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The Beacon Street Collection's wiki: The Beacon Street Collection is the second studio album by American rock band No Doubt, released in March 1995. It was released independently by the band under their own record label, Beacon Street Records. The Beacon Street Collection released 3rd march 1995. READ ALBUM LINER NOTES. Squeal () Doghouse () 1. Open The Gate. Written by Eric Stefani. Ironically, the group's self-produced reply, recorded during several sessions from 1993 to early 1995, turned out to be finer than the debut. The synth and new wave influences of the debut are pushed to the background and replaced by a raw sound inspired more by punk. No doubt - the beacon street collection although this release is a 'jump on the success band-wagon', after N'D's latter successes, this is very much an imaginative and experimental insight into thier earlier work, and also a more commited sound to their ska/punk roots.

No Doubt is the eponymous debut studio album by American rock band No Doubt, released on March 17, 1992 by Interscope Records. It was originally recorded as an independent release, but was re-recorded after the band signed with Interscope. It was produced by Dito Godwin and recorded in Los Angeles.

The album was released during a period in which the United States was mainly focused on grunge music, an angst-ridden genre that was almost the complete opposite of No Doubt's upbeat, commercial sound. Despite strong tours, the album failed to perform as well as the record company expected it to, selling only 30,000 copies. The record company refused to fund the release of a single from it, so No Doubt released its only single 'Trapped in a Box' independently. Since the band signed out of Interscope, the band independently produced and released a follow-up to No Doubt titled The Beacon Street Collection in 1995; it had a better commercial performance, selling 100,000 copies, leading Interscope to finance and support their third album Tragic Kingdom (1995).

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Background[edit]

John Spence, Eric Stefani, and Eric's sister Gwen Stefani formed the band as Apple Core in 1986,^[2] having worked together at a local Dairy Queen.^[3] It played small gigs around the Orange County area, with Spence's on-stage antics carrying its performances. Tony Kanal went to one of these early shows and soon joined the band as its bassist. After initially rejecting her advances, he began dating Gwen, but they kept their relationship secret for a year, feeling that it was an unspoken rule that nobody date her.^[4]

In December 1987, Spence committed suicide several days before the band was to play a gig at The Roxy Theatre for record industry employees.^[4] No Doubt disbanded but decided to regroup after several weeks^[4] with Alan Meade taking over vocals.^[3] When Meade left the band, Gwen replaced him as lead singer,^[3] while No Doubt continued to develop a live following in California.^[4] In early 1988, Tom Dumont left Rising, a heavy metal band of which he was a member with his sister,^[5] stating that local metal bands 'were into drinking, wearing Spandex' but that he wanted to focus on music.^[6] He joined No Doubt and replaced Jerry McMahon as the band's guitarist, adding a metal influence to its sound. Adrian Young replaced Chris Webb as the drummer the following year.^[4]

Impressed by the presence of stage diving at ska concerts and Gwen's on-stage presence, Tony Ferguson signed the band to a multi-album deal with the newly created Interscope Records in 1991.^[4]

Music[edit]

Production[edit]

In 1991, No Doubt were signed to Interscope Records, which was a new label at the time. The band had just finished recording an indie CD that they were going to release themselves. When they were signed by the record label, they decided to take advantage of the offer to re-record the CD in a professional studio. However, they weren't receiving any support that they expected:

'And we thought we were recording in a really good studio,' 'But looking back, we were naive. It was almost like an independent release, anyway - there was no push for the record [by Interscope] and no kind of support at all. Everything we did on that record, we did ourselves.^[7]

The band spent less than $13,000 in the process of recording their debut album, featuring both songs written as long ago as 1987 and new songs written specifically for the disk. All of the band members continued going to school to finish their education while recording their debut album in a Los Angeles studio.^[5]

To promote their album, in the summer of 1992 the band went on two two-week tours of the Western area of the United States. In the fall, they embarked on a two-and-a-half month national tour. Due to the commercial failure of their album, Interscope refused to support the tour, leaving the band to finance it themselves.^[8] They played alongside bands such as Rage Against the Machine, Ugly Kid Joe, Sublime, Dance Hall Crashers, 311,^[7]Public Enemy, Pato Banton and The Special Beat.^[5]

