Album: Rock Steady

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Rock Steady

Rock Steady (Front Cover)

Album details


Released: 11 December 2001
Length: 49:02
Label(s): Interscope Records
Studio(s): Toast Studios, San Francisco, CA, USA; Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA

Charts, Certifications & Awards


Charts
America
Country: Chart Entry Date Peak Position Weeks in Chart
USA: Billboard 200 29 Dec. 2001 9 76
UK: Gallup Album Chart 16 Feb. 2002 43 6
Certifications
Institution, Country Date Certification
Information needed
Awards
Institution, Country Date Award
Grammy Award, USA 23 Feb. 2003 Nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 45th Grammy Awards (where it lost to Come Away With Me by Norah Jones).

Singles released


The 4 singles released from this album didn't contain a Prince contribution:

See also


Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic
(Album)
  
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Rock Steady is the fifth full-length studio album by rock/pop and ska group No Doubt, and was released in December 2001.

The album contained Waiting Room, a track featuring SymbolSmallerBlue.png as co-producer and musician (although the song was released after he returned to the name Prince, the track was worked on in 1999, when he was still using the name SymbolSmallerBlue.png). He also shares writing credit with Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal and Tom Dumont, three members of the group.


Sessions and compiling

After Gwen Stefani’s contribution to So Far, So Pleased, No Doubt sent their original version of Waiting Room, planned for their next album Return To Saturn. He heavily revised the track and he also appears on keyboards and background vocals (resulting in his writing co-credit) before returning it to them. The result was of such a different sound to the rest of the album that the band held it back to use on their following album, Rock Steady.


Promotion

The album produced four singles, Hey Baby, Hella Good, Underneath It All and Running, and was a huge commercial success. It reached number 9 on the US Billboard Hot 200, and was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 45th Grammy Awards (where it lost to Come Away With Me by Norah Jones).



Track listing
CD

Details given for Prince-related tracks only:

  1. Intro
  2. Hella Good
  3. Hey Baby
  4. Making Out
  5. Underneath It All
  6. Detective
  7. Don't Let Me Down
  8. Start The Fire
  9. Running
  10. In My Head
  11. Platinum Blonde Life
  12. Waiting Room (4:27) 1
  13. Rock Steady


1 Written by Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal, Tom Dumont & SymbolSmallerBlue.png



Personnel
Musicians


Production


Thanks
  • Thank you to our families, our friends, and everyone who has supported and inspired us over the past 15 years.



Releases
LP, CD, Cassettes and Other versions
Country Format Cat. Number Comments Front Back Label 1 Label 2

USA CD 0694931582 center center center center

Variants, Special Editions and Reissues
Country Format Cat. Number Comments Front Back Label 1 Label 2

None

 

 

 
Additional Information

Promotion (at time of release) Trivia


References
Theselftitledalbum album.jpg 2001
The Self Titled Album
All Albums All Related Artists Albums 2002
Electric Circus
Electriccircus album.jpg