No Doubt's 'Return'

Review Score: (6/10)
No Doubt's newest album 'Return of Saturn' doesn't really get any better than it's first track. "Ex-Girlfriend" is a splendidly furious rock shocker. It takes you up so high for about 3½ minutes, and then as the rest of the album travels on through mostly mediocre ska-rock confections you descend slowly into a slight sense of disappointment. It doesn't compare with the much superlative 'Tragic Kingdom'. Albeit, Gwen's vocals here are still strong and the band seems to be having the time of their life. Overall, there's alot of fluidity missing on the new album...it seems to be all about the sound not the lyrics. My advice: listen to tracks 2 through 14 first and track 1 last. :-)

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