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{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Tragic Kingdom
| artist = [[No Doubt]]
| Type = studio
| cover = No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom.png
| released = {{Start date|1995|10|10}}
| Artist = [[No Doubt]]
| Cover = No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom.jpg
| recorded = March 1993 October 1995
| studio = {{flatlist|
| Released = [[October 10]], [[1995 in music|1995]]
* [[Total Access Recording|Total Access]] (Redondo Beach)
| Recorded =<small>Total Access Recording, [[Redondo Beach, CA]], The Recording Plant, [[Hollywood, CA]], Santa Monica Sound, [[Santa Monica, CA]], NRG Studios, [[North Hollywood, CA]], Rumbo Recorders, [[Canoga Park, CA]], Mars Recording, [[Santa Monica, CA]], Studio 4, [[Santa Monica, CA]] Grandmaster Recorders, [[Hollywood, CA]], Clear Lake Audio, [[North Hollywood, CA]], Red Zone Studios, [[Burbank, CA]], North Vine Studios, [[Hollywood, CA]]</small>
* [[Record Plant|The Record Plant]] (Hollywood)
| Genre = [[Ska-punk]]<br>[[Post-grunge]]<!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THIS GENRE WITHOUT A TALK PAGE DISCUSSION. CONSENSUS STATES THAT WE KEEP IT SIMPLE. -->
* Santa Monica Sound (Santa Monica)
| Length = 59:24
* [[NRG Recording Studios|NRG]] (Los Angeles)
| Label = [[Trauma Records|Trauma]], [[Interscope]], [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
* [[Rumbo Recorders]] (Los Angeles)
| Producer = [[Matthew Wilder]]
* Mars (Burbank)
| Reviews =
* Studio 4 (Santa Monica)
* [[Allmusic]] {{Rating|4|5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8jmsa9tgu23u~T1 link]
* Grandmaster (Hollywood)
* ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' (C+) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,293554,00.html link]
* Clear Lake Audio (North Hollywood)
* [[Robert Christgau]] (C+) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=5939 link]
* Red Zone (Burbank)
* ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' (mixed) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nodoubt/albums/album/246985/review/5942423/tragic_kingdom link]
* North Vine (Hollywood)
* [[Piero Scaruffi]] (6/10) [http://www.scaruffi.com/vol5/nodoubt.html link]
| Last album = ''[[The Beacon Street Collection]]''<br />(1995)
| This album = '''''Tragic Kingdom'''''<br />(1995)
| Next album = ''[[Return of Saturn]]''<br />(2000)
| Misc = {{Singles
| Name = Tragic Kingdom
| Type = studio
| single 1 = [[Just a Girl]]
| single 1 date = 1995
| single 2 = [[Don't Speak]]
| single 2 date = February 10, 1996
| single 3 = [[Spiderwebs]]
| single 3 date = September 19, 1996
| single 4 = [[Excuse Me Mr. (song)|Excuse Me Mr.]]
| single 4 date = 1996
| single 5 = [[Sunday Morning (No Doubt song)|Sunday Morning]]
| single 5 date = May 27, 1997
| single 6 = [[Hey You!]]
| single 6 date = February 23, 1998
}}
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* [[alternative rock]]
* {{nowrap|[[ska punk]]}}
* [[New wave music|new wave]]
* [[pop punk]]
}}
}}
| length = 59:35
'''''Tragic Kingdom''''' is the third [[album]] by the [[United States|American]] [[rock music|rock]] band [[No Doubt]]. It was released by [[Trauma Records]] in [[1995 in music|1995]]. ''Tragic Kingdom'' helped to initiate the [[ska]] revival of the 1990s, and it became one of the best-selling albums of the decade.
| label = {{flatlist|
* [[Trauma Records|Trauma]]
* [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
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| producer = [[Matthew Wilder]]
| prev_title = [[The Beacon Street Collection]]
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = [[Return of Saturn]]
| next_year = 2000
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Tragic Kingdom
| type = studio
| single1 = [[Just a Girl]]
| single1date = September 21, 1995
| single2 = [[Spiderwebs (song)|Spiderwebs]]
| single2date = November 19, 1995
| single3 = [[Don't Speak]]
| single3date = April 1996
| single4 = [[Excuse Me Mr.]]
| single4date = August 21, 1996
| single5 = [[Sunday Morning (No Doubt song)|Sunday Morning]]
| single5date = May 27, 1997
| single6 = [[Happy Now? (No Doubt song)|Happy Now?]]
| single6date = September 23, 1997
| single7 = [[Hey You!]]
| single7date = February 23, 1998
}}
}}
'''''Tragic Kingdom''''' is the third studio album by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[No Doubt]], released on October 10, 1995, by [[Trauma Records]] and [[Interscope Records]]. It was the final album to feature original keyboardist [[Eric Stefani]], who left the band in 1994. The album was produced by [[Matthew Wilder]] and recorded in 11 studios in the [[Greater Los Angeles Area|Greater Los Angeles area]] between March 1993 and October 1995. Between 1995 and 1998, seven singles were released from it, including "[[Just a Girl]]", which charted on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and the [[UK Singles Chart]]; and "[[Don't Speak]]", which topped the ''Billboard'' [[Hot 100 Airplay]] and reached the top five of many international charts.

The album received mostly positive reviews from music critics and became the band's most commercially successful album, reaching number one on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] as well as topping the charts in [[Canadian Albums Chart|Canada]] and [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|New Zealand]]. At the [[39th Annual Grammy Awards]], No Doubt earned nominations for [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Album|Best Rock Album]]. It has sold over 16 million copies worldwide, and was certified [[Diamond (RIAA certification)|Diamond]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) in the United States and Canada, platinum in the United Kingdom, and triple platinum in Australia. ''Tragic Kingdom'' helped to initiate the [[ska]] revival of the 1990s, persuading record labels to sign more ska bands and helping them to attract more mainstream attention. The album was ranked number 441 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|the 500 greatest albums of all time]].


No Doubt embarked on a tour to promote the album. It was designed by Project X and lasted two and a half years. An early 1997 performance at the [[Honda Center|Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim]] was filmed and released as ''[[Live in the Tragic Kingdom]]'' on [[VHS]] and later [[DVD]].
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==Background==
==Background==
No Doubt released their [[No Doubt (No Doubt album)|self-titled debut album]] in 1992, a year after being signed to [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]. The album's [[pop music|pop]]-oriented sound sharply contrasted with [[grunge]] music, a genre which was very popular at the time in the United States.<ref name="allmusicalbum">{{cite web|first=John|last=Bush|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/no-doubt-mw0000280360|title=No Doubt – No Doubt|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=January 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623130342/https://www.allmusic.com/album/no-doubt-mw0000280360|archive-date=June 23, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> The album sold 30,000 copies;<ref name="ocw">{{cite web|first=Jennifer|last=Vineyard|url=https://www.ocweekly.com/music-tunes-and-toons-6396383/|title=Tunes and 'Toons|work=[[OC Weekly]]|date=February 26, 1998|access-date=July 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727201541/https://www.ocweekly.com/music-tunes-and-toons-6396383/|archive-date=July 27, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="timeline">{{cite web|url=http://www.nodoubt.com/band/|title=Timeline|website=NoDoubt.com|access-date=October 20, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223124634/http://www.nodoubt.com/band/|archive-date=February 23, 2009}}</ref> in the words of the program director of [[KROQ-FM|KROQ]], a Los Angeles radio station on which it was one of the band's driving ambitions to be played, "it would take an act of God for this band to get on the radio."<ref name="timeline"/><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Josh|last=Tyrangiel|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,42351,00.html|title=Two-Hit Wonders|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=April 10, 2000|access-date=May 3, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010210031130/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,42351,00.html|archive-date=February 10, 2001|url-status=dead|location=Chicago|volume=155|issue=14|pages=Visions 21 |issn=0040-781X}}</ref> The band began work on their second album in 1993,<ref name="timeline"/> but Interscope rejected most of the material,<ref name="allmusicbio">{{cite web|first=John|last=Bush|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/no-doubt-mn0000341672/biography|title=No Doubt {{!}} Biography & History|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=March 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311100406/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/no-doubt-mn0000341672/biography|archive-date=March 11, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> and paired the band with producer [[Matthew Wilder]]. Keyboardist [[Eric Stefani]] did not want to relinquish creative control to someone outside the band and eventually stopped recording and rehearsing.<ref name="btm">{{cite episode|url=http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/behind_the_music/51349/episode.jhtml|title=No Doubt|series=Behind the Music|series-link=Behind the Music|network=[[VH1]]|date=April 9, 2000|access-date=October 21, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925063458/http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/behind_the_music/51349/episode.jhtml|archive-date=September 25, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> He encouraged other members of the band to write songs, but sometimes felt threatened when they did. Eric became increasingly depressed, and in September 1994, he stopped attending rehearsals, though they were usually held at his house.<ref name="rs">{{cite magazine|last=Heath|first=Chris|date=May 1, 1997|title=Snap! Crackle! Pop!|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|location=New York|issue=759|issn=0035-791X}}</ref> He soon left the band to pursue an animation career on the animated sitcom ''[[The Simpsons]]''.<ref name="btm"/> Bassist [[Tony Kanal]] then ended his seven-year relationship with [[Gwen Stefani]].<ref name="muchmusic">{{cite episode|title=Gwen Stefani|series=Born to Be|series-link=Born to Be (TV series)|date=March 2000|network=[[MuchMusic]]}}</ref>


The band decided to produce their next album independently and recorded their second album, ''[[The Beacon Street Collection]]'', in a homemade studio.<ref name="timeline"/> No Doubt's first two singles were released for ''The Beacon Street Collection'': "Squeal" and "Doghouse", under their own record label, Beacon Street Records. Despite limited availability, the album sold 100,000 copies in the year of its release.<ref name="timeline"/> Their independence attracted Interscope's attention and ensured that the label would fund a third album.<ref name="allmusicbio"/>
No Doubt released its debut album ''[[No Doubt (No Doubt album)|No Doubt]]'' in 1992, a year after being signed to [[Interscope records|Interscope]]. The group's commercial sound came at a time when most of the [[United States]] was in the thrall of [[grunge music]], a genre which could not have contrasted more with the songs on No Doubt's [[pop music|pop]]-orientated album.<ref name=allmusicalbum>{{allmusic|id=10:ief2zfgheh2k~T0|label=No Doubt (album)}}</ref> Not surprisingly, the album was a commercial failure, with only 30,000 copies sold<ref name="ocw">Vineyard, Jennifer. [http://www.ocweekly.com/music/music/tunes-and-toons/23963/ "Tunes and 'Toons"]. ''[[OC Weekly]]''. February 26, 1998. Retrieved August 31, 2008.</ref><ref name=band/>. In the words of the program director of [[KROQ-FM|KROQ]], a Californian radio station on which it was one of the band's driving ambitions to be played: "It would take an act of God for this band to get on the radio."<ref name=band/><ref>[[Tyrangiel, Josh]]. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,42351,00.html "Two-Hit Wonders"]. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''. April 2, 2000. Retrieved May 3, 2007.</ref>


