No Doubt - The Singles (1992-2003) @(320)

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No Doubt - The Singles 1992-2003 @(320)

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Artist...............: No Doubt

Album................: The Singles 1992-2003

Genre................: Punk

Source...............: CD

Year.................: 2003

Ripper...............: Audiograbber 1.82 (build 2) &

Codec................: LAME 3.96

Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III

Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)

Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz

Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3

Information..........: www.nodoubt.com/



Ripped by............: SmurfCo on 2/24/2009

Posted by............: gc1966 on 2/24/2009

News Server..........: biggulp.readfreenews.net

News Group(s)........: alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.rock.full-album



Included.............: NFO, PLS, M3U, SFV

Covers...............: Front Back CD Inlay Inside



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Tracklisting

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1. (00:03:29) No Doubt - Just A Girl

2. (00:03:46) No Doubt - It's My Life

3. (00:03:31) No Doubt - Hey Baby (featuring bounty kil

4. (00:04:03) No Doubt - Bathwater

5. (00:04:33) No Doubt - Sunday Morning

6. (00:04:03) No Doubt - Hella Good

7. (00:04:13) No Doubt - New

8. (00:05:03) No Doubt - Underneath It All (featuring l

9. (00:03:06) No Doubt - Excuse Me Mr.

10. (00:04:02) No Doubt - Running

11. (00:04:29) No Doubt - Spiderwebs

12. (00:04:17) No Doubt - Simple Kind Of Life

13. (00:04:24) No Doubt - Don't Speak

14. (00:03:34) No Doubt - Ex-Girlfreind

15. (00:03:24) No Doubt - Trapped In A Box



Playing Time.........: 00:59:57

Total Size...........: 137.24 MB



NFO generated on.....: 2/24/2009 12:04:29 AM



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Comment

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A band like No Doubt was made for an album like The Singles 1992-2003. While they made good albums — and each of their albums had its own character — they shined as a singles band, which is only appropriate for a band raised on new wave, the last golden era of singles. Unlike the grunge and indie bands that populated the first two waves of the alt-rock explosion of the early '90s, No Doubt wasn't directly inspired by punk, indie, or any underground rock movement; the band was fueled by new wave, in all of its trashy, poppy glory. Above all, they were inspired by ska revival groupsmore… like Madness, with their blend of skittish Jamaican-inspired beats and sense of English popcraft, but they also picked up various strands of early-MTV pop, whether it was bits of new wave Blondie, the Police, and Elvis Costello, or the metallic guitar wallop of Van Halen. It was a cheerful, giddy sound that marked a sea change from the sound of the early '90s, when even catchy melodies were cloaked in a sense of gloom. So, with the success of their second album, Tragic Kingdom, in 1996, they kicked off the second wave of the alt-rock boom of the '90s — the time when the music meant good times, not angst and alienation. While some of the bands that rode on their coattails were unabashed one-hit wonders and commercialized revamps of underground sounds, No Doubt was something rare: a hip mainstream singles band. They were an outgrowth of new wave, releasing indie albums before their big break, and they stayed true to their inspirations while cleverly adding elements of contemporary hits to their sound — and, in doing so, became a '90s version of a new wave band that placed equal emphasis on hooks, style, videos, and cool, radio-ready singles.