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 " . Fricke however described " Do n't Speak " as " irritating swill " with " high-pitched rippling " from Gwen Stefani . In 2003 , the album was ranked number 441 on '' Rolling Stone '' magazine 's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time . '' 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 " , " Do n'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 . " 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 " . 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 " . 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 " Do n't Speak " as " positively ruling the airwaves " . Yahoo! Music reviewer Bill Holdship called the album a " phenomenon " containing " hit after hit " , and describing " Spiderwebs " as " a terrific opener " . Reviewer Robert Christgau called Stefani " hebephrenic " and the album " hyped up " and not " as songful as its fun-besotted partisans claim " . At the 1997 Grammy Awards , No Doubt were nominated for Best New Artist and Best Rock Album
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