==Production==
The band started to work on its second album in 1993 but Interscope, having lost faith in the band, rejected most of its material and so it was paired with producer [[Matthew Wilder]]. [[Eric Stefani]] did not like to relinquish creative control to someone outside the band and eventually stopped recording or rehearsing. He left No Doubt in 1994 to pursue an animation career on the popular [[TV series]] ''[[The Simpsons]]''.<ref name="btm">"No Doubt". ''[[Behind the Music]]''. [[VH1]]. [[April 9]], [[2000]].</ref> Kanal then ended his seven-year relationship with Gwen, saying that he needed "space".<ref>''Born to Be''. [[MuchMusic]] programming. Original airdate: March 2006. Retrieved November 13, 2006.</ref> Interscope still would not let No Doubt into a [[recording studio|studio]] to record their next album, frustrating the band.<ref name=interviewfirst> [http://www.nodoubt.com/press/articles/01Bam.asp Interview with the band], conducted by Wendy Hermanson for BAM magazine on November 17, 1995, archived on [[No Doubt]]'s official website. Retrieved August 26, 2008.</ref>
[[File:DisneylandCastle.JPG|alt=|thumb|The title "Tragic Kingdom" is a play on words for [[Disneyland]]'s nickname The Magic Kingdom.]]
''Tragic Kingdom'' was recorded in 11 studios in Los Angeles,<ref name="timeline"/> starting in March 1993 and released in October 1995.<ref name="timeline"/> During one of these recording sessions, the band was introduced to Paul Palmer, who had previously worked with [[Bush (British band)|Bush]] and was interested in working on No Doubt's new album. After mixing the first single with David J. Holman, "Just a Girl", Palmer and Holman went on to do the same to the rest of the record. He wanted to release the album on his own label, [[Trauma Records]], which was already associated with Interscope, and succeeded in getting the contract.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Adam|last=Sandler|url=https://variety.com/1997/biz/news/interscope-facing-trauma-in-100-million-lawsuit-1116677862/|title=Interscope facing Trauma in $100 million lawsuit|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 28, 1997|access-date=March 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821194208/https://variety.com/1997/biz/news/interscope-facing-trauma-in-100-million-lawsuit-1116677862/|archive-date=August 21, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>


The album is named after the nickname Dumont's seventh-grade teacher had for [[Disneyland]], which is in [[Anaheim, California]], where the band members grew up.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1432752/no-doubts-tragic-kingdom/|title=No Doubt's 'Tragic Kingdom'|work=[[MTV News]]|date=April 8, 1996|access-date=March 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419101209/http://www.mtv.com/news/1432752/no-doubts-tragic-kingdom/|archive-date=April 19, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> The album photography and portraits were taken by photographer fine artist [[Daniel Arsenault]]. Gwen is featured in the foreground while the rest of the band members are standing in an orange grove in the background. Gwen pushed for Eric to be included on the album cover—a source of tension for the band—reasoning that although he had left the band, he had still contributed substantially to the album. Eric is seen near the back of the picture, looking away from the camera.<ref name="rs"/> The pictures on the cover and in the liner notes were taken on city streets in their native Orange County (namely Anaheim and City of Orange) and in orange groves. The red dress Gwen wears on the cover was loaned to the [[Hard Rock Cafe]] and was later displayed at the Fullerton Museum Center in an exhibit titled "The Orange Groove: Orange County's Rock n' Roll History".<ref>{{cite web|first1=Alyssa|last1=Rashbaum|first2=Jennifer|last2=Vineyard|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1495795/gwen-stefanis-tragic-kingdom-dress-jacked-from-oc-museum/|title=Gwen Stefani's ''Tragic Kingdom'' Dress Jacked From O.C. Museum|work=[[MTV News]]|date=January 12, 2005|access-date=March 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314105106/http://www.mtv.com/news/1495795/gwen-stefanis-tragic-kingdom-dress-jacked-from-oc-museum/|archive-date=March 14, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> The dress, appraised as high as US$5,000, was stolen from the exhibit in January 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4173711.stm|title=Pop star Stefani's dress stolen|work=[[BBC News]]|date=January 14, 2005|access-date=March 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021110331/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4173711.stm|archive-date=October 21, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
The group decided to produce their next album [[Independent music|independently]] and recorded their second album, ''[[The Beacon Street Collection]]'' in a homemade studio<ref name=band>[http://www.nodoubt.com/band/ Timeline of the band's history] from their official website.</ref>, releasing it and two singles, "Squeal" and "Doghouse"<ref name=songs>[http://www.nodoubt.com/music/singles.aspx Squeal and Doghouse] at [[No Doubt]]'s official website.</ref>, under their own record label, Beacon Street Records.<ref>[http://www.nodoubt.com/music/ No Doubt's discography] from their official website.</ref> Despite limited availabilty, the album was a success, selling 100,000 copies in the year of its release, over three times as many as the previous album.<ref name=band/> Their independence and success attracted Interscope's attention and ensured that they would fund a third album.<ref name=interviewfirst/>


==Music==
==Music and lyrics==
''Tragic Kingdom'' has been described as [[pop rock]],<ref name="ABC genres">{{cite web|first=Caz|last=Tran|url=https://www.abc.net.au/listen/doublej/music-reads/features/no-doubt-classic-album-tragic-kingdom/103350450|title=How No Doubt finally broke through with their third album Tragic Kingdom|work=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=July 12, 2020|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313024706/https://www.abc.net.au/listen/doublej/music-reads/features/no-doubt-classic-album-tragic-kingdom/103350450|archive-date=March 13, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Louder Sound genres">{{cite web|first=Terry|last=Bezer|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/modern-classics-no-doubt-tragic-kingdom|title=Modern Classics: No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom|work=Louder Sound|date=September 19, 2014|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313024330/https://www.loudersound.com/features/modern-classics-no-doubt-tragic-kingdom|archive-date=March 13, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> [[alternative rock]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Tom|last=Breihan|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1836249/tragic-kingdom-turns-20/reviews/the-anniversary/|title=Tragic Kingdom Turns 20|work=[[Stereogum]]|date=October 9, 2015|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203005134/https://www.stereogum.com/1836249/tragic-kingdom-turns-20/reviews/the-anniversary/|archive-date=December 3, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Sputnik rev">{{cite web|author=Atari|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/52636/No-Doubt-Tragic-Kingdom/|title=Review: No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom|work=[[Sputnikmusic]]|date=October 16, 2012|access-date=March 12, 2024}}</ref> [[ska punk]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Brendan|last=Manley|url=https://diffuser.fm/20-years-ago-no-doubts-tragic-kingdom-sparks-a-ska-punk-frenzy|title=20 Years Ago: No Doubt's 'Tragic Kingdom' Sparks a Ska-Punk Frenzy|work=Diffuser|date=October 9, 2015|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425085932/https://diffuser.fm/20-years-ago-no-doubts-tragic-kingdom-sparks-a-ska-punk-frenzy/|archive-date=April 25, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> [[New wave music|new wave]],<ref name="elhunt"/> and [[pop punk]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.altpress.com/no_doubt_celebrate_20_years_of_tragic_kingdom_mainstream_success_pop_punk_m/|title=No Doubt celebrate 20 years of 'Tragic Kingdom,' mainstream success, pop-punk magic|magazine=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]|date=October 11, 2015|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313024329/https://www.altpress.com/no_doubt_celebrate_20_years_of_tragic_kingdom_mainstream_success_pop_punk_m/|archive-date=March 13, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> The album also uses elements of [[Pop music|pop]],<ref name="Erlewine">{{cite web|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/tragic-kingdom-mw0000179531|title=Tragic Kingdom – No Doubt|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422012447/https://www.allmusic.com/album/tragic-kingdom-mw0000179531|archive-date=April 22, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="villagevoice">{{cite news|last=Eddy|first=Chuck|title=She Bop|newspaper=[[The Village Voice]]|location=New York|volume=41|issue=16|page=60|date=April 16, 1996|issn=0042-6180}}</ref><ref name="Fricke"/> [[funk]],<ref name="Louder Sound genres"/><ref name="Browne"/> [[Punk rock|punk]],<ref name="Erlewine"/><ref name="Louder Sound genres"/> [[dancehall]],<ref name="Louder Sound genres"/> [[disco]],<ref name="ABC genres"/> [[third-wave ska]],<ref name="Erlewine"/> [[post-grunge]],<ref name="Erlewine"/> [[ska]],<ref name="villagevoice"/><ref name="Fricke"/> [[reggae]],<ref name="villagevoice"/> [[flamenco]],<ref name="villagevoice"/> and [[Tejano music|Tejano]], among others.<ref name="villagevoice"/>


A large number of songs on ''Tragic Kingdom'' were written by lead vocalist [[Gwen Stefani]], and were about her experiences in life. This contrasted with the music on No Doubt's previous album, ''The Beacon Street Collection'', which was written mainly by [[Eric Stefani]], who left the group before ''Tragic Kingdom'' was recorded. Because the songs in ''Tragic Kingdom'' were written by a different person, the style of music changed from what No Doubt had previously produced. [[Tom Dumont]] explained the change in sound in an interview for Backstage Online:
Many of the lyrics on ''Tragic Kingdom'' were written by lead vocalist Gwen Stefani, and were about her experiences in life. Those from ''No Doubt'' and ''The Beacon Street Collection'' were written mainly by Eric Stefani, who left the band after ''Tragic Kingdom'' was finished.<ref name="zelig"/> Therefore, the style of music changed from what the band had previously produced. Guitarist [[Tom Dumont]] explained the change in sound in an interview for Backstage Online:


{{quote|Well, there is a reason that the sound of our music has changed and it's not because we've sold out, easy for me to say. Eric, our keyboard player used to write most of our songs. He was the main creative force in the band for many years. And at a certain point after that first album came out, he had this personal thing, like he didn't like touring, he didn't like all that stuff. He just liked to sit down and write songs. That's him. He's the artistic side, the total Mr. Creative.
{{cquote|Well, there is a reason that the sound of our music has changed, and it's not because we've sold out easy for me to say. Eric, our keyboard player, used to write most of our songs. He was the main creative force in the band for many years. And at a certain point after that first album came out, he had this personal thing, like he didn't like touring, he didn't like all that stuff. He just liked to sit down and write songs. That's him. He's the artistic side, the total Mr. Creative. We have a simpler style. We're not quite genius like him, I think. This album was our first attempt. It was Gwen's first time really writing all the lyrics herself, so to me, it went the opposite from selling out — we have done something that is even more personal. In the past, Eric was writing songs about his life and having Gwen sing them. Now we have Gwen singing and writing about her own experiences. It makes it more natural. She's a singer, she should sing about herself or sing what she wants to sing. I think that is the main reason why our musical style has changed.<ref name="zelig">{{cite web|first=Evan|last=Zelig|url=http://www.nodoubtonline.com/Pictures/Concerts/ConcertDirect/2/Index3.html|title=Interview with Tom Dumont|website=NoDoubt.com|date=October 31, 1996|access-date=July 29, 2009|via=NoDoubtOnline.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821203534/http://www.nodoubtonline.com/Pictures/Concerts/ConcertDirect/2/Index3.html|archive-date=August 21, 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}


