Love, Angel, Music, Baby
by Gwen Stefani
Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 22
  3. Negative: 3 out of 22
  1. Dot Music
    90
    Welcome to the hottest, coolest, best-dressed pop album of the year.
  2. Rolling Stone
    80
    It's an irresistible party: trashy, hedonistic and deeply weird.
  3. AllMusic
    80
    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.
  5. PopMatters
    80
    Love.Angel.Music.Baby. is big, brash, and divisive -- but as such it deserves to be heard and re-heard.
  6. 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]
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  7. Q Magazine
    80
    A ferocious declaration of independence. [Jan 2005, p.124]
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  8. Uncut
    80
    When LAMB is good, it's very good indeed.... It's one of the most audacioius pop albums of the year. [Jan 2005, p.120]
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  9. E! Online
    75
    This is undoubtedly the best excuse for a solo outing since Justin Timberlake's Justified.
  10. Playlouder
    70
    An ultra sleek and, it has to be said, generally impressive, 80s-inspired party record.
  11. The Guardian
    70
    Only a pair of beefy co-writes with rock mauler Linda Perry detract from the overall tingliness.
  12. Billboard
    70
    Style trumps substance in Stefani's world, making "Love, Angel, Music, Baby" an ideal guilty pleasure.
  13. Village Voice
    70
    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.
  14. The A.V. Club
    70
    A few songs sound tossed-off, but a few of the stranger ones work.
  15. Neumu.net
    65
    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.

Awards & Rankings

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#12 Most Discussed Album of 2004
43
#43 Most Shared Album of 2004

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User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 245 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 211 out of 245
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 245
  3. Negative: 18 out of 245
  1. GagaForGhibli
    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. Gaubs
    Apr 7, 2021
    10
    simply ICONIC in every possible aspect, from its lyrics to its cover and title. this album is a pop masterpiece, unique, extremely cohesive,simply ICONIC in every possible aspect, from its lyrics to its cover and title. this album is a pop masterpiece, unique, extremely cohesive, the best debut album ever… Full Review »
  3. anaraqquel
    Dec 2, 2020
    10
    Definitely her best album, a masterpiece. I hope to hear something like that coming from her again!!!!!!!!
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