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List of Gwen Stefani tribute albums

List of Gwen Stefani tribute albums

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This is a list of tribute albums dedicated to American singer Gwen Stefani. Amongst projects in honor of Stefani include various cover albums, instrumental albums, and karaoke albums. Following the release of Stefani's first solo studio album in 2004, Love. Angel. Music. Baby., the Vitamin String Quartet released The String Quartet Tribute to Gwen Stefani (2005) to pay tribute.[1] Including covers of songs as performed with string instruments, the album was criticized for being uninteresting.[1] Big Eye Music released two records – both titled A Tribute to Gwen Stefani – in 2006 and 2007. The first album contains 11 covers of Stefani's solo material and her work with No Doubt as performed by the Hollaback Girls tribute band. In addition, an unrelated cover of Coldplay's "Yellow", performed by Tina Root's side-project Tre Lux, serves as a bonus track.[2] The 2007 version features Sabrina Claudio performing a cover of No Doubt's 2000 single "Simple Kind of Life".[3]

A number of tribute albums have been released in honor of Gwen Stefani.

Several karaoke albums dedicated to Stefani's discography have been released. Chartbuster Karaoke released All Songs in the Style of No Doubt and Gwen Stefani in 2005, a single CD with 15 songs from No Doubt and Stefani's catalogs.[4] The same label also distributed a two-part Gwen Stefani collection, with the first volume released in 2007 and the second in 2009. Volume one contains five songs from Love. Angel. Music. Baby. and her 2000 duet with Moby titled "South Side",[5] while the second volume has five songs from The Sweet Escape and "South Side".[6] Roma Music Group distributed children's-friendly collections of Stefani and No Doubt's music with Lullaby Versions of Gwen Stefani & No Doubt and the EP Music Box Versions of Gwen Stefani & No Doubt in 2011 and 2014, respectively.[7][8]

In 2011, Renegade Karaoke released Instrumental Tribute to Madonna, Gwen Stefani & Shakira, featuring karaoke Madonna covers like "Material Girl" and "Like a Prayer" and karaoke versions of Shakira's "Whenever, Wherever" and "Underneath Your Clothes". The album contains three No Doubt covers: "Hella Good", "Hey Baby", and "Underneath It All".[9] The 2016 compilation album Instrumental Covers of Gwen Stefani contains a total of 15 songs: the first six tracks are covers of Stefani's solo material whereas the latter nine songs are instrumental covers of Garbage singles.[10]

Tribute albums

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Notes

  1. On A Tribute to Gwen Stefani, track 12 is a bonus track tribute cover of Coldplay's "Yellow".[13]
  2. Gwen Stefani: A Piano Tribute is alternatively called Piano Tribute to Gwen Stefani on some platforms.[14]
  3. On Instrumental Tribute to Madonna, Gwen Stefani & Shakira, tracks 1–8 are instrumental covers of songs by Madonna, tracks 9–11 are instrumental covers of songs by Stefani and No Doubt, and tracks 12–13 are instrumental covers of songs by Shakira.[22]
  4. On Instrumental Covers of Gwen Stefani, tracks 7–15 are instrumental covers of songs by Garbage, despite the title solely referencing Stefani.[10]

References

  1. Loftus, Johnny. "Vitamin String Quartet – The String Quartet Tribute to Gwen Stefani". AllMusic. Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  2. "Karaoke – Chartbuster Karaoke: No Doubt [15 Tracks]". AllMusic. Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  3. Chartbuster Karaoke: All Songs in the Style of Gwen Stefani (liner notes). Various artists. Chartbuster Karaoke. 2007. 40350R.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. "Karaoke – Karaoke: Gwen Stefani, Vol. 2". AllMusic. Archived from the original on April 17, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  5. Chartbuster Karaoke: All Songs in the Style of No Doubt and Gwen Stefani (liner notes). Various artists. Chartbuster Karaoke. 2005. 90290.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. The String Quartet Tribute to Gwen Stefani (liner notes). Vitamin String Quartet. Vitamin. 2005. 9082.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. A Tribute to Gwen Stefani (liner notes). Various artists (First ed.). Big Eye Music. 2006. B000E5KUBA.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. Gwen Stefani: A Piano Tribute (liner notes). The Piano Tribute Players. CC Entertainment. 2007. 8622.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. "Various Artists – Gwen Stefani Piano Tribute". AllMusic. Archived from the original on May 6, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  10. Legends Series: No Doubt & Gwen Stefani (liner notes). Various artists. Legends Karaoke. 2007. B000T3ATA4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. Chartbuster Karaoke: All Songs in the Style of Gwen Stefani, Volume 2 (liner notes). Various artists. Chartbuster Karaoke. 2009. 40471.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  12. Performed by Academy Allstars: A Tribute to Gwen Stefani (liner notes). Academy Allstars. One Media Publishing. 2009. B004J8HB56.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  13. Instrumental Tribute to Madonna, Gwen Stefani & Shakira (liner notes). Renegade Karaoke Players. Renegade Karaoke. 2011. B004KZPVVE.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  14. Lullaby Versions of Gwen Stefani & No Doubt (liner notes). Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star. Roma Music Group. 2011. B004WIQN6Q.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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