==Singles==
Well what happened is when Eric decided to leave the band it left the song writing to us, me, Gwen, Tony, the rest of us and it's a really natural thing for our song writing style to be different than Eric's. Just we're different people. I mean we've learned a lot from him and he taught us a lot of things about song writing, but we write simpler music. We have a simpler style. We're not quite Genius like him I think. This album was our first attempt. it was Gwen's first time really writing all the lyrics herself so to me, it went the opposie from selling out we have done something that is even more personal. In the past, Eric was writing songs about his life and having Gwen sing them. Now we have Gwen singing and writing about her own experiences.<ref>[http://www.nodoubt.com/press/articles/10BackStage.asp Interview with Tom Dumont] by Evan Zelig for Backstage Online on October 31, [[1996.</ref>}}
The first single released from ''Tragic Kingdom'' was "[[Just a Girl]]", which details Gwen Stefani's exasperation with female stereotypes and her father's concerned reaction to her driving home late from her boyfriend's house. It peaked at number 23 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart and number 10 on the [[Alternative Songs|Modern Rock Tracks]] chart.<ref name="AMcharts">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/no-doubt-mn0000341672/awards|title=No Doubt {{!}} Awards|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=December 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906035625/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/no-doubt-mn0000341672/awards|archive-date=September 6, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The song also charted on the [[UK Singles Chart]], where its original release peaked at number 38 and its reissue at number three.<ref name="UK-singles">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/1680/no-doubt/|title=No Doubt|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170125234133/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/1680/no-doubt/|archive-date=January 25, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The second single was "[[Spiderwebs (song)|Spiderwebs]]", written about an uninterested woman who is trying to avoid the constant phone calls of a persistent man. It reached number five on the ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart,<ref name="AMcharts"/> number 11 on the ''Billboard'' Top 40 Mainstream chart,<ref name="AMcharts"/> and number 16 on the UK Singles Chart.<ref name="UK-singles"/>


The third single was "[[Don't Speak]]", a ballad about the breakup of Stefani and Kanal's relationship. It peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' [[Hot 100 Airplay (Radio Songs)|Hot 100 Airplay]], and maintained that position for 16 consecutive weeks, a record at the time, although it was broken in 1998 by the [[Goo Goo Dolls]]' "[[Iris (Goo Goo Dolls song)|Iris]]" with 18 weeks.<ref>{{cite web|first=John|last=Cummings|url=http://popdose.com/jesus-of-cool-talking-hot-100-blues-with-geoff-mayfield/|title=Jesus of Cool: Talking Hot 100 Blues, with Geoff Mayfield|work=Popdose|date=May 12, 2008|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830162859/http://popdose.com/jesus-of-cool-talking-hot-100-blues-with-geoff-mayfield/|archive-date=August 30, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> The song was not eligible to chart on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 because no commercial single was released, which was a requirement at the time.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/hot100faq.shtml|title=Billboard Hot 100 Chart 50th Anniversary|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|year=2008|access-date=August 7, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529062602/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/hot100faq.shtml|archive-date=May 29, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> The song also peaked at number two on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, at number six on the [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] chart, at number one on the [[Adult Top 40]] chart, and at number nine on the [[Rhythmic Top 40]] chart.<ref name="AMcharts"/> The song also appeared on several international charts, reaching number one in Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, number two in Austria and Germany, and number four in Finland and France.<ref name="UK-singles"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/d26/No-Doubt-Don%27t-Speak|title=No Doubt – Don't Speak|work=[[Ultratop]]|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107102745/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/d26/No-Doubt-Don%27t-Speak|archive-date=January 7, 2015|url-status=live|language=nl}}</ref>
===Production===
===Singles===


"[[Excuse Me Mr.]]" and "[[Sunday Morning (No Doubt song)|Sunday Morning]]" were released as the album's fourth and fifth singles, respectively. "Excuse Me Mr." reached number 17 on the ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart<ref name="AMcharts"/> and number 11 in New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=No+Doubt&titel=Excuse+Me+Mr.&cat=s|title=No Doubt – Excuse Me Mr.|website=charts.nz|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170522173259/https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=No+Doubt&titel=Excuse+Me+Mr.&cat=s|archive-date=May 22, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> "Sunday Morning" peaked at number 35 on the ''Billboard'' Top 40 Mainstream chart,<ref name="AMcharts"/> number 21 in Australia, number 42 in New Zealand, and number 55 in Sweden.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=No+Doubt&titel=Sunday+Morning&cat=s|title=No Doubt – Sunday Morning|website=australian-charts.com|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728101409/https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=No+Doubt&titel=Sunday+Morning&cat=s|archive-date=July 28, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Composing the song began when Kanal was having a fight with Stefani, then his girlfriend, through the bathroom door of his parents' house in [[Yorba Linda, California]]. Stefani later changed the lyrics to discuss dealing with her breakup with Kanal.<ref>Montoya, Paris; Lanham, Tom. "Sunday Morning". 2003. ''[[The Singles 1992–2003]]'' liner notes.</ref> "[[Happy Now? (No Doubt song)|Happy Now?]]" was released as the album's sixth single on September 23, 1997, but failed to chart anywhere.<ref name="AMcharts"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=No+Doubt&titel=Happy+Now?&cat=s|title=No Doubt – Happy Now?|website=australian-charts.com|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624034919/https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=No+Doubt&titel=Happy+Now?&cat=s|archive-date=June 24, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Happy-Now-No-Doubt/dp/B000005ROS|title=Happy Now by No Doubt on Amazon Music|publisher=[[Amazon.com]] (US)|date=September 23, 1997|access-date=August 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024012655/http://www.amazon.com/Happy-Now-No-Doubt/dp/B000005ROS|archive-date=October 24, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> "[[Hey You!]]" was released as the seventh and final single from ''Tragic Kingdom''; it peaked at number 51 on the Dutch [[Single Top 100]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=No+Doubt&titel=Hey+You&cat=s|title=No Doubt – Hey You|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821212935/https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=No+Doubt&titel=Hey+You&cat=s|archive-date=August 21, 2022|url-status=live|language=nl}}</ref> Despite being a Dutch-only single, a [[Sophie Muller]]-directed music video was filmed to promote the single.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/no-doubt-reveal-title-for-long-delayed-album-247570/|title=No Doubt Reveal Title for Long-Delayed Album|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date= June 12, 2012 |access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608094754/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/no-doubt-reveal-title-for-long-delayed-album-247570/|archive-date=June 8, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
"[[Just a Girl]]" was the first single from the album and and peaked at 23 on the ''[[Billboard]]'' [[Hot 100]] chart and 10 on the [[Modern Rock Tracks]] chart. The song also gave the group another hit on the [[UK Singles Chart]], where it peaked at number three. "Just a Girl" is written in the [[key signature|key]] of [[D major]] and [[common time]] at a moderate 110 [[beats per minute]]. The opening riff that Dumont uses was taken from an earlier effort by keyboardist [[Eric Stefani]]. The song is heavily influenced by [[New Wave music]], using synth noise from a [[Roland Jupiter-8]], '80s keyboards and effects, and retro sounds. The opening riff that Dumont uses was taken from an earlier effort by keyboardist [[Eric Stefani]].


==Release and promotion==
The second single was "[[Spiderwebs]]" which debuted number 10 on the Billboard charts and peaked at number 5 after three weeks of its release. The song's lyrics are about a man who had been calling Gwen at all hours to recite bad poetry to her. Musically, the song uses a drum for the beat and various [[brass instrument]]s, such as a trombone to build up the [[crescendo]]s in the chorus.
''Tragic Kingdom'' was first released by Trauma and Interscope on October 10, 1995. To promote the album, Trauma launched a street campaign that targeted high school students and the skateboarding community. No Doubt performed on the [[Warped Tour]], which was sponsored by several [[skateboarding]] companies, and at several skateboarding festivals. The album remained low on the ''Billboard'' 200 and did not enter the top 100 until February 1996, when it jumped 27 positions to number 89. Palmer attributed the jump to a [[Channel One News]] program that Stefani hosted in January 1996, which was broadcast in 12,000 classrooms, and the band's subsequent performance at a [[Blockbuster Inc.|Blockbuster]] store in [[Fresno, California]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Borzillo |first=Carrie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dg8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA89 |title=Trauma's No Doubt Keeps Faith |magazine=Billboard |location=New York |volume=108 |issue=6 |date=February 10, 1996 |page=89 |issn=0006-2510 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>


In May 1996, the band worked with [[HMV]], [[MuchMusic]], and the [[Universal Music Group]] to put on a global in-store promotion. The band performed and answered questions in MuchMusic's studios in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]. The session was broadcast live to HMV stores worldwide and on a webcast so that fans could watch and ask the band questions through MuchMusic's [[VJ (media personality)|VJs]]. Sales of ''Tragic Kingdom'' doubled the week after the event. The event's sponsors lobbied ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' to create a category for the largest virtual in-store promotion to recognize the event.<ref name="marketing">{{cite magazine |last=Smallbridge |first=Justin |date=June 16, 1997 |title=Show and sell |magazine=[[Marketing (magazine)|Marketing]] |volume=102 |issue=23 |location=Toronto |page=15 |issn=1196-4650}}</ref>
The third single and their most famous song "[[Don't Speak]]", reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay, and maintained that position for sixteen consecutive weeks, a record at the time. Although the record was broken in 1998 by the [[Goo Goo Dolls]]' "[[Iris (song)|Iris]]" with eighteen weeks at number one, the song remains in second place of songs on the Hot 100 Airplay with the most weeks at number one.


No Doubt embarked on the Tragic Kingdom Tour after the release of the album. It chose Project X, headed by [[Luc Lafortune]] and Michael Keeling, to design the stage. No Doubt suggested decorating the stage as a clearing in a forest. Project X created three anthropomorphic trees with glowing oranges. The show included clear and mylar confetti designed to look like rain. Lighting design was difficult because there were only four rehearsals, so the show was arranged to be flexible to allow for what Lafortune referred to as "a very kinetic performance".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=McHugh |first=Catherine |date=August–September 1997 |title=Keys to the Kingdom |magazine=Theatre Crafts International |location=New York |volume=31 |issue=7 |issn=1063-9497}}</ref> The band expected to tour for two months, but the tour ended up lasting two and a half years.<ref name="vogue"/>
For all its airplay though, the song was not allowed to chart on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] as no commercial single was released for it (which were required for charting purposes at the time). Not surprisingly, the song was also a hit on No Doubt's main radio format at the time, [[Modern Rock Tracks]] where it climbed to number two. The song also proved to be a crossover smash, hitting number one on [[Adult Top 40]] and even hitting a number six and number nine on [[Adult Contemporary (Billboard Chart)|Adult Contemporary]] and the [[Rhythmic Top 40]] respectively. It also was the number one hit single for the Hot 100 Airplay on the 1997 Year End chart.


