The Sweet Escape.
| Gwen Stefani
The Sweet Escape.
The Sweet Escape is the second studio album by American singer Gwen Stefani. It was released on December 1, 2006, by Interscope Records. Having originally intended to return to No Doubt after her debut solo album, Love. Angel. Music. Baby. (2004), Stefani decided to record a second album as a way to release some of the material left over from the Love. Angel. Music. Baby. writing sessions. The album musically resembles its predecessor while exploring more modern pop sounds. It was released to generally mixed reviews from contemporary music critics, receiving criticism for its strong similarities to Love. Angel. Music. Baby. -Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
America's boldest pop star once again crafts a solo album that veers between the vanguard and the insipid.
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Slant
The Sweet Escape is a decidedly more modern (read: urban) record than its retro-dance predecessor, Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
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NPR
Stefani's 'Sweet Escape' Is a Delicious Surprise.
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Sputnik Music
it strangely is a lot of fun. It also has Stefani's gorgeous voice to help carry it even in the moments where it's about to fall flat on its face completely.
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BBC
coquettish, amusing, annoying and hip wiggling in equal measure. All this and a new baby. Not bad.
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MusicOMH
The Sweet Escape isn’t a terrible record (although at times it does get infuriating). The trouble is that in the two years since Love Angel Music Baby she doesn’t seem to have moved on or evolved at all – she’s stood still by the sounds of it, and this comes across not so much as a sequel but rather a remake.
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PopMatters
Stefani has us waking up to the same album, just add more rap, a glossy Next-Top-Model-ish photo for the cover, and a few more recent-sounding influences. As she sings in "Early Winter", we seem to be "starting over and over and over again".
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Common Sense Media
Clever lyrics about the twists and turns of love.
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AV Club
It's the kind of album that drifts through '80s poolside jams and breathy trunk-bump bangers in all the best ways.
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NME
Identity is everything in pop, but the majority of this record serves only to bury what made Gwen Stefani unique in the first place.
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Haylstorm
When I moved to college freshman year, I listened to this album on loop for the entire 4 hour drive. With that being said, it's helped me through some weird times so it was beautiful to relive that again.
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Beacon Street Online
The Sweet Escape still holds up over the years and holds a special place with fans all around the world.
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Hybrid Magazine
something about Gwen Stefani's new The Sweet Escape rings hollow. She's like a rich girl who goes clubbing just because she can afford it, not because she simply loves getting out on the dance floor and feeling the music.
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Ghost Town Media
With The Sweet Escape, Gwen Stefani still holds on to her own in music and beat, while experimenting with new sounds.
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East Bay Express
It's the kind of stuff she should stick with -- retro-sounding, minimalist, cheeseball pop. If only she'd made the whole album like that -- instead of bouncing all over the map, trying to be ghetto fabulous -- it probably would have worked.
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RTE
This is still better than most of the competition, but given what went before it's not a great escape.
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CBA
What one needs to do is create a good solid album. Something that you want to make - The Sweet Escape is this kind of album.
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The Guardian
Several tracks date back to the 2003 sessions that produced her first solo album, LAMB, but generally The Sweet Escape feels minty-fresh.
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IGN
Stefani's latest comes off like little more than a brief sonic distraction, lacking any of the transitional flow from song to song that made her debut such an engaging listen from start to finish.
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EW
The Sweet Escape has a surprisingly moody, lightly autobiographical feel.
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