Tragic Kingdom is the third studio album by the American
third wave ska band
No Doubt. It was released on October 10, 1995 on
Trauma Records, a division of
Interscope Records. The album was produced by
Matthew Wilder, mixed by Paul Palmer, and recorded in 11 studios in the
Greater Los Angeles Area between March 1993 and October 1995. Between 1995 and 1998, seven singles were released from it, including "
Just a Girl", which charted on the
Billboard Hot 100 and the
UK Singles Chart; and "
Don't Speak", which reached number one on the
Billboard Hot 100 Airplay and peaked in the top five of many international charts.
The album received mostly positive reviews from music critics. At the 39th Grammy Awards, No Doubt earned nominations for Best New Artist and Best Rock Album. The album has sold over 16&_160;million copies worldwide; and was certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the United States and Canada, platinum in the United Kingdom, and triple platinum in Australia. It helped to initiate the ska revival of the 1990s, persuading record labels to sign more ska bands and helping them to attract more mainstream attention.
No Doubt embarked on a tour to promote the album. It was designed by Project X and lasted two and a half years. An early 1997 performance at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim was filmed and released as Live in the Tragic Kingdom on VHS and later DVD.
No Doubt released its debut album No Doubt in 1992, a year after being signed to Interscope. The album's pop-oriented sound sharply contrasted with grunge music, a genre which was very popular at the time in the United States.[1] The album sold 30,000 copies;[2][3] in the words of the program director of KROQ, a California radio station on which it was one of the band's driving ambitions to be played "It would take an act of God for this band to get on the radio."[3][4]
