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It’s been 11 years since the band’s last album. What took so long? ‘’We made the record of our lives’’,Gwen Stefani says ‘’Otherwise why put something out?’’.
And where Rock Steady produced 30-some songs during an 18-month period,Push and Shove barely made it to 11-for a sold year,it comprised 10 mostly upbeat tracks that ranged from new wave rave-ups like ‘’Lookin’ Hot’’ and ‘’Gravity’’ to the reggae-influenced ‘’Sparkle’’ and ‘’Breakfast Club’’-worthy closer ‘’Dreaming the Same Dream.’’
It wasn’t until Stefani had a night to herself while visiting with husband Gavin Rossdale’s family in London that she got enough inspiration to write ‘’Undone’’,a sweeping ballad that could reasonably be considered the closest thing the band has come to a ‘’Don’t Speak’’ moment-a song that could excite rock,pop and Hot AC radio formats and light a thousand iPhones in concert.
Stent also lends the album a live-band feel that may have been missing from the Pro-Tools-heavy parts of Rock Steady,and it makes songs like ‘’One More Summer’’ and the title track beg to be played live. Though Stefani admits that ‘’it’s going to be challenging’’ to agree upon set lists for the next No Doubt tour,when those dates happen is kind of up in the air,to hear her tell it. ‘’We do want to tour-that’s the goal-but there’s a lot of other things going on where we want to live in the moment,promote the album on the TV shows and do the videos and not let it all be on top of it. Let’s slow down a minute.’’
