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MTV.com (Nov. 22nd 2001)

No Doubt could hardly have been in a better, more relaxed mood than when we caught up with them 24 hours before they were to take the stage at Madison Square Garden in support of U2.

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MTV News (Oct. 31st 2001)

Considering her good looks and celebrity status, you'd think Gwen Stefani of No Doubt would receive more than her share of suitors and gawkers, but she said her admirers pale in comparison to those that scream, drool and faint for her bandmates.

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Music Connection (May 22nd 2000)

After five years, and despite dramatic changes in the public’s musical taste, this Southern California quartet have returned with a top-selling, critically acclaimed new album, Return of Saturn, their fourth, which shows how a band can grow and mature with its audience.

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Entertainment Weekly (May 12th 2000)

They came from within: the intra-band battles, that is. But now that No Doubt have emerged from a rocky hiatus with Return of Saturn, only Gwen Stefani’s internal conflicts still rage.

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USA Today (May 3rd 2000)

Selling 11 million copies of a breakthrough album should foster enough self-confidence to brave any obstacle, even one as towering as bubble-gum croon group 'N Sync. But No Doubt knows doubt.

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SPIN (May 2000)

Tired of ska, bored of bindis, and suffering from nasty writer’s block, No Doubt looked back to the ‘80s for inspiration, conjuring a new-wave fest that would do missing persons proud. Now if only a certain person would propose…

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NY Rock (May 2000)

The past couple of years have been pretty quiet for No Doubt, particularly compared with the media hype the band experienced after the release of their 1995 album Tragic Kingdom. 

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Chart (May 2000)

The perky singer with her cotton candy-coloured hair and Betty Boop voice is the subject of fashion spreads and gossip columns, but the band has remained relatively anonymous

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The Telegraph (April 15th 2000)

With her Minnie Mouse voice, crop tops and Indian-influenced make-up, Gwen Stefani became an unlikely American icon. Yet, amid all the acclaim, the lead singer of No Doubt has been tortured by self-loathing and broken relationships.

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Rolling Stone (April 12th 2000)

No Doubt deliver Return of Saturn, their first album of new material in five years, following an unusually harrowing period of confusion, depression and ultimate redemption. To hear singer Gwen Stefani tell it, "The last few years were definitely not my favorite in my life."

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