Doll Revolution

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Doll Revolution
The Bangles - Doll Revolution.jpg
Studio album by
The Bangles
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2003
RecordedJune 2000–June 2003
Genre Pop rock
Length60:22
Label Koch
Producer Brad Wood
The Bangles chronology
Greatest Hits
(1990)		Doll Revolution
(2003)		 The Essential Bangles
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
BBC Music Favorable [2]
Entertainment.ie Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Entertainment Weekly B− [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Jam! Average [6]
musicOMH Positive [7]
PopMatters Positive [8]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]

Doll Revolution is the fourth studio album by American pop rock band The Bangles. It was released in March 2003 in Europe and Japan, and in September of that year in the United States. It is the first album by the group since their 1998 reunion. It is also the final album to feature bassist and vocalist Michael Steele who left the band following the promotional tour.

Contents

Background

The Bangles reunited in 1999, released the song "Get the Girl" on the Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me soundtrack, and toured over the next four years to finance their next record. To release the album, the group resurrected their label Down Kiddie Records, on which their debut single "Getting Out of Hand" appeared in 1981. Doll Revolution was first released on CD in Europe and Japan in March 2003, and distributed through deals with the EMI subsidiary Liberty Records and Victor. The record came out in the US in September of that year, on Koch Records. It was also released on cassette in Thailand and Indonesia, and on CD in the UK, Australia, South Africa and Taiwan. [13]

Doll Revolution contains 15 songs and is the group's lengthiest album. All tracks were composed or co-written by members of the Bangles, with the exception of "Tear Off Your Own Head," written by Elvis Costello and debuting on his 2002 album When I Was Cruel . Previous versions of some of the songs were released and performed by band members with other groups they worked with: "Mixed Messages" by Vicki Peterson and "The Rain Song," written by Vicki and Susan Cowsill, both appeared on Continental Drifters albums; while "Ask Me No Questions," written by Debbi Peterson, was released by 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", reached No. 38 in the UK, [14] and was a minor hit elsewhere in Europe. "Tear Off Your Own Head (It's a Doll Revolution)" and "I Will Take Care of You" were next released as singles, the latter reaching No. 79 in the UK. [14] All three songs had lead vocals by Susanna Hoffs.

In the US, a bonus DVD was included with one version of the album, containing interviews, a photo gallery and the "Something That You Said" video. The Japanese CD in 2003 included as bonus tracks both songs from the Bangs'/Bangles' 1981 debut 7-inch single, "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." All of these tracks are featured on the audio player on the US bonus DVD as well. [13]

In 2020 and 2021, the album was reissued in a 2-LP format in the US on four different colored vinyl editions by Real Gone Music. [13]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Tear Off Your Own Head (It's a Doll Revolution)" Elvis Costello Hoffs3:57
2."Stealing Rosemary" Susanna Hoffs, Debbi Peterson, Vicki Peterson V. Peterson3:32
3."Something That You Said" Charlotte Caffey, Hoffs, V. PetersonHoffs4:16
4."Ask Me No Questions"Walker Igleheart, D. PetersonD. Peterson3:26
5."The Rain Song" Susan Cowsill, V. PetersonV. Peterson3:41
6."Nickel Romeo"Steve LeGassick, Brian Ray, Michael Steele Steele4:57
7."Ride the Ride"Hoffs, D. Peterson, V. Peterson, Daniel SchwartzGroup4:48
8."I Will Take Care of You"Hoffs, Dillon O'BrianHoffs3:56
9."Here Right Now"D. Peterson, Peter RafelsonD. Peterson3:24
10."Single by Choice"V. PetersonV. Peterson3:41
11."Lost at Sea"Hoffs, D. PetersonD. Peterson3:55
12."Song for a Good Son"SteeleSteele4:01
13."Mixed Messages"V. PetersonV. Peterson3:19
14."Between the Two"Steele, David WhiteSteele3:42
15."Grateful" Bill Bottrell, Hoffs, Daniel SchwartzHoffs4:59

Personnel

The Bangles

Additional musicians

Charts

Chart performance for Doll Revolution
Chart (2003)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [15] 36
European Albums ( Music & Media ) [16] 97
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [17] 35
Scottish Albums (OCC) [18] 78
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [19] 80
UK Albums (OCC) [20] 62
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [21] 23

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