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For the song, see The Sweet Escape (song).
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The Sweet Escape is the second solo album by American pop–rock singer Gwen Stefani. It was released in various countries in early December 2006. The first single released from the album was lead track "Wind It Up", which Stefani premiered on her Harajuku Lovers Tour in 2005. During the taping of her TRL performance of the song (which aired December 11, 2006), Stefani confirmed that the second single is to be the title track, "The Sweet Escape" featuring Akon.

Stefani confirmed that she did not intend to make a follow-up album to her 2004 debut solo album Love.Angel.Music.Baby., but loved the song 'Wonderful Life'- a song that she chose to leave off of 'Love.Angel.Music.Baby' and wanted to release it, so she decided to start a new record[1]. It debuted at #1 on the Australian ARIA Urban Album Chart and at #15 on the ARIA Album Chart and went Gold in its first week. The album also charted at #26 on the UK Top 75 Album Chart. The Sweet Escape Tour is set to start in April 2007 and is expected to be a full-on World Tour.

Track listing

  1. "Wind It Up" - 3:09
  2. "The Sweet Escape" featuring Akon - 4:06
  3. "Orange County Girl" - 3:23
  4. "Early Winter" - 4:44
  5. "Now That You Got It" - 2:59
  6. "4 In the Morning" - 4:51
  7. "Yummy" featuring Pharrell - 4:57
  8. "Fluorescent" - 4:18
  9. "Breakin' Up" - 3:46
  10. "Don't Get It Twisted" - 3:37
  11. "U Started It" - 3:08
  12. "Wonderful Life" - 4:08

Bonus tracks

  • "Wind It Up" (Harajuku Lovers live version) - 3:26

iTunes pre-order version, Australia/Europe/Japan/UK editions

iTunes version, Japan edition

iTunes version

  • "Orange County Girl" (Harajuku Lovers live video)

Australia/Europe/Japan/UK editions

  • "Danger Zone" (Harujuku Lovers live audio)

North America, if bought from Best Buy. Exclusive track

Critical response

The Sweet Escape received a mixed response from critics. Stephen Erlewine wrote for All Music Guide, "from the stilted production to the fashion fetish, all the way down to her decision to rap on far too much of the album, all the dance-pop here seems like a pose".[6] For Entertainment Weekly, Sia Michel said that the album "has a surprisingly moody, lightly autobiographical feel" but that "Stefani isn't convincing as a dissatisfied diva".[7] Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine noted that "history will likely view The Sweet Escape as a retread of Stefani's well-received solo debut, but it shares that album's general inconsistency and, thus, its peaks and valleys".[8]

Singles

Sales

The album sold 243,000 copies during it's first week on sale in the USA according to Billboard.com and Nielsen Soundscan, debuting at number 3 on the Billboard 200[2], and a further 149,000 copies were shifted during week two, which saw The Sweet Escape fall to number 14[3]. After three weeks on sale, Gwen remained at #14.

Charts

Notes

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  6. ^ "Canadian Recording Industry Association". December 2006 publication. Retrieved December 27 2006.

References

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