscope offered the band extensive help with their third album, Tragic Kingdom,<ref name=interviewfirst/> under the division Trauma Records to which the band was signed.<ref name=wad/>

The success of their third album, Tragic Kingdom, led to fans becoming interested in the band's earlier albums, No Doubt and The Beacon Street Collection, and many more copies of them were manufactured and sold. The Beacon Street Collection was re-released in October 1997 as part of the band's back catalog and, by the summer of 1997, No Doubt had sold 250,000 copies.<ref name="timeline"/>

Critical

Yahoo! Music reviewer, Bill Holdship, called the album "a rather nondescript ska-pop effort".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> AllMusic gave the album a mixed review, calling it "a polished production". It described the music on the album as "pop-oriented", with "new wave keyboards and punchy brass proving a foil to the basic ska framework", and complimented Gwen Stefani's "extroverted" vocals.<ref name=allmusicalbum/> Rhapsody also gave the album a positive review, albeit retrospectively, calling it "a far cry from the radio pop [the band] became known for". It described the music as "bright, colorful, fun" and Gwen Stefani's vocals as "strong".<ref name=rhapsody>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Credits

Personnel

No Doubt

• Gwen Stefani – lead vocals
• Eric Stefani – keyboards, backing vocals
• Tom Dumont – guitars
• Tony Kanal – bass
• Adrian Young – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Eric Carpenter – saxophone
• Don Hammerstedt – trumpet
• Alex Henderson – trombone

Production

• Producers: No Doubt, Dito Godwin
• Engineer: Michael Carnevale
• Dave Collins – Mastering
• Arrangers: No Doubt
• Horn arrangements: Don Hammerstedt
• Art direction: Kimberly Holt
• Design: Kimberly Holt
• Photography: Chris Cuffaro

Charts

Chart performance for No Doubt

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref name="Australia">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	196

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1992	Interscope	LP	92109-1
			CD	92109-2
			CS	92109-4
			CS	92109
		Atlantic	CD	92109

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External links

• Official No Doubt Website
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