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Return Of Saturn by: No Doubt

Publisher: Polydor Group
Release date: 10th April, 2000
Media: Audio CD

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Track List

• Ex-Girlfriend - Glen Ballard, No Doubt, Karl Derfler, Scott Campbell, Bryan Carrigan, Jack Joseph Puig, Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal, Tom Dumont, Adrian Young, Gabrial McNair, Sean Beavan
• Simple Kind Of Life - Glen Ballard, No Doubt, Alain Johannes, Scott Campbell, Bryan Carrigan, Jack Joseph Puig, Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal, Tom Dumont, Adrian Young, Gabrial McNair
• Bathwater - Glen Ballard, No Doubt, Alain Johannes, Scott Campbell, Bryan Carrigan, Jack Joseph Puig, Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal, Tom Dumont, Adrian Young, Gabrial McNair, Stephen Bradley
• Six Feet Under
• Magic's In The Makeup
• Artificial Sweetener
• Marry Me
• New - Jerry Harrison, No Doubt, Jack Joseph Puig, Karl Derfler, Scott Campbell, Bryan Carrigan, Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal, Tom Dumont, Adrian Young, Gabrial McNair, Sean Beavan
• Too Late
• Comforting Lie
• Suspension Without Suspense
• Staring Problem
• Home Now
• Dark Blue
• Big Distraction - Jack Joseph Puig, Matthew Wilder, No Doubt

Editorial Review

After No Doubt sold more than 10 million copies of Tragic Kingdom, riding that wave of success without toppling over must have been a daunting mission. No sweat for No Doubt. The band had toiled as unknowns with a loyal local following for a decade before that album's release, and during that time the band members were learning how to be better songwriters and musicians. The follow-up, Return Of Saturn, glides along that continuum of songcraft perfection. The band presents a cleaner, less apologist representation of their influences. They pull off some of the more difficult manoeuvres of pure reggae, ground-pounding ska, and Cars-esque New Wave. Gwen Stefani belts a powerful pout, her Mae West-meets- Siouxsie Sioux vocal bravado is the bungee cord that springs in between the band's retro tendencies and SoCal pop-punk attitude. Songs such as "Bathwater" and "Ex-Girlfriend" reveal the singer's vulnerability to being hurt or dumped on, and the band's sense of humour and exploration (albeit firmly controlled) matches the songs' sentiments. This group is growing out and tightening up, and while the rest of the ska-punk surfer-dude bands do nothing more than repeat history, No Doubt is creating it. --Beth Massa

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Rating: - The best

The best of their stuff - and a lot better than Rock Steady (which I do like) .

Rating: - THE BEST NO DOUBT ALBUM BY LIGHT YEARS...

Yes really.

The best songs on Tragic Kingdom were Don't Speak, Just a Girl and Sunday Morning. On Return of Saturn at least half the Songs are as good as any of those three; Suspension without Suspense is better than Don't Speak, Ex-Girlfriend is better than Just a Girl, and Bathwater is better than Sunday Morning. Then you have New, Comforting Lie, Dark Blue, Artificial Sweetner, Too Late, Simple Kind of Life, Magics in the Makeup - all of which are just as good as anything on TK.

Simply based on the number of 'classic' songs, this album is The Daddy. I recently made a compilation CD of the best of ND (and I have everything they've ever released) - 10 out of 19 songs were from this album.

'nuff said!

Rating: - No Doubt are the best group eva! This is their second best a

This album is so cool. It is more rockier than the previous 3 albums and it's the second best. The best tracks are New, Ex-Girlfriend and Bathwater. Here are the best ND albums in order:
1. Tragic Kingdom (ND's £rd album)
2. Return of saturn (ND's 4th album)
3. The beacon Street collection (ND's 2nd album)
4. Rock Staedy (ND's 5th album)
5. No Doubt (ND's Debut album)
I hope this is helpfull. Now GO BUY ALL THE ALBUMS AMAZON COS THERE CHEAPER HERE!

Rating: - Underrated!

As far as I'm concerned 'Return of Saturn' is absolutely the best No Doubt album. It's certainly the most listenable. Their self-titled debut has dated slightly, 'The Beacon Street Collection' is pretty good but contains some average songs, 'Tragic Kingdom' is unarguably marvellous but tails off a bit towards the end (However, it contains 'Sunday Morning' and 'Don't Speak,' so it's definitely a classic) and 'Rock Steady' is cool and original but took me a lifetime to get in to.
This album, sadly, is criminally underrated. It kicks off with the amazing 'Ex-Girlfriend' and finishes with the brilliant 'Big Distaction.' (And, of course, the really lovely 'Too Late' instrumental.) Gwen's voice and songwriting talents are on full display for the first time on this album, and for me that's a definite bonus. It's No Doubt's (for want of a better word) 'rockiest' album and I would recommend it to anyone, even if they aren't into No Doubt's regular ska sound.
The best things about this album are the song 'New' (my favourite No Doubt song...apart from 'Sunday Morning) and Gwen's funky pink hair!

Rating: - Not bad? Depressing? and u call urself fans?

This is along with all the other No Doubt releases, a masterpiece. Personally im fond of anything fronted by a female vocalist. To go completely against other reviews...6 feet under is my favourite song and its actually quite realistic and happy...its about her birthday and celebrating the power of female generations...how can that be depressing?! Anyway, if you like all of No Doubts earlier stuff then you'll love this. Reviews are hard to trust..everyones taste is different..but if u like realisitc lyrics, catchy tunes and a cd where every track is excellent..then buy this!

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