Love. Fishing rod. Music. Infant.

Love. Fishing rod. Music. Infant.
Studio album by Gwen Stefani
Publication (s)	November 23, 2004
Label (s)	Interscope Records
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Electropop , contemporary R&B , hip-hop , disco
Title (number)	12
running time	48:27
production	André 3000 Dallas Austin Dr. Dre Nellee Hooper Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Tony Channel The Neptunes Spike stent
chronology - Love. Fishing rod. Music. Infant. The Sweet Escape (2007)
Single releases 4th October 2004 What You Waiting for? December 13, 2004 Rich girl March 21, 2005 Hollaback Girl 4th July 2005 Cool October 17, 2005 Luxurious January 9, 2006 Crash

Love. Fishing rod. Music. Infant. is the first studio album of American pop - singer Gwen Stefani . It was released on November 23, 2004 on the Interscope Records label.

Production and guest posts

In the production of Love. Fishing rod. Music. Infant. eight producers were involved, with Nellee Hooper participated in the highest number of songs ( What You Waiting for? , Cool , Luxurious , The Real Thing & Danger Zone ). Dr. Dre and The Neptunes only produced one song each ( Rich Girl and Hollaback Girl ). Also had Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis in the production of only one track involved ( Harajuku Girls ).

There are four guest contributions from three other artists on the album. André 3000 was a guest musician on Bubble Pop Electric and Long Way to Go . While Eve can be heard on Rich Girl and Slim Thug appeared on Luxurious .

Track list

#	title	Guest Posts	producer	length
1	What You Waiting for?		Nellee Hooper	3:41
2	Rich girl	Eve	Dr. Dre	3:56
3	Hollaback Girl		The Neptunes	3:19
4th	Cool		Dallas Austin , Nellee Hooper	3:09
5	Bubble Pop Electric	André 3000	André 3000	3:42
6th	Luxurious	Slim thug	Nellee Hooper, Tony Kanal	4:24
7th	Harajuku girls		Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis , Spike Stent	4:51
8th	Crash		Tony Channel	4:06
9	The real thing		Nellee Hooper, Spike Stent	4:12
10	Serious		Tony Kanal, Spike Stent	4:48
11	Danger Zone		Nellee Hooper, Dallas Austin	3:37
12	Long way to go	André 3000	André 3000	4:34

Chart successes and singles

Love. Fishing rod. Music. Infant. debuted on the Billboard 200 at number seven. The album sold 309,000 copies in the first week. In the week of June 18, 2005, the record reached its highest position of fifth. Love rose in the German album charts . Fishing rod. Music. Infant. on December 6, 2004 at number 23 and reached its highest position of 11 on July 25, 2005. Furthermore, Love reached . Fishing rod. Music. Infant. top of the charts in Australia.

album

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2004	Love. Fishing rod. Music. Infant.	DE11 gold (49 weeks)DE	AT12 gold (44 weeks)AT	CH17th gold (54 weeks)CH	UK4th × 3 Triple platinum (59 weeks)UK	US5 × 3 Triple platinum (156 weeks)US	First published: November 23, 2004

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2004	What You Waiting for? Love. Fishing rod. Music. Infant.	DE22 (15 weeks) DE	AT7 (24 weeks) AT	CH17 (30 weeks) CH	UK4th silver (22 weeks)UK	US47 gold (20 weeks)US	First published: October 4, 2004
	Rich Girl Love. Fishing rod. Music. Infant.	DE14 (14 weeks) DE	AT10 (21 weeks) AT	CH6 (28 weeks) CH	UK4th silver (14 weeks)UK	US7th gold (27 weeks)US	First published: December 13, 2004 (featuring Eve )
2005	Hollaback Girl Love. Fishing rod. Music. Infant.	DE3 gold (16 weeks)DE	AT5 (22 weeks) AT	CH6 (28 weeks) CH	UK8th gold (19 weeks)UK	US1 platinum (31 weeks)US	First published: March 21, 2005
	Cool love. Fishing rod. Music. Infant.	DE20 (10 weeks) DE	AT15 (15 weeks) AT	CH24 (15 weeks) CH	UK11 (12 weeks) UK	US13 (20 weeks) US	First published: July 4th, 2005
	Luxurious love. Fishing rod. Music. Infant.	DE65 (9 weeks) DE	AT66 (2 weeks) AT	CH39 (10 weeks) CH	UK44 (3 weeks) UK	US21 (20 weeks) US	First published: October 17, 2005 (featuring Slim Thug )
2006	Crash love. Fishing rod. Music. Infant.	-	-	-	-	US49 (8 weeks) US

Sales figures and awards

Love. Fishing rod. Music. Infant. was awarded a gold record in 2005 in Germany for more than 100,000 units sold . In the United States, the album was certified three times platinum for over three million sales in 2005, but has now sold over four million copies there. According to sources, the album sold over seven million copies worldwide, while it received gold and platinum awards for over 6.4 million units sold.

Professional reviews
Reviews
source	rating
allmusic
The Guardian
Rolling Stone
Slant Magazine
USA Today

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	gold	20,000
Australia (ARIA)	4 × platinum	280,000
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	20,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	100,000
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	(1,000,000)
Finland (IFPI)	gold	21,944
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Ireland (IRMA)	3 × platinum	45,000
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	5 × platinum	500,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	gold	50,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	2 × platinum	30,000
Norway (IFPI)	platinum	40,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	20,000
Russia (NFPF)	platinum	20,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	30,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	20,000
Hungary (MAHASZ)	gold	10,000
United States (RIAA)	3 × platinum	4,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × platinum	900,000
All in all	10 × gold 23 × platinum	6,456,944

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Margo Whitmire: U2's 'Bomb' Explodes At No. 1. In: Billboard. December 1, 2004, accessed February 10, 2019 . 
2. ^ Billboard 200: The week of June 18, 2005. Retrieved February 10, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Chart tracking Love. Fishing rod. Music. Infant. on officialcharts.de
4. ↑ Chart tracking Love. Fishing rod. Music. Infant. on australian-charts.con
5. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
6. ↑ DE: Gold
7. ↑ US: 3 × platinum
8. ↑ ^{a b} Bianca Gracie: Gwen Stefani's' Love. Fishing rod. Music. Infant.' Turns 15: A Track-By-Track Retrospective With the Pop Superstar. billboard.com, November 19, 2019, accessed August 14, 2020 . 
9. ^ Paul Madley: Gwen Stefani Celebrates LOVE. FISHING ROD. MUSIC. BABY.'s 15th Anniversary. vmagazine.com, November 19, 2019, accessed August 14, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
11. ↑ Rating: The Guardian
12. ↑ Rating: Rolling Stone
13. ↑ Rating: Slant Magazine
14. ↑ Review: USA Today
15. ↑ Award in Argentina
16. ↑ Award in Australia
17. ^ Award in Denmark
18. ↑ Award in Germany
19. ↑ Award in Europe
20. ↑ Award in Finland
21. ^ Award in France
22. ↑ Award in Ireland ( Memento of the original from June 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
23. ↑ Award in Japan
24. ↑ Award in Canada
25. ^ Award in Mexico
26. ↑ Award in New Zealand
27. ^ Award in Norway
28. ↑ Award in Austria
29. ↑ Award in Russia
30. ↑ Award in Sweden
31. ↑ Award in Switzerland
32. ↑ Award in Hungary
33. ↑ Distinction in the United States
34. ↑ Award in the United Kingdom