[译]Rolling Stone滚石评No Doubt《Push And Shove》

No Doubt aren't just 11 years older than they were when they released their last LP. They're determined to be wiser. Push and Shove leans toward synthpop-flavored ballads with grown-up themes: relationship struggles, the rewards of long-term romance. The songs are catchy, but Gwen Stefani doesn't have the voice, or the gravitas, for grandiose tunes. And do we really want a "mature" No Doubt record, anyway? The band sounds more at home on the title track, a ska/dub fusion where Stefani rhymes "La-la-la-la vida loca/We speeding it up like soca." That's the No Doubt we love: hopped-up ambassadors from a fairy-tale SoCal where la vida is, eternally, loca.

No Doubt自发行最后一张专辑起已经老了不只11岁了，他们下定决心要变得更明智。专辑《Push and Shove》倾向于成人主题下有synthpop味道的抒情曲：人际关系的抉择，爱情长跑下的结晶。专辑歌曲都非常抓耳，但鸡瘟的嗓音不太好，或是缺少带庄重感的华丽曲调。不管怎样，我们真的想要一张“成熟”的No Doubt专辑吗？No Doubt在专辑同名曲上听起来更自在。在这首ska/dub融合风的歌曲中，鸡瘟的押韵“La-la-la-la vida loca/We it up like soca”(La-la-la-la -la vida loca/We it up like soca)。绝对是我们喜欢的No Doubt风范：来自那“疯狂生活”精神永存，童话故事般的南部加州，一群热血澎湃的冲锋者。