The Sweet Escape

The Sweet Escape
Studio album by Gwen Stefani
Released December 1, 2006 (2006-12-01)
(see release history)
Recorded 2005–2006
Genre Pop, dance-pop, electropop, synthpop, pop rock, R&B
Length 47:46
Label Interscope
Producer Akon, Tim Rice-Oxley, Sean Garrett, Nellee Hooper, Tony Kanal, The Neptunes, Swizz Beatz, Giorgio Tuinfort
Gwen Stefani chronology
Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
(2004)		 The Sweet Escape
(2006)
Alternate cover
Alternate cover in some European countries
Singles from The Sweet Escape
  1. "Wind It Up"
    Released: October 31, 2006
  2. "The Sweet Escape"
    Released: January 1, 2007
  3. "4 in the Morning"
    Released: June 21, 2007
  4. "Now That You Got It"
    Released: September 17, 2007
  5. "Early Winter"
    Released: October 1, 2007

The Sweet Escape is the second and, to date, final solo studio album by American recording artist Gwen Stefani, released in the United States on December 5, 2006 by Interscope Records. Having originally intended to return to No Doubt after her 2004 solo album Love. Angel. Music. Baby., Stefani decided to record a second album as a way to release some of the material left over from the L.A.M.B. writing sessions. The album musically resembles its predecessor while exploring more modern pop sounds. It was released to generally mixed reviews from contemporary music critics, receiving criticism for its strong similarities to L.A.M.B.

It was preceded by the lead single "Wind It Up", which charted moderately across the world, and produced the follow-up single "The Sweet Escape", which proved more successful worldwide. The Sweet Escape reached the Canadian, U.S., and Australian top five and peaked inside the top twenty in the UK. The Sweet Escape Tour, started in April 2007, covered North America, Central America, Australia, Asia, and Europe.

Contents

Conception

Background

Following the release of her debut album Love. Angel. Music. Baby., Stefani announced that she had intended to return to No Doubt and record a sixth studio album with the band.[1] After the commercial success of L.A.M.B., she decided to release several leftover tracks from the album as an EP or as extra tracks on a DVD.[2] However, Pharrell Williams, with whom she had collaborated to write "Hollaback Girl", convinced Stefani to create "a L.A.M.B. part two",[2] and the two recorded several songs during sessions in Miami, Florida in July 2005.[3]

The two produced "Wind It Up", "Orange County Girl", "U Started It", "Yummy", "Breaking Up", and "Candyland" during these sessions, and the songs were used for a fashion show premiering the 2006 collection of Stefani's fashion line L.A.M.B.[4] She included performances of "Wind It Up" and "Orange County Girl" when she embarked on the Harajuku Lovers Tour in October 2005.[5] Stefani put the project on hold in December 2005 when she discovered that she was pregnant,[6] but returned to the studio in August 2006.[7] The album's working title was Candyland, sharing its name with a never-released track that has only been looped via her fashion show soundtrack. The title was changed to The Sweet Escape, the title of the second track, to emphasize the album's themes of wanting to escape to a better life.[8]

Album cover

The album cover was taken by photographer Jill Greenberg. The image was part of a series of promotional images taken by Greenberg, inspired by her previous End Times exhibition. To create End Times, Greenberg gave lollipops to toddlers but took them back after several moments, provoking emotional outbursts. Greenberg used the images as a representation of American politics and society.[9] Greenberg was accused of child abuse for the photo shoots; Stefani, however, commented, "I didn't think 'child abuse' -- I just thought, 'That's beautiful.' Every kid cries. Other people reacted like, 'Oh my God. That's so disturbing,' or 'That's so sad.' I guess that's what art's all about. It's supposed to make you think."[10]

Gwen Stefani's appearance on the album cover is inspired by that of Elvira Hancock, a coke whore portrayed by Michelle Pfeiffer in the 1983 film Scarface. Stefani first gained inspiration for the style while shooting the music video for "Cool" in Lake Como, Italy. During the shoot, Stefani saw her No Doubt bandmate Tony Kanal and his girlfriend, who had on a "long, peach, polyester [late-1970s style] dress". It was this dress that got Stefani thinking "about Michelle Pfeiffer and how amazingly styled she was [in Scarface]", which in turn drew inspiration for the cover.[11] The pair of oversized sunglasses on the album cover is intended to represent her "guarded exterior", and the other images symbolize her various emotions.[12] It is the first and only album to bear the Parental Advisory sticker in Stefani's solo career.

