Album: No Doubt, Push and Shove (Polydor/Interscope)

 

Andy Gill
Friday 21 September 2012 14:52 BST
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Their first album since 2001's Rock Steady finds the re-formed No Doubt making only the most tentative divergences from previously tried and tested strategies, which gives Push and Shove a character that could be described as either dated or timeless.

The tendency for modern chart music to blend into a sort of amorphous dance-pop esperanto results in tracks like "Looking Hot" resembling a Kylie-esque club stomper, while on the pleading power-ballad "Undone", Gwen Stefani sounds strikingly like Madonna. But the title-track offers a fun, ebullient return to their ska-punk roots, and the best track, "Settle Down", has a shuffling funk groove pleasingly bookended by mid-eastern-flavoured string intro and relaxed dub finale.

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