What Is Gwen Stefani's Least Favorite No Doubt Album?
No Doubt — made up of frontwoman Gwen Stefani, bassist Tony Kanal, guitarist Tom Dumont, and drummer Adrian Young — first caught the attention of millions after the release of their breakthrough 1995 album "Tragic Kingdom." As noted by Billboard, the LP is one of just 92 to be certified diamond after selling over 10 million copies in the US alone.
It took five years for No Doubt to drop their follow-up record; titled "Return of Saturn," the album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and earned the band a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Album. For its 20th anniversary in 2020, Kanal took to Instagram to honor the era. "After touring for 2.5 years on Tragic Kingdom, we got back in the studio and knew we had something to prove. Not to anyone else but to ourselves," he wrote. "We dug deep, and I have always felt that we were bold and brave and nothing else mattered but the pursuit of making something that was beautiful and real to us. Needless to say I'm really proud of what we accomplished on this album."
Fans didn't have to wait long for another album from their favorite band as their next LP, "Rock Steady," dropped the following year. As of this writing, No Doubt's next and final album, "Push And Shove," came out in 2012. But not all of these albums are equal — during an interview with British Vogue, lead singer Stefani revealed which of No Doubt's records is her least favorite.
One No Doubt album came from a 'really hard time' in Gwen Stefani's life
During a chat with British Vogue in January, Gwen Stefani opened up about what is her least favorite No Doubt album and why. When the journalist Michael Cragg revealed he had gotten back into the band's 2000 album "Return of Saturn," Stefani was shocked to hear his appreciation for the record and admitted to getting emotional. "Oh my, you're going to make me cry. I did not expect to hear you say that and it's made me cry because that record is probably my least favorite," the three-time Grammy Award winner shared. "It was during a really, really hard time in my life."
She continued, "We were coming off a two-and-a-half-year tour and I was so sheltered — I lived at home before that tour. I was 26, but I still lived with my parents. I went around the world and I had just broken up with my everything — my best friend, the person I relied on for everything — and my brother left the band, so I was alone." Stefani went as far as saying that even hearing the album title "sends [her] into a frenzy," explaining, "['Return of Saturn'] is so full of doubt regarding where I was in my life and I knew I was doing things that were wrong, but I didn't know how to stop it."
Stefani mentioned it is a special album for fans and confessed it likely saved her life at the time.