Push And Shove
| No Doubt
Push And Shove
Push and Shove is the sixth studio album by American rock band No Doubt. The album serves as a comeback album for the band, as their last album, Rock Steady, was released over 10 years prior. - Wikipedia
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Consequence of Sound
Sounds like it’s on power-pop autopilot
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Billboard
Celebration of No Doubt's love for all things 80s pop and the Southern California ska scene.
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Idolator
The slowly cooked results are spectacular
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The Guardian
No Doubt are the only white fortysomethings who could pull off an electro-reggae number that challenges the listener
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The Rolling Stone
Leans toward synthpop-flavored ballads with grown-up themes: relationship struggles, the rewards of long-term romance
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The Hollywood Reporter
"The songs are catchy, but Gwen Stefani doesn't have the voice, or the gravitas, for grandiose tunes" - Rolling Stone’s Jody Rosen
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Red Eye
It's mostly bouncy, ska-tinged fun.
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Pop Crush
The band took its time recording 'Push and Shove,' a decision that ultimately proved wise.
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Sputnik Music
Stefani, sounding like a drugged-up hybrid of Neneh Cherry and the woman who sang on that awful “Coco Jambo” song
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UWire
“Push and Shove” discusses relationship dynamics and confidence
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New York Daily
Retains the buff tunes, ripped rhythms and dewy arrangements of songs they cut back in their 20s.
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UProxx
The passage of time has given the band added musical confidence.
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Digital Spy
Its merging of ska and punk with a sprinkling of reggae over Gwen Stefani's distinctive pop vocal is as much of a welcome anomaly
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AllMusic
No Doubt remain a group of SoCal kids enraptured by the ska revival and new wave.
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USA Today
The band members seek to show their roots while making a case for their enduring freshness and relevance.
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Musical Hype
Exotic and embracing ska to the fullest, this cut sounds like signature
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Independent
Broke through with saccharine balladry, and peaked with electro R&B
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Independent
Blend into a sort of amorphous dance-pop Esperanto
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The Paw Print
There are some tracks on the album that are reminiscent of the 90’s No Doubt
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Punk News
Push and Shove is symptomatic with modern pop music today.
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B Sides Tv
Most of the lyrics are dumbed down to a painful, tedious point and I found myself wishing they’d added more depth and detail.
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Music OMH
There's a continuation of the exploration of dancehall rhythms that began on Rock Steady.
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Redbrick
The use of reggae, amongst other elements of electro and old school rock, contributes to the originality of this album.
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The Aure View
Some influences from Stefani’s solo adventures with have made a bit of a stamp on the album
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ReadJunk
Push and Shove” is nothing more than a throwaway album
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Rock Sucker
Sound like the product of Stefani with a team of producers than any kind of band effort.
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Taking Over the Universe
The album starts off with "Settle Down", which by now I am completely sick of
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Exclaim
Reported that their collaboration with Diplo and Switch's dub project
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SoCal Music Today
Much of the album also sounds like Stefani’s solo material
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Express
You could argue they haven’t moved on enough from tracks such as Don’t Speak and Just A Girl
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New York Times
No Doubt is a survivor of pop-punk’s early-to-mid-1990s breakthrough
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The Appalachian
Features DJs Major Lazer and Busy Signal which brings the album into the modern era
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Las Vegas Weekly
It’s in dire need of an editor
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The Telegraph
I wish they’d gone for a crunchier, more scuffed sound
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Common Sense Media
Includes very light allusions to sexual situations, drinking, and smoking
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The West Australian
Blends dancehall with dubstep
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Northwest Herald
This is a grownup No Doubt, which means a dialed-down No Doubt.
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Hifi Magazine
They pull off a slight upgrade of synthpop while clinging to some of their familiar trends.
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C Ville
Push & Shove is littered with sappy mid-tempo numbers
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Drowned in Sound
There was the occasional flirtation with the mainstream
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Mr. Will Wong
Push and Shove is a leap forward musically for one of Pop Music’s flashiest outfits
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The Grape Juice
No Doubt's first album in 10 years
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Daily Trojan
Expectations were too high or No Doubt has simply grown out of their ska-punk roots
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Edmonton Journal
Ranges from Morocco-meets-dancehall to Tron-rock to dreamy electro-pop
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Entertainment.ie
Don't pack the same lyrical punch that they used to
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Montreal Gazette
Energy is also contagious.
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