{"id":7666,"date":"2016-05-13T15:48:03","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T19:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altwire.net\/?p=7666"},"modified":"2023-12-06T06:38:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T11:38:04","slug":"review-gwen-stefani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/ru\/review-gwen-stefani\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0420\u0435\u0446\u0435\u043d\u0437\u0438\u044f: \u0413\u0432\u0435\u043d \u0421\u0442\u0435\u0444\u0430\u043d\u0438 \u2013 \u00ab\u0412\u043e\u0442 \u043a\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0434\u0430\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Make me like you? I could get used to this. I used to love you, and frankly, I never stopped. OK, enough already. EVERYONE has heard the new Gwen Stefani album, correct? If not, stop right now, get on your Apple Play and listen to that mo-fo!! Our girl is back! It\u2019s been a while since we\u2019ve seen anything from her except tabloid rumors and Voice<\/b> promotions. This is What the Truth Feels Like<\/i> brings back Gwen in her first solo album since 2006\u2019s The Sweet Escape<\/i>.<\/div>\n
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So\u2026 kind of a big deal.<\/div>\n
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Even as I write this, I just got little chill pimples from the memories of singing those catchy tunes in my mini van with the kid-lets, who are now man-children about to move away to college (insert tears, sniffles\u2026 and moving on).<\/div>\n
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I can\u2019t get enough of Gwen. In my other life, I am a photographer and pseudo make-up artist\/stylist. Gwen encompasses the very essence of what I live and die for in every day life. Those eyes, that confidence, the style, all that is Stefani! I just want to get her in front of my lens and play for at least a whole day. She is “photo-gasmic”! So much that you almost, almost, <\/i>forget that she can sing.<\/div>\n
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I want to just take a few moments to examine this album from the inside out. Come on, let\u2019s  take a look, shall we?<\/div>\n
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First of all, Gwen\u2019s story seems to begin with a  glamorous pseudo-Playboy photo session. The album itself is completely gorgeous. I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ve seen her this beautiful since the Hewlett-Packard campaign of 2006. In fact, I\u2019ll go out on a limb and say that at 46, she has never looked better.<\/div>\n
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When we unfold the booklet within, we journey into Gwen\u2019s bedroom and into the studio, for some more playful shots in a Monroe throwback type bundle of loveliness.<\/div>\n
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She can\u2019t be a day over 20.<\/div>\n
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Seriously Gwen, what\u2019s in the serum or what did<\/i> you promise to the devil? She looks amazing.<\/div>\n
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Stunning.<\/div>\n
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Staggering.<\/div>\n
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While I\u2019m starting to question my sexuality, let\u2019s keep moving.<\/div>\n
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Can we please talk about the bubble writing? Let\u2019s not kid ourselves, pun intended, every girl had a journal just like the one Gwen has laid out before us here.<\/div>\n
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Since when has album art been this fun?<\/div>\n
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I feel like I should post spoiler alerts here for all of this loveliness. In typical Gwen fashion, this whole musical bundle is just cute. It\u2019s sassy, spicy, and you can just feel the girlishness gushing out of the package (oooohhhh\u2026 teenage audience draw! Good one Gwen…nicely done).<\/div>\n
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Now I know no one really buys CD\u2019s anymore, but vinyl is back in. Of course, there\u2019s always the digital download. Invest in the whole thing. Why? Well, because…all the feels. Also, can someone please turn all this art into a font? I\u2019d really appreciate that. Thanks.<\/div>\n
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Now onto the hard stuff. Let\u2019s dig deeper. We\u2019ve fallen in love with the fact that Gwen is back, and that she\u2019s so damn gorgeous. So, let\u2019s take a listen.<\/div>\n
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Everyone, take a break for listening time. No, seriously<\/em>, go do it.<\/div>\n
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Really. No, seriously<\/em>…STOP READING AND LISTEN TO THE WHOLE ALBUM!<\/div>\n
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Did you listen? Don’t you feel better? Did you dance in your seat a little bit? Don\u2019t lie, we all did the butt-cheek rumba to \u201cMisery\u201d<\/em>. It\u2019s ok to admit it. It wasn\u2019t what I was expecting either.<\/div>\n
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Wait, before you storm off, hear me out. Let\u2019s chat a little bit. Over the last 48 hours I have listened to this album no less than 20 times. Each time I listen to it, I feel Gwen\u2019s pain a little bit more. Clearly, she spent a deep amount of time on each lyric.<\/div>\n
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The first half of the album from \u201cMisery\u201d<\/em> \u043a \u201cUsed to Love You\u201d<\/em> is radio-worthy. She\u2019s obviously grown up more than just a little bit, and her voice is nothing less than spectacular. \u201cUsed to Love You\u201d<\/em> reaches through, wraps it\u2019s acrylic-nailed fingers around your pulsating heart, rips it from your chest, throws it on the floor, and stomps all over it. If that wasn\u2019t enough, pull up the video.<\/div>\n
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Yeah, you\u2019re welcome.<\/div>\n
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\u201cMake me Like You\u201d<\/em> may be my favorite track on the album. This is definitely worthy of what we\u2019ve been waiting for. So glad you\u2019re back Gwen. We\u2019ve missed you, even though you never really went away.<\/div>\n
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OK, let\u2019s skip over \u201cSend me a Picture\u201d<\/em>, because…blah. Let\u2019s talk about \u201cRed Flag\u201d<\/em>. Gwen, seriously, WHAT THE F$@%???? “Red Flag” <\/em>\u044f\u0432\u043b\u044f\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f <\/em>reminiscent of \u201cEx-Girlfriend\u201d<\/em> \u0438 \u043d\u0435\u0442 <\/b>in a good way. Gwen takes on rapping in that weird, funky method that only Lady Gaga can get away with.<\/div>\n
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The next 4 songs are definitely B-Sides. While I don\u2019t want to ruin the album for you, it\u2019s like she just gave up after track 6. I will say \u201cMe Without You\u201d<\/em> should be shuffled up in the list to number 7, and we could\u2019ve just stopped there and trashed the rest.<\/div>\n
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So then we have to consider it as a whole. Are 7 decent songs on an album really OK? I\u2019m gonna go with…yes<\/em>! All in all, I loved this album. Isn’t the point of iTunes to be able to select and make playlists of the songs we love and trash the others? I know, I know. Some of you have your mouths gaping,  open with a claw-filtered over going \u201cNa-uh<\/em>, she did NOT just say that\u201d.<\/div>\n
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Yep.<\/div>\n
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Yep, I did. All artists have not-so-great songs on albums, but not all artists have the ability to take the awful songs into a deeper level of embarrassing. So please, just stick with tracks 1-6, shuffle in 11, enjoy the album art and call it a day. We all want to keep on loving you Gwen.<\/div>\n
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Gwen, I do love you. I love that funky style you have and your flawless skin. When I heard Tragic Kingdom<\/i> straight out of the package before anyone else back in 1995, I played it over and over and over until my husband wanted to throw it out the car window.<\/div>\n
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So much of what you\u2019re doing here on side B is like a mistakenly bad throwback to that time. I\u2019m not going to love you any less. However, I\u2019m going to have to give this album a solid B+. I know there will be haters. You probably deserve better, but I can\u2019t with good conscience give it to you.<\/div>\n
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The B+ rating will NOT stop me from seeing the show this summer, or emulating a photo session of my own with these image influences. I\u2019m going to love this album for what it is, and girl I will see you on the road.<\/div>\n
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I promise to bring Chamomile.<\/div>\n
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Album Rating: B+<\/strong><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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