Gwen Stefani’s second album The Sweet Escape is coming to vinyl for the first time.
The former No Doubt star’s 2006 follow-up to Love. Angel. Music. Baby. was preceded by the singles Wind It Up and its massive title track, and was met with critical and commercial acclaim upon its release.
Celebrating its 15th anniversary, Urban Outfitters are pressing the LP on limited edition gold vinyl in February, marking its first time on the format.
The outlet previously pressed Love. Angel. Music. Baby. as a limited 2LP pink and white set, with the release selling out soon after it was made available online.
The Sweet Escape 15th anniversary edition is available to pre-order now and ships from February 26th.
Gwen recently returned with her first non-festive music since 2016, with the single Let Me Reintroduce Myself paving the way to the star’s fifth solo album.
Speaking on America’s Today show, she recently teased the record is coming “soon,” revealing: “I have all the songs. I wrote a song yesterday. I’m still writing.
“I’m going to write a song tomorrow and I’m just going to edit, you know, and get the best of the best.
“As soon as they say I can put it out. Soon.”
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In addition to the tune, the Rich Girl singer also dropped an accompanying music video, which sees her dig deep into her closet to revive some of her most iconic looks.
“It was surreal,” she explained. “It made me really think about that I had nobody helping me.
“Those were outfits that I just made up, you know what I mean, or showed up at my house for free.https://www.youtube.com/embed/vZvkyfwD8mI
“It’s funny because now they are actually people’s Halloween costumes. And they were not Halloween costumes at the time, that was me actually being me.”
Speaking about her latest record, the Hollaback Girl hitmaker recently told Zane Lowe on Apple Music the collection is all about her collaborations with her co-writers – including her brother, Eric Stefani.
“I ended up calling my brother who I wrote Don’t Speak with, who was in No Doubt for nine years. Eric Stefani is his name,” recalls the hitmaker. “And he actually is playing on this record.
“So we all went to his house and get our masks on – There was just this incredible crazy moment to have him play on the record as well…
“It’s when it’s something’s meant to be and you just, like I said, open your heart and follow it. I feel like it was just meant to happen.”
Eric played keyboards, piano and guitar in No Doubt from 1986–1995 and appeared on the group’s first three albums: No Doubt, The Beacon Street Collection and Tragic Kingdom.
