Rocksteady (No Doubt) Appreciation Thread

[27monster27 9,930]

Hello everyone! I've been doing another one of my discography journey's as of late, and as I briefly mentioned in a reply a few months ago I am doing No Doubt/Gwen Stefani for this one. In my fifth week I reacted to Rocksteady and IMO it's the best album from this yet. Each album of theirs got better for me, and I enjoy this one the most. What really made me love this album was the unexpected nature of it. When I heard that it was "more commercial" I was think of that in a rock sense, but I was surprised to see some work from William Orbit, The Neptunes, and Prince. This album definitely feels like a bridge between Ray Of Light (and a bit of Impossible Princess) and In The Zone.

Here are my top five songs:

"Hella Good" (Definitely In The Zone vibes, specifically "Showdown")

"Hey Baby"

"Detective" (I LOVE this one so much)

"Start The Fire"

"Waiting Room"

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Overall this is a fantastic album and I am very excited to get into Gwen Stefani's solo material.

[Jarvin 1,086]

Hella Good is one of her best songs

[Ophelia 3,898]

This was my favorite ND album when I was a child! I loved going through the special edt bonus material, there was a MV and a short documentary when you've launched the CD on PC.

Definitely their first more pop-oriented album and also this is when their reggae influences started to shine through for the first time. My favs always were Detective and In My Head 

[River 98,118]

RS the song is one of my favorites of all time, the gloominess, nostalgia and the bittersweet vibes about love makes this song hit so hard, I LOVE the album but lyrically it's their weakest, my favorite is still Return of Saturn

 

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