Reception

Critical response

 Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[13]
Entertainment Weekly (B+)[14]
The Guardian 4/5 stars[15]
The New York Times (unfavorable)[16]
NME (4/10)[17]
The Observer 3/5 stars[18]
Pitchfork Media (6.5/10)[19]
PopMatters (4/10)[20]
Rolling Stone 2/5 stars[21]
Slant Magazine 3/5 stars[22]

The Sweet Escape received mixed responses from critics.[23] Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote for Allmusic: "From the stilted production to the fashion fetish, all the way down to her decision to rap on far too much of the album, all the dance-pop here seems like a pose."[13] Alex Miller's review for the NME was more emphatic, dubbing it "this year's bargain-bin fodder", and stated that "the majority of this record serves only to bury what made Gwen Stefani unique in the first place."[17] For Entertainment Weekly, Sia Michel said that the album "has a surprisingly moody, lightly autobiographical feel" but that "Stefani isn't convincing as a dissatisfied diva".[14] Pitchfork Media's Mark Pytlik described the album's oddities as a career risk for Stefani, where most of the "gonzo pop songs yield some degree of payout" but that Stefani's tight scheduling during production of the album leaves the result "somewhere between the vanguard and the insipid."[19] Paul Flynn of The Observer, however, characterized the album as less interesting than Fergie's The Dutchess and Nelly Furtado's Loose.[18]

The album received criticism for its similarities to Love. Angel. Music. Baby. Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine noted that "[h]istory will likely view The Sweet Escape as a retread of Stefani's well-received solo debut, but it shares that album's general inconsistency and, thus, its peaks and valleys".[22] In his review for Rolling Stone, Rob Sheffield agreed, viewing it as "her hasty return" to music lacking the energy of L.A.M.B. and in which "she sounds exhausted."[21] The New York Times' Jon Pareles commented that Stefani "rebooks some of the same producers and repeats some of the old tricks with less flair", adding that "superficiality is more fun when it doesn't get so whiny."[16] Caroline Sullivan disagreed in her review for The Guardian, in which she stated that although some of the songs date back to the 2003 writing sessions for L.A.M.B., "generally The Sweet Escape feels minty-fresh."[15] PopMatters' review by Quentin B. Huff, however, referred to The Sweet Escape as L.A.M.B.: Reloaded and described The Sweet Escape and L.A.M.B. as "the same album, just add more rap, a glossy Next-Top-Model-ish photo for the cover, and a few more recent-sounding influences."[20]

Commercial performance

The Sweet Escape was moderately successful in North America, but did not achieve the success of its predecessor. The album sold 243,000 copies in the U.S. during its first week, debuting at number three on the Billboard 200,[24] It sold another 149,000 copies during its second week, falling to number fourteen.[25] The record has since been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.[26] The Canadian Recording Industry Association certified The Sweet Escape platinum eight days prior to the album's release,[27] and double platinum on March 5, 2007.[28]

In the United Kingdom, the album was certified gold within three weeks of its release,[29] and peaked at number fourteen in March 2007.[30] It was less successful throughout Europe, peaking in the top ten in Norway and Switzerland; the top twenty in Austria, Finland, Ireland, and Sweden; and the top forty in Belgium, France, Germany, and the Netherlands.[30] The Sweet Escape reached number two for two consecutive weeks on the ARIA Albums Chart,[30] and the Australian Recording Industry Association certified it double platinum.[31]

Track listing

# Title Writers Producer Length
1. "Wind It Up" Gwen Stefani, Pharrell Williams, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II The Neptunes 3:09
2. "The Sweet Escape" (featuring Akon) Stefani, Aliaune Thiam, Giorgio Tuinfort Akon 4:06
3. "Orange County Girl" Stefani, Williams The Neptunes 3:23
4. "Early Winter" Stefani, Tim Rice-Oxley Nellee Hooper 4:44
5. "Now That You Got It" Stefani, Sean Garrett, Kaseem Dean Swizz Beatz 2:59
6. "4 in the Morning" Stefani, Tony Kanal Kanal 4:51
7. "Yummy" (featuring Pharrell) Stefani, Williams The Neptunes 4:57
8. "Fluorescent" Stefani, Kanal Kanal 4:18
9. "Breakin' Up" Stefani, Williams The Neptunes 3:46
10. "Don't Get It Twisted" Stefani, Kanal Kanal 3:37
11. "U Started It" Stefani, Williams The Neptunes 3:08
12. "Wonderful Life" Stefani, Linda Perry Hooper 3:58
Bonus tracks

Personnel

Musicians

  • Vocals: Gwen Stefani, Sean Garrett, Kingston Rossdale, Talent Bootcamp Kids
  • Baritone: Stephen Bradley, Gabrial McNair
  • Bass guitar: Alex Dromgoole, Greg Collins
  • Electric guitar: Matt Beck, Alex Dromgoole, Greg Collins, Martin Gore, Richard Hawley, Tony Love, Mark Ralph

Production

  • Engineering: Andrew Alekel, Angelo Aponte, Julian Chan, Andrew Coleman, Bojan Dugich, Brian Garten, Simon Gogerly, Keith Gretlein, Neil Kanal, Jonathan Merritt, Kevin Mills, Colin Mitchell
  • Assistant engineers: Yvon Bling, Alex Dromgoole, Jason Finkel, Hart Gunther, Ryan Kennedy, Kevin Mills, Glenn Pittman, Ian Rossiter, Steve Tolle
  • Vocal engineering: Greg Collins
  • Orchestra production: Ron Fair
  • Production: Akon, Sean Garrett, Nellee Hooper, Tony Kanal, The Neptunes, Mark "Spike" Stent, Swizz Beatz, Giorgio Tuinfort
  • Vocal production: Greg Collins
  • Programming: Akon, Neil Kanal, Tony Kanal, Aidan Love, Ewan Pearson, Giorgio Tuinfort
  • Mixing: Pete Davis, Mark "Spike" Stent, Phil Tan, Richard Travali
  • Mastering: Brian Gardener
  • A&R: Trinka Baggetta, Jimmy Iovine, Mark Williams
  • Photography: Cindy Cooper, Nicole Frantz, Jill Greenberg
  • Art and layout direction: Jolie Clemens
  • Art and package coordination: Cindy Cooper, Nicole Frantz

Charts

Chart positions

Chart (2006/2007) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[30] 2
Austrian Albums Chart[30] 18
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[30] 40
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[32] 42
Canadian Albums Chart[33] 3
Danish Albums Chart[30] 23
Dutch Albums Chart[30] 35
Finnish Albums Chart[30] 15
French Albums Chart[30] 33
German Albums Chart[34] 17
Hungarian Albums Chart[35] 20
Irish Albums Chart[30] 16
Italian Albums Chart[36] 78
Japanese Albums Chart[37] 7
Mexican Albums Chart[30] 39
New Zealand Albums Chart[30] 4
Norwegian Albums Chart[30] 5
Polish Albums Chart[30] 29
Swedish Albums Chart[30] 19
Swiss Albums Chart[30] 8
UK Albums Chart[30] 14
U.S. Billboard 200[33] 3

Certifications

Country Certification
(sales thresholds)
Australia 2× platinum[31]
Canada 2× platinum[28]
Denmark Gold[38]
Germany Gold[39]
Hungary Gold[40]
Japan Gold[41]
New Zealand Platinum[42]
Norway Gold[43]
Poland Gold[44]
Russia 2× platinum[45]
Switzerland Platinum[46]
United Kingdom Gold[29]
United States Platinum[26]

Year-end charts

Chart (2007) Position
Australian Albums Chart[47] 21
Austrian Albums Chart[48] 58
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[49] 90
European Top 100 Albums[50] 42
French Albums Chart[51] 118
German Albums Chart[52] 71
Swiss Albums Chart[53] 47
UK Albums Chart[54] 68
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[55] 15

Release history

Country Date Label
Germany December 1, 2006[56] Universal
Australia December 2, 2006[57]
United Kingdom December 4, 2006[58] Polydor
United States December 5, 2006[33] Interscope
Italy December 7, 2006[59] Universal
Japan January 31, 2007[37]

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External links

Gwen Stefani
Albums
Love. Angel. Music. Baby. · The Sweet Escape
Singles
"What You Waiting For?" · "Rich Girl" · "Hollaback Girl" · "Cool" · "Luxurious" · "Crash" · "Wind It Up" · "The Sweet Escape" · "4 in the Morning" · "Now That You Got It" · "Early Winter"
Guest appearances
"South Side" · "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" · "Can I Have It Like That"
Video albums
Harajuku Lovers Live
Tours
"Harajuku Lovers Tour 2005" · "The Sweet Escape Tour"
Related articles

Discography · Awards and nominations · No Doubt · L.A.M.B. · Harajuku Lovers · Harajuku Girls · Gavin Rossdale