Words and phrases like “nostalgia” or “back to her roots” come to mind when listening to Gwen Stefani’s fifth studio album, “Bouquet” — and it is in no way negative, writes The Associated Press' Cristina Jaleru in her review.

To a certain generation, Gwen Stefani will always be the pink-haired ska goddess she was circa No Doubt’s Return of Saturn, but for her latest solo album, she took her sound in a very different direction.

Love and marriage are to be celebrated, but on this evidence they don’t make for the world’s most exciting music First things first – no, Gwen Stefani has not ‘done a Beyoncé‘ and ‘gone country’. Despite marrying Blake Shelton,