Boom Box (No Doubt album)

''Boom Box'' is a limited-edition box set album by the American rock band No Doubt, released on November 25, 2003 through Interscope Records. It compiled ''The Singles 1992–2003'', ''The Videos 1992–2003'', ''Everything in Time'', and ''Live in the Tragic Kingdom''. ''The Singles 1992–2003'' was also released on a separate CD on the same date. ''Everything in Time'' was released as a separate CD later on October 12, 2004. ''The Videos 1992–2003'' was released as a separate DVD on May 4, 2004. At the time of ''Boom Box'''s release, ''Live in the Tragic Kingdom'' had already been released on VHS and it was re-released on DVD on June 13, 2006.

''The Singles 1992–2003'' and ''The Videos 1992–2003'' are compiled from the singles released from four of the band's five studio albums, ''No Doubt'', ''Tragic Kingdom'', ''Return of Saturn'' and ''Rock Steady'', with tracks from the last three heavily represented. ''Everything in Time'' is an album of B-sides, rare songs and remixes, taken mainly from the recording sessions of ''Return of Saturn''. ''Live in the Tragic Kingdom'' is a recording of a concert filmed during the band's tour for ''Tragic Kingdom''.

The release of ''Boom Box'' received very little coverage from music critics because it was not a studio album. The few reviews it received were positive. However, in its separate release, ''The Singles 1992–2003'' was reviewed widely and positively, and it charted highly across North America and Europe, peaking at number 2 in the US and number 5 in the UK. ''Everything in Time'', in its separate release, charted on the US ''Billboard'' 200 at number 182.

Background

No Doubt released five studio albums throughout its career before going into hiatus. Their debut album, ''No Doubt'', was released on March 17, 1992. It sold only 30,000 copies on its initial release, and the band's record company, Interscope Records, refused to fund the release of a single from it. No Doubt therefore financed the production of a music video for the song "Trapped in a Box", which was received local airplay in Orange County, California but did not attract mainstream attention. No Doubt recorded their second album, ''The Beacon Street Collection'', in March 1995. It was released independently, because No Doubt had recorded many songs that they knew would not make it onto ''Tragic Kingdom'' and were frustrated by a lack of attention from their label. They released two singles from it: "Squeal" and "Doghouse". ''The Beacon Street Collection'' sold 100,000 copies. No Doubt's independence shocked their company representative and ensured that the label would finance a third album.

The band's third album, ''Tragic Kingdom'', was released shortly after ''The Beacon Street Collection'', on October 10, 1995 under Interscope Records. Work began on the album in 1993 but Interscope rejected most of the material, leading to the release of ''Beacon Street''. The band was introduced to Paul Palmer, who had his own label Trauma Records, which was already associated with Interscope. Palmer mixed the record and was allowed to release ''Tragic Kingdom'' under Trauma Records. The album produced seven singles: "Just a Girl", " Spiderwebs", "Don't Speak", "Excuse Me Mr.", "Happy Now?", " Sunday Morning", and "Hey You!". In total, ''Tragic Kingdom'' sold over 16 million copies worldwide, and was certified diamond in the United States and Canada, and platinum in the United Kingdom.

No Doubt's fourth studio album was ''Return of Saturn'', released on April 11, 2000 after two and a half years of touring to promote ''Tragic Kingdom''. The album spawned four singles—"New", a song from the soundtrack to the movie '' Go'', "Ex-Girlfriend

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