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| 3.0 good | Jared Floryan | February 18th 16 |
Released in 1995, Tragic Kingdom was one of the albums that helped begin the ska revival of the 90s at the time this record first came out, thus persuading record labels to sign more ska-tinged acts so they could attract bigger attention. No Doubt's third studio effort was an ever interesting phoenix back then, and I can honestly say that its batch of tunes are still a whole lot of fun to jam ("Spiderwebs" in particular being a personal favorite). A couple years had passed after Tragic Kingdom's launch date, with 2000 introducing us to Return of Saturn. Whilst not entirely different from its predecessor, ND's fourth full-length album boasts an alternative-oriented sound, thereby also allowing for a greater emphasis on experimentation. Though the record is undeniably neat from a craftsmanship standpoint, its overall compositions (i.e. the amount of diversity) prove inconsistent regarding quality; songs like "Simple Kind of Life," "Bathwater," and "Marry Me" are great songwriting-wise, but then there's drivel such as "Six Feet Under" and "Comforting Lie" which could've easily been scrapped. Return of Saturn demonstrates that there are music releases in the world that suffer from too much variation as much as they benefit from the characteristic. It's a giant step backwards for Anaheim-based rock group No Doubt when compared to the last two offerings, but damn do some of these ditties go in!
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| 5.0 classic | tittyfatMUSE | December 10th 14 |
Tbh, Return of Saturn is a guaranteed classic. The songwriting on this album is everything. Sadly, Gwen, Tom, Tony and Adrian can't coalesce as well as they did during the ROS era. MAKES ME SAD!!!!!
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| 0.0 | mandan | May 2nd 13 |
Even though Tragic Kingdom is a bona fide 90's classic, Return to Saturn feels more like a step down for the band. Not a bad album, but definitely has it's filler moments.
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| 3.2 good | Trey STAFF | August 3rd 23 |
| 3.0 good | Jalapeno CONTRIBUTOR | December 16th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dubboop | March 10th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Josh | September 2nd 20 |
| 2.5 average | Enki | April 9th 20 |
| 2.5 average | vradooo | October 12th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | dunnope | September 23rd 18 |
| 4.5 superb | rmcrae | August 19th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | kb3984 | December 3rd 17 |
| 3.0 good | Skate3 | October 3rd 17 |
| 3.0 good | Devius | December 2nd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Divaman | September 1st 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | NateMa | January 19th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Mazza | June 22nd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | MaggieG | January 19th 14 |
| 3.5 great | frowny | December 28th 12 |
| 2.5 average | Oddsy | November 5th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | JoshieG | September 30th 12 |
| 2.0 poor | Solisis | September 24th 12 |
| 3.5 great | kojpl | April 19th 12 |
| 2.5 average | Trebor. EMERITUS | August 13th 11 |
| 3.5 great | itchy | April 28th 11 |
| 3.5 great | ALEZ4 | September 5th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | Lilith | March 25th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Taylor | December 14th 08 |
| 3.5 great | Sconza | December 10th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | Groogen | November 2nd 08 |
| 3.0 good | iamsb | January 5th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jarrod | August 28th 07 |
| 3.5 great | Pizza | August 22nd 07 |
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