An early 1997 performance at the [[Honda Center|Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim]] was filmed<ref>{{cite web |last=Cooper |first=Tracie |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/no-doubt-live-in-the-tragic-kingdom-v178351 |title=No Doubt: Live in the Tragic Kingdom (1997) |website=[[AllMovie]] |access-date=July 28, 2018}}</ref> and was released as ''[[Live in the Tragic Kingdom]]'' on [[VHS]] on November 11, 1997.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-in-the-tragic-kingdom-mw0001453587 |title=Live in the Tragic Kingdom – No Doubt |website=AllMusic |access-date=June 3, 2012}}</ref> It was re-released on November 25, 2003, on [[DVD]] as part of the box set ''[[Boom Box (No Doubt album)|Boom Box]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/boom-box-mw0000320505 |title=Boom Box – No Doubt |website=AllMusic |access-date=June 3, 2012}}</ref> which also contained ''[[The Singles 1992–2003]]'', ''[[Everything in Time]]'', and ''[[The Videos 1992–2003]]''; and again on June 13, 2006, as a stand-alone DVD, containing bonus material of extra songs, a photo gallery, and an alternative version of "Don't Speak".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/live-in-the-tragic-kingdom-mr0002664803 |title=Live in the Tragic Kingdom [2006] – No Doubt |website=AllMusic |access-date=June 3, 2012}}</ref>
Internationally, the song was also very successful. In December 1996, it reached number one in The Netherlands, and two months later, it debuted at number one in the [[United Kingdom]], maintaining the top position for three weeks. [[Australia]] was another major music market where the song received widespread airplay, debuting at number one and maintaining the peak position for 8 weeks. In [[Switzerland]], "Don't Speak" debuted at number eighteen before climbing to number one (for four weeks) six weeks later. After falling from number one, it remained in the top ten for an additional seven weeks.


==Critical reception==
"[[Sunday Morning (No Doubt song)|Sunday Morning]]" was released as the album's fifth single. It managed to do fairly well on the rock charts. Composing the song began when [[Tony Kanal]] was having a fight with [[Gwen Stefani]], then his girlfriend, through the bathroom door of his parents' house in [[Yorba Linda]], [[California]]. Stefani later changed the lyrics to discuss dealing with her breakup with Kanal.<ref>Montoya, Paris and Lanham, Tom. "Sunday Morning". 2003. ''[[The Singles 1992-2003]]'' (liner notes). Retrieved December 15, 2006.</ref>
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Erlewine"/>
| rev2 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev2score = C+<ref name="Browne">{{cite magazine|first=David|last=Browne|author-link=David Browne (journalist)|url=http://ew.com/article/1996/08/02/tragic-kingdom/|title=Tragic Kingdom|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=August 2, 1996|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426171218/http://ew.com/article/1996/08/02/tragic-kingdom/|archive-date=April 26, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="LA">{{cite news|last=Boehm|first=Mike|title='Kingdom' Is Band's Best Yet, No Doubt|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=November 13, 1995|issn=0458-3035}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[MusicHound|MusicHound Rock]]''
| rev4score = 3/5<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Graff|editor1-first=Gary|editor2-last=Durchholz|editor2-first=Daniel|year=1999|chapter=No Doubt|title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide|location=Farmington Hills, Michigan|publisher=[[Visible Ink Press]]|isbn=1-57859-061-2|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Music Week]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Week-IDX/IDX/1996/Music-Week-1996-06-08-IDX-44.pdf|title=Reviews|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=June 8, 1996|page=30|issn=0265-1548|via=World Radio History}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev6score = 7.8/10<ref name="Pitchfork rev">{{cite web|first=Jillian|last=Mapes|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/no-doubt-tragic-kingdom/|title=No Doubt: Tragic Kingdom|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=March 15, 2020|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124020530/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/no-doubt-tragic-kingdom/|archive-date=January 24, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''Punknews.org''
| rev7score = 7.8/10<ref name="Punknews rev">{{cite web|author=nickEp|url=https://www.punknews.org/review/13596/no-doubt-tragic-kingdom|title=No Doubt Tragic Kingdom (1995)|work=Punknews.org|date=June 11, 2015|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403172932/https://www.punknews.org/review/13596/no-doubt-tragic-kingdom|archive-date=April 3, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev8score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Moon|first=Tom|author-link=Tom Moon|year=2004|chapter=No Doubt|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor-link1=Nathan Brackett|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|editor-link2=Christian Hoard|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide|location=New York|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|edition=4th|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/589 589–90]|isbn=0743201698}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
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| rev10 = [[Sputnikmusic]]
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}}
The album received mostly positive reviews from critics. [[David Fricke]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine gave a mostly positive review, describing ''Tragic Kingdom'' as "ear candy with good beats, not just bludgeon-by-numbers guitars" and its music as "a spry, white-suburban take on ska and [[Blondie (band)|Blondieesque]] pop".<ref name="Fricke"/> Fricke however described "Don't Speak" as "irritating swill" with "high-pitched rippling" from Gwen Stefani.<ref name="Fricke">{{cite magazine|first=David|last=Fricke|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/tragic-kingdom-19961209|title=No Doubt: Tragic Kingdom|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=December 9, 1996|access-date=October 27, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080103182328/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nodoubt/albums/album/246985/review/5942423/tragic_kingdom |archive-date=January 3, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2003, the album was ranked number 441 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|the 500 greatest albums of all time]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|magazine=Rolling Stone|location=New York|issue=937|date=November 1, 2003|page=170|issn=0035-791X}}</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''{{'}}s [[David Browne (journalist)|David Browne]] attributed the album's sales to Gwen Stefani's "leggy, bleached-blond calling card" and concluded that "sex still sells". Browne, however, described the music as "a hefty chunk of new-wave party bounce and [[Red Hot Chili Peppers|Chili Peppers]]-style white-boy funk, with dashes of [[reggae]], squealing [[Glam metal|hair-metal]] guitar, [[disco]], ska-band horns" and the band as sounding like "savvy, lounge-bred pros". Individual songs were singled out and commented on: "Just a Girl" was described as "a chirpy, ska-tinged bopper", "Don't Speak" as "an old-fangled power ballad", "Sixteen" as a "song of solidarity with misunderstood teenage girls", and "Spiderwebs" and "End It on This" as "[Stefani] acknowledg[ing] obsessions with losers and tr[ying] to break free."<ref name="Browne"/>


Calling the album a marked improvement over "the diffuse, rambling songwriting of [No Doubt's] two previous CDs", Mike Boehm of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' felt that on the album, "The band is bright, hard-hitting and kinetic, as sharp production captures the core, four-man instrumental team and adjunct horn section at their best".<ref name="LA"/> In a favorable review for ''[[The Village Voice]]'', critic [[Chuck Eddy]] felt that although "[the album] turns pretentious ... No Doubt resurrects the exuberance [[New wave music|new-wave]] guys lost when '80s indie labels and college radio conned them into settling for slam-pit fits and wallflower wallpaper".<ref name="villagevoice"/> [[AllMusic]] called it "pure fun" and described the music as something "between '90s punk, third-wave ska, and pop sensibility" and a mix of "new wave melodicism, [[post-grunge]] rock, and West Coast sunshine", indicating the songs "Spiderwebs", "Just a Girl", and "Don't Speak" as "positively [ruling] the airwaves".<ref name="Erlewine"/> [[Yahoo! Music]] reviewer Bill Holdship called the album a "phenomenon" containing "hit after hit", and describing "Spiderwebs" as "a terrific opener".<ref name="yahoo">{{cite web|first=Bill|last=Holdship |url=http://ca.music.yahoo.com/release/36144|title=Review of 'Tragic Kingdom'|work=[[Yahoo! Music]]|date=October 10, 1995|access-date=October 27, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011223716/http://ca.music.yahoo.com/release/36144|archive-date=October 11, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Reviewer [[Robert Christgau]] called Stefani "[[Disorganized schizophrenia|hebephrenic]]" and the album "hyped up" and not "as songful as its fun-besotted partisans [claim]".<ref name="christgau">{{cite news|first=Robert|last=Christgau|author-link=Robert Christgau|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/ts96-96.php|title=Consumer Guide: Turkey Shoot|newspaper=[[The Village Voice]]|location=New York|date=December 3, 1996|access-date=March 14, 2024|via=RobertChristgau.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404171258/https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/ts96-96.php|archive-date=April 4, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> At the [[39th Annual Grammy Awards|1997 Grammy Awards]], No Doubt were nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Album|Best Rock Album]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Neil|last=Strauss|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/08/books/babyface-celine-dion-and-pumpkins-compete-for-multiple-grammys.html|title=Babyface, Celine Dion And Pumpkins Compete For Multiple Grammys|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 8, 1997|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119112124/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/08/books/babyface-celine-dion-and-pumpkins-compete-for-multiple-grammys.html|archive-date=November 19, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Reception==


In 2000, it was voted number 436 in [[Colin Larkin]]'s ''[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]'',<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|year=2000|title=All Time Top 1000 Albums|title-link=All Time Top 1000 Albums|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|edition=3rd|isbn=0-7535-0493-6|page=159}}</ref> while in 2020, [[NME]] included it on its list of "The best new wave albums ever".<ref name="elhunt">{{cite web|first=El|last=Hunt|url=https://www.nme.com/features/best-new-wave-album-talking-heads-devo-abc-2754393|title=The story of new wave in 15 classic albums|work=[[NME]]|date=September 17, 2020|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119013729/https://www.nme.com/features/best-new-wave-album-talking-heads-devo-abc-2754393|archive-date=January 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
The album recieved mixed reviews from critics. [[Allmusic]] called it "pure fun" and described the music as something "between '90s punk, third-wave ska, and pop sensibility" and a mix of "new wave melodicism, post-grunge rock, and West Coast sunshine", indicating the songs "[[Spiderwebs]]", "[[Just a Girl]]" and "[[Don't Speak]]" as "postively [ruling] the airwaves"."<ref>Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8jmsa9tgu23u~T1 ''Tragic Kingdom'' review]. Allmusic.com. Retrieved on September 13, 2008.</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave the album a C+ rating. Reviewer David Browne attributed No Doubt's success to [[Gwen Stefani]]'s "leggy, bleached-blond calling card" and concluded that "sex still sells". Browne however described the music as "a hefty chunk of new-wave party bounce and [[Red Hot Chili Peppers|Chili Peppers]]-style white-boy funk, with dashes of reggae, squealing hair-metal guitar, disco, ska-band horns" and the band as sounding like "savvy, lounge-bred pros". Individual songs were singled out and commented on: "[[Just a Girl]]" was described as "a chirpy, ska-tinged bopper", "Don't Speak" as "an old-fangled power ballad" and "Sixteen" as a "song of solidarity with misunderstood teenage girls".<ref>Browne, David. [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,293554,00.html ''Tragic Kingdom'' review]. ''Entertainment Weekly''. August 2, 1996. Retrieved on September 13, 2008</ref> In a review that also covered an album by [[311 (band)|311]], [[David Fricke]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' gave a mostly positive review, describing ''Tragic Kingdom'' as "ear candy with good beats, not just bludgeon-by-numbers guitars" and its music as "a spry, white-suburban take on ska and Blondieesque pop". Fricke however described "Don't Speak" as "irritating swill" with "high-pitched rippling" from Gwen Stefani.<ref name="Rolling Stone">Fricke, David. [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nodoubt/albums/album/246985/review/5942423/tragic_kingdom ''Tragic Kingdom'' review]. ''Rolling Stone''. December 9, 1996. Retrieved on September 13, 2008.</ref>


