Beacon Street Collection
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| Beacon Street Collection | ||
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| Missing image No_Doubt_-_Beacon_Street_Collection.jpg Album cover | ||
| Album by No Doubt | ||
| Released | March 1995 | |
| Recorded | 1993-1995 | |
| Genre | Ska Punk | |
| Length | 41 min 02 sec | |
| Label | Beacon Street | |
| Producer | No Doubt | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| AMG | 4/5 | link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47D1ED847A47E20E0B11A40DEB561F61A8F1AACD83E284541D1B43844C30E79EC40A6D8B1E8B800E203E3FE2FBB5B09CCC8EE56F8906F373888E4A767285E36&uid=MIDMR0411162155&sql=10:vy2ibkg9jak9~T1) |
| No Doubt Chronology | ||
| No Doubt (1992) | Beacon Street Collection (1995) | Tragic Kingdom (1995) |
Beacon Street Collection is a self-produced album by ska punk band No Doubt, released in 1995 (see 1995 in music).
The album was released in a period of frustration for the band. They were waiting for their record company, Interscope Records, to give them studio time to record a follow-up to their self-titled debut. In order to get something out to their fans, they released a collection of ten songs, which had been recorded in three sessions over two years. Two of these sessions occurred in Gwen and Eric Stefani's garage on Beacon Avenue in Anaheim, California, giving the album its name. The house on Beacon Avenue is where the band had lived from about 1990 until around the time they went on their Tragic Kingdom tour. Much to the disgust of Interscope, the band released The Beacon Street Collection on the independent ND Beacon Street label.
However, the trick worked and No Doubt were soon given studio time to record their next album, Tragic Kingdom. Its world-wide success led to The Beacon Street Collection being re-released to a larger audience on Sea Creature/Interscope in 1997.
Track listing
- "Open the Gate" (Dumont, Kanal, No Doubt, Stefani, Stefani, Young) - 3:40
- "Blue in the Face" (No Doubt, Stefani) - 4:35
- "Total Hate '95" (Gonzalez, Leal, No Doubt, Spence) - 3:18
- "Stricken" (Dumont, Kanal, No Doubt, Stefani, Stefani, Stefani) - 4:06
- "Greener Pastures" (Kanal, No Doubt, Stefani) - 5:05
- "By the Way" (Dumont, No Doubt, Stefani) - 4:29
- "Snakes" (Kanal, No Doubt, Stefani) - 4:37
- "That's Just Me" (Keyes, No Doubt, Stefani) - 4:08
- "Squeal" (No Doubt, Stefani) - 2:38
- "Doghouse" (No Doubt, Stefani) - 4:26
Personnel
No Doubt
- Tom Dumont - guitar
- Tony Kanal - bass
- Eric Stefani - keyboard
- Gwen Stefani - vocals
- Adrian Young - percussion, drums
Additional personnel
- Bradley Nowell- vocals
- Phil Jordan - trumpet
- Gabriel McNair - percussion, trombone
Production
- Producer: No Doubt
- Engineers: Ray Blair, Tom Dumont, Colin Mitchell
- Mixing: Tom Dumont, Nicholas Hexum, Colin Mitchell, No Doubt, Scott Ralston, Adrian Young
- Mixing assistants: Nicholas Hexum, Scott Ralston, Adrian Young
- Mastering: Robert Vosgien
- Advisor: Albhy Galuten
- Design: Gwen Stefani
- Layout design: Matt Wignall
- Liner notes: No Doubt