The Beacon Street Collection
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| Beacon Street Collection | ||
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| Studio album by No Doubt | ||
| Released | March 1995 | |
| Recorded | 1993-1995 | |
| Genre | Ska punk | |
| Length | 41:02 | |
| Label | Beacon Street | |
| Producer(s) | No Doubt | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| 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 mix sessions for the first seven songs and tracking/ overdubs were done over two very long weekends in February of 1995 at Clear Lake Audio with engineer Colin Mitchell. One of the days Bradley Nowell from Sublime came in and did his part on "Total Hate 95". As a piece of trivia it was Adrian Young who manually kicked in the flanger in the dreamy middle sections of "Snakes". Meanwhile on the back island in the control room Gwen assembled the collage of pictures found in the CD booklet. 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 chagrin 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.
The song "Snakes" was featured on the 1996 Beavis and Butthead Do America soundtrack.
[edit] Track listing
- "Open the Gate" (Eric Stefani, Gwen Stefani, Tom Dumont, Tony Kanal, Adrian Young) – 3:40
- "Blue in the Face" (E. Stefani) – 4:35
- "Total Hate '95" (John Spence, Chris Leal, Gabriel "Papa Gallo" Gonzalez II) – 3:18
- "Stricken" (E. Stefani, Kanal, G. Stefani, Dumont) – 4:06
- "Greener Pastures" (Kanal, G. Stefani) – 5:05
- "By the Way" (Dumont, G. Stefani) – 4:29
- "Snakes" (Kanal, G. Stefani) – 4:37
- "That's Just Me" (Eric Keyes, E. Stefani) – 4:08
- "Squeal" (E. Stefani) – 2:38
- "Doghouse" (E. Stefani) – 4:26
[edit] Personnel
No Doubt
- Tom Dumont - guitar
- Tony Kanal - bass
- Eric Stefani - keyboard
- Gwen Stefani - vocals
- Adrian Young - percussion, drums
Additional personnel
- Bradley Nowell- vocals (track 3)
- Phil Jordan - trumpet
- Gabrial McNair - percussion, trombone
[edit] 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: Nick Hexum, Scott Ralston, Adrian Young
- Mastering: Robert Vosgien
- Advisor: Albhy Galuten
- Design: Gwen Stefani
- Layout design: Matt Wignall
- Liner notes: No Doubt
| No Doubt |
| Tom Dumont - Tony Kanal - Gwen Stefani - Adrian Young |
| Touring band: Stephen Bradley - Gabrial McNair |
| Former members: John Spence - Eric Stefani |
| Discography |
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| Albums: No Doubt - The Beacon Street Collection - Tragic Kingdom - Return of Saturn - Rock Steady |
| Compilations: The Singles 1992-2003 - Everything in Time - Boom Box |
| DVDs: Live in the Tragic Kingdom - Rock Steady Live - The Videos: 1992-2003 |