==Commercial performance==
==Tragic Kingdom Tour==
After entering the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] at number 175 in January 1996,<ref name="Bronson">{{cite magazine|first=Fred|last=Bronson|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/67900/chart-beat-bonus|title=Chart Beat Bonus: Doubt Full|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=December 5, 2003|access-date=March 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406014154/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/67900/chart-beat-bonus|archive-date=April 6, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Tragic Kingdom'' eventually reached number one in December 1996, with 229,000 copies sold,<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Geoff|last=Mayfield|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=swkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA92|title=Between the Bullets: Mixed Blessings|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|location=New York|volume=108|issue=51|date=December 21, 1996|page=92|issn=0006-2510|via=Google Books}}</ref> spending nine non-consecutive weeks atop the chart.<ref name="Bronson"/> It was listed second on the 1997 ''Billboard'' 200 year-end chart, behind the [[Spice Girls]]' ''[[Spice (album)|Spice]]''.<ref name="billboard1997"/> On February 5, 1999, the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) certified the album diamond,<ref name="RIAA"/> and as of July 2012, it had sold 8,167,000 copies in the United States;<ref name="US sales">{{cite magazine|first=Gary|last=Trust|url=http://www.billboard.com/#/column/chartbeat/ask-billboard-olympic-sized-gold-medal-records-1007686152.story?page=4|title=Ask Billboard: Olympic-Sized Gold (Medal) Records|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=July 29, 2012|access-date=September 15, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118000038/http://www.billboard.com/%23/column/chartbeat/ask-billboard-olympic-sized-gold-medal-records-1007686152.story?page=4|archive-date=January 18, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> it sold an additional 1.32 million copies through [[BMG Music Club]].<ref name="bmgclub">{{cite web|first=Barry|last=David|url=http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=47877|title=Shania, Backstreet, Britney, Eminem and Janet Top All Time Sellers|website=Music Industry News Network|date=February 18, 2003|access-date=July 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319131506/http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=47877|archive-date=March 19, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Tragic Kingdom'' topped the [[Canadian Albums Chart]] in December 1996,<ref name="can"/> and it was certified diamond by the [[Canadian Recording Industry Association]] (CRIA) in August 1997.<ref name="CRIA"/> In Europe, the album topped the chart in Belgium, Finland, and Norway, while reaching the top five in Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, and the top 20 in France.<ref name="ultratop"/> By April 2004, the album had sold 16 million copies worldwide.<ref name="vogue">{{cite magazine|last=Van Meter|first=Jonathan|title=The First Lady of Rock|magazine=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|location=New York|date=April 2004|volume=194|issue=4|issn=0042-8000}}</ref>
{{expand|date=September 2008}}
No Doubt went on a "Tragic Kingdom" tour after the release of the album. One concert from the tour was filmed and later released as ''[[Live in the Tragic Kingdom]]'' on [[VHS]] and later, [[DVD]].


The commercial success of ''Tragic Kingdom'' prompted record labels to sign ska bands, and more independent labels released ska records and compilations. [[Save Ferris]]'s guitarist and vocalist [[Brian Mashburn]] stated that No Doubt helped allow bands like his receive attention from the mainstream.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Bell|first=Carrie|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nAkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA93|title=Ska Fever Surges Into A New Era|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|location=New York|volume=109|issue=42|date=October 18, 1997|page=93|issn=0006-2510|via=Google Books}}</ref>
==Track listing==


==Track listing==
{{tracklist
All tracks produced by [[Matthew Wilder]].
| writing_credits = yes
{{Track listing
| title1 = [[Spiderwebs]]
| title1 = [[Spiderwebs (song)|Spiderwebs]]
| writer1 = Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Gwen Stefani]]|[[Tony Kanal]]}}
| length1 = 4:28
| length1 = 4:28
| title2 = [[Excuse Me Mr.]]
| title2 = [[Excuse Me Mr.]]
| writer2 = G. Stefani, Tom Dumont
| writer2 = {{hlist|G. Stefani|[[Tom Dumont]]}}
| length2 = 3:04
| length2 = 3:04
| title3 = [[Just a Girl]]
| title3 = [[Just a Girl]]
| writer3 = G. Stefani, Dumont
| writer3 = {{hlist|G. Stefani|Dumont}}
| length3 = 3:29
| length3 = 3:28
| title4 = Happy Now?
| title4 = [[Happy Now? (No Doubt song)|Happy Now?]]
| writer4 = G. Stefani, Dumont, Kanal
| writer4 = {{hlist|G. Stefani|Dumont|Kanal}}
| length4 = 3:43
| length4 = 3:43
| title5 = Different People
| title5 = Different People
| writer5 = Eric Stefani, G. Stefani, Kanal
| writer5 = {{hlist|[[Eric Stefani]]|G. Stefani|Kanal}}
| length5 = 4:34
| length5 = 4:34
| title6 = [[Hey You!|Hey You]]
| title6 = [[Hey You!]]
| writer6 = G. Stefani, Kanal
| writer6 = {{hlist|G. Stefani|Kanal}}
| length6 = 3:34
| length6 = 3:34
| title7 = The Climb
| title7 = The Climb
Line 107: Line 155:
| length7 = 6:37
| length7 = 6:37
| title8 = Sixteen
| title8 = Sixteen
| writer8 = G. Stefani, Kanal
| writer8 = {{hlist|G. Stefani|Kanal}}
| length8 = 3:21
| length8 = 3:21
| title9 = [[Sunday Morning (No Doubt song)|Sunday Morning]]
| title9 = [[Sunday Morning (No Doubt song)|Sunday Morning]]
| writer9 = Kanal, G. Stefani, E. Stefani
| writer9 = {{hlist|Kanal|G. Stefani|E. Stefani}}
| length9 = 4:33
| length9 = 4:33
| title10 = [[Don't Speak]]
| title10 = [[Don't Speak]]
| writer10 = E. Stefani, G. Stefani
| writer10 = {{hlist|E. Stefani|G. Stefani}}
| length10 = 4:23
| length10 = 4:23
| title11 = You Can Do It
| title11 = You Can Do It
| writer11 = G. Stefani, E. Stefani, Dumont, Kanal
| writer11 = {{hlist|G. Stefani|E. Stefani|Dumont|Kanal}}
| length11 = 4:13
| length11 = 4:13
| title12 = World Go 'Round
| title12 = World Go 'Round
| writer12 = Kanal, G. Stefani
| writer12 = {{hlist|Kanal|G. Stefani}}
| length12 = 4:09
| length12 = 4:09
| title13 = End It on This
| title13 = End It on This
| writer13 = G. Stefani, Dumont, Kanal, E. Stefani
| writer13 = {{hlist|G. Stefani|Dumont|Kanal|E. Stefani}}
| length13 = 3:45
| length13 = 3:45
| title14 = Tragic Kingdom
| title14 = Tragic Kingdom
| writer14 = E. Stefani
| writer14 = E. Stefani
| length14 = 5:31
| length14 = 5:31
| total_length = 59:35
}}
}}


==Credits==
==Personnel==
Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Tragic Kingdom''.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Tragic Kingdom |type=liner notes |people=[[No Doubt]] |publisher=[[Interscope Records]] |year=1995 |id=INTD-92580}}</ref>
===Personnel===


===No Doubt===
*[[Gwen Stefani]] – [[Singing|Vocals]]
*[[Tom Dumont]] – [[guitar]]
* [[Gwen Stefani]] – vocals
*[[Tony Kanal]] – [[bass guitar|bass]]
* [[Tom Dumont]] – guitar
* [[Tony Kanal]] – bass
*[[Adrian Young]] – [[percussion instrument|percussion]], [[Drum kit|drums]]
*[[Phil Jordan]] – [[trumpet]]
* [[Adrian Young]] – drums, percussion
*[[Gabrial McNair]] – keyboard, [[trombone]]
* [[Eric Stefani]] – piano, keyboards
*[[Stephen Bradley]] – [[Electronic keyboard|keyboard]], [[trumpet]]
*Bill Bergman – [[saxophone]]
*Aloke Dasgupta – [[sitar]]
*[[Melissa Hasin|Melissa "Missy" Hasin]] – [[cello]]
*Nick Lane – [[trombone]]
*Les Lovitt – [[trumpet]]
*Stephen Perkins – [[steel drums]]
*Greg Smith – [[baritone saxophone]]
*Matthew Wilder – keyboard


===Production===
===Additional musicians===
{{Div col}}
* Phil Jordan – trumpet and flugelhorn
* [[Gabrial McNair]] – trombone, additional percussion
* Gerard Boisse – saxophone {{small|(tracks 5, 7, 14)}}
* [[Stephen Perkins]] – [[steelpan|steel drum]] {{small|(track 1)}}
* Aloke Dasgupta – sitar {{small|(track 6)}}
* [[Melissa Hasin]] – cello {{small|(tracks 8, 10)}}
* Bill Bergman – saxophone {{small|(tracks 11, 12)}}
* Les Lovitt – trumpet {{small|(tracks 11, 12)}}
* Greg Smith – [[baritone saxophone]] {{small|(tracks 11, 12)}}
* Nick Lane – trombone {{small|(tracks 11, 12)}}
* [[Matthew Wilder]] – additional keyboards {{small|(tracks 3, 6)}}
* [[Albhy Galuten]] – director of paradigm {{small|(track 5)}}
{{Div col end}}


===Technical===
*Producer: [[Matthew Wilder]]
{{Div col}}
*Engineers: Ray Blair, Matt Hyde, Phil Kaffel, George Landress, Johnny Potoker
* Matthew Wilder – production
*Mixing: David J. Holman, Paul Palmer
* Phil Kaffel – recording {{small|(tracks 3–10, 14)}}
*Mixing Studio: Cactus Studio
* George Landress – recording {{small|(tracks 3, 6, 7)}}
*Mastering: Robert Vosgien
* [[Matt Hyde]] – recording {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 13)}}
*Director: [[Albhy Galuten]]
* John "Tokes" Potoker – recording {{small|(tracks 11–13)}}
*Photography: Dan Arsenault, Shelly Robertson
* Ray Blair – recording {{small|(track 5)}}
* David J. Holman – mixing at Cactus Studios (Hollywood)
* Paul Palmer – mixing at Cactus Studios (Hollywood)
* Robert Vosgien – mastering at CMS Digital (Pasadena)
{{Div col end}}


==Chart positions==
===Artwork===
* Morbido / Bizarrio – creative direction, design, digital imaging
{|class="wikitable"
* Dan Arsenault – photography
! Chart (1995)
* Shelly Robertson – photography
!align="center"| Peak<br />position
* Patrick Miller – photography

