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71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 245 Ratings

  • Summary: The solo debut for the No Doubt vocalist features an eclectic group of guests, including Martin Gore, Andre 3000, The Neptunes, New Order, Wendy & Lisa and Dr. Dre.

Top Track

Holla Back Girl
Uh huh, this is my shit All the girls stomp your feet like this A few times I've been around that track So it's not just gonna happen like... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 22
  2. Negative: 3 out of 22
  1. Welcome to the hottest, coolest, best-dressed pop album of the year.
  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    One of the most frivolously brilliant slabs of shiny retro-pop anyone's had the chutzpah to release all year. [20 Nov 2004, p.56]
  3. It's too club-centric, too fashion-obsessed, too willfully weird to be a No Doubt album... a glitzy, wild ride that's stranger and often more entertaining than nearly any other mainstream pop album of 2004.
  4. And while LAMB is adventurous and playful--with nary a ska-punk riddim to be found--it's when Gwen reaches back and goes totally '80s that the CD reverberates with unwavering charm.
  5. Love. Angel. Music. Baby. has been acclaimed as a bright-and-shiny pop-music tour-de-force, but once the initial thrilling rush of the stylistic sheen and artistic conception has abated, the album seems too fragmented to be anointed as such.
  6. The fascinating thing about Gwen Stefani’s record is not how different it sounds from No Doubt, but how similar it sounds to the producers that she works with and how their collaborations usually fall flat because of the rehashing of tired ideas and plodding predictability of her arrangements.
  7. It is pure fluff. And pretty awful fluff at that.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 91 out of 120
  2. Negative: 14 out of 120
  1. Nov 7, 2012
    10
    This Album Is One Of The Most Creative Albums I Have Ever Heard! Love Her Voice! Best Debut Album Of 2004!
  2. MaisaA
    Jan 6, 2005
    10
    This album is so amazing i can't stop listening to it..I work out to it everyday..its full of energy and motivates me to run up that This album is so amazing i can't stop listening to it..I work out to it everyday..its full of energy and motivates me to run up that hill one more time.. Gwen rocks my world!!! Expand
  3. AndrewH
    Nov 6, 2005
    10
    Absolutely flawless as long as you take it at face value- as a fun, dumb dance album. Even the 'low points' ("Long Way to Go," Absolutely flawless as long as you take it at face value- as a fun, dumb dance album. Even the 'low points' ("Long Way to Go," "Luxurious") are good and the high points ("What You Waiting For," "Bubble Pop Electric," "Crash," "Danger Zone") are pure brilliance. The best record of 2004 hands down. Expand
  4. CherylB.
    Nov 23, 2004
    9
    This album clearly defines why I am a fan of Gwen S. She has a style all her own, and marches to the beat of a different drummer. Her album This album clearly defines why I am a fan of Gwen S. She has a style all her own, and marches to the beat of a different drummer. Her album is unlike any other's. I have bought many CD's this year, but Angel Love Music Baby is definitely ahead of the class. A non stop party, Love it! Expand
  5. GeorgieM
    Feb 17, 2005
    9
    Normally, I tend to agree with Entertainment Weekly critics, but this time Gwen was under-rated.
  6. christiank
    Jan 15, 2005
    7
    Gwen's singing is in top form here and the music is HUGELY innovative, the hooks are simply irresistibles,and all the art work is Gwen's singing is in top form here and the music is HUGELY innovative, the hooks are simply irresistibles,and all the art work is amazing. Now the bad thing are the stupid lyrics and her obsession with japanese culture and the "Harajuku Girls" which she repeats in ALL of her songs; it becomes annoying after all. But side from that, this album ROCKS, in what mainstream pop is capable to be. The album that Britney should have done to won't let her career sink, instead of that stupid greatest hits record Expand
  7. ValerieM
    Dec 27, 2004
    0
    This album is terrible. The lyrics are lame (they sound like they were written by my little sister) and everything is so empty, shallow, and This album is terrible. The lyrics are lame (they sound like they were written by my little sister) and everything is so empty, shallow, and hard to relate to. in short, I love Gwen, but her album completely sucks. Expand

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