I've been curious how ATRLers view these 2 albums 7 & 6 years after their release. As we all know, Fergie & Gwen were on top of the world in the mid-to-late 2000s - both being solo artists who were former members of immensely popular groups. Their respective albums from this time period have sold nearly 20 million copies collectively. 

 

Coincidentally, they also both took a decade long hiatus before releasing a new album. Both of these albums were unable to recapture the popularity they had before, and were commercial failures that garnered mixed reviews from critics and fans alike. Fergie's Double Dutchess was criticized for her failure to evolve as an artist and Gwen's This Is What The Truth Feels Like was seen as largely forgettable. 

 

What are your thoughts on these albums when you take into account the massive success of their predecessors? Which one do you prefer and why? What went wrong?  

 

Double Dutchess was a pretty solid album, actually.

MILF$ is a bop so the other one 

I actually like Double Dutchess. She just waited too damn long and the moment had passed. 

Fergie, I suppose. Nobody expected that Gwen album to be great. 

They are actually both good albums and would get more love if they had performed better on the charts

Double Dutchess gave us an iconic ATRL moment with the whole mess about the leak, a couple of bops and a great music video though!

Other than MILF $ I don’t care for DD at all. Gwen’s album was nice, I didn’t realize it was so hated on here, but I’m also not really surprised 

Double Dutchess has a ton of bops and I actually use it every now and again. 

 

The other album was disgusting considering what LAMB was. That’s what happens when you marry a conservative man. Stripped of all c*nt.

Edited August 18, 20233 yr by Relampago.

Well..Gwen had such MAGIC, such vibe

I Still use her first and somewhat second album

her mind was out of this world and still holds so much strength

 

What she delivered with this comeback was...Meh

and she disappoints me even more with recent music that she has released...

it's like her vision has Totally gone Poof! i blame her hillbilly husband

 

 

 

While Fergie didn't set her standard so high, she still had amazing stuff

but what she delivered afterwards, was up to par with a lot of the stuff that had been released at the time

and it was actually listenable (at least without being sad of what she was + it still Fit her)

she deffo had better stuff as a whole

why do I remember people liking TIWTTFL?

 

both have some cute moments though. I love Tension and Make Me Like You

Gwen for sure.. her album lacked seasoning. No redeeming songs anywhere and I don’t have to hear it ever again.

 

Double Dutchess wasn’t like amazing but I can still revisit a good handful of those songs with no issue.

As a fan of both, and as somebody who preferred Gwen over Fergie (back in the day), Double Ductchess is an incredible album and era that was hideously mismanaged. Gwen’s album was good and I loved it at the time but I feel it was the beginning of her quality decline when she met Blake. 

DD was a decent album. The problem was she waited too long after Milf money to release it. Also that mess with the atrl member who leaked it and likely got sued

 

gwens album was terrible. I’m slightly biased cause I always hated Gwen’s solo music minus HBG, cool and sweet escape. 

Double Dutchess had several bops.

TIWTTFL had one or two good song(s).

Single Dumbass >>>> This Is What A Ten Year Hiatus Sells Like 

DD isn't that bad, Gwen's album is forgettable

DD is a great album, the rollout was a mess. Gwens album is uninspired and bored.

 

The fact that Fergie gave us a visual album>>>

2 minutes ago, Mitsouko said:

Single Dumbass >>>> This Is What A Ten Year Hiatus Sells Like 

both slayed

i'm sorry but they both were equally terrible. both lacked the artistic integrity their previous albums had. not that anything on them wasn't catchy or a bop, it's just... wasn't either one of those women and what we have come to know of their discography.

30 minutes ago, Avariko said:

Double Dutchess gave us an iconic ATRL moment with the whole mess about the leak, a couple of bops and a great music video though!

Fergie manager topic 

Yall can say what you want about double dutchess but this album was a moment here. threads gifs leaks mess everything and it's great album in my opinion  Gwen album also is great but she waited too long just like Fergie

Edited August 18, 20233 yr by BlueBlue

Gwen was more disappointing. Fergie's was simply due to a failure on behalf of BMG.

Double Dutchess has several good songs.

 

The other one, I don't know.