==Charts==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Weekly chart performance for ''Tragic Kingdom''
|-
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1996–1997)
| U.S. ''Billboard'' Heatseekers
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|align="center"| 1
|-
|-
{{album chart|Australia|3|artist=No Doubt|album=Tragic Kingdom|rowheader=true|access-date=December 28, 2016}}
! Chart (1996)
!align="center"| Peak<br />position
|-
|-
{{album chart|Austria|2|artist=No Doubt|album=Tragic Kingdom|rowheader=true|access-date=December 28, 2016}}
| Canadian Albums Chart
|align="center"| 1
|-
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|1|artist=No Doubt|album=Tragic Kingdom|rowheader=true|access-date=July 16, 2011|refname="ultratop"}}
| U.S. ''Billboard'' 200
|align="center"| 1
|-
|-
{{album chart|Wallonia|1|artist=No Doubt|album=Tragic Kingdom|rowheader=true|access-date=July 16, 2011}}
| New Zealand Albums Chart
|-
|align="center"| 1
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|1|artist=No Doubt|rowheader=true|access-date=December 28, 2016|refname="can"}}
|-
! scope="row"| Czech Albums ([[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|ČNS IFPI]])<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/97/MM-1997-07-05-OCR-Page-0015.pdf |title=Top National Sellers |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |volume=14 |issue=27 |date=July 5, 1997 |page=15 |oclc=29800226 |via=World Radio History}}</ref>
| 5
|-
! scope="row"| Danish Albums ([[Hitlisten]])<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/97/MM-1997-03-01-OCR-Page-0015.pdf |title=Top National Sellers |magazine=Music & Media |volume=14 |issue=9 |date=March 1, 1997 |page=15 |oclc=29800226 |via=World Radio History}}</ref>
| 1
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|2|artist=No Doubt|album=Tragic Kingdom|rowheader=true|access-date=December 28, 2016}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[European Top 100 Albums|European Albums]] (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref name="BB-1997-02-22">{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sQ4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA38 |title=Hits of the World |magazine=Billboard |volume=109 |issue=8 |date=February 22, 1997 |pages=38–39 |issn=0006-2510 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
| 2
|-
{{album chart|Finland|1|artist=No Doubt|album=Tragic Kingdom|rowheader=true|access-date=December 28, 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|France|14|artist=No Doubt|album=Tragic Kingdom|rowheader=true|access-date=December 28, 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|2|id=2459|artist=No Doubt|album=Tragic Kingdom|rowheader=true|access-date=December 28, 2016}}
|-
! scope="row"| Greek Albums ([[IFPI Greece|IFPI]])<ref name="MM-1997-02-15">{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/97/MM-1997-02-15-OCR-Page-0018.pdf |title=Top National Sellers |magazine=Music & Media |volume=14 |issue=7 |date=February 15, 1997 |page=18 |oclc=29800226 |via=World Radio History}}</ref>
| 2
|-
{{album chart|Hungary|6|year=1997|week=7|rowheader=true|access-date=December 28, 2016}}
|-
! scope="row"| Icelandic Albums ([[Tónlist]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timarit.is/page/2950589?lang=en |title=Tónlist |newspaper=[[DV (newspaper)|DV]] |language=is |volume=87 |issue=26 |date=January 31, 1997 |page=18 |issn=1021-8254 |via=[[Timarit.is]]}}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| Irish Albums ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref name="BB-1997-02-22"/>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| Italian Albums ([[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|FIMI]])<ref name="BB-1997-02-22"/>
| 13
|-
! scope="row"| Japanese Albums ([[Oricon Albums Chart|Oricon]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/121370/ranking/cd_album/ |title=ノー・ダウトのアルバム売り上げランキング |trans-title=No Doubt album sales ranking |publisher=[[Oricon]] |language=ja |access-date=July 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208001220/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/121370/ranking/cd_album/ |archive-date=December 8, 2013}}</ref>
| 71
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|1|artist=No Doubt|album=Tragic Kingdom|rowheader=true|access-date=December 28, 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Norway|1|artist=No Doubt|album=Tragic Kingdom|rowheader=true|access-date=December 28, 2016}}
|-
! scope="row"| Portuguese Albums ([[Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa|AFP]])<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA55 |title=Hits of the World |magazine=Billboard |volume=109 |issue=7 |date=February 15, 1997 |page=55 |issn=0006-2510 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
| 3
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|4|date=19970323|rowheader=true|access-date=December 22, 2016}}
|-
! scope="row"| Spanish Albums ([[Productores de Música de España|AFYVE]])<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/97/MM-1997-03-15-OCR-Page-0015.pdf |title=Top National Sellers |magazine=Music & Media |volume=14 |issue=11 |date=March 15, 1997 |page=15 |oclc=29800226 |via=World Radio History}}</ref>
| 5
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|3|artist=No Doubt|album=Tragic Kingdom|rowheader=true|access-date=December 28, 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|3|artist=No Doubt|album=Tragic Kingdom|rowheader=true|access-date=December 28, 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|3|date=19970406|rowheader=true|access-date=July 28, 2018}}
|-
{{album chart|UKRock|1|date=19970223|rowheader=true|access-date=January 2, 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|1|artist=No Doubt|rowheader=true|access-date=December 28, 2016}}
|}
|}
{{col-2}}


==Release history==
===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ 1996 year-end chart performance for ''Tragic Kingdom''
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1996)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Canada Top Albums/CDs (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9732&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9732.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9732 |title=RPM Year End Top 100 Albums |magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] |volume=64 |issue=18 |date=December 16, 1996 |page=29 |issn=0033-7064 |via=[[Library and Archives Canada]]}}</ref>
| 16
|-
! scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=3885|title=Top Selling Albums of 1996|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref>
| 28
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1996/top-billboard-200-albums |title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1996 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=July 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427174051/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1996/top-billboard-200-albums |archive-date=April 27, 2018}}</ref>
| 19
|}


{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 85%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: middle;"
|+ 1997 year-end chart performance for ''Tragic Kingdom''
| align=center | Country
| align=center | Date
| align=center | Label
| align=center | Format
| align=center | Catalog
|-
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1997)
| [[United States]]
! scope="col"| Position
| [[1995]]
| [[Trauma Records|Trauma]]/[[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
| [[Compact audio cassette|CS]]
| 92580
|-
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1997/albums-chart |title=ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1997 |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] |access-date=December 18, 2021}}</ref>
|
| 6
| [[1995]]
| [[Trauma Records|Trauma]]/[[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
| [[Compact Disc|CD]]
| 92580
|-
|-
! scope="row"| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=1997 |title=Jahreshitparade Alben 1997 |website=austriancharts.at |language=de |access-date=December 28, 2016}}</ref>
|
| 12
| [[1996]]
| [[Trauma Records|Trauma]]/[[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
| [[LP album|LP]]
| 2580
|-
|-
! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1997&cat=a |title=Jaaroverzichten 1997 – Albums |publisher=Ultratop |language=nl |access-date=July 16, 2011}}</ref>
|
| 24
| [[1996]]
| [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
| [[Compact Disc|CD]]
| 90003
|-
|-
! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1997&cat=a |title=Rapports annuels 1997 – Albums |publisher=Ultratop |language=fr |access-date=July 16, 2011}}</ref>
|
| 21
| [[2007]]
|-
| [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
! scope="row"| Danish Albums (Hitlisten)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://top20.dk/chart/1997 |title=Chart of the Year 1997 |website=TOP20.dk |access-date=July 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928162752/http://top20.dk/chart/1997 |archive-date=September 28, 2012}}</ref>
| [[LP album|LP]]
| 4
| 00031797
|-
! scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1997&cat=a |title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 1997 |language=nl |publisher=[[Dutch Charts]] |access-date=June 27, 2014}}</ref>
| 6
|-
! scope="row"| European Albums (''Music & Media'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/97/MM-1997-12-27-OCR-Page-0007.pdf |title=Year in Focus – European Top 100 Albums 1997 |magazine=Music & Media |volume=14 |issue=52 |date=December 27, 1997 |page=7 |oclc=29800226 |via=World Radio History}}</ref>
| 3
|-
! scope="row"| French Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-albums-annee/?annee=1997 |title=Tops de l'Année – Top Albums 1997 |publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]] |language=fr |access-date=July 16, 2011 }}</ref>
| 42
|-
! scope="row"| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1997 |title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts – 1997 |publisher=Offizielle Deutsche Charts |language=de |access-date=September 8, 2016}}</ref>
| 5
|-
! scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=3886 |title=Top Selling Albums of 1997 |publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]] |access-date=December 29, 2016}}</ref>
| 13
|-
! scope="row"| Spanish Albums (AFYPE)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anuariossgae.com/home.html|title=Anexo 2. Los 50 Títulos Con Mayores Ventas en las listas de ventas de AFYVE en 1997|publisher=SGAE|language=es|format=PDF|page=62|access-date=August 1, 2023}}''Open the 2000 directory, click on "entrar" (enter) and select the section "Música grabada".''</ref>
| 14
|-
! scope="row"| Swedish Albums & Compilations (Sverigetopplistan)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hitlistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=42&dfom=19970001 |title=Årslista Album (inkl samlingar) – År 1997 |publisher=[[Hitlistan]] |language=sv |access-date=June 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614035646/http://www.hitlistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=42&dfom=19970001 |archive-date=June 14, 2015}}</ref>
| 23
|-
! scope="row"| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2009/alben |title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2009 |website=hitparade.ch |language=de |access-date=December 18, 2021}}</ref>
| 11
|-
! scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/19970105/37502/ |title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 1997 |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=December 28, 2016}}</ref>
| 26
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref name="billboard1997">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1997/top-billboard-200-albums |title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1997 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=July 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427174640/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1997/top-billboard-200-albums |archive-date=April 27, 2018}}</ref>
| 2
|}
|}


