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Gwen Stefani
Artist Icon Love. Angel. Music. Baby. (2004)
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Love. Angel. Music. Baby. é o álbum de estreia da cantora norte-americana de pop e rock Gwen Stefani, lançado em 22 de novembro de 2004, pela Interscope Records. O álbum começou como um pequeno projeto alternativo para Stefani, eventualmente tornando-se o seu primeiro álbum de estúdio solo, após a pausa da banda No Doubt, tendo numerosas colaborações musicais e produtores. Love. Angel. Music. Baby. foi projetado como versão atualizada da música da década de 1980, e foi influenciado por artistas como Madonna, New Order, Cyndi Lauper, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, Debbie Deb e Club Nouveau. A maior parte das canções do álbum são tematicamente focalizadas em moda e riqueza. Ele introduziu as Harajuku Girls, quatro dançarinas que se vestiam durante as apresentações de Stefani com as tendências de moda da juventude de Harajuku, um distrito de Tóquio, Japão. Além disso, as mesmas apareceram em letras de dois dos seis singles do álbum: "What You Waiting For?" e "Rich Girl", e em quase todos os videoclipes do álbum, exceto nos vídeos de acompanhamento para as músicas "Cool" e "Luxurious".

Love. Angel. Music. Baby. obteve opiniões geralmente favoráveis dos críticos musicais contemporâneos. O álbum rendeu seis singles e teve um alto número de vendas, tornando-se multi-platina em diversos países, e vendendo sete milhões de cópias. Por este álbum, Stefani recebeu seis nomeações no Grammy Awards, em 2005 e 2006.
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Love, Angel, Music, Baby is Gwen Stefani's first solo album and a glittering salute to her passions for fashion and 80s synth. A side project from Gwen's other role as the Blondie-esque singer in No Doubt, this greatalbum reinforces her international-pop-star status and coincides with an imminent silver screen debut as Jean Harlow in Martin Scorsese's Howard Hughes' biopic The Aviator.

OutKast's Andre 3000, Dr Dre, the Neptunes, and No Doubt band mate Tony Kanal number among the talented catalogue of collaborators who have helped Gwen realize this vision of Tokyo-tastic electro pop.

Explosive opener "What You Waiting For?" is a magnificent slab of electro funk with a kick ass attitude reminiscent of Goldfrapp's "Strict Machine". Produced by Nellee Hooper, it stands out as the best track on the album for the way it pits storming beats against enthusiastic lyrics like, 'Take a chance you stupid ho' and 'I can't wait to go back and do Japan!'

"Rich Girl", produced by the ubiquitous Dr Dre, is just as infectious and teams Gwen's vocals with groovy raps from gal pal Eve. The resulting tune is disco gold, impossibly girly and very easy to dance to. Gwen and Eve sing about the joys of shopping and Gwen dreams of one day acquiring a troupe of harajuku girls ("Love, Angel, Music and Baby") to help inspire and dress her. "Bubble Pop Electric", recorded with Johnny Vulture (Andre 3000's rock 'n' roll alter ego), uses skipping scatter gun beats as an imposing backdrop to Gwen's sugar-sweet vocals. It's an effective approach later repeated on "Long Way To Go", a soulful duet from Andre and Gwen about love and boundaries.

Love, Angel, Music, Baby marks Gwen's debut as a rival to the likes of Madonna and Kelis, and their influence is apparent. The cheeky upstart charm Madonna sported in the 80s is embraced to shrewd effect on "Serious",whilst "Rich Girl" is a bouncy foil to Kelis' "Milkshake". In all, this is a stunning and stylish effort that showcases Gwen's credentials as a bonafide pop goddess.



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