Singles[edit]

After the disappointing sales of No Doubt, Interscope did not wish to finance the release of a single from the record. However, the band financed the shooting of a video for the song 'Trapped in a Box' out of their own pockets. Roughly $5,000 was spent on it. The video got local airplay in Orange County but, despite the band's hopes, it was never aired on either MTV or VH1, although it was played on MuchMusic in Canada. It failed to achieve status on any chart. In 2003 the song was released on No Doubt's greatest hits compilation album The Singles 1992-2003 and the video was released on the companion DVD of music videos, The Videos 1992-2003.

Within the booklet from The Singles 1992-2003 is a blurb on each song. The short paragraph on 'Trapped in a Box' states:

The oldest track in this collection, 'Trapped in a Box' is the sole representative of No Doubt's eponymous major label debut and a good barometer for their development. Beginning as a poem Tom wrote for school, bandleader at the time Eric Stefani then shaped the arrangement with everyone contributing lyrics. Together for six years when recorded, the band had moved beyond their ska roots. The horn section and quasi-ska rhythms remain inspired by those early Madness/Fishbone influences, while the emerging sense of flow and pop bounce makes the track a benchmark for the time and a notable milestone today. Ostensibly their first official single, 'Trapped' was admittedly too out there for the radio of the time. It wasn't aggressively promoted and largely fell upon deaf ears in a world enthralled with an 'alternative revolution' mainly centered on male aggression. That changed soon enough.^[9]

The song is based on a poem that guitarist Tom Dumont wrote about being addicted to television and how it can control one's way of thinking.^[9] 19.5degs described the song as 'skiffling' and 'the weakest track [on The Singles 1992-2003] in the way of singing, but [with] smart lyrics'.^[10] Music OMH, however, described the song as a 'kooky, almost novelty single'^[11] and CD Universe described the song as a 'rhythmic workout'.^[12]Rhapsody, in a positive review, described it as 'one of the album's highlights'^[13] and Allmusic called it 'as exciting' as two of No Doubt's more successful singles, 'Hella Good' and 'Just a Girl'.^[14]

Reception[edit]

Significance[edit]

The group's ska sound contrasted greatly with the popular music genre in the USA at the time, grunge music.^[15] The album was a commercial failure, with only 30,000 copies sold.^[3][5] In the words of the program director of KROQ, a Californian radio station on which it was one of the band's driving ambitions to be played: 'It would take an act of God for this band to get on the radio.'^[5][17]

The lack of record company support^[7][18] frustrated the band and led the band to self-produce their next album, The Beacon Street Collection, in a home-made studio, causing them to move away from the slick pop sound desired by Interscope and towards a more punk style.^[19] Their independence shocked their record company representative Tony Ferguson^[20] and the album sold over 100,000 copies^[5] in 1995, the year of its release, over three times as many as No Doubt sold. To capitalize on this success, Interscope offered the band extensive help with their third album, Tragic Kingdom,^[7] under the division Trauma Records to which the band was signed.^[20]

The success of their third album, Tragic Kingdom, led to an interest by fans in the band's earlier albums, No Doubt and The Beacon Street Collection, and many more copies of them were manufactured and sold. The Beacon Street Collection was re-released in October 1997 as part of the band's back catalog and, by the summer of 1997, No Doubt had sold 250,000 copies.^[5]

Critical[edit]

Yahoo! Music reviewer, Bill Holdship, called the album 'a rather nondescript ska-pop effort'.^[21]Allmusic gave the album a mixed review, calling it 'a polished production'. It described the music on the album as 'pop-oriented', with 'new wave keyboards and punchy brass proving a foil to the basic ska framework', and complimented Gwen Stefani's 'extroverted' vocals.^[15]Rhapsody also gave the album a positive review, albeit retrospectively, calling it 'a far cry from the radio pop [the band] became known for'. It described the music as 'bright, colorful, fun' and Gwen Stefani's vocals as 'strong'.^[13]