===Decade-end charts===
All information taken from the [[Allmusic]] [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fpfoxquhld0e page on the album's original release] and [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fvftxz8hldhe on its limited edition vinyl release].
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Decade-end chart performance for ''Tragic Kingdom''
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1990–1999)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Mayfield |first=Geoff |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=SL680-PA20 |title=Top Pop Albums of the '90s |magazine=Billboard |volume=111 |issue=52 |page=YE-20 |date=December 25, 1999 |issn=0006-2510 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
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===All-time charts===
==References==
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! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-billboard-200-albums |title=Greatest of All Time Billboard 200 Albums |magazine=Billboard |access-date=December 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207153741/https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-billboard-200-albums |archive-date=December 7, 2016}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200 (women)<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-billboard-200-albums-by-women |title=Greatest of All Time Billboard 200 Albums by Women |magazine=Billboard |access-date=December 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201173545/https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-billboard-200-albums-by-women |archive-date=February 1, 2018}}</ref>
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==Certifications and sales==
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| before = ''[[Razorblade Suitcase]]'' by [[Bush (band)|Bush]]
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|artist=No Doubt|title=Tragic Kingdom|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1995|certyear=1997|access-date=July 16, 2011}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|artist=No Doubt|title=Tragic Kingdom|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1995|certyear=1997|access-date=May 29, 2018}}
| after = ''[[Gridlock'd (soundtrack)]]'' by [[Various artists]]
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=No Doubt|title=Tragic Kingdom|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1995|access-date=July 16, 2011|salesamount=360,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Pride |first=Dominic |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/97/MM-1997-03-15-OCR-Page-0016.pdf |title=Breakin' & Entering |magazine=Music & Media |volume=14 |issue=11 |date=March 15, 1997 |page=16 |oclc=29800226 |via=World Radio History}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Israel|artist=No Doubt|title=Tragic Kingdom|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1997|salesamount=20,000|salesref=<ref name="israel"/>|certref=<ref name="israel">{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qQ4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA73 |title=There's No Doubt |magazine=Billboard |volume=109 |issue=10 |page=73 |date=March 8, 1997 |issn=0006-2510 |via=Google Books}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|artist=No Doubt|title=Tragic Kingdom|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1995|certyear=1997|certref=<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Pride |first=Dominic |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0g0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA86 |title=No Doubt Travels Well |magazine=Billboard |volume=109 |issue=52 |page=86 |date=December 27, 1997 |issn=0006-2510 |via=Google Books}}</ref>}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=No Doubt|title=Tragic Kingdom|award=Platinum|number=5|type=album|source=archive|date=August 17, 2008|access-date=July 16, 2011}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|artist=No Doubt|title=Tragic Kingdom|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1997|certref=<ref>{{cite book |last=Salaverrie |first=Fernando |date=September 2005 |url=http://www.mediafire.com/file/pd758fesp2w7i7f/Spanish+Certifications+for+1996-1999.pdf |title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 |language=es |edition=1st |location=Madrid |publisher=[[Sociedad General de Autores y Editores|Fundación Autor/SGAE]] |page=945 |isbn=84-8048-639-2 |access-date=January 8, 2017}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|artist=No Doubt|title=Tragic Kingdom|award=Platinum|number=2|type=album|relyear=1995|certyear=1997|date=October 30, 1997|access-date=July 16, 2011}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=No Doubt|title=Tragic Kingdom|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1995|certyear=1997|id=7741-1690-2|access-date=December 18, 2021|salesamount=533,172|salesref=<ref>{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Alan |url=https://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/official-charts-analysis-adele-holds-off-james-iggy-at-albums-summit/064396 |title=Official Charts Analysis: Adele holds off James, Iggy at albums summit |work=[[Music Week]] |date=March 25, 2016 |access-date=July 28, 2018 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Asia Pacific|artist=No Doubt|title=Tragic Kingdom|nocert=true|type=album|salesamount=500,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA60 |title=Boy Bands, Painting Danes & A Million-Selling Queen: Interscope Ska Phenomenon |magazine=Billboard |volume=109 |issue=21 |page=APQ-4 |date=May 24, 1997 |issn=0006-2510 |via=Google Books}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Europe|artist=No Doubt|title=Tragic Kingdom|award=Platinum|number=2|type=album|certyear=1997|access-date=July 16, 2011}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Latin America|artist=No Doubt|title=Tragic Kingdom|nocert=true|type=album|salesamount=450,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-AkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA83 |title=Effect of 'Unigram' Merger Uncertain for Latin America: International Roster |magazine=Billboard |volume=110 |issue=28 |page=83 |date=July 11, 1998 |issn=0006-2510 |via=Google Books}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Worldwide|artist=No Doubt|title=Tragic Kingdom|nocert=true|salesamount=16,000,000|salesref=<ref name="vogue"/>|access-date=June 17, 2020}}
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==See also==
* [[List of best-selling albums in the United States]]
* [[List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1996]]
* [[List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1997]]
* [[List of number-one albums of 1996 (Canada)]]
* [[List of number-one albums of 1997 (Canada)]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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Tragic Kingdom
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 10, 1995 (1995-10-10)
RecordedMarch 1993 – October 1995
Studio
  • Total Access (Redondo Beach)
  • The Record Plant (Hollywood)
  • Santa Monica Sound (Santa Monica)
  • NRG (Los Angeles)
  • Rumbo Recorders (Los Angeles)
  • Mars (Burbank)
  • Studio 4 (Santa Monica)
  • Grandmaster (Hollywood)
  • Clear Lake Audio (North Hollywood)
  • Red Zone (Burbank)
  • North Vine (Hollywood)
Genre
Length59:35
Label
ProducerMatthew Wilder
No Doubt chronology
The Beacon Street Collection
(1995)
Tragic Kingdom
(1995)
Return of Saturn
(2000)
Singles from Tragic Kingdom
  1. "Just a Girl"
    Released: September 21, 1995
  2. "Spiderwebs"
    Released: November 19, 1995
  3. "Don't Speak"
    Released: April 1996
  4. "Excuse Me Mr."
    Released: August 21, 1996
  5. "Sunday Morning"
    Released: May 27, 1997
  6. "Happy Now?"
    Released: September 23, 1997
  7. "Hey You!"
    Released: February 23, 1998

Tragic Kingdom is the third studio album by American rock band No Doubt, released on October 10, 1995, by Trauma Records and Interscope Records. It was the final album to feature original keyboardist Eric Stefani, who left the band in 1994. The album was produced by Matthew Wilder and recorded in 11 studios in the Greater Los Angeles area between March 1993 and October 1995. Between 1995 and 1998, seven singles were released from it, including "Just a Girl", which charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart; and "Don't Speak", which topped the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay and reached the top five of many international charts.

The album received mostly positive reviews from music critics and became the band's most commercially successful album, reaching number one on the Billboard 200 as well as topping the charts in Canada and New Zealand. At the 39th Annual Grammy Awards, No Doubt earned nominations for Best New Artist and Best Rock Album. It has sold over 16 million copies worldwide, and was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the United States and Canada, platinum in the United Kingdom, and triple platinum in Australia. Tragic Kingdom helped to initiate the ska revival of the 1990s, persuading record labels to sign more ska bands and helping them to attract more mainstream attention. The album was ranked number 441 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

No Doubt embarked on a tour to promote the album. It was designed by Project X and lasted two and a half years. An early 1997 performance at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim was filmed and released as Live in the Tragic Kingdom on VHS and later DVD.

Background[edit]

No Doubt released their self-titled debut album in 1992, a year after being signed to Interscope. The album's pop-oriented sound sharply contrasted with grunge music, a genre which was very popular at the time in the United States.[1] The album sold 30,000 copies;[2][3] in the words of the program director of KROQ, a Los Angeles radio station on which it was one of the band's driving ambitions to be played, "it would take an act of God for this band to get on the radio."[3][4] The band began work on their second album in 1993,[3] but Interscope rejected most of the material,[5] and paired the band with producer Matthew Wilder. Keyboardist Eric Stefani did not want to relinquish creative control to someone outside the band and eventually stopped recording and rehearsing.[6] He encouraged other members of the band to write songs, but sometimes felt threatened when they did. Eric became increasingly depressed, and in September 1994, he stopped attending rehearsals, though they were usually held at his house.[7] He soon left the band to pursue an animation career on the animated sitcom The Simpsons.[6] Bassist Tony Kanal then ended his seven-year relationship with Gwen Stefani.[8]

The band decided to produce their next album independently and recorded their second album, The Beacon Street Collection, in a homemade studio.[3] No Doubt's first two singles were released for The Beacon Street Collection: "Squeal" and "Doghouse", under their own record label, Beacon Street Records. Despite limited availability, the album sold 100,000 copies in the year of its release.[3] Their independence attracted Interscope's attention and ensured that the label would fund a third album.[5]

Production[edit]

The title "Tragic Kingdom" is a play on words for Disneyland's nickname The Magic Kingdom.

Tragic Kingdom was recorded in 11 studios in Los Angeles,[3] starting in March 1993 and released in October 1995.[3] During one of these recording sessions, the band was introduced to Paul Palmer, who had previously worked with Bush and was interested in working on No Doubt's new album. After mixing the first single with David J. Holman, "Just a Girl", Palmer and Holman went on to do the same to the rest of the record. He wanted to release the album on his own label, Trauma Records, which was already associated with Interscope, and succeeded in getting the contract.[9]

The album is named after the nickname Dumont's seventh-grade teacher had for Disneyland, which is in Anaheim, California, where the band members grew up.[10] The album photography and portraits were taken by photographer fine artist Daniel Arsenault. Gwen is featured in the foreground while the rest of the band members are standing in an orange grove in the background. Gwen pushed for Eric to be included on the album cover—a source of tension for the band—reasoning that although he had left the band, he had still contributed substantially to the album. Eric is seen near the back of the picture, looking away from the camera.[7] The pictures on the cover and in the liner notes were taken on city streets in their native Orange County (namely Anaheim and City of Orange) and in orange groves. The red dress Gwen wears on the cover was loaned to the Hard Rock Cafe and was later displayed at the Fullerton Museum Center in an exhibit titled "The Orange Groove: Orange County's Rock n' Roll History".[11] The dress, appraised as high as US$5,000, was stolen from the exhibit in January 2005.[12]

Music and lyrics[edit]

Tragic Kingdom has been described as pop rock,[13][14] alternative rock,[15][16] ska punk,[17] new wave,[18] and pop punk.[19] The album also uses elements of pop,[20][21][22] funk,[14][23] punk,[20][14] dancehall,[14] disco,[13] third-wave ska,[20] post-grunge,[20] ska,[21][22] reggae,[21] flamenco,[21] and Tejano, among others.[21]

Many of the lyrics on Tragic Kingdom were written by lead vocalist Gwen Stefani, and were about her experiences in life. Those from No Doubt and The Beacon Street Collection were written mainly by Eric Stefani, who left the band after Tragic Kingdom was finished.[24] Therefore, the style of music changed from what the band had previously produced. Guitarist Tom Dumont explained the change in sound in an interview for Backstage Online:

Well, there is a reason that the sound of our music has changed, and it's not because we've sold out — easy for me to say. Eric, our keyboard player, used to write most of our songs. He was the main creative force in the band for many years. And at a certain point after that first album came out, he had this personal thing, like he didn't like touring, he didn't like all that stuff. He just liked to sit down and write songs. That's him. He's the artistic side, the total Mr. Creative. We have a simpler style. We're not quite genius like him, I think. This album was our first attempt. It was Gwen's first time really writing all the lyrics herself, so to me, it went the opposite from selling out — we have done something that is even more personal. In the past, Eric was writing songs about his life and having Gwen sing them. Now we have Gwen singing and writing about her own experiences. It makes it more natural. She's a singer, she should sing about herself or sing what she wants to sing. I think that is the main reason why our musical style has changed.[24]

Singles[edit]

The first single released from Tragic Kingdom was "Just a Girl", which details Gwen Stefani's exasperation with female stereotypes and her father's concerned reaction to her driving home late from her boyfriend's house. It peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 10 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.[25] The song also charted on the UK Singles Chart, where its original release peaked at number 38 and its reissue at number three.[26] The second single was "Spiderwebs", written about an uninterested woman who is trying to avoid the constant phone calls of a persistent man. It reached number five on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart,[25] number 11 on the Billboard Top 40 Mainstream chart,[25] and number 16 on the UK Singles Chart.[26]

The third single was "Don't Speak", a ballad about the breakup of Stefani and Kanal's relationship. It peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay, and maintained that position for 16 consecutive weeks, a record at the time, although it was broken in 1998 by the Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris" with 18 weeks.[27] The song was not eligible to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 because no commercial single was released, which was a requirement at the time.[28] The song also peaked at number two on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, at number six on the Adult Contemporary chart, at number one on the Adult Top 40 chart, and at number nine on the Rhythmic Top 40 chart.[25] The song also appeared on several international charts, reaching number one in Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, number two in Austria and Germany, and number four in Finland and France.[26][29]

