It has been 20 years since No Doubt rock goddess Gwen Stefani launched her solo career-launching debut pop album, Love. Angel. Music. Child.
Impressed by Stefani’s longtime love of recent wave and ’80s bubblegum, the zippy dance file was forward of its period, delivering zany, colourful, tongue-in-cheek electro-pop and synth-pop amid a pop panorama largely tethered to sensual R&B and angsty rock on the time.
Backed by an unexpectedly trendy and eccentric aesthetic influenced by Alice in Wonderland, British couture and Japanese avenue vogue developments, Love. Angel. Music. Child. (launched Nov. 12, 2004) spawned six singles, together with “What You Ready For?,” “Cool,” “Wealthy Woman” and the Billboard Scorching 100 No. 1 smash “Hollaback Woman.” (Everyone thank Gwen for instructing us easy methods to spell “b-a-n-a-n-a-s.”)
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Although its cultural influence has been lasting, inspiring fashionable artists comparable to Charli XCX, the album nonetheless captures a sure mid-2000s pop nostalgia in the present day.
That stated, as a lot as Stefani’s recordings are a sonic throwback to the radio pop of her teenage years within the ’80s, in the present day Love. Angel. Music. Child. represents a time when pop stars really promoted their new music on MTV (keep in mind Complete Request Stay?) and launched particular person singles through CD format. “What an incredible time…”
Gwen Stefani’s ‘Love. Angel. Music. Child.’ Album Period
Look again at nostalgic photographs from Gwen Stefani’s debut solo album days.