Track listing[edit]

Credits[edit]

Personnel[edit]

• Gwen Stefani - vocals
• Eric Stefani - keyboard, vocals
• Tom Dumont - guitar
• Tony Kanal - bass
• Adrian Young - percussion, drums
• Eric Carpenter - saxophone
• Don Hammerstedt - trumpet
• Alex Henderson - trombone

Production[edit]

• Producers: No Doubt, Dito Godwin
• Engineer: Michael Carnevale
• Dave Collins - Mastering
• Arrangers: No Doubt
• Horn arrangements: Don Hammerstedt
• Art direction: Kimberly Holt
• Design: Kimberly Holt
• Photography: Chris Cuffaro

Release history[edit]

All information is from the Allmusicpage.

References[edit]

1. ^John Bush. No Doubt at AllMusic. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
2. ^Krohn, Katherine E. (1997). Gwen Stefani. Twenty-First Century Books. p. 22. ISBN0-8225-7157-9.
3. ^ ^abcdVineyard, Jennifer (March 5, 1998). 'Tunes and 'Toons'. OC Weekly. Archived from the original on December 3, 2008. Retrieved September 16, 2009.
4. ^ ^abcdefBehind the Music (April 9, 2000). No Doubt - Behind the Music (Television production). VH1.
5. ^ ^abcdefg'Timeline'. NoDoubt.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2009. Retrieved September 16, 2009.
6. ^Kam, Nadine (April 30, 1998). 'No doubt about it'. Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved September 16, 2009.
7. ^ ^abcdHermanson, Wendy (17 November 1995). 'Just A Girl... Anaheim's No Doubt Sets The 'Rock Feminist' Label On Its Head'. BAM. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2019. From the band's official website.
8. ^'Do you believe in tragic?'^{[permanent dead link]} Aidin Vaziri for Mean Street Magazine December 1995. Retrieved August 26, 2008.
9. ^ ^abMontoya, Paris; Lanham, Tom (2003). The Singles 1992-2003 (liner notes) - Trapped in a Box. No Doubt.
10. ^'Singles reviews'. 19.5degs. Archived from the original on August 22, 2007. Retrieved September 16, 2009.
11. ^McDonnell, Sarah. 'No Doubt - The Singles 1992-2003 (Interscope)'. Music OMH. Retrieved September 16, 2009.
12. ^'No Doubt Singles 1992-2003'. CD Universe. Retrieved September 16, 2009.
13. ^ ^abc'No Doubt by No Doubt'. Rhapsody. Archived from the original on October 28, 2007. Retrieved September 15, 2009.
14. ^Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. 'The Singles 1992-2003'. Allmusic. Retrieved September 16, 2009.
15. ^ ^abcBush, John. 'Review of No Doubt'. Allmusic. Retrieved September 16, 2009.
16. ^'No Doubt: Album Guide'. Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
17. ^Tyrangiel, Josh (April 2, 2000). 'Two-Hit Wonders'. Time. Retrieved May 3, 2007.
18. ^Bush, John. 'No Doubt > Biography'. Allmusic. Retrieved September 17, 2009.
19. ^Bush, John. 'The Beacon Street Collection'. Allmusic. Retrieved September 17, 2009.
20. ^ ^abWithout A Doubt^{[permanent dead link]} by Robert Kinsler for The Orange County Register on December 15, 1995. Retrieved August 31, 2008.
21. ^Holdship, Bill (March 24, 1992). 'Review of No Doubt'. Yahoo! Music. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2009.

External links[edit]

• Video for Trapped in a Box on YouTube

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I'll be working on this article for the next few weeks and will get it up to GA status. -- _{Escape Artist Swyer}^{Talk to me}_{The mess I've made} 22:46, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Nominated. It'll take about two weeks most likely to be reviewed, looking at the backlog at WP:GAN, so hopefully WP:ALBUM will have assessed it by then and I can make improvements. -- _{Escape Artist Swyer}^Talk_{Contributions} 22:32, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

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