"Excuse Me Mr." and "Sunday Morning" were released as the album's fourth and fifth singles, respectively. "Excuse Me Mr." reached number 17 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart[25] and number 11 in New Zealand.[30] "Sunday Morning" peaked at number 35 on the Billboard Top 40 Mainstream chart,[25] number 21 in Australia, number 42 in New Zealand, and number 55 in Sweden.[31] Composing the song began when Kanal was having a fight with Stefani, then his girlfriend, through the bathroom door of his parents' house in Yorba Linda, California. Stefani later changed the lyrics to discuss dealing with her breakup with Kanal.[32] "Happy Now?" was released as the album's sixth single on September 23, 1997, but failed to chart anywhere.[25][33][34] "Hey You!" was released as the seventh and final single from Tragic Kingdom; it peaked at number 51 on the Dutch Single Top 100.[35] Despite being a Dutch-only single, a Sophie Muller-directed music video was filmed to promote the single.[36]

Release and promotion[edit]

Tragic Kingdom was first released by Trauma and Interscope on October 10, 1995. To promote the album, Trauma launched a street campaign that targeted high school students and the skateboarding community. No Doubt performed on the Warped Tour, which was sponsored by several skateboarding companies, and at several skateboarding festivals. The album remained low on the Billboard 200 and did not enter the top 100 until February 1996, when it jumped 27 positions to number 89. Palmer attributed the jump to a Channel One News program that Stefani hosted in January 1996, which was broadcast in 12,000 classrooms, and the band's subsequent performance at a Blockbuster store in Fresno, California.[37]

In May 1996, the band worked with HMV, MuchMusic, and the Universal Music Group to put on a global in-store promotion. The band performed and answered questions in MuchMusic's studios in Toronto, Ontario. The session was broadcast live to HMV stores worldwide and on a webcast so that fans could watch and ask the band questions through MuchMusic's VJs. Sales of Tragic Kingdom doubled the week after the event. The event's sponsors lobbied Guinness World Records to create a category for the largest virtual in-store promotion to recognize the event.[38]

No Doubt embarked on the Tragic Kingdom Tour after the release of the album. It chose Project X, headed by Luc Lafortune and Michael Keeling, to design the stage. No Doubt suggested decorating the stage as a clearing in a forest. Project X created three anthropomorphic trees with glowing oranges. The show included clear and mylar confetti designed to look like rain. Lighting design was difficult because there were only four rehearsals, so the show was arranged to be flexible to allow for what Lafortune referred to as "a very kinetic performance".[39] The band expected to tour for two months, but the tour ended up lasting two and a half years.[40]

An early 1997 performance at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim was filmed[41] and was released as Live in the Tragic Kingdom on VHS on November 11, 1997.[42] It was re-released on November 25, 2003, on DVD as part of the box set Boom Box,[43] which also contained The Singles 1992–2003, Everything in Time, and The Videos 1992–2003; and again on June 13, 2006, as a stand-alone DVD, containing bonus material of extra songs, a photo gallery, and an alternative version of "Don't Speak".[44]

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[20]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[23]
Los Angeles Times[45]
MusicHound Rock3/5[46]
Music Week[47]
Pitchfork7.8/10[48]
Punknews.org7.8/10[49]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[50]
The Village VoiceC+[51]
Sputnikmusic4/5[16]

The album received mostly positive reviews from critics. David Fricke of Rolling Stone magazine gave a mostly positive review, describing Tragic Kingdom as "ear candy with good beats, not just bludgeon-by-numbers guitars" and its music as "a spry, white-suburban take on ska and Blondieesque pop".[22] Fricke however described "Don't Speak" as "irritating swill" with "high-pitched rippling" from Gwen Stefani.[22] In 2003, the album was ranked number 441 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.[52] Entertainment Weekly's David Browne attributed the album's sales to Gwen Stefani's "leggy, bleached-blond calling card" and concluded that "sex still sells". Browne, however, described the music as "a hefty chunk of new-wave party bounce and Chili Peppers-style white-boy funk, with dashes of reggae, squealing hair-metal guitar, disco, ska-band horns" and the band as sounding like "savvy, lounge-bred pros". Individual songs were singled out and commented on: "Just a Girl" was described as "a chirpy, ska-tinged bopper", "Don't Speak" as "an old-fangled power ballad", "Sixteen" as a "song of solidarity with misunderstood teenage girls", and "Spiderwebs" and "End It on This" as "[Stefani] acknowledg[ing] obsessions with losers and tr[ying] to break free."[23]

Calling the album a marked improvement over "the diffuse, rambling songwriting of [No Doubt's] two previous CDs", Mike Boehm of the Los Angeles Times felt that on the album, "The band is bright, hard-hitting and kinetic, as sharp production captures the core, four-man instrumental team and adjunct horn section at their best".[45] In a favorable review for The Village Voice, critic Chuck Eddy felt that although "[the album] turns pretentious ... No Doubt resurrects the exuberance new-wave guys lost when '80s indie labels and college radio conned them into settling for slam-pit fits and wallflower wallpaper".[21] AllMusic called it "pure fun" and described the music as something "between '90s punk, third-wave ska, and pop sensibility" and a mix of "new wave melodicism, post-grunge rock, and West Coast sunshine", indicating the songs "Spiderwebs", "Just a Girl", and "Don't Speak" as "positively [ruling] the airwaves".[20] Yahoo! Music reviewer Bill Holdship called the album a "phenomenon" containing "hit after hit", and describing "Spiderwebs" as "a terrific opener".[53] Reviewer Robert Christgau called Stefani "hebephrenic" and the album "hyped up" and not "as songful as its fun-besotted partisans [claim]".[51] At the 1997 Grammy Awards, No Doubt were nominated for Best New Artist and Best Rock Album.[54]

In 2000, it was voted number 436 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums,[55] while in 2020, NME included it on its list of "The best new wave albums ever".[18]

Commercial performance[edit]

After entering the Billboard 200 at number 175 in January 1996,[56] Tragic Kingdom eventually reached number one in December 1996, with 229,000 copies sold,[57] spending nine non-consecutive weeks atop the chart.[56] It was listed second on the 1997 Billboard 200 year-end chart, behind the Spice Girls' Spice.[58] On February 5, 1999, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the album diamond,[59] and as of July 2012, it had sold 8,167,000 copies in the United States;[60] it sold an additional 1.32 million copies through BMG Music Club.[61] Tragic Kingdom topped the Canadian Albums Chart in December 1996,[62] and it was certified diamond by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) in August 1997.[63] In Europe, the album topped the chart in Belgium, Finland, and Norway, while reaching the top five in Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, and the top 20 in France.[64] By April 2004, the album had sold 16 million copies worldwide.[40]

The commercial success of Tragic Kingdom prompted record labels to sign ska bands, and more independent labels released ska records and compilations. Save Ferris's guitarist and vocalist Brian Mashburn stated that No Doubt helped allow bands like his receive attention from the mainstream.[65]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks produced by Matthew Wilder.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Spiderwebs"4:28
2."Excuse Me Mr."
3:04
3."Just a Girl"
  • G. Stefani
  • Dumont
3:28
4."Happy Now?"
  • G. Stefani
  • Dumont
  • Kanal
3:43
5."Different People"
4:34
6."Hey You!"
  • G. Stefani
  • Kanal
3:34
7."The Climb"E. Stefani6:37
8."Sixteen"
  • G. Stefani
  • Kanal
3:21
9."Sunday Morning"
  • Kanal
  • G. Stefani
  • E. Stefani
4:33
10."Don't Speak"
  • E. Stefani
  • G. Stefani
4:23
11."You Can Do It"
  • G. Stefani
  • E. Stefani
  • Dumont
  • Kanal
4:13
12."World Go 'Round"
  • Kanal
  • G. Stefani
4:09
13."End It on This"
  • G. Stefani
  • Dumont
  • Kanal
  • E. Stefani
3:45
14."Tragic Kingdom"E. Stefani5:31
Total length:59:35

Personnel[edit]

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Tragic Kingdom.[66]

No Doubt[edit]

Additional musicians[edit]

  • Phil Jordan – trumpet and flugelhorn
  • Gabrial McNair – trombone, additional percussion
  • Gerard Boisse – saxophone (tracks 5, 7, 14)
  • Stephen Perkinssteel drum (track 1)
  • Aloke Dasgupta – sitar (track 6)
  • Melissa Hasin – cello (tracks 8, 10)
  • Bill Bergman – saxophone (tracks 11, 12)
  • Les Lovitt – trumpet (tracks 11, 12)
  • Greg Smith – baritone saxophone (tracks 11, 12)
  • Nick Lane – trombone (tracks 11, 12)
  • Matthew Wilder – additional keyboards (tracks 3, 6)
  • Albhy Galuten – director of paradigm (track 5)

Technical[edit]

  • Matthew Wilder – production
  • Phil Kaffel – recording (tracks 3–10, 14)
  • George Landress – recording (tracks 3, 6, 7)
  • Matt Hyde – recording (tracks 1, 2, 13)
  • John "Tokes" Potoker – recording (tracks 11–13)
  • Ray Blair – recording (track 5)
  • David J. Holman – mixing at Cactus Studios (Hollywood)
  • Paul Palmer – mixing at Cactus Studios (Hollywood)
  • Robert Vosgien – mastering at CMS Digital (Pasadena)

Artwork[edit]

  • Morbido / Bizarrio – creative direction, design, digital imaging
  • Dan Arsenault – photography
  • Shelly Robertson – photography
  • Patrick Miller – photography

Charts[edit]

Certifications and sales[edit]

Certifications and sales for Tragic Kingdom
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[111] Gold 30,000^
Australia (ARIA)[112] 4× Platinum 280,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[113] Gold 25,000*
Belgium (BEA)[114] Platinum 50,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[115] Gold 100,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[63] Diamond 1,000,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[116] Platinum 55,785[116]
France (SNEP)[117] 2× Gold 200,000*
Germany (BVMI)[119] Gold 360,000[118]
Israel[120] Gold 20,000[120]
Italy (FIMI)[121] Platinum 100,000*
Japan (RIAJ)[122] Gold 100,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[123] Platinum 100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[124] 5× Platinum 75,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[125] Platinum 50,000*
Portugal 80,000[126]
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[127] Platinum 100,000^
Sweden (GLF)[128] 2× Platinum 200,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[129] Platinum 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[131] Platinum 533,172[130]
United States (RIAA)[59] Diamond 9,487,000[a]
Summaries
Asia Pacific 500,000[133]
Europe (IFPI)[134] 2× Platinum 2,000,000*
Latin America 450,000[135]
Worldwide 16,000,000[40]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ As of July 2012, Tragic Kingdom had sold 8,167,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan,[60] with an additional 1.32 million copies sold at BMG Music Club.[61] Nielsen SoundScan does not count albums sold through clubs like the BMG Music Service, which were significantly popular in the 1990s.[132]

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