The Sweet Escape

The Sweet Escape is the second studio album by the American singer and songwriter Gwen Stefani, which was released on December 1, 2006 by Interscope Records.

Track listing

Notes
  signifies an additional producer
  signifies a co-producer
  signifies an additional vocal producer
 "Wind It Up" contains interpolations from the composition "The Lonely Goatherd", written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein.

Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Sweet Escape.

 Gwen Stefani – lead vocals
 Akon – keyboards, production, programming, vocals 
 Andrew Alekel – recording 
 Angel Aponte – additional recording 
 Trinka Baggetta – A&R coordination
 Matt Beck – guitar 
 Yvan Bing – assistant engineering 
 Stephen Bradley – baritone, trumpet 
 Julian Chan – recording 
 Jolie Clemens – art direction, layout
 Andrew Coleman – recording 
 Greg Collins – bass ; recording ; guitar ; additional vocal production ; additional vocals recording 
 Cindy Cooper – art and packaging coordination, photography
 Pete Davis – additional keyboards, additional mix programming 
 Loren Dawson – keyboards 
 Alex Dromgoole – assistant engineering ; guitar ; bass 
 Bojan Dugic – recording 
 David Emery – assistant engineering ; guitar 
 Ron Fair – orchestra production 
 Jason Finkel – assistant engineering 
 Nicole Frantz – art and packaging coordination, photography
 Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering
 Sean Garrett – backing vocals, co-production 
 Brian Garten – recording 
 Simon Gogerly – recording 
 Mark "Exit" Goodchild – recording 
 Scheila Gonzalez – clarinet, flute, saxophone 
 Martin Gore – guitar 
 Jill Greenberg – fine art concept, photography
 Keith Gretlein – recording 
 Hart Gunther – assistant engineering 
 Richard Hawley – guitar 
 Nellee Hooper – production 
 Jimmy Iovine – A&R direction
 Neil Kanal – programming, recording ; keyboards 
 Tony Kanal – keyboards, production, programming 
 Ryan Kennedy – assistant engineering 
 Anthony LoGerfo – percussion 
 Aidan Love – programming 
 Tony Love – guitar 
 Gabrial McNair – keyboards ; baritone, trombone 
 Jonathan Merritt – recording 
 Kevin Mills – recording ; assistant engineering 
 Colin Mitchell – recording 
 Dror Mohar – assistant engineering 
 Angelo Moore – saxophone 
 The Neptunes – production 
 Ewan Pearson – programming 
 Pharrell – vocals 
 Glenn Pittman – assistant engineering 
 Mark Ralph – guitar 
 Tim Rice-Oxley – keyboards, piano 
 Kingston James McGregor Rossdale – baby sounds 
 Ian Rossiter – assistant engineering 
 Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing ; additional production 
 Swizz Beatz – production 
 Talent Bootcamp Kids – additional vocals 
 Phil Tan – mixing 
 Steve Tolle – assistant engineering 
 Rich Travali – mixing 
 Giorgio Tuinfort – co-production, keyboards, programming 
 Mark Williams – A&R direction

Charts

Weekly charts
 Chart (2006–07) Peakposition Australian Albums Chart 2 Australian Urban Albums Chart 1 Austrian Albums Chart 18 Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) 40 Belgian Alternative Albums Chart(Flanders) 22 Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia) 42 Canadian Albums Chart 3 Croatian Albums Chart 32 Czech Albums Chart 28 Danish Albums Chart 23 Dutch Albums Chart 35 European Top 100 Albums 23 Finnish Albums Chart 15 French Albums Chart 33 German Albums Chart 17 Greek Albums Chart 33 Hungarian Albums Chart 20 Irish Albums Chart 16 Italian Albums Chart 78 Japanese Albums Chart 7 Mexican Albums Chart 39 New Zealand Albums Chart 4 Norwegian Albums Chart 5 Polish Albums Chart 29 Scottish Albums Chart 24 Swedish Albums Chart 19 Swiss Albums Chart 8 UK Albums Chart 14 UK R&B Albums Chart 3 US Billboard 200 3 US Alternative Albums 13

Year-end charts
 Chart (2006) Position Australian Albums Chart 91 Australian Urban Albums Chart 11 UK Albums Chart 179 Worldwide 37

 Chart (2007) Position Australian Albums Chart 21 Australian Urban Albums Chart 4 Austrian Albums Chart 58 Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia) 90 European Top 100 Albums 42 French Albums Chart 118 German Albums Chart 71 Hungarian Albums Chart 87 New Zealand Albums Chart 23 Swiss Albums Chart 47 UK Albums Chart 68 US Billboard 200 15

 Chart (2008) Position Australian Urban Albums Chart 50

Certifications

Release history
 Region Date Label  Australia December 1, 2006 Universal  Germany  Netherlands  France December 4, 2006  United Kingdom Polydor  United States December 5, 2006 Interscope  Sweden December 6, 2006 Universal  Italy December 7, 2006  Japan January 31, 2007 

References

Category:2006 albums
Category:Gwen Stefani albums
Category:Pop albums
Category:Hip hop albums
Category:R&B albums