Product Description

Former No Doubt frontwoman continues her reinvention as America's bad-girl pop queen with this follow-up to her 2004 solo debut 'Love Angel Music Baby'. This album sees her working again with the likes of the Neptunes, flirting with various genres from electro to pop and includes the single 'Wind It Up'.

Track Listing

1. Wind It Up
2. The Sweet Escape - Gwen Stefani, Akon
3. Orange County Girl
4. Early Winter
5. Now That You Got It
6. 4 In The Morning
7. Yummy - Gwen Stefani, Pharrell
8. Fluorescent
9. Breakin' Up
10. Don't Get It Twisted
11. U Started It
12. Wonderful Life
13. Wind It Up
14. Orange County Girl

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2779 in Music
• Released on: 2006-12-04
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Running time: 56 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Gwen Stefani's second solo album, The Sweet Escape, finds the sassy blonde starlet moving even farther away from her ska-punk No Doubt origins. This time around, as apparent from the album cover alone, the focus is clearly on bling, not swing. Which would explain why her collaborators on The Sweet Escape are practically a who's-who of contemporary urban music producers: Akon (who also guests on the title track), Nellee Hooper and, of course, The Neptunes. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it's The Neptunes, with their playful pop sensibilities, who are responsible for some of the catchiest tracks here--"Orange County Girl", which is a SoCal version of "Jenny From the Block", the sultry and sparse "Yummy" (which features vocals by Pharrell) and the Sound of Music sampling first single "Wind It Up". The lesser known Swizz Beatz, meanwhile, have somehow produced Stefani's most Neptunes-sounding track with "Now That You Got It". The most surprising track, considering the source, is "Early Winter", a straightforward rock ballad produced not by her longtime No Doubt collaborator Tony Kamal, but by slick R&B specialist Hooper. Fans looking for a return to Stefani's indie roots may find this album a bit of a shock, but The Sweet Escape should find a home in both dancefloors and the pop charts. --Ted Kord

Customer Reviews

Sweet
A great album with a lot of excellent tracks on it, much better than No Doubt. It gives me a fresh feeling and well worth owning.

Bargain Bin
I should have known when I saw this on offer for 4.99. After loving her first album LAMB I was looking forward to another great one...how wrong I was. This is just sampled babble, simply noise!!! If its music you want don't look here.

Very Good
I've loved Gwen but working with Pharrell gave this album a special touch.

1. Wind It Up. 10/10
2. The Sweet Escape. 10/10
3. Orange County Girl. 10/10
4. Early Winter. 11/10
5. Now That You Got It. 7/10
6. 4 In The Morning. 11/10
7. Yummy. 5/10
8. Flourescent. 10/10
9. Breakin' Up. 10/10
10. Don't Get It Twisted. 7/10
11. U Started It. 10/10
12. Wonderful Life. 10/10
13. Wind It Up (Live). 8/10

Overall, a very good album but I prefer LAMB! 8/10