10 Best Number One Rock Albums Of The 1990s
8. Tragic Kingdom - No Doubt
Before she was a mainstream pop starlet, Gwen Stefani was teaming up with her brother, Eric, as part of ska punk unit No Doubt.
Considering how successful both this band and Stefani as a solo artist would become, it's humbling to see that neither of No Doubt's first two albums made a dent in the mainstream charts. That all changed with the release of their third album in 1995, and boy, did it change a lot.
Tragic Kingdom, which is an absolutely fantastic title, dropped in October of 1995, but it took a long time to gain a foothold in the public conscious. It wouldn't reach number one in America until December 21st the following year, with its final week spent at the top spot coming in February 1997.
A slow burner, then.
Ultimately, none of this matters, because No Doubt finally got the recognition they deserved for producing an album full of crackers like Spiderwebs, Just a Girl, and Don't Speak. The success of Tragic Kingdom sparked a massive resurgence in ska's popularity, which, depending on your point of view, was either great, or the worst thing ever.