Love. Angel. Music. Baby.

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Love. Angel. Music. Baby.

Studio album by Gwen Stefani
Released	November 23 2004
Recorded	2004
Genre	Pop, R&B, dance
Length	48:27
Label	Interscope
Producer(s)	Andre 3000, Dallas Austin, Dr. Dre, Nellee Hooper, Tony Kanal, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, The Neptunes, Mark "Spike" Stent, Johnny Vulture
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Gwen Stefani chronology
—	Love. Angel. Music. Baby. (2004)	The Sweet Escape (2006)

Love. Angel. Music. Baby. is the debut solo album by American pop–rock singer Gwen Stefani. It was released by Interscope Records on November 23 2004 (see 2004 in music). It topped the chart in Australia and reached the top five in Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the United States. It received two Grammy Award nominations.

The album spent sixty-eight weeks on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart and sold more than 3.7 million copies, being certified triple platinum. In Canada it spent seventy weeks on the albums chart and sold close to 500,000 copies, and was certified quintuple platinum.<ref name=can-sales>Canadian CRIA certification</ref>

As of late 2006, it had sold approximately six million copies worldwide.<ref name=mediatraffic>[1]</ref>

1 Track listing
2 Production
3 Additional collaborations
4 Charts
5 Singles
6 Certifications
7 References

[edit] Track listing

"What You Waiting For?" – 3:41
"Rich Girl" (featuring Eve) – 3:56
"Hollaback Girl" – 3:20
"Cool" – 3:09
"Bubble Pop Electric" (featuring Johnny Vulture) – 3:42
"Luxurious" – 4:24
"Harajuku Girls" – 4:51
"Crash" – 4:06
"The Real Thing" – 4:11
"Serious" – 4:48
"Danger Zone" – 3:36
"Long Way to Go" (performed with André 3000) – 4:34

International bonus track

"The Real Thing" (Slow Jam mix)

UK/Japan bonus track

"What You Waiting For?" (Elevator mix)

Bonus CD

"What You Waiting For?" (Jacques Lu Cont TWD mix)
"What You Waiting For?" (Jacques Lu Cont TWD dub)
"What You Waiting For?" (live)
"Harajuku Girls" (live)
"Hollaback Girl" (Hollatronix remix By Diplo)
"Cool" (Photex remix)
"Hollaback Girl" (dance Hollaback remix By Tony Kanal)

[edit] Production

Producers: André 3000, Dallas Austin, Dr. Dre, Nellee Hooper, Jimmy Jam, Tony Kanal, Terry Lewis, The Neptunes, Mark "Spike" Stent
Engineers: Andrew Coleman, Greg Collins, Ian Cross, John Frye, Simon Gogerly, Mauricio "Veto" Irragorri, Jason Lader, Matt Marrin, Colin Mitchell, Pete Novak, Ian Rossiter, Rick Sheppard
Assistant engineers: Warren Bletcher, Nick Ferrero, Jason Finkel, Francis Forde, Cesar Guevara, Rob Haggett, Doug Harms, Rouble Kapoor, Kevin Mills, Glenn Pittman, Ian Rossiter, Jaime Sickora, Sean Tallman, David Treahern, John Warren
Mixing: André 3000, Greg Collins, Dr. Dre, Lee Groves, Mark "Spike" Stent, Phil Tan
Mastering: Brian "Big Bass" Gardener
A&R: Jimmy Iovine, Mark Anthony Williams
Programming: Simon Gogerly, Tony Kanal, Jason Lader, Sam "LA More" Littlemore, Aidan Love, Ewan Pearson, André 3000 as "Johnny Vulture"
MIDI design: Rick Sheppard
Sound design: Rick Sheppard
Guitar engineer: Linda Perry
Keyboard engineer: Linda Perry
Cut: Cutmaster Swift
Web service: Ray Ibe
Creative director: Gwen Stefani
Art direction: Jolie Clemens
Art coordinator: Nicole Frantz
Layout design: Jolie Clemens
Photo coordination: Nicole Frantz
Photography: Nick Knight
Logo illustration: Johnny Copeland
Type illustration: Johnny Copeland
Package coordinator: Cindy Cooper

[edit] Additional collaborations

In addition to artists who are explicitly credited on the album inlay, Stefani had a number of other artists involved in either the writing or performing of the songs on the album, including Peter Hook and Bernard Sumner of New Order on "The Real Thing". These artists are credited on the album's website. Linda Perry also worked with Stefani on several tracks for the album, though none appeared on the final LP in the forms demoed/recorded by Perry.

[edit] Charts

Charts (2004)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart	1
Mexican Albums Chart	2
Canadian Albums Chart	3
Finnish Albums Chart	3
UK Albums Chart	4
New Zealand Albums Chart	5
U.S. Billboard 200 Albums Chart	5
United World Chart	6
Swedish Albums Chart	8
German Albums Chart	11
Austrian Albums Chart	12

[edit] Singles

"What You Waiting For?": the album's first single occupied the Australian Singles Chart number-one position for two weeks. The dance song was a club success across the world and features 21C production.
"Rich Girl": the second single samples "If I Were a Rich Man" from Fiddler on the Roof. It was a top twenty success across the world.
"Hollaback Girl": the third single occupied the U.S. Hot 100 number-one position for four weeks. Elsewhere, it was less popular. The composition includes drums, piano and saxophone, and was the first U.S. digital download to sell one million copies.
"Cool": the fourth single occupied the Canadian Singles Chart number-one position for two weeks. Elsewhere, it performed moderately. The lyrical content chronicles Stefani's realtionship with Tony Kanal.
"Luxurious": the fifth single occupied the Portuguese Singles Chart number-one position for one week. Elsewhere, it was far less successful than its predecessors. It samples The Isley Brothers' "Between the Sheets" and features many major scale instruments.
"Crash": the sixth single was released in lieu of Stefani's pregnancy. It was not promoted and received minimal radio and television airplay.
"Serious" was supposed to be released as the sixth single, but this never materialized. A music video was filmed that will appear on Stefani's upcoming tour DVD.