September 17, 201212 yr It all started off amazing, then it progressively got a bit... 'meh'? The first half of the album is 100% the best part, so I'd advise listening to the album from track 11-1, then you might not be as disappointed. After first listen I'd rank it like this, (Bearing in mind Push and Shove and Settle Down are 2 of my favourite tracks of the year, so it was going to be hard to top them) 01 Push and Shove 02 Looking Hot 03 Settle Down 04 Gravity 05 One More Summer 06 Dreaming The Same Dream - 07 Undercover 08 Undone 09 Heaven 10 Easy 11 Sparkle Overall though, it's actually really good.
September 18, 201212 yr My ranking would be 1. Push and Shove 2. One More Summer 3. Settle Down 4. Looking Hot 5. Dreaming the Same Dream (the instrumental part on this song is my favourite moment of the album). 6. Easy (verses suck but the chorus is awesome) 7. Gravity 8. Heaven 9. Undone 10. Undercover 11. Sparkle (seems to be a lot of love for this as it's quite old school but I think melodically it's not great)
September 18, 201212 yr Album seems to be getting rave reviews all round. I'm holding off for CD/i+ quality but I'm pretty excited now.
September 18, 201212 yr Settle Down - 10/10 Looking Hot - 09/10 One More Summer - 08/10 Push and Shove - 11/10 Easy - 07/10 Gravity - 10/10 :wub: Undercover - 06/10 Undone - 07/10 Sparkle - 07/10 Heaven - 08/10 Dreaming the same Dream - 08/10 RAGAMUFFIN
September 22, 201212 yr Author My album has arrived in book form! Such wonderful packaging! I'm literally about to get on a plane too. GOOD TIMING. But is the album any good? I have twelve hours to find out.
September 22, 201212 yr 'Looking Hot' actually annoys me. The chorus is so irritating. Overall the album is a disappointment :(. 'Settle Down' is definitely the highlight for me.
September 22, 201212 yr 1. Settle Down - 8/10 - The two last minutes are totally innecesary, but the rest... :heart: 2. Looking Hot - 05/10 - Meh... 3. One More Summer - 06/10 - This is a cute song. But that's it. 4. Push and Shove - 10/10 THIS IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE ALBUM :w00t: 5. Easy - 04/10 - Sounds like when Gwen was going solo. 6. Gravity - 7/10 This is good. Pretty good. 7. Undercover - 05/10 - A random summer song 8. Undone - 02/10 Boring as hell :blink: 9. Sparkle - 08/10 - I love this song 10. Heaven - 04/10 Mediocre song 11. Dreaming the same Dream - 09/10 :wub: The songs are too long sometimes and the album goes like forever. They had a lot of time to do a great album but instead this came out.. Oh well. Next time then.. Plus, the album cover is just plain awful. :(
September 22, 201212 yr Looking Hot is the next single? By MILES the best choice. 01 Push and Shove 02 Settle Down 03 Looking Hot As much as i try to like this album, it just doesn't work. I always return to those three. I guess we can call it a brilliant comeback with only three singles and no album. Not that is a bad album if it was recorded by another artist, but for No Doubt is disappointing.
September 22, 201212 yr Hmm I'm trying to really 'get' this album but for me at the moment it's just 'good'. I don't know if I just set my expectations far too high after Rock Steady and the fact they spent 10 years on it but it's not really as great as I expected - still good but I'm struggling to see it overtaking any of their albums in my affections. Looking Hot is a great single choice though, even if I wish they had waited until after pushing Push And Shove properly as a single which they don't appear to be doing now?
September 22, 201212 yr Not overly impressed considering their previous work, but I'm loving Looking Hot, Undercover, Undone and Settle Down so its good enough for now.
September 24, 201212 yr and the fact they spent 10 years on it Have they said it themselves? Because I seriously doubt ( :D ) they'd spent 10 entire years working on one album. And what about Gwen's solo career? She couldn't possibly have done both. They spent 2 years on it MAX.
September 24, 201212 yr Author I listened to this on the plane and still can't decide what I think. None of it is awful but most of it is just too ordinary and basic. Do I like it? Yes. Would I like it if another band released it? No, probably not.
September 24, 201212 yr One More Summer acoustic is my favourite song of the moment. I can't take it off repeat. Love Looking Hot too! :wub:
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