Doll Revolution

Doll Revolution
Studio album by The Bangles
Released September 9, 2003
Recorded 2000-03. Additional Recording Studios at Icon Recording Studios, Hollywood, California. Icon Recording Studios owner and Chief Engineer - Andrew Troy, Assistant Engineer - Aaron Kaplay, 2nd Assistant Engineer - Pablo Solorzano.
Genre Pop rock
Length 60:22
Label Koch
Producer Brad Wood
The Bangles chronology
Greatest Hits
(1990)		 Doll Revolution
(2003)		 Sweetheart of the Sun
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
BBC Music(favorable) [2]
Entertainment.ie [3]
Entertainment WeeklyB− [4]
The Guardian [5]
Jam!(average) [6]
musicOMH(positive) [7]
PopMatters(positive) [8]
Robert Christgau [9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [10]
Slant [11]
Uncut [12]

Doll Revolution is the fourth studio album by the American pop rock band the Bangles. It was released in March 2003 in Europe and Japan and in September of that year in the USA. It is the group's first original material since 1988's Everything.

Background

The Bangles reunited in 1999, releasing the song "Get the Girl" on the Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me soundtrack and spent the next four years touring to finance the record, which was first released in Europe in March 2003. The group resurrected their own label Down Kiddie! Records, on which they had released their debut single "Getting out of Hand" in 1981, to release the record, and struck a deal with Liberty Records, an EMI subsidiary, to distribute it in Europe. In the USA, the record was released by Koch Records in September of that year.

Including 15 songs, it is the group's lengthiest album. All tracks were co-composed by members of the band, with the exception of "Tear Off Your Own Head" which was written by Elvis Costello. Some songs had been already released in the 1990s by band members on other bands they worked with after the band split: "Mixed Messages" and "The Rain Song", written by Vicki Peterson, had been released in the Continental Drifters albums, while "Ask Me No Questions" was released by Debbi Peterson with her band Kindred Spirit. "Nickel Romeo" and "Between The Two", while never released, had been debuted by Michael Steele with her band Crash Wisdom in live shows in 1994.

The album spawned three singles. The lead single, "Something That You Said", was a minor hit in Europe. "Tear Off Your Own Head (It's A Doll Revolution)" and "I Will Take Care of You" were next released as singles. All three songs had lead vocals by Susanna Hoffs.

In the USA, an edition with a bonus DVD with interviews and the video to "Something that You Said" was released. In Japan, the group included as bonus tracks both songs from their first 45 single released in 1981, "Getting out of Hand" and "Call on Me" (the first time they had been released on CD), as well as an alternate mix of "Something That You Said."

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Tear Off Your Own Head (It's a Doll Revolution)"  Elvis Costello 3:57
2. "Stealing Rosemary"  Susanna Hoffs, Debbi Peterson, Vicki Peterson 3:32
3. "Something That You Said"  Charlotte Caffey, Susanna Hoffs, Vicki Peterson 4:16
4. "Ask Me No Questions"  Walker Igleheart, Debbi Peterson 3:26
5. "The Rain Song"  Susan Cowsill, Vicki Peterson 3:41
6. "Nickel Romeo"  Steve LeGassick, Brian Ray, Michael Steele 4:57
7. "Ride the Ride"  Susanna Hoffs, Debbi Peterson, Vicki Peterson, Daniel Schwartz 4:48
8. "I Will Take Care of You"  Susanna Hoffs, Dillon O'Brian 3:56
9. "Here Right Now"  Debbi Peterson, Peter Rafelson 3:24
10. "Single by Choice"  Vicki Peterson 3:41
11. "Lost at Sea"  Susanna Hoffs, Debbi Peterson 3:55
12. "Song for a Good Son"  Michael Steele 4:01
13. "Mixed Messages"  Vicki Peterson 3:19
14. "Between the Two"  Michael Steele, David White 3:42
15. "Grateful"  Bill Bottrell, Susanna Hoffs, Daniel Schwartz 4:59

Personnel

The Bangles
Additional musicians

Chart performance

Date Chart Peak position
March 9, 2003 Austria Albums Top 75 36[13]
March 9, 2003 UK Albums Top 75 62
March 23, 2003 Swiss Albums Top 100 80[14]
2003 Top 100 Independent albums 23[15]

References

  1. ↑ Sendra, Tim. Doll Revolution at AllMusic
  2. ↑ BBC Music review
  3. ↑ Entertainment.ie review
  4. ↑ Feliciano, Kristina (2003-09-26). "Doll Revolution Review". Entertainment Weekly: 95. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
  5. ↑ The Guardian review
  6. ↑ Jam! review
  7. ↑ musicOMH review
  8. ↑ PopMatters review
  9. ↑ Robert Christgau review
  10. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 43. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  11. ↑ Slant review
  12. ↑ "The Bangles - Doll Revolution". Uncut. 2003. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
  13. ↑ AustrianCharts.at Doll Revolution page Accessed: October 28. 2006
  14. ↑ SwissCharts.com Doll Revolution page Accessed: October 28. 2006
  15. ↑ Billboard.com Doll Revolution page

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