No Doubt Tragic Kingdom

No Doubt Tragic KingdomNo Doubt: Gwen Stefani (vocals); Tom Dumont (guitar); Eric Stefani (piano, keyboards); Tony Kanal (bass); Adrian Young (drums, percussion). Additional personnel: Aloke DasGupta (sitar); Melissa Hasin (cello); Gerard Boisse, Bill Bergman (saxophone); Greg Smith (baritone saxophone); Phil Jordan, Les Lovitt (trumpet); Nick Lane (trombone); Gabe McNair (trombone, percussion); Matthew Wilder (keyboards); Stephen Perkins (steel drums). Engineers include:

but a collection of heretofore unheard and excellent early Van Zandt material

and in retrospect

Engineers: Karl Derfler

there is a solid and cohesive through-line

confessional

doesn't tamper with the formula: Pink's powerhouse vocals and in-your-face approach

this becomes too literal and repetitive

With Native Sons the band set out to showcase all of these influences with their own take on the songs of Los Angeles from some of the cities greatest songwriters

” “Perfect Illusion

the vibe shifts slightly back to the soulful pop that's remained at Maroon 5's core since the beginning

Intense heavy rock sound

and there is the occasional bit of mixing trickery courtesy of the record's mix engineer Chris Coady