{"product_id":"the-sweet-escape","title":"The Sweet Escape - 9857","description":"Amazon.com\n\nThere's nothing like a Gwen Stefani disc to rip you from your pop comfort zone and, in the pleasantest way possible, knock you around a bit. On The Sweet Escape, the blows arrive roughly every four minutes: a yodel (\"Wind It Up\") skitters off ceremoniously before the title track, featuring Akon, catches you off guard with its infectious yelps of \"Woo-hoo, YEE-hoo!,\" and the pouty rap of \"Orange County Girl\" has barely petered out before we're vectored somewhere back toward the '80s with the indie rock-ish \"Early Winter.\" That the sound of these songs doesn't follow a formula--that they pounce wherever they please, without regard for genres or decades--is no big whoop; this is Gwen Stefani, after all, and her up-for-anything, play-along fans probably wouldn't have it any other way. More surprising is the extent to which Stefani inserts what seems to be her genuine self into the music: \"4 in the Morning,\" a Madonna-reminiscent midtempo groover, drops the wide-eyed Betty Boop pose and basks in a rarely plumbed depth of feeling (\"I give you everything that I am \/ I'm handing over everything that I've got \/ 'cause I wanna have a really true love,\" she sings with something like sincerity). A single track later, she's owning up to motherhood in the sexiest, most unapologetic way possible: \"I know you've been waiting,\" she pants, \"but I've been off making babies \/ And like a chef making donuts and pastries \/ It's time to make you sweat.\" Lyrics don't get much cleverer than the ones to \"Breakin' Up,\" a kiss-off disguised as a dropped cell phone call, and sounds don't get much swizzier than the ones on \"Now That You Got It.\" Which is to say that Gwen's got game--as much as on Love.Angel.Music.Baby, if not more--and that anytime she's prepared to hollaback, the world will do well to listen. --Tammy La Gorce\n\nProduct description\n\nThere's nothing like a Gwen Stefani disc to rip you from your pop comfort zone and, in the pleasantest way possible, knock you around a bit. On The Sweet Escape, the blows arrive roughly every four minutes: a yodel (\"Wind It Up\") skitters off ceremoniously before the title track, featuring Akon, catches you off guard with its infectious yelps of \"Woo-hoo, YEE-hoo!,\" and the pouty rap of \"Orange County Girl\" has barely petered out before we're vectored somewhere back toward the '80s with the indie rock-ish \"Early Winter.\" That the sound of these songs doesn't follow a formula--that they pounce wherever they please, without regard for genres or decades--is no big whoop; this is Gwen Stefani, after all, and her up-for-anything, play-along fans probably wouldn't have it any other way. More surprising is the extent to which Stefani inserts what seems to be her genuine self into the music: \"4 in the Morning,\" a Madonna-reminiscent midtempo groover, drops the wide-eyed Betty Boop pose and basks in a rarely plumbed depth of feeling (\"I give you everything that I am \/ I'm handing over everything that I've got \/ 'cause I wanna have a really true love,\" she sings with something like sincerity). A single track later, she's owning up to motherhood in the sexiest, most unapologetic way possible: \"I know you've been waiting,\" she pants, \"but I've been off making babies \/ And like a chef making donuts and pastries \/ It's time to make you sweat.\" Lyrics don't get much cleverer than the ones to \"Breakin' Up,\" a kiss-off disguised as a dropped cell phone call, and sounds don't get much swizzier than the ones on \"Now That You Got It.\" Which is to say that Gwen's got game--as much as on Love.Angel.Music.Baby, if not more--and that anytime she's prepared to hollaback, the world will do well to listen. --Tammy La Gorce\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B000JJRIN4\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: GGV.B000JJRIN4.LN\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Like New\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Stefani, Gwen\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio CD\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Recycle4","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49565951525162,"sku":"GGV.B000JJRIN4.LN","price":10.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0773\/0819\/9210\/files\/skuimage_8198ad31-8305-465a-afbc-7e223ff2e7b2.jpg?v=1731191460","url":"https:\/\/recycle4.com\/products\/the-sweet-escape","provider":"Recycle4","version":"1.